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MX or MTB? Ethan Nell Is Still Gonna Send It
Rip the epic, natural terrain of Virgin, Utah, with one rider on two bikes — one with a motor and one without.
Mountain bikes and motorcycles have always seemed to go hand in hand. With guys like Aaron Gwin coming from moto roots and Jeremy McGrath growing up in BMX, crossover on two wheels can be possible — although rare.
Even more rare is a rider who does both sports, at once. Enter Ethan Nell. Nell isn’t just crossing over, he's getting after it on both machines daily.
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MX or MTB? Ethan Nell is Still Gonna Send It
MTB and MX athlete Ethan Nell rips the epic, natural terrain of Virgin, Utah.
After growing up riding dirt bikes, the St. George, Utah, native took to mountain bikes in his late teens. “I raced a bit of motocross when I was probably 15 to 17, then got into mountain bikes,” Nell explains. “Now I’m kind of cruising both.”
With endless trails and the home of Red Bull Rampage just a stone's throw from his home, there’s no shortage of spots for him to session on the daily. Spend a day in the desert with Nell in the video above, where from the looks of it, he’s doing a little more than just “cruising.”
Check out Nell's POV video below: Jumping the Mansize drop — Kyle Strait's 70-plus-foot 2004 Red Bull Rampage-winning gap — on a motocross bike.
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POV: Rampage on a MX Bike
Ethan Nell sends the Mansize Gap — the 70-plus-foot gap that Kyle Strait jumped to win the 2004 Red Bull Rampage.
Want more from Nell in the Utah backcountry? Check out the link below.
