Right now, someplace in High Desert, California, there sits a protracted straight part of jumps that ends with an impediment we have by no means seen in FMX—a backbone ramp. It’s all because of the truth that FMX and motocross rider, Colby Raha, teamed up with Claybourne to make this a actuality.

Raha has 9 X-Games medals, with six of them being gold. But earlier than he took the world of FMX by storm, he rode BMX bikes, and it is clear that Raha’s background in BMX nonetheless influences the way in which he rides a FMX bike.

And now it may affect the way forward for the sport itself.

Building the Ramp

In 2020, Raha grew to become the primary particular person to grind a rail on a full-sized bike, and in 2024, he was the primary particular person to leap a man-made backbone ramp.

It was an idea that’d been in Raha’s thoughts for just a few years, and the design was pretty easy: construct a 20-foot excessive, 30-foot huge backbone ramp utilizing A-frames constructed by phone poles. Although the design is straightforward, the construct was one thing international on the planet of FMX, that means it wasn’t assured to work.

With the assistance of Claybourne, it took Raha and a gaggle of buddies one of the best a part of per week to assemble the ramp, which wanted a kicker on the prime to provide a dust bike a combating likelihood of constructing it over. Raha’s background in development and experience in ramp constructing ensured the crew created one thing that regarded prefer it may work.

Did It Work?

As with any good two-part collection, the primary episode leaves us on a cliffhanger. Raha hits the ramp for the primary time, and issues do not look good. To discover out whether or not the backbone ramp was an total success, take a look at the second episode under.

Raha Ramps

Raha does some completely insane city FMX tips and has a YouTube channel devoted to it. I’m not advising that you just observe in Raha’s footsteps and leap over dashing trains, however you should purchase the identical ramps he makes use of in his movies at Raha Ramps and do with them as you please on personal property.

Unfortunately, there is not any signal of a manufacturing backbone ramp on the market. Yet. But tell us within the feedback if backbone ramps are a characteristic you’d wish to see shifting ahead in FMX.