This is one of those things that if it wasn't on film, nobody would believe it. "Yeah ok so you flew up 70 feet in the air, flying straight into the woods, then kicked off a tree to just barely land on the corner of an airbag and saved your life. Yeah OK sure."

Almost dies: “If only the viewer had a POV”

You forgot your parachute bro!

I get that slow mo shit every single time im about to slam on a skateboard or crash on my dirtbike. My slow-mo thoughts are 9x outa 10: “FUCK. ITS HAPPENING AGAIN.”

I swear this dude has the craziest stories😂I just watched his vid where he jumped the freight train on his snowboard

that kick dude lol. probably only person in the world who can legit say kicking a tree saved your life

I don't think your average rider realizes the size of the balls on these guys. Highest I've been is 8 ft in the air and it feels like you are 30ft up. I can't even imagine how this feels. Mad respect.

Don't care what anyone says, anyone whos been through a sketchy moment knows how their brain processes each option like you've got half an hour to think about it. Crazy how in a situation like that your brain can work at 1000% duty cycle.

the fact that you kicked off of the tree is so dope that’s some real good coordination

Bro the way he told this story with just such like a positive outlook is hilariously entertaining

Tree: one day I'm gonna be there for somebody

The compression of hitting a transition at speed is gnarly. So glad for your cat like reflexes. Watching your life literally hang in the balance and instinct take over was insane 👀

dude i completely understand _everything_ he’s saying. the mental switch; the bullet time effect; the future sight; the quick decision making. all of it. i love the way he describes it all!

Wow! So crazy, thanks for sharing the story with us!

So true about everything slows down when crashing, It's like time stands still and you are just like oh shit here we go. It's like a out of body experience. Glad you are safe!

trevor: "what bike should i use?" travis: "the one with the cutout in the seat for your giant balls."

If you didnt kick that tree, you'd be a goner forsure

What I Learned : if your 50 feet in the air start 🏊‍♂️swimming

imagine if he hugged the tree and got stuck up there 😂😂

Your next story time video is going to be killer. “I went to prison for faking a plane crash”. That’s going to get clicks man. Looking forward to it.

You kicked off the bike and off the tree , saved your life , holy Jesus bro .

The mind didn’t slow down. The brain was in massive overdrive of decision making that the moment aka “time” slowed down. We humans rarely push any limit of our brain. It’s an amazingly powerful yet scary…organ.

Watching this gave me a panic attack! You described the whole thing so well that any real rider can feel what you went through! 🙏🙏 Glad your alive!

He’s gonna be the coolest grandpa ever

Coulda told that story in 2 min.

The damn widow maker that fell from the tree when you kicked off hit at exactly the spot you rolled out of the bag. And it smacked hard as hell. Man something was out for you that day, it's literally almost impossible for you to be here. Huge FAN, DUDE. From BRIMSTONE MOUNTAIN TENNESSEE.

Could have just bailed out if you were wearing your parachute

Thanks for telling this story! I like how behind every adrenaline junky, there's a reasonable explanation for most attempted stunts. You did well to remember all these details 👍

It's such a blessing hearing from a great rider like yourself talking about how skilled some of these guys really are without even knowing it.

Shoulda brought your parachute

First off thank you Trevor for making these videos, you’re such a rad dude for sharing this with us all for entertainment and most importantly the life lesson anyone can gain from listening to ones stories. Your so inspiring, Brother🤘🏼🙏🏼💯 So inspiring I wanted to share one of mine. I rode motocross in socal for fun and at tracks for 15 years... I had a similar experience when I scorpioned going 75 mph over a dry lake bed and hit a bump as I was riding one handed on my stock dual sport wr250x(kitted out with 4”tall dirt knobbie tires, on the stock supermoto 17”rims)... we were doing a 120 mile loop from Baker to Barstow, my buddie Roy and I...April 11th 2010... anyways, so I hit the 1-2’ bump on the flat lakebed... I catapulted 70 feet forward but time slowed down & in a millisecond I thought of my 3 options to not get mangled... I had seen the bump at the last possible second to think toreach down with the other hand and push the eject button aka get ready to be launched... the other 2 options were 1. Click down a gear and launch/jump it? Nope not on a stock wr250... 2. Soak it up with the suspension? Nope not w the stock set up... so grab the bars amd get ready for launch was what was going to happen...In the air I was planning on doing a tuck and roll and hopefully tumble to somewhat a safe crash... I was going way to fast amd by the time I saw my odometer I slowed down to 65mph... right as i went to somersault my moto helmet visor and forehead area of the helmet caught the fresh dry lake bed and my butt and ankles hyperextended and smacked me in the back of the head... I folded like an extremely creased piece of paper per my buddies description of what he saw riding 50-100ft behind me... long story kinda short, I shattered my t12 into 3 separate pieces, severed my spinal cord membrane 100% and my raw unprotected spinal cord was compressed 40% almost severing it 100%... by so many blessings that day I made a full recovery AND ZERO PARALYSIS. Moral of the story... don’t haul the mail on uncharted areas whether it’s on a dirtbike in the desert or the freeway or your car on the highway... you never know when there might be that bump. ✌🏼🙏🏼💯🤘🏼

the gasp and collective sigh of relief when he hits the bag is awesome. you can't fake that shit. you can hear people saying omg and shit while he's in the air lolll. these guys are on another level of crazy.

Gnarly flight guy, you and the gang have all got brass clankers! That would feel like a night terror to us mere mortals! It always amazes me how the time/space continuum awareness warps into slow-mo when we are in full panic mode. I'm thankful it allows us to observe, assess, plan options and execute the best choice in the few seconds which feel like minutes before total devastation! I'm old and crusty now, avoid such scenarios... bounces hurt for days!

Not one sparrow will fall from the sky, outside of Gods will 🙌 Invincible until Jesus calls us home. Props bro.

11:30 You got up on that same bike? It survived? LOL

That’s fucking gnarly dude. Glad you’re hear to tell the story.

Lol looked like the tree cracked the throttle on the way thru. Little smoke puff. Lol aside from that the best explanation of a single jump in human history.

It really blows my mind how you guys do these insane tricks. Balls of steel. And it's a real skill.

It is so true about how time seems to slow down so much in situations like this. You literally have 100 different scenarios play out in your mind in just a few seconds.

Why didn't wear a shute

This video should've been 3 minutes long.

Awesome vid again trevor. Ive had that feeling a few times in my life when time slows down and everything is in slow motion. What a scary buzz. You madman. Love it ☘💚✌

That full commitment switch is what saves lives, too! We've all seen people get busted for not fully commiting. And that's one of the most exciting parts about jumping imo.. That split second before the lip of the jump, when you're so hyper-focused on what you're doing... knowing theres no turning back at this point... that feeling is a drug!!!

Bake sails in third full out 60 feet in the air and is fine. I load my bike on the trailer and we arrive with broken shifter, cracked clutch lever, etc... 🤣 SO glad you walked away brother! Was holding my breath on that landing!!

Bro I totally enjoyed the story ty!!!! I saw it when you guys did it right on KZfaq and was like whaaaaattt!! Sooo insane! Totally stoked for you!! Congrats bro ham🤙🤙

Crazy jump crazier story, it's awesome to hear what goes through someone's head second by second when they have to do something like this and live through it, awesome my friend. So much respect for you for even doing it. I would have died!

your stories makes my days so much better

no parachute...?

Your description of the mega adrenaline rush is almost perfect. When I rode drag bikes the first pass where the bike would pull hard would do this to me at the hit. Everything would slow way down including sound so I could hear every little detail. A second later at about the 60 foot mark everything would come back and it was the craziest sensation. Cool stuff and sweet video.

Great story. You explained it perfectly. I felt on the edge of my seat. Nice side kick. Don’t know how the hell you even managed to hit the tree with your foot. Amazing skill.

ive had mid air life or death and its exactly like he describes. everything slows down and you can think about everything you need to think about to save yourself. everything becomes so clear like you have eagle vision and you can kinda see the future its weird.

Your mind doesn't slow down at all. It just computes the quickly impending doom information faster, which gives the illusion that the world slows down..... Been there more than enough times! Absolutely respect the nitro guys and girls for their full commitment to the "art", and it is art! Travis is the most committed freestyle rider of all time. Inspiring, coaching and innovating the next generation but never overlooking his responsibility to protect and empower those who push the art beyond his own ability...

So insane grinning all the way through this :D whatever level your at, those full balls out commitment moments on a bike are so sick

Glad you told the whole story and congratz btw i think it was the sickist moto clip i have ever seen and glad your still alive 😆

If I go to the track these days and they've got a 90ft tripple, I'm like nah I'm not hitting that. I don't know what kind of mental state you have to be in to do this

Who would have thought you'd be staging a plane crash 10 months later and probably going to jail.

Awesome story. I couldn’t begin to comprehend what it would be like to hang with those people. Mega balls,sir. Glad you made it.

I've been in that "zone" during a crash too many times to count, but each time thereafter I'm always amazed at how time SEEMS to slow down, but in reality your brain is firing at such incredible speeds to aid you with the ability to asses your potential moves to come out of the situation relatively unscathed. Unless you've experienced it, you cannot truly understand just how incredible our brains actually are.

Didn't you purposely crash a plane recently

i took a shot everytime he said "like" and woke up in a different country

Thanks. Awesome job ,being able to articulate that moment in space n time. when time slows, your mind and thoughts hit light speed. Yet u still physically ladoux every act needed to survive. You explained this so perfectly that my fight flight kicked in. key word flight. An artist to pull it off and manage to articulate that beauty in a way most only wish they could. ☠

The word awesome in the dictionary is described as a situation that leaves you in awe and wonder, and that was awesome. The tree kick and the detailed explanation, how the slow Mo effect works, if it’s never happened to you you will never comprehend it. Imagine the things we could accomplish if it was by command. The very few times it has happened to me, has gotten me out of accidents but the funniest thing is that this awesome zone has more often saved me because I was doing something others would consider stupid. But, one of the reasons for doing it, In the words of Chris Cagle; Chicks dig it. The true thing was the way your friends supported you for nailing your landing. 👍

That slow motion thing has saved my life twice now.. one time I was climbing a cliff using vines that were growing down it, and at the top of this 120 foot cliff the vine snapped... And I was free falling. I had so many thoughts of what to do and what not to do it was crazy. I finally grabbed a vine to my left in time to not his the ground but my hands were torn up to hell. I was so close to the ground that after I came to a stop I just let go and fell about three feet to my feet.

Every time I see a Red Bull Logo I just think "Is this the time someone dies because of them?"

The description of the mindset when u crash is crazy. It's just a crazy experience.

Your mind SPEEDS UP! I've been there. Washougal uphill off the top on the right edge of the track in the grass. 5th gear wide open. 1993 CR125. I had half a day to ponder life before I hit the GROUND. My right Humerus has a metal post, metal ball and plastic socket all these years later. Riding down the hill on the rescue quad. My right arm was springing up and down like it only had a rubber band while on the quad.

This is going to be a GREAT story to tell… In prison for the next 10-20 years. 😂

When I clicked on this video, I thought for sure you would tell the story of breaking your back landing in the leaf pile. This is a great story, but I'm sure people would love to hear about the leaf pile jump sometime. Either way, your nuts, thanks for sharing!

I felt like I was there, great story

I have that same switch he talks about. Once I tell myself I'm doing something... I'm doing it, even with sirens going off in my head. Glad I'm still here

man I know exactly what you mean when when your in mid crash, and your in the moment so much that you can like compute multiple outcomes and time practically stops, man that was such a cool story, with the footage it's f# n epic!

You should have pulled your parachute even though you could have landed that you liar!

You're gonna have a lot of stories to tell to the inmates for 20 years😂😂

i love how for him he was experiencing this full on journey and i guess that’s why it was such an accomplishment afterward when he realised he was alive

Awesome video, thanks for making this.

We need to hear travis and the nitro crews perspective one can only imagine what they were thinking

How many times does this guy say the word like??

the quick bailout to the left 100% saved your life, insane reactions the trick kick was rad too haha

Probably the most epic redirect of all time.

This dude hit that crazy jump so hard he admitted to being able to temporarily see into the future lmaoo

This guy's full of it

He is so right , when these things happen things do slow down for just a moment and it is like you step out of what's happening for that split second to make a decision .

Dude that was gnarly thank God you’re alive

Your mind doesn't slow down, it speeds up.

No one really wants to know the back story… or how it happened..

You got guts! You got the glory! Also great that you’re still with us. 💪😂👍

Hahaha! Excellent! I know the feeling, headspace and buzz from many a stunt gone wrong! Brilliant story and footage! Thanks for sharing! Greetings from London!

2:22 okay that's the new best thing I've ever seen LOL awesome

You have my personality I love that i found you

Wow!!! Mad respect and talk about living in the moment.

Man that story is awesome, it was so much fun and excitement hearing it! Glad you kicked that tree🙈

I wanted to hear this story in detail so bad! Thank you! Still curious....what happened to the bike?

His description of how your brain kicks into gear is spot on. Your mind gets insanely sharp in those moments. It takes 5 minutes to explain a thought process that happens in milliseconds on the spot. I don't dirt bike but I do skate and mountain bike. I took a jump when I was a kid that had a low branch above it. Nothing too big or crazy but definitely air time. We had been hitting it all afternoon at increasing speeds and getting comfortable/dumb. We were going underneath the branch and it wasn't exactly "safe" but we weren't too worried either. That particular time I went way too fast and before I even took the jump I realized I was gonna get clothes-lined in mid-air like an idiot so I actually made the call to turn INTO the thickest part of the branch as I was jumping, basically committed to not even TRY to land on the bike. I ditched the bike in mid-air to my left and went straight for the branch like a monkey. I never hugged anything so tightly in my life but it held, and it was probably a 7 foot drop back down from that branch so nothing too crazy for a 12 year old. I could hear my bike getting owned by nature further down the trail and my buddies were freaking out. It made perfect sense in my head and I got lucky it worked out, but if you've been in a crash or something like this before you hear this guy's story and it's like YES that's it!

Wow, thats some crazy action hero shit right there...like Neo in matrix. Glad youre alive

This guy has the best stories. That was insane! This reminds me of the time i was scramblimng / climbing a slab and started to slide down a cliff towards the sea crashing on rocks around 150ft below. I slid 25ft and pushed off a 180 towards an almost flat boulder i could see another 25 ft away. Free-falled the last 25ft to a parachute roll, there was nothing else except for that one rock!

This is so gnarly dude

If that tree wasn't there you probably wouldn't be here telling this story! Glad you were ok!

Great story telling! I’m going to assume lots of people have heard this story drunk around a bonfire? Nice foot placement as well!

Oh pastrana land stories.. like fishing stories but deadlier!

This is great and all...but did u crash a plane on purpose while carrying a person's ashes? That would make a great video...don't forget to get sponsors...