Racer X Illustrated — October 2017

(Sean Pound) #1

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WHO WOULD PLAY YOU IN A MOVIE?
HB: Defi nitely Mr. Bean.
LS: Shogun from the movie Boy.

LAST PERSON WHO MADE YOU NERVOUS?
HB: The Monster Energy girls when I
asked them for sleepovers.
LS: I actually don’t remember.

GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT?
HB: Winning Nitro World Games Best
Trick—front-fl ip rock-solid.
LS: Two-time X Games gold.

SCARIEST CRASH?
HB: When my bike ran out of fuel and
I didn’t make the jump. I smashed my
right heel and broke my leg.
LS: I managed to fi nd a false neutral
on a takeoff at Nitro Circus in Las
Vegas in 2011.

MOST COMMON BIKE PART YOU BREAK?
HB: I am forever bending handlebars.
LS: My own parts I make.

FAVORITE OBSTACLE?
HB: Moon booter 199 double backfl ip
ramp.
LS: Hip jumps.

BIGGEST RIVAL?
HB: Monster Cup, Nitro World Games,
Red Bull X-Fighters, and X Games.
LS: Josh Sheehan.

EVER SPENT THE NIGHT IN JAIL?
HB: Maybe.
LS: Not yet.

BEST PART OF FMX?
HB: The chicks in the crowd.
LS: Riding dirt bikes with my mates.

WORST PART OF FMX?
HB: Staying on top of all your health in-
surances in every country and at home.
And of course the injuries.
LS: Politics.

WHOSE ASS WOULD YOU LIKE TO KICK?
HB: No one! Everyone is awesome.
LS: Whoever came up with four-strokes.

HIDDEN TALENT?
HB: Ping pong.
LS: Playing pool.

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TRIBES


Harry Bink and Levi Sherwood
are two of the biggest names in
freestyle motocross right now:
Bink won the 2017 Nitro World
Games Best Trick with a front-
fl ip rock-solid, while Sherwood
mopped up in every major
competition he entered in 2017
and won X Games gold in Moto
X Best Trick. Let’s see these two
send it in this month’s 2 Tribes.

I am forever bending
handlebars.” —HB

HARRY
BINK

LEVI
SHERWOOD

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