Brian Deegan (Moto X)

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Brian Deegan (born May 9, 1975 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American professional Freestyle Motocross rider and the all-time Moto X X Games medal leader. He is also the founder and leader of the Metal Mulisha, the most well known team in the sport.

Deegan was the first ever to do a 360 (some say an off-axis backflip because it isn't as flat) in competition naming the trick the "Mulisha Twist". Also innovator especially during pioneering of Freestyle Motocross and is the most decorated Freestyle Motocross rider in X Games history with 10 total medals (3 Golds and 7 Bronzes) and is the only rider to compete in at least 1 event in every X Games.

In 2004, at the Winter X Games, Deegan crashed while attempting a 360 at 100 feet, breaking his femur and both wrists. He came back 6 months later to get 4th at Summer X Games.

In 2005 During a taping of Viva La Bam for MTV Deegan under-rotated a back-flip and the handle bars hit hard in his mid-section. With that he lost a kidney and had a lacerated spleen with a significant amount of blood lost.

In 2006, Deegan released a film entitled Disposable Hero that follows him through the struggles and rewards that accompany the freestyle motocross sport and lifestyle. Jesse James, Ronnie Faist, Jeremy Stenberg, Cameron Steele, Chris Ackerman, Nate Adams, and Seth Enslow are a few of the featured cast that talk about Deegan and his life's journeys.

[edit] Career highlights

1997 Los Angeles Supercross - 1st place
1999 World Freestyle champ / Gravity Games Silver
2000 Gravity Games Gold
2000 Air MX Champ
2000 Bluetorch Ride and Slide FMX Champ
2002 Winter X Games Gold
2003 Featured Rider on Tony Hawk tour
2003 Summer X-Games Gold
2003 EXPN Rider of the year nominee
First to land a 360 backflip
2004 ESPY award nominee
Only rider to ride a custom WCC bike
Hold the most medals in FMX X Games history: 10 medals
Brian Deegan action figure, trading cards, and toy bike
Frequently featured in Transworld MX and Racer X magazines. Appeared on both covers.
Featured multiple times in FHM magazine
Appears frequently on ESPN, ESPN2, Sports Center, ABC, NBC, OLN, and the discovery channel
Stunts in the movies XXX , Spider-Man, and Fantastic Four
Owner of the most notorious FMX park: The Compound
2004 ESPN top 100 athlete of all sports
2005 Winter X Games Gold Medalist
2007 Winner Best Biography X Dance Action Sports Film Festival for Brian Deegan: Disposable Hero

[edit] Sponsors

Metal Mulisha, West Coast Choppers, No Fear, Amp'd Mobile, Rockstar Energy Drink, Etnies, Von Zipper, FMF, UNI, PJ1, Allsport Dynamics, Shoei, 909, Renthal, Dunlop, Acerbis, Escondido Cycle Center, MAC Tools, Alpinestars and 661.