The BMX freestyle favourite spoke to Guardian Australia about his emerging sport’s Olympic debut
On Logan Martin’s
Instagram page, there is a video of his winning run at the UCI BMX Freestyle world championships earlier this month. In just 60 seconds, the 27-year-old pulls off over a dozen mesmerising tricks. At one stage, he throws his bike forward at the top of a ramp, fully disconnecting from its handles as the bike rotates and Martin hangs in the air, before human and metal reconnect to complete the manoeuvre. The commentators are stunned, noise replacing words for several seconds.
The video has almost 200,000 views. In his caption, the Queenslander concedes that he was “very close to losing the bike on the front bike flip but managed to get a hold of it.” He signs off with a devil emoji and a rainbow, the latter signifying the striped jersey worn by world champions. In the comments,
American counterpart Dennis Enarson simply offers: “Best ramp run ever!!!”.