Travis Pastrana

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2020

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Travis Pastrana an American professional motorsports competitor and stunt performer who has won X Games gold medals in supercross, motocross, freestyle motocross, and rally racing. Travis chats with the Armchair Expert about how he started riding dirt bikes at age 4, his risk/reward philosophy on life and his goal to make motocross safer and more accessible. Dax asks about addiction in the sport and Travis talks about his harrowing injuries. The two discuss having kids in conjunction with dangerous hobbies and Travis talks about the future of his profession. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	We're live.
0:02.0	We're live.
0:04.0	Welcome, welcome to arm chair expert.
0:06.0	I'm Dan Shepard.
0:07.0	I'm joined by Monica Pastrana.
0:08.0	I got to tell you guys, this is one of the most exciting folks I could talk to, period.
0:14.5	And Monica, God bless you, you did your best to hang in there.
0:19.0	And luckily, Travis is cute.
0:21.2	I think that got you through a lot of it's very very interesting he lives a life that I
0:27.6	Would be greatly ever live and it's fascinating to jump into those people's worlds.
0:33.6	Yeah, you know, Travis Pastrana is one of these guys who I just idolize.
0:37.5	He has done every single thing a human being can do on a
0:45.0	motorcycle and a rally car and I think he back flipped a monster truck one time.
0:46.0	He is an extreme motorsports daredevil, but I will say there are themes in this that transcend that that are very interesting.
0:54.3	So if you're if motorsports isn't your bag, don't worry.
0:56.7	I think that we get into life themes pretty profoundly and I think it's really illuminating to hear how someone like
1:03.8	Travis thinks how he approaches his work his job the risk how he ended up doing it
1:08.7	it's all very very fascinating to me and he's just a gem of a human being. Yeah, sweet boy. Mm-mm. He's a 17-time X Games medalist and he's a five times North American rally champion. He is the co-founder of Nitro Circus, Nitro World Games, and Nitro Rally Cross.
1:26.6	Travis's new venture is called Circuit 199, a future state of the art racing facility,
1:32.4	Motorsports Park, an entertainment venue where everyone from
1:35.2	beginners to tier one athletes can pursue their passions and progress as safely as possible.
1:40.3	Can I ask a question?
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