The Big Jump

The Big Jump
Author: Travis Pastrana
Publisher: ESPN Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-08-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781933060323

Travis Pastrana, the most celebrated freestyle motocross rider in the world, knows no bounds. In 1999 he celebrated his first X Games gold by launching his bike into San Francisco Bay. Three years later, he rode straight into the Grand Canyon. On purpose. In The Big Jump: The Tao of Travis Pastrana, he makes his biggest leap yet, revealing for the first time the methods (and madness) that fuel his amazing feats. At 14 Pastrana was the youngest World Freestyle Motocross champion. At 17 he was the youngest racer ever to represent Team USA in the Motocross des Nations. Each of The Big Jump's chapters builds toward another breathtaking accomplishment, ending with the "impossible" double backflip during X Games 12 that brought Pastrana not just gold but certified legend status. With a foreword by Mat Hoffman, the godfather of BMX, The Big Jump is a fuel-injected ride into the mind and heart of Travis Pastrana.

Travis Pastrana

Travis Pastrana
Author: Terri Sievert
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780736843676

"Traces the life and career of motocross racing and motocross freestyle star Travis Pastrana"--Provided by publisher.

Travis Pastrana

Travis Pastrana
Author: Jeff Savage
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780822534280

Highlights the life and career of Travis Pastrana, a freestyle motocross gold medalist.

Travis Pastrana

Travis Pastrana
Author: Ian F. Mahaney
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2004-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781404227484

Presents the life and accomplishments of one of the most successful motocross champions of all time.

Travis Pastrana

Travis Pastrana
Author: Armentrout
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2004-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1617412783

Follows The Life Of Motocross Superstar Travis Pastrana, Including His Early Successes, Years Of Competition, And His Plans For The Future.

Kicking Up Dirt

Kicking Up Dirt
Author: Ashley Fiolek
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2011-06-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0061946486

At nineteen, Ashley Fiolek is already the top female competitor in a tough men's sport: motocross, one of the most dangerous extreme sports in the world. Since going pro in late 2007, Fiolek has taken gold at the X Games, twice won the American Women's Motocross Championship, and become the first woman in American motocross history to be signed to a factory team—the highest echelon of industry backing. These remarkable achievements seem even more extraordinary because Fiolek was born profoundly deaf, a handicap that makes everyday life difficult . . . and competition on the track downright treacherous. But Fiolek has never let her disability stand in the way of her dreams, nor has she allowed her gender to limit her career. One of the sport's most talked-about stars, she's changing the way the industry views women. Kicking Up Dirt is the remarkable true story of Ashley Fiolek's ride to greatness—the inspiring tale of a courageous young woman's determination to succeed in the face of truly challenging obstacles.

Josh Hamilton

Josh Hamilton
Author: Jeff Savage
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0761346031

Looks at the life and accomplishments of the outfielder for the Texas Rangers and discusses the injuries and addiction that derailed his career in 2001.

Wheelz

Wheelz
Author: Steven Fotheringham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2015-06-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692413845

"The effect that Wheelz has on the crowd is out of this world. I mean, we have the best in the world of action sports, and more people come to see Wheelz than anybody else." Travis Pastrana, -X Games gold medalist and Nitro Circus organizer, leader and performer. Many people succeed in spite of great challenges. Aaron "Wheelz" Fotheringham is not one of those people. When asked by ESPN, "How do you define spina bifida?" Aaron responded, "A great opportunity." Consumed by the simple but logical belief that riding is more fun than walking, Aaron took his wheelchair and turned it into a toy, playing and practicing on it until there was no place he couldn't go. After beating his peers in all the BMX competitions he could enter, Aaron became the unicorn of the Nitro Circus team, the ultimate dream of every BMX rider and skateboarder alike. Aaron's biography so far includes pain, determination, failure, motivation, and unimagined success. And yet these things are incidental to the real story. What makes his story great is that his attitude is contagious, and Wheelz is anything but quarantined.

Nitro Circus LEVEL 3 LIB EDN: Never Defeated ft. Ryan Williams

Nitro Circus LEVEL 3 LIB EDN: Never Defeated ft. Ryan Williams
Author:
Publisher: Ripley Publishing
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020-06-23
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781609914646

Meet the amazing athletes of Nitro Circus and find out just what inspires them to be the best! Appropriate for grades 1-3, this Level 3 Ripley Reader introduces award-winning athlete Ryan Williams. Featuring his life-long love of scooter and BMX, favorite achievements, and more, kids will love learning about Ryan and his inspiring attitude—Never Defeated! Ripley Level 3 Readers are perfect for kids who are beginning to read on their own. From the editors of Ripley's Believe It or Not! comes Ripley Readers. Designed to help kids build their reading skills and confidence at any level, this program offers a variety of fun, entertaining, and unbelievable topics to interest even the most reluctant readers. With stories and information that will spark their curiosity, each book will motivate them to start and keep reading. Each title is certified by and includes the Lexile measure, ensuring that the content is appropriate for each level and allowing those just beginning to read, as well as those starting to advance to chapter books, to have just the right reading content. Level 1 Sounding It Out (Pre-K-Kindergarten)—For kids who know their alphabet and are starting to sound out words. Level 2 Reading with Help (Pre-K-Grade 1)—For kids who know sight words and are learning to sound out new words. Level 3 Independent Reading (Grades 1-3)—For kids who are beginning to read on their own. Level 4 Chapters (Grades 2-4)—For confident readers who enjoy a mixture of images and story.