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Jeff Fehr, Canada’s first Red Bull X-rider, will be in Calgary on May 30th
Sky high: Jeff Fehr performs a gravity defying stunt over a crowd of people at a past event in Calgary.—photo courtesy of Jeff Fehr
Jeff Fehr started racing motorcycles when he was 12 years old. One to follow his heart and his dreams, Fehr continued to ride his motorcycle every day—simply because he loved doing it.
In 2003, Fehr started doing freestyle motocross professionally and has become known for his signature moves, including the backflip superman and the cliff-hanger—moves he describes as a lot of fun and a little creepy.
A passionate rider: Jeff Fehr—photo courtesy of Jeff Fehr
“(The cliff-hanger would be) if you took your feet and hooked them underneath your handlebars and then stood straight up with your arms over your head,” said Fehr. “But upside down you would be hanging from your dirt bike handlebars like a bat with your arms straight down…It is creepy for sure.”
Where the action is
On May 30, 2009, Fehr will be in Calgary during the Red Bull X-Fighters event—a tour of five countries, 170,000 spectators and 1,130 jumps in total. An exhilarating display of freestyle motocross, Fehr is the first Canadian freestyle Red Bull X-Fighter rider.
Fehr has come a long way in his career from the 12-year-old boy who started riding his motorcycle for fun. In 2006 he placed first in the Canadian FMX Championships and performed a natural terrain backflip, reaching heights of 105 feet. He also finished eighth at the Red Bull X-Fighters event in Mexico City in 2009. Fehr said that he rides his motorcycle every day and the one thing that motivates him is his passion and love for the sport.
“Being Canadian isn’t easy for a freestyle motocross rider,” said Fehr. “There’s not the sponsors and not the same money. If you are Canadian and are going to be a freestyler, you better be doing it for the right reasons or you are not going to be doing it for long.”
When Fehr was asked what his plans for the future are, he kept it sweet and simple.
“I will be doing this until I am a decrepit old man,” said Fehr, “until my body no longer allows me to, and then even past then I will ride a dirt bike every single day until I just die and just for absolute fun…It is not something that I do for a job. I would not be alive inside if I could not ride my dirt bike. If I couldn’t ride, there are other things that I would do for sure—but as long as I can, I will.”
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