Just like entering the boxing ring for the biggest fight of the year, Harry Bink faced the triple backflip in the same manner.

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Overcoming fresh injury, mental blocks and severe, gut-wrenching fear was all a huge part of accomplishing the impossible. We had a one-onone discussion with Harry to give fans a clear understanding of how mentally debilitating it felt leading up to that triple flip ‘fight night’. 

Nitro World Games came to Brisbane, Qld, which ideally set the stage for the first triple backflip attempts since Josh Sheehan in 2015. Seven years ago, the triple flip was only made possible by Sheehan having such a gigantic take-off ramp and landing ramp (plus having the guts to hit a jump that size). Jayo Archer and Harry Bink had worked hard for many years and especially in recent months developing a ramp suitable for a stadium-floor setting.

A smaller ramp meant a faster spin and almost impossible inertia. At this phase of preparation, it was completely unknown if it was even remotely possible to ride away from a rotation that fast.

Conversation With Harry Bink

MONTHS BEFORE

“Well, where do I start? It was a pretty full-on year. I’ve always thought about the triple (flip), but I was waiting for the right time. Like, the right ramps, the right stage to do it on, just when everything felt right,” Harry says.