Before There Were Foam Pits (2002)

[@dirtboy896]

Always heard about this happening but had no idea there was footage. So sick

[@Austinatk1]

Jon Dillehay yea I’ve seen clips of this but didn’t know there would be a full video of it!

[@tysherberd8586]

Back when you could say whatever you wanted without people getting “offended”

[@sbong1203]

umm 9/11 happened year before this video so im pretty sure americans would've started crying from a joke back then. They still do to this day.

[@nikitamorozov1897]

what u mean?

[@jakelettera4443]

elias lundström shut the fuck up libtard

[@joshbrajevich7699]

@@sbong1203 it got worse 2012-present

[@MR.STEPINTHEROOM]

What does this have to do with ANYTHING at all

[@morganmoe4080]

Thank you Metz for paving the road! And Rest In Peace Cinq

[@kollak01]

ah the sound of a 2 stroke on a early quiet morning.

[@williamkelly5784]

Wow where is the rest of all these old videos.... The godfather of Freestyle motocross....Honestly its not the same with out him, Degan, Twitch, Carey hart. Travis....those were the good ol days

[@dawesvideos]

I'll be posting a lot more

[@eg6tec]

Crusty demons of dirt got me through childhood

[@joski9030]

I’ve got all the dvds somewhere , remember the 1st one my dads mate put it on when I was a kid I was hooked loved the style , the don’t care attitude and the music 🤟🏻💨

[@idecidenotyou]

​@@joski9030 your dad's "mate"..😂😂😂 a mate is an animals partner that they breed with.. 😂😂😂

[@garthinflorida5124]

This belongs in a national archive somewhere

[@riccardo5089]

If only they had realise at the time just how much this little session has probably progressed the sport

[@AngelPerez-dw8ou]

Great footage, I'm only 15 but damn I can imagine the fun you guys had back then. I never rode a dirt bike only a ATV and ive been wanting to ride a dirt bike, maybe one day but this just popped in my recommended and had to watch. Keep uploading more of these that way they don't get forgotten haha.

[@notrealy180217]

You are going to have alot of people telling you that a 250f is too big. Unless you are under like 5'8", go for a 250f

[@philm5147]

These dudes high asf!😂

[@adampalmer5399]

Crazy seeing TJ after all of the years of watching Real World Road Rules aka The challenge! Taking me back!!2000s

[@timothymetropoulos7311]

Thanks for uploading these and keep em coming.These guys were my idols growing up and it's rad seeing new footage of them.

[@jobobby664]

No problem

[@knowbody9679]

Those old CRs had such a smooth flywheel and power band. Great low end torque. I loved them

[@ivancalvoibanez1256]

Beautiful rotations

[@f2wtech110]

makes my heart beat again watching the shit that has helped shaped 20plus years of my life

[@ChristopherOvrebo]

Hell ya, when tricks actually took balls and you couldn't just screw up 100 times into a foam pit. Miss those days

[@jobobby664]

Its the same thing jack shit

[@peterfleming2730]

@@jobobby664 so foam is no different than sand?

[@ghhhp]

forreal i wish he didn’t fuck his bike up so early in the session but still even this little amount of riding did sooo much for the sport shits amazing that there’s footage

[@johnnymartinez733]

Metzger was the first to do it all way before pastranna 💯💯💯💯 Metz is a legend

[@eatcommies1375]

Cool!! We used to set up ramps on the sand dunes in Indiana, some of the best sessions ever!

[@gaara10122]

Where at? I live in indiana and cant find places to ride

[@billrudolph8185]

@@gaara10122 dude you live in Indiana and you never heard of Attica Indiana the Badlands what the hell

[@gaara10122]

@@billrudolph8185 been there a few times, only other place ive really been to is haspin acres. Cant find anything else

[@eatcommies1375]

87Fox ,Michigan city dunes by the prison, might a bust nowadays:(

[@fullnoyz]

That one trick that changed freestyle forever! Legends! Loving the old brands like motoxxx smp lbz

[@rotaxhippie]

A ramp into sand. Haven't seen that. Hopefully you have more dune footage. My favorite place to ride.

[@bastardsonofodin4931]

....to be in that guys brain when he pulled the first one around to safety. There are only a handful of people in the world who will understand how stoked he was....and to have friends there who were so excited to see him succeed. Epic......yall are fucking gladiators.

[@2stroke784]

My favorite video from you Dave! It’s like a space launch testing of a secret weapon of mass destruction from Roswell, NM, but it’s really just a bunch of stoners out in a deserted Dumont hahaha. Thanks a ton for bringing us to these important moments in FMX!

[@welter23]

This is so rare and epic!

[@1XMuleX1]

Thanks for posting more videos. SICK!

[@joeshmoe12301230]

Metz is so young in this video dude! So many people get called the "Godfather of free style", but Metz is truly the Godfather of FMX. It was so sick when everyone was talking about doing a legit backflip; the he comes out and busts out two backflips, back to back in competition. It was two, dirt to dirt doubles if I remember correctly, right?

[@von...]

can you please try to find a video and post it here?

[@joeshmoe12301230]

@@von... I was a little off. The first one was off a ramp, but the second one was dirt to dirt. Bad ass. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIKqf51to9Z4fLc

[@jmkenny]

Crazy! Look at the angle of that ramp !?! I guess it takes a few crazy pioneers to work out the bugs and the vert! Ha!

[@nathandowns369]

So gnarly. Metzger was the coolest rider I've ever met me and my dad would go hang out with him at his shop and he gave me sticker kits for my bikes twice such a humble gnarly dude

[@dawesvideos]

Yeah Metz is a good dude had a lot of fun filming and hanging out with him back in the day.

[@dickhead8266]

Metz is rad, I used to kick it with him and Sten Rasmussen and Deegan at the Yellow house, canyon lake down street from Ted & Sharon Metzgers (aka The OG Sponsors lolol) pad, overlooking McGraths pad... In 95 Metz went on hiatus to persue tatooing and my pops bought Mike's 94 NCY YZ125 (#85 ) and enough parts to build 2 more frames, 4 sets of gear, helmets, STACKS of 1 piece #85 & #387 graphics sets, plastics AND a set of WORKS Kayaba gold-tube forks & shock, one-off billet APPLIED RACING triple clamps, ignition cover and glide plate all anodized black and CNC engraved with "NCY METZGER 85"...ALSO included in parts was GYT Titanium subframe and about 10 different BILLS PIPES full exhausts, each hand made with different specs for tuning by track... all parts bike ETC for $4000....SICK BIKE: ALL top end peaky HARD Hitting power band,39HP out of the YZ125, ABSOLUTELY ripped over any other bike of The day!!!.. BEST PART??? I STILL have it all in NOS condition hoarded away @:Mom's Pad...My retirement plan :-D

[@flynfocus]

beginning of that natural nutts, your crazy bro much respect!!

[@rickytownsend8891]

Not many people flipped back then r.i.p Mike cinqmars aka cinq

[@shaunbeers5894]

people don't know that this is gold.

[@paintbrush8743]

I tried didn't get any air because my steel balls are so heavy

[@chuckychuckdgaf]

Amazing shit my dude love all this old Footage

[@chippedspline]

My first ramp jump was @knolls Utah (no backflip) just trying to land without putting up a yard sale. With my good friend Rick Allen (R.I.P buddy)Now I'm 40 little banged up' burnt my 10.6' ramp at the property last year sad to see it go but those days are gone for me now. If I could I'd do it all again. R.IP Mike.

[@frankiec5570]

What’s crazy is sand is way worse on your bones. That shit grabs and breaks your bones quick but I guess it doesn’t hit as hard as dirt. Metz used to kill rechie canyon back in the day tho. Nice video

[@JoshuaDomoslai]

Frankie C it’s still way softer then hard packed dirt. I’ve crashed at glamis plenty of times going wide open and it feels like you’re crashing on pillows

[@frankiec5570]

Josh Domoslai sand is softer than hard packed dirt. That goes without saying. Point remains the same tho. Sand just grabs you while your body wants to keep moving

[@jobobby664]

@@frankiec5570 okay sand expert pussy lol

[@skimask5049]

all those guys are legends, hands down doing it before anyone was thinking it

[@jtowens-masonry3359]

Metz is the shit 👍🏻the godfather travis and Deegan 👍🏻it’s been awesome watching them over the last 20 years you guys rock 👍🏻👍🏻!

[@edwarddesouter724]

Og legend!

[@weedsack5590]

Fuck yah Dave. Once again you’ve made my day with the awesome vids. Early 2000ds FMX with cut fenders and shorts with boots. Much respect man keep the vids comin brotha 💯

[@FeelTheFlaw]

You can hit the like button before the video even starts. Thanks Dawe, your videos are priceless.

[@nolandenham2509]

Metz is a legend for doing this before there was all the foam pits and crash pads. The softest thing he had to land on was sand.

[@oldskool83]

These were the days...late 90s early 2000s. I was 17 doing stuff like this in a farm feild on a 97 cr125...it good times.

[@IAmHappyreal]

u were 17 for more than a year?

[@caylanwojciechowski8233]

history right here

[@mxrider2strokebraaap54]

Cool footage!

[@modsquad8817]

Aye I'm about to do a back flip in 2 months after I buy my new bike. I ain't doing it in sand tho. Grew up riding in the dunes. Everybody I've met that rides I tell, "if your going to wreck, wreck in sand" it's the softest thing you can wreck in besides foam

[@nathanjvmes]

This is fucking dope thanks for uploading

[@dariodipaola8445]

I'm surprised he got that much air with the weight of those huge balls.

[@KMKLYALLDAILY]

Thats why its sick to see dudes like Raha and Axell; young guys pushin the envelope like the good ol days of riding. Filmin and pushin

[@ze2004]

sick times

[@noahlangrehr597]

Badass!

[@peteyb8556]

2:17 Sand Down the Plumbers Crack lmao 😂😂😂 Classic.

[@dawesvideos]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@SampsonGG]

"That's fucked up" loool

[@chrishollis3568]

Dont see much footage on the metz man thanks subbed

[@wolfofrhodeislandx7462]

And then Twitch flipped out and affectionately renamed metz the "grandfather of freestyle" lol the good ole days these youngsters will never know about

[@Joelontugs]

Dude literally caught history on film if you think about it

[@867diesel]

wow throwback lol reminds me of crusty demons

[@jessejames760]

Sick bro!

[@wangwong4208]

How much u smoke before u made this lmfao

[@RagnardtheGreat]

johnny four-wheeler. just bought a new four-wheeler

[@aymerickmessier5359]

THIS IS AWESOME. who needs foam when you got balls?

[@THRASHED05]

Man I love this shit I grew up as a kid watching krustys demons everyday with my mates before we used to ride dreaming of going big best days of my life most of the young kids theses days wouldn't have any idear about this stuff 2strokes big jumps mixing fuel doing anything to ride a flat tyres is the worst thing in the world. Metz was a machine balls of steel no fear.

[@stayfake8483]

Back when shit was cool 👊🏼

[@aaronanderson7619]

Wicked sick. Thank you.

[@dangerranger5731]

This video genuine as fuck !! Love it boys !!!🔥💯🤘

[@rustyshakelford1143]

Evolution Ramps was the first freestyle Backflip ramp...Aaron Newman built that.

[@danielgilson7812]

I hope that this is where Ronnie`s fender cut inspiration came from!

[@mauriciotortos2250]

big b hooligan

[@Swiftwer11]

Did they reinforce the take off ramp

[@hangfire5848]

Swiftwer11 they put wood so it wouldn’t sink into the sand as much

[@yodavizion]

this is the Mecca for OG Moto vids

[@matthewscarberry8787]

Fookin good video living in Nor Cal we moto

[@krustiestone1596]

Whiskey Throttle brought me here!

[@daVidFonda]

That was real school ;)

[@4stroke4wheels4life8]

1:50 tf his neck??

[@supernoobsmith5718]

Lol, that's his shoulder. The tattoo looks like it's part of the beard. LMAO, I had to look at it a minute.

[@FTWdulaney]

Big B!!!

[@wicc2362]

Haha these guys are so baked

[@cliffanderson7544]

Sickie!!! \m/

[@lastuvthe]

What the hell is up with mike's neck @1:47 ?

[@GixxerKris]

Legend Shit!!!

[@robacheson793]

Big dude orange hat looks like Big B ?

[@dawesvideos]

It is

[@blackwagon18]

Is that Big B. At the beginning?

[@TonaldDrump686]

I think so. He rides.

[@dawesvideos]

Yes it is and TJ Lavin

[@michaelbuck7684]

Cut fenders and punk rock. Good times

[@cengle4394]

The lost tapes 👨‍🏫👨‍🏫👨‍🏫

[@jeremymcclure3372]

Back you had to have balls of fucking steel

[@familyjewels9854]

Would love if we could get some music for our channel?

[@drockbaby2525]

5:15 When the fat guy said.. Here ! I thought he was about to grab something to use to help but he decided to use his weight lmao

[@dawesvideos]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@drockbaby2525]

Lol

[@notjoecheez1]

Dude looks like mike metzger. The one in the speed jersey.

[@notjoecheez1]

Tyler Cash yeah. I haven’t heard or seen him in a loooong time. I asked how Old the vid was. I realized that was him when I was told it was fro early 2000’s. Brings back a lot of memories

[@flmovieproduction892]

Well this dude never learns to twist the throttle if he lands too short

[@TheCatsa]

Foam was way too expensive back then.

[@tylerjohnston4588]

They literally said they didn’t want to bend the lip, then rest it right on the lip. Lol

[@vinneyboombotz727]

Looks like filmed at Dumont dunes

[@jobobby664]

No it doesn't

[@jobobby664]

Filmed in detroit lol your dumb

[@vinneyboombotz727]

@@jobobby664 yes it does, I've been there enough times.other people think so too ..

[@vinneyboombotz727]

@Josh Frank yes sir Dumont has the hard flat floor and sand dunes scattered around,Rocky cliffs also.great place for sand toys

[@jobobby664]

Yall are dumb asf this in detroit

[@scottdesmaretz5045]

😎👍👍👍👍

[@levylovits]

sick dude Dumont Dunes?

[@dawesvideos]

yeah

[@kamankuhl587]

BIG B

[@justinbrew483]

.... hooligan that's what I am ..

[@cdavidson86]

Kaman Kuhl, I was wondering if that was big B. Nice!

[@ohsamy]

was metzger hangover ?

[@Campfishfamily]

samy simoncelli think he was just baked

[@867diesel]

@@Campfishfamily id be baked as well lol

[@kasper5688]

Before there were 4strokes

[@aecarter1341]

is that at bigdune Nevada?

[@dawesvideos]

Its Dumont Dunes by Baker California

[@Goham9]

Mike metzger the god father

[@TheProrage509]

Was this filmed in 2002

[@wasabiemans]

Sometime around there

[@chrissmith2411]

I remember when I use to listen to big b. WTF was I thinking

[@notjoecheez1]

How old is this vid? I thought it was new?

[@dawesvideos]

It was shot in 2002 almost 20 years ago

[@notjoecheez1]

dawesvideos ah. That makes sense now. I was gonna say this dude doesn’t age.

[@quinndavenport1044]

mixin' gas n slappin' ass

[@zanordique8012]

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