Ethen Roberts facts for kids
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| Nationality |  America |
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| Born | July 15, 1990 Salt Lake City, Utah |
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| Sport | Freeride Mountain Bike, Freestyle Motocross, Snow Bike | |||||||
| Event(s) | X Games, Nitro Circus, Nitro World Games, Red Bull Rampage, Crankworx | |||||||
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Ethen Godfrey Roberts (born July 15, 1990) is an amazing professional athlete. He rides mountain bikes and does freestyle motocross (FMX). He's super famous for being part of the extreme sports show Nitro Circus. Ethen was the first person ever to land a triple backflip on a mountain bike! He's a pioneer in big mountain bike tricks. He also helped start the Snow Bike event at the Winter X Games. In 2019, he even won a bronze medal in the Snow-Bike Best Trick event. Ethen is also the nephew of Gregg Godfrey, who helped create Nitro Circus.
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Ethen's Early Life and Family
Ethen grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. This area is perfect for action sports. His family was very active too. His mom was a professional gymnast. His uncle, Gregg Godfrey, was a pioneer in action sports. Ethen says his family was "practically born backflipping dirtbikes and snowboards." He also said, "I was introduced to action sports by Gregg Godfrey, as soon as I was basically born."
Ethen started racing motorcycles when he was only three years old. He later got into BMX racing too. But he loved freestyle jumping more than racing. "I loved racing, but I loved jumping more," he shared. When he was 14, he was one of the youngest kids to backflip a motorbike.
When Ethen was 19, he took a break from sports. He went to Argentina for two years for his church. He didn't ride anything during that time. He focused completely on his mission until he was 21. On January 5, 2020, Ethen and his wife Heather welcomed their second child, a boy named York.
Ethen's Amazing Career
Ethen has created many new tricks on his mountain bike. He adapted some of these from FMX. Examples include the scorpion double backflip and the backflip double grab superman. In 2013, he started competing and became famous for his tsunami double backflip.
Breaking Records in Mountain Biking
Over the years, Ethen quietly became one of the best mountain bikers in the world. He proved this in 2014. That year, he and Gavin landed the first-ever mountain bike triple backflips. Later in 2014, Roberts landed the first-ever Superman Double Backflip. This amazing trick earned him a nomination for an ESPN Sport Science Newton Award.
Nitro Circus and X Games
In 2017, Ethen was part of a Nitro Circus TV series called Off the Grid. He was with his brother and the Godfrey family. They showed off many FMX and mountain bike tricks. They pushed the limits on the famous Red Bull Rampage mountain in Virgin, Utah. Ethen later tried to compete in the Red Bull Rampage event.
In 2018, he competed in the first Snow Bike Best Trick event at X-Games Aspen. He is known for mixing his mountain biking and FMX styles in competitions. In 2019, he won a bronze medal in the Snow-Bike Best Trick event at the Winter X Games.
Commercials and Collaborations
In 2019, Ethen was in a Giant Bicycles commercial. He tried to "caveman jump" out of a helicopter with his mountain bike. Then he continued riding down a mountain. This short video became very popular online.
In 2020, Roberts filmed several commercials. One was for Zero Motorcycles. He also filmed a commercial for Toyota USA later that year.
In January 2022, Roberts worked with the Diesel Brothers. They performed some impressive tricks on his Snowbike at a party. This was shown on their TV show.
