VIDEO: BMX star Kieran Reilly completes the world’s first triple flair
Flipping heck! Astonishing moment British BMX rider backflips and spins though the air to land the world’s first ‘triple flair’
Kieran Reilly spent the past eight months training to complete the tricky stuntHe had to rotate three times in the air before completing a 180 degree twist Reilly performed the first Triple Flair on a BMX in Nottingham last weekend
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This is the moment British BMX star Kieran Reilly landed the world’s first triple flair – rotating three times in mid air and twisting 180 degrees.
The 20-year-old, from Gateshead, made history with the record-breaking trick only previously attempted on computer games.
Footage shows Reilly pulling off the trick and, after landing successfully, leaping off his BMX and scrambling up his launch ramp.
Kieran Reilly, pictured, trained for several months to perform the stunt after he failed last your
Reilly had to modify his ramps after his first failed attempt to gather more speed
Reilly, pictured, made 20 tries of completing his stunt before the successful attempt
Reilly looked ecstatic after he landed successfully after completing the impressive stunt
In a clip shared to Instagram two days ago, Reilly wrote: ‘I can’t believe it. So so happy to show you all this! You can see how high emotions were just in this video.’
The stunt, which took less than 10 seconds, saw Reilly speed down a steep ramp before shooting up a second ramp and launching into the air, rotating three times and landing on his rear wheel.
After landing, Reilly was barely able to speak as a photographer races over to congratulate him on the amazing achievement.
It took Reilly around 20 tries to complete the trick, after first attempting it in May 2021.
The stunt was filmed on January 15 at an event sponsored by Red Bull at Asylum Skatepark in Nottinghamshire on a specially constructed roll-in and ramp.
During training, changes had to be made to the ramp set-up, including adding another 2ft to the original 10-and-a-half ft tall quarter pipe, making it 12ft 6in.
A 6ft extension to the roll-in was also added to facilitate more speed.
Reilly was clearly elated after landing successfully following the incredibly tricky stunt
Reilly said he lost almost 7lbs to increase his fitness and make his rotations faster
Reilly also took up CrossFit in the gym in order to increase his fitness and lost almost 7lbs in a bid to make his rotations faster.
Despite his record-breaking achievement, the young rider revealed there had been times when he struggled even to attempt it.
He said: ‘On the last day of the first block in May, I was on the roll-in for about four hours and couldn’t even drop in and try one.
‘Leaving that trick was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done but I knew that mentally I wasn’t in it.’
Reilly took an eight-month break since his first attempt to complete the trick which had never been successfully performed before
Reilly was greeted by on the ground by a photographer who was filming the stunt
Having the support of professional BMXers Bas Keep, Matt Jones and Kade Edwards helped him stay positive
He decided to take an eight-month break but admitted that during that time he was ‘stressing constantly about someone else doing it’.
Having the support of professional BMXers Bas Keep, Matt Jones and Kade Edwards helped him stay positive.
‘It’s one of those tricks you can only attempt a couple of times because when you crash, you crash hard,’ he said.
‘I would spend up to 30 minutes on the roll-in just trying to get pumped up enough.
‘It was one of those tricks where I had to try 110 per cent to make sure I was going to do it. A lot of it was mental – just trusting yourself.’
Reilly first came to the attention of global BMX fans aged just 11, when he landed a 720 – two 360 degree spins in one jump – over a spine at the skatepark Unit 23 in Glasgow.
Over the last 12 months, the young rider has positioned himself as the rising star of the British BMX scene.
Now setting his sights on competing in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Reilly will be taking part in Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) events this year.
He also hopes to achieve his goal of appearing in the X Games – an annual extreme sports event organised, produced and broadcast by US channel ESPN.
Reilly said he has no plans to do his record-breaking trick again due to the ‘sheer stress’, but added ‘maybe one day with the right set-up’.
‘All these insane things I’ve got in my head just seem way more achievable now that I’ve done the triple flair,’ he said.
