The Dark Truth About Travis Pastrana 

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It's a relief to know that his dark side is being determined to follow what makes him happy, the amazing aspect is the total commitment and support his parents matched his commitment with. His father has given him the most amazing tools to pursue his dreams. Kudos to the whole family. Magical story

I was at the X-games when Travis landed the double back flip. Was the most awesome thing I've ever experienced. I was maybe 14 years old. We were sitting 1st row along the balcony above the ramp they'd turn around on after the landing. The WHOLE staples center went silent. All you heard was Travis' 2 stroke pinned to the max. Then, when he rode away the place obviously erupted in excitement. I'll always remember that day like it was yesterday. I actually found my ticket stubs from that event while going through boxes last weekend.

Travis Pastrana is a national treasure.

Here's one of my favorite Travis stories. We're at the New England Forest Rally when a kid comes up to Travis and asks him to autograph a hat for his buddy who is in the hospital. Travis says "let's get him on the phone!" and proceeds to chat with the kid in the hospital. One thing I learned early on - Travis has lots of fans who frequently visit the hospital.

Dude pushes 100% in everything he does, if everyone had that kind of determination we would probably be exploring space by now. Dude has some unreal commitment

The way his parents sacrificed everything they had for him though! They deserve a medal 🏅

Those injuries especially the head traumas have taken way more of a toll than people realize.

I think the reason he’s one of the best at everything is because he can recover from injuries and keep pushing forward

I remember my brothers and I loosing our minds watching him do the double backflip live on TV. Those were good days.

Hard to cover a career like Pastrana’s in 12 minutes but you left out my favorite. As a kid he showed up the Crusty Demons of Dirt guys so much that they hired him.

Met him in 2008 at Daytona supercross and he was the nicest guy. He stopped and actually talked to us. Super down to earth

RIP Ken Block 🙏

That was the golden time to grow up. Wish we had cameras back then like we do now. He’s a legend for life

Easy and fun to sit back and watch someone do cool stuff well. Puts it into perspective when you realize the effort and sacrifice it takes to be the best at literally anything. Travis is an awesome example.

You are my hero!!! I grew up riding and there's nothing better! Unfortunately I lost my son Aaron 8 years ago and he was only 19 years old but what a great kid anyway we followed your career and we are so proud of you and you are my favorite!!! Anyway I'm sitting here watching you remembering my kid in tears my boy was always so positive like you and he loved you because you are a great rider/driver and a great role model!!!! We love you Travis be PROUD!

I met Travis by accident at a few events and he's always as nice as possible. I noticed he hires super friendly guys as security to watch over his equipment, so when dummies like myself get too close to his WRX rally car, a friendly Australian will come out and say hi instead of an intimidating security guard telling you to bug off. Thought that was kinda smart

This is a really great video. I've read about him on Wikipedia, watched him when he started motocross, and still try to watch. Thanks for the video. Hope he stays around for awhile.

Watched his career from the beginning, I raced motocross at the same time as Travis he is two years older then me. I can remember him driving his race team manager crazy doing freestyle lol he’s a legend! Hell Yes to all this Travis Pastrana

I’ll never forget when I first met Travis Pastrana in 91 at Loretta Lynn’s he was on 80s racing with Ricky Carmichael but I knew he was going to be BIG than I met him at Atlanta Supercross every year till he moved on from racing Supercross But he has always been a Legend on and off the Bike Thanks for all the memories #TravisPastrana

The sad truth is he hurt himself entertaining us, several times.The whole world loves this guy and so do we.

Hell of a dad, I don’t see no one talking about it but he was a bad ass in all aspects

you forgot to mention the constant nightmares he has. Maybe doing extreme sports helped him forget each bad dream each day.

I know probably 2 dirt bike stars. Travis is the 1st one I knew of. He just has that charisma to him

Great video! Brian Deegan landed the 1st 360 though😝

Literally idolized this man growing up. Great content dude, hope your channel gets some traction.

This guy is the boulevard of adrenaline, such a livin legend! Love his crib !

I don’t think you mentioned his short but awesome career experience in NASCAR.

He's been rebuilt 10x over. How this man isn't a hardcore opiate addict is impressive af

I love that he’s from Maryland too. I saw their Nitro Circus show a few years back live, and it’s amazing

Travis never did the first 360, Brian Deegan was.

Travis Pastrana laid the groundwork for guys like Colby Raha make millions with just a few amateur races under his belt

Didn’t see a “Dark Truth” but did see a bright career!

Good video, but Brian Deegan was the first to land the 360. He stole it from Travis when he learned that Travis was trying to do it

Met him at Pike's Peak a number of year ago... he was at the ski area, watching practice, talking with fans ( he had crashed his Subaru the day before and it was down in Colorado Springs being worked on ). Probably was there for an hour with folks before they picked him up and moved on. Super nice guy.

This man is a freestyle God to me I idolized him my whole life. He's a huge part of my passion for motocross. I used to play with his action figure and dirt bike in the tub lol. Just ripping some sick nasty freestyle stunts in the tub I asked for a dirt bike for every Christmas from the time I was probably five years old I never got one until I bought my own at the age of 17. Loved it like it was my child haha.

i'm still waiting for the dark truth part

Travis is a legend. I've been a fan for a very long time.

The first time I remember hearing anything about Travis was back in the early 90’s in Paks River Maryland. I was at a moto X race and they were talking about this 14 yr old kid lol

This man is a real legend. ❤

Travis is one of the most amazing people I ever met. My brother was going through a medical problem and long before make-a-wish; Travis invited us to his house with Nate Adams and Jamie Little if someone doubts it.

I remember he even drove a Ferrari at Le Mans a few years ago. Fantastic personality.

If anyone has watched 199 lives the Travis pastrana story everyone said the same thing he is absolutely fearless his mentality and respect for others put him in a place he deserves many times over

Travis father sounds like a beast

Change the title please. There was nothing dark about it

That guy deserves all the good fortune that came his way. He works so hard. (And has fun)

Pastrana has always been the chillest dude.

I was pleasantly surprised with this video. I was expecting some kind of rumor filled exploit. Glad it wasn't. Nice job!

The man when you are talking moto. Period. Fastest and landed the biggest gnarliest jumps

I’ve met Travis a few times,what a genuinely all around nice guy.

The lil Forest Gump running clip cracked me up

Man Travis Pastrana is an absolute amazing person just like Ken and Colin all 3 of these people lived life to do what they do and that's do these sports with passion and dedication I still remember when he first attempted the double back flip but didn't stop him trying again and you know what 2end time he did it I'll never for get it he's an absolute legend he's like a modern day Evel Knievel and still doze mad things and he's still an absolute legend god bless Travis Pastrana 🤘😎👍

Respect to his parents in a big way

TP will always be my favorite

My first bike was also a Z-50, but mine was yellow. I LOVED that bike!

Funny how they never talk about what his dad did for a living to get that ranch so young... I've herd some stories over my 36 years of riding and offroading in SoCal.

Can you imagine jumping out of a airplane with no parachute?🤔 Got my respect.

When I saw “the dark side of Travis” I thought you’d cover his Porsche wreck that completely f-ed up his passenger.

It’s crazy how slow they used to be back in the day lol u see people now doing insane shit and riding so fast and back then they almost looked slow motion.

One of my favorite TP moments was when he raced Jeremy McGrath on the tonight show (w/Jay Leno). MC was the 250 SX champion and TP was the 125 champion (west or east, I forget). Anyway they had track setup that went in and out of the studio and both riders did a single timed lap. Travis went first and set a fast lap (on a slick track with dirt, concrete, and asphalt). Jeremy went next and just barely beat Travis. I remember thinking, all the pressure was on McGrath. Happy-go-lucky Travis, the 125 champion, had nothing to lose, but Jeremy had to win - he was the 250 champion. It was great TV and a surprise to see them on the Tonight Show.

Jumping those trikes over that gap on the top of those buildings with no parachute is still one the most gnarliest things I’ve ever seen

It was Brian Deegan who landed the first 360 not Travis

Glad to have grew up in a time where pastrana was in his prime

all them surgery will take toll on a person's body. let's hope he doesn't spend his last half of life on pain meds, or a has-been alcoholic. Travis has a strong mind set, i don't see him doing any of that. but i do see him not knowing when to quit

Misleading video title. Nothing “dark” at all.

His dad was a real one

Travis has always been my Evil Kenevil!well since the original died anyway!Kraziest Katt from way back in the 90s

Great documentary, what it doesn't do is display the madness , it says he's won 13 x games medals but doesn't show the insanity of stuff he did to get those

Now thats some worlds best dad material 💪

5:53 anybody else questioned the end of that jump? Dude looks like he just floats into the abyss 😂

Absolute legend 💪💪💪

Tony Hawk, Shaun White, Travis Pastrana, Ken Block. My Mount Rushmore of extreme sports.

Moral: Travis is protected by love (to what he does)

Back then yes it was a huge deal about freestyle. They were looked at a lot different. Kinda how skateboarders were looked at back in the 80-90s. Now it’s a lot different.

Love these videos. How about one on Dave Mirra?

What's the point of blurring the crashes?? Who you think you're protecting?

Stay here Travis !!!! Rest In Peace ken

Bro Travis IS!!!! The evil Knievel of our time there is no dark side to him only success

Hell yeah.. i remember my 1st go kart when i was 2, my dads the coolest 👍

He was the first person to pull off the full 360 but Brian see fan was the first one to do it at competition level then named it the mulisha twist

forever changing travis

Easily the most disturbing and traumatizing look into someone's past that I have ever seen in my entire life. Ever since I bore witness to this expose, food doesn't taste as good as it used to, I don't take pleasure in anything that I used to, and I'm unable to get a full nights rest without waking up every 2 hours from a night terror, soaked in cold sweat and crying blood.

Met him today great man.

I would too... just can't afford it. Always been gifted with split second decision

Great channel man.

Amazing what supportive parents can do.

When he was younger my dad and his friends used to rad against him in southiwick. That's the track they are talking about @4:35 southwick Massachusetts.

I remember seeing Pastrana and Windham at one of the Terrafirma premeirs sometime in the late 90s when Crusty Demons had created a huge market for motocross videos. Fox had rented out this mall in i think Indianapolis and the premeire was in a bar upstairs across from the arcade. The whole mall was closed, and you were either in the video or had been invited, so it was odd seeing kids still in the arcade at first, then i reckognized Windham because he was a big deal in supercross at the time. Fox had a few bikes on stage, and everyone like Metzger who was always drawing even at the bar and I think maybe Guy Cooper and I can't remember all the names but it was all the company guys and riders. Everyone except Mcgrath. He was always too good to show up for anything. We went over to the arcade to kill time because I was barely 21, and still playing a lot of video games and so were the other riders. I had no idea who Pastrana was at the time. I dont know if the bar didn't want them in there cuz of their age or if they just didn't want to be around everyone getting wasted all night. Windham must have only been 17 or 18 and Pastrana looked a lot younger than that. He was just a kid man, it must have been somewhere between 1997 and 2000. They both seemed like really good kids, very polite and respectful to everyone. We played a bunch of games in the arcade with them while we were waiting for the event to start. Later on during the event when i was hearing how talented "this kid" was and then seeing him in the video i figured out why I couldnt even beat him in an arcade race!! Lol, It's crazy to think how long hes been involved in all this

His parents are heros

I peed next to Travis in the mens room at the stalls at a rally race one time. Was an awkward time to ask for a picture so I didn’t… really wish i did! Would have been a hilarious photo.

How many bikes were binned in this man's achievements?

Just so ya know Marines have Drill Instructors, not Drill Sergeants (which is spelled wrong on the text screen as well). But overall solid video!

People be like "why would you waste your time riding a dirt bike anyway?" The Same reason you work a 9-5 office job just in the case of Pastrana he's a multimillionaire superstar, and his job isn't soul crushing asf.....

That Southwick track is about 20 mins away.. j dowd was always a big name there

This is unbelievably dark

It pretty much sucks, but I have 43 pieces of metal in my arms and legs from Motocross! I absolutely respect Travis! Pain sux.

What a set of parents. For real.

His Dad is a legend

Travis finished what Carey Hart started when it comes to the backflip

Interesting Content ! I've Subscribed. Keep up the good work. Greetings from the French Alps..🐕💖