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By Pete Thomas / The Bulletin
July 30, 2009
LOS ANGELES — It is easy to see why freestyle motocross is among the marquee events of the X Games, with riders soaring from ramp to ramp at distances of up to 100 feet, flipping their 250-pound bikes while performing mid-air handstands and other seemingly impossible tricks.
But when....