Jed Mildon's triple backflip - The full story!

by Unit Clothing
May 30, 2011 at 17:57


On the 28th of May, 2011 Unit BMX rider Jed Mildon attempted and successfully landed the first-ever Triple Backflip on a bike in his hometown of Taupo, New Zealand. In just three days the videos of Jed's incredible achievement have reached almost 4 million views online, cementing his name into action-sports folklore.

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This new video takes you behind the scenes of the whole project to give you an idea of the commitment it's taken Jed to accomplish the Triple Backflip. Jed might've made the final successful jump look easy, but what it has taken him to reach that point is far from it. NZ rider Jake Prebble joins Jed at the main event, and throws down some massive front flip tricks as well.

Project and video courtesy of Unit Clothing.

Directed and produced by Allan Hardy for Unit.

Additional filming by Joe Lawry, Ryan McCrae and www.theairbag.co.nz

Music by The American Dollar and A Skylit Drive
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67 Comments

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flag wtp666 (May 31, 2011 at 4:03)
 i like there brooms..
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flag SamPetersPhotography (May 31, 2011 at 2:18)
 Major credit to him, he got the rotation sooo fast and he managed to land it back wheel first, amazing what people are doing nowadays on bikes. I cant wait to see what happens next!!
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flag fitzbike96 (May 31, 2011 at 8:32)
 how long did that take u?? AND HOLY CRAP HOW DO U DO THAT???????!????!!!!???!!!?!?!?!?!?!??!!??!
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flag GabrielDugas (May 31, 2011 at 9:26)
 the upper triangle is not aligned.

but this video shows how much those guy have to work to get things done. truly inspiring
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flag Patrick9-32 (May 31, 2011 at 9:35)
 to quote many a fourchan thread "newf*gs can't triforce"
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flag aoneal (May 31, 2011 at 11:16)
 I'm glad I paused my porn for this.
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flag pheonix-up (May 31, 2011 at 16:33)
 Perfect! hahahahahah all that work and the apostrophe screws it up
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flag bcbiker856 (May 31, 2011 at 18:07)
 it is magical.......................... .................................... ...................... ......................................................................... ............. ..................................................... ............... magical
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flag meathooker (May 31, 2011 at 21:16)
 i cant believe he bailed with out the bag...multiple times and just kept on sending it!!!

that guy is epic!
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flag knobzy (May 31, 2011 at 8:15)
 the part that shocks me the most is the first double flip was back in 2000 by Dave Mirra, Jed did a double backflip 11 years later. Wonder how long before the next person attempts triple. He may be holding on to this record for a little while.
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flag evilrydr (Jun 1, 2011 at 22:36)
 Lacondeguy did doubles a couple years ago. On a MTB but still same thing.
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flag thinkbike (May 31, 2011 at 12:27)
 Jed TOTALLY takes it to the next level... he must have checked out all those helpful Danny MacAskill videos.
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flag callumpyoung (Jun 1, 2011 at 14:29)
 that made me lol
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flag thestigmk1 (Jun 3, 2011 at 2:15)
 Yeh, you could see that he was rolling along at a comfortable speed (of 88mph)
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flag downhilltoavenged7x (May 31, 2011 at 2:07)
 Making New Zealand bikers proud! Way to go Jed!
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flag c2crider (May 31, 2011 at 6:13)
 That's incredible, some of those bails were huge as well. I would hate to have been one of the guys to miss the air bag as well Eek
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flag d4zd34n (Jun 1, 2011 at 18:09)
 i cant beleive theres just over 4100 veiws and just under 400 faves and yet the first guy to land a triple back flip only gets 30 comments ..
come on people the guy deserves a freakin medal.well done dude you really do deserve it ,keep it coming ....
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flag radrider (Jun 1, 2011 at 22:05)
 everyone is still in shock give it time
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flag andrewgrant (May 31, 2011 at 12:47)
 "I kinda had a dream the other night that I would die there, so, stoked!" lol what a champ. That was straight-up epic! 5 years ago even a double back was crazy talk, and now this.
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flag joslatapi (May 30, 2011 at 18:12)
 this would be my vod if my vod existed
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flag Downhill340 (May 31, 2011 at 11:37)
 in 10 years I would hate to build a ramp if someones going to backflip five or six times cause that was a three and that was a f*cking huge ramp.Fair play to him though it was a sweet trick
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flag a2kjao (May 31, 2011 at 5:00)
 wow this is was so nice! Watching the crowd when he's flippin made me happy. Everyone connected to that moment.
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flag flybikenathanh (May 31, 2011 at 5:42)
 Meant so much to him, Congratulations Jed, You've possibly done one of the most influential things in BMX
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flag ShaolinWood (May 31, 2011 at 5:06)
 Wow. That's really amazing. You got to admire the commitment and guts to go for that. Well done dude!
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flag Jimmy0 (May 31, 2011 at 15:57)
 well shoot. by the time i get as old as them all the cool kids will be doing 5 or 6 rotations.
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flag xaciidferretx (May 31, 2011 at 5:40)
 Funny last words lol
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flag jmskrsly (May 31, 2011 at 7:28)
 Haha, yeah I was thinking the same thing. "I had a dream last night that I would die today, so I'm pretty stoked right now."
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flag krippler720 (May 31, 2011 at 22:26)
 The frontflip variations... the most chill dubs.. the kod flip to tailwhip??? I wanna hit that jump!
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flag hardcastle95 (Jun 1, 2011 at 8:38)
 this worries me because a few years ago people thought it imposable to do a back flip, now they're doing 3, 4 will be next..
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flag mshimon (Jun 2, 2011 at 1:13)
 I'm gonna skip 4 and go straight to 5 in a row, a quintuple-back-flip. That'll get people going.
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flag Condro714 (May 31, 2011 at 9:27)
 These So Hems are getting pretty good at loopdelooos.
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flag psyickphuk (May 31, 2011 at 1:13)
 Amazing. He's even pedalling down a 20m roll in!
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flag wyldebill (May 31, 2011 at 17:05)
 Amazing dedication. Just goes to show that just about anything is possible if you really want it.
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flag seraph (May 31, 2011 at 19:41)
 Triple front flip next...?
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flag bikenmiken Plus (May 31, 2011 at 9:50)
 Scariest Helmet cam footage- EVER!
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flag Zack-Attack (Jun 2, 2011 at 19:08)
 omg, my hamster just did a triple front in his wheel!!! HOLY f*ckKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
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flag COxYDuDE (May 31, 2011 at 11:56)
 surprised he could rotate 3 times with balls that big Smile
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flag will-steele (May 31, 2011 at 19:44)
 wicked jump! congrats on achieving the triple!
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flag dirtman04 (Jun 1, 2011 at 20:21)
 yaaa..... he got butt that night for sure.
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flag Shredder-boy (Jun 1, 2011 at 7:00)
 He kept his stunt pegs on when trying to triple in the foam pit!
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flag steveyboy047 (May 31, 2011 at 23:04)
 that was fn sik man wish i had the commitment to do that shit
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flag jondurham (May 31, 2011 at 8:00)
 dude dude try these nachos.... so stoked
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flag john3084 (May 31, 2011 at 3:44)
 This Definatley deserves VOD
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flag nico100 (May 31, 2011 at 4:41)
 Even those front flips were epic. damn
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flag mp11 (May 31, 2011 at 1:35)
 holy mary mother of god . . . Big Grin
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flag limeade Plus (May 31, 2011 at 1:10)
 Bow chicka wow wow
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flag jmskrsly (May 31, 2011 at 7:29)
 Brown chicken brown cow
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flag nikylas (May 31, 2011 at 0:11)
 WHAAAAAAAT?!?! Huge props right there
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flag mtbfraser (May 31, 2011 at 5:00)
 up there with mike spinner
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flag yelyayan1976 (May 31, 2011 at 4:29)
 Impossible but possible trick for JED...you are the man!!!
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flag jaketinnelly (May 30, 2011 at 18:07)
 All that work and effort sure payed off.
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flag connen31 (May 31, 2011 at 0:33)
 so gutted i didnt make the trip down to watch this. jed is an absolute legend
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flag luke555 (May 31, 2011 at 6:09)
 WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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flag tom2k9lufc (May 31, 2011 at 8:42)
 absolutely fantastic my friend next time try one more ahahahahahahah :L
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flag albino (May 31, 2011 at 0:16)
 love it
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flag rideNWD (Jun 2, 2011 at 8:15)
 Mad props to him
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flag gladegp (May 31, 2011 at 0:43)
 Awsome!
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flag thenorthernsoldieruk (Jun 1, 2011 at 6:11)
 Speachless
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flag ross448 (May 31, 2011 at 8:46)
 3
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flag PKMR (May 31, 2011 at 5:22)
 WWWOOOOWWWW =O
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flag torremo (May 31, 2011 at 9:42)
 wowww shit
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flag IronHyde (May 31, 2011 at 0:12)
 Yeah Jed, so sick bro!
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