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Motorcycle jumper looks to push the envelope and survive
BY DAVE STREGE The Orange County Register
SANTA ANA, Calif. - (KRT) - Survival - not winning - is the primary goal of Ronnie Renner at the
Winter X Games in Aspen, CO. this weekend.
Renner will soar 40 feet into the air on his motorcycle, attempt a tricky stunt that
will impress the judges and, he hopes, land safely on a snowy stage where hell put on his patented post-jump
performance. "I don’t expect to win,” the Westminster, Calif., resident said.
"I don’t even expect the podium (top three). Basically, if I leave there healthy and I made the finals, I get an
A-plus in my book.”
In Moto X best trick, where spectators grade on bigger and bigger air, Renner, 27, thinks more about putting on a good show and
having a good time. He leaves the pushing-the-envelope tricks to the more daring.
Not that the stripper isn’t daring. In his signature trick, Renner hooks his right foot under the handle bar, lift his left foot over the
handle bar and arches his back and looks behind him - all within seconds as he files through the air at 40-50 mph.
But it’s what he does upon landing that he is remembered for
most, why he twice won International Freestyle Motocross
Association Entertainer of the Year.
Renner drops his bike and does a robotic walk and a break
dance, then goes into a handstand and snakes his body to the ground. The crowd loves it.
Because of his act, he tends to get a little extra air time when
events are televised, which this one will be.
"It’s something different, and it keeps the crowd from getting
bored and breaks the monotony a little bit,” he said.
Better to break monotony than bones, Renner figures, especially since his biggest fans are back home waiting for him to return in
one piece
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His girlfriend Niki Mesco and their two children - Nate Racer, 5, and Joshua Rider, 2,
moto stars in training - miss Rennet every time he leaves town, which is often.
Besides competing in freestyle events, Rennet also puts on demonstrations.
In the fall, Rermer went on a European demo tour, performing at various motocross
events in Holland, Sweden. Italy, Spain, France, Hungary and Germany. doing backflips
at most of them.
He was home for eight days in a three-month span.
One day when Joshua spotted an airplane flying overhead, he said, “Hi, Daddy.”
“That's when I started going, ‘You need to cut back a little
bit” Mesco said.
Renner phoned every day from Europe and after every show to let them know he was
safe. His cell phone bill was $800 a month, Mesco said. Nate counts down the days when Daddy
will return. Until then, he and his brother watch
videos of Daddy every day.
"I don’t really worry about him doing the shows. It’s just hard. Having a family with a rider
is very difficult Mesco said. “Just because on average, he’s home probably two days a
week, if that. It just depends on how his schedule is. It’s really tough on the kids.”
Riding is a family activity when he is home. Nate got his first motorbike when he was 3.
Joshua sits on one and pretends to ride. With other riders naming their kids Mob or Freestyle, Renner figured Racer and Rider
would be cool names for his, since he would raise them in the sport. Mesco insisted on
Biblical first names and compromised on middle names.
No question, the sport inns in the family. Rennet’s father Ron raced
motocross in his younger days. Rennet’s brother Ricky races, and brother Robbie rides for fun.
Renner started riding at 4 and aspired to become a factory racer. He turned pro but never
made It big. The purses he won didn’t cover expenses. Then he and a friend made a ramp, started jumping and lined up a couple of shows to
display their new-found talent. Renner started making three times the money.
The jumping came naturally to him, he said. So did the jump from racing to freestyle,
something he’s been at full-time since 2000.
“It was a no-brainer to make money riding my bike instead of spending money riding my
bike,” Rennet said.
He also makes money in the movies. He was the stunt double for Drew
Barrymore in the second Charlie’s Angels film and has a speaking, riding
role in the upcoming Marvel
Comics movie “The Fantastic Four.”
He’d still prefer to be a top racer but is honored to be one of only three factory freestyle
riders. Which is why caution is part of his baggage whenever he goes to compete.
“One of my mottoes is, nobody is going to pay me to sit on the couch all year, so I better
not crash,” he said.
@2006. The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.).
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