The next installment of the ESPN.com/Action's "Being" franchise focuses on the life and times of FMX's most innovative stunt junky, Robbie Maddison. The 28-year-old Australian has been called a lot of things, but the most flattering is perhaps the least accurate. Calling Maddison "The Next Evel Knievel" underestimates the stunts he's accomplished and disregards his recent ascension to the top of the competitive freestyle circuit. Maddison is a Knievel-level badass, sure. He's also an FMX visionary with the skills and the guts to back it up.
Being Robbie Maddison will explore his roots as a teen racing prodigy and his transition to Australia's most talked about freestyle rider. It will examine the distance records and the infamous New Years Arc De Triomph jump that made him a household name. It will detail his rise from middle-of-the-pack competitor to aspiring champion. And it will take a long look at the difference between what it takes to be the next Evel Knievel ... and what it takes to be Robbie Maddison.
Being Robbie Maddison drops on ESPN.com/Action next Sunday, November 15.
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Ryan Leyba
Leyba is a bitter, retired FMX rider that likes to sit in his cubicle and call the professionals of the sport wussies for not pulling 360s and double backflips. He claims he quit riding FMX before flips were even invented... yeah, right.
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Chris Tedesco
You've seen his photos on the covers of Transworld, Racer X and more. You've also seen his tequila shooting skills at your local dive bar. Ladies, Chris is single and looking to mingle.
Grant "Goba" O'brien
FMX in Australia wouldn't exist if it weren't for Goba. Well, maybe it would, but it wouldn't be nearly as cool. I don't know why, but we can't quit calling him gobalobadingdong — it just rolls off the tongue.
Tes Sewell
Tes is the dude that's always involved in everything that's going on in FMX. How he does it, we don't know, but that's the reason we hired him to share his plethora of FMX wisdom in the form of a monthly column.
