Hubert
Appearances
SmartLess
"Larry David"
There's very few times. in your life where something that means so much to you means so much to a group around you and even more rare that it means that much to the world. I still have, people tell me almost once a week, I get someone that still remembers where they were at that moment. You know, my grandma and all her friends watch it. It's live on TV.
SmartLess
"Larry David"
My mom was crying because she had known that, you know, I'm about 75% into the phone pit, but if it comes around short, there's a really good chance of a broken neck or
SmartLess
"Larry David"
paralyzed or it was a really cool moment and even up until you did it it seemed like was it really like I don't know if I'm gonna go through with it or not and the reason like we were just explaining like you always say I'm in or I'm out the reason this was such a tough decision for me and I think the reason that it got built up more was because I was on the fence on this I have an opportunity to go out there and try a trick that I've been working for for three four years but I'm sitting third so I'm like if I don't do a double backflip I still get a medal yeah
SmartLess
"Larry David"
I still get paid, which is going to really help everything else that I've been putting into to rally. And is my goal to be a freestyle motocross rider or is my goal to continue on in action sports and to have a career that's going to expand hopefully longer? And it worked out in rally. And I said, you know what? I'm both. I said, I'm going to land this trick.
SmartLess
"Larry David"
And went out there and decided, like, literally last second, played rock, paper, scissors with my redneck friend, Hubert.
SmartLess
"Larry David"
Right before I went up there, Hubert, we went rock, paper, scissors. I gave thumbs up to basically Sal and the guys. And they're like, all right. They raised the ramp.
SmartLess
"Larry David"
At that time, I had done it to a sandpile in a controlled environment. That was a big step up. So if you came up short or didn't make it, it sucked, but it was okay.
SmartLess
"Larry David"
It was a hard surface that day, right? It was just blue groove. It was pretty much worst case scenario for me. We took the ramp that was already existing and then raised it on two by fours. And it looked like something we'd built in our backyard for like a... you know, when we were five years old.
SmartLess
"Larry David"
And it's like, you know, my dad's out there like strapping the ramp down and trying to get it so it doesn't move because if the ramp falls over, then I'm definitely going to
SmartLess
"Larry David"
Yeah, it was one of the coolest experiences ever. Got up there, and the guy that drops me in, he gave me a thumbs up. He said, it's on you. Take your time. And I looked around, and every single person was on their feet. Entire sold-out Staples Center. All of my heroes. You had Kevin Robinson. You had Chad Keggy. They were holding hands.
SmartLess
"Larry David"
I had Brian Deegan, all the militia was all down there looking. You know, it was one of the coolest experiences. And I just, I remember inside my helmet smiling. And when I dropped in, everything kind of went to slow motion. Usually you get a slow motion if anyone's crashed a car or been in a really bad, like where you think everything's going bad.
SmartLess
"Larry David"
I've never had slow motion where I took off and I can remember the smells. I can remember the sounds. I can remember... Everything was so vivid. And, you know, I came around on the first pull and I checked the landing. And I remember thinking, you know, as Trevor Jacobs said later, he's like, oh, you can't check. And I'm like, oh, no, now I'm short. And I whip my head back and I see the lights.
SmartLess
"Larry David"
So when you practice this trick, you know, in the foam pit, you have, you know, you got the sky above you and then the ground. But on this day, you've got blinding lights where you can't see anything straight ahead of you. And then below you is kind of dark. And I just remember kind of... just smiling again. I'm like, well, I'm all in. I can't get out of this now.
SmartLess
"Larry David"
And I came around and, like, literally hit, couldn't have hit better. And I was just like, what the heck just happened? I dropped down and dropped the bike, and I run up, and the first person there was just some drunk guy out of the stands that just overpowered the security and gave me a big hug up top. I'm like, I don't even know you, but yes, let's go.