About Us

MISSION STATEMENT

To promote and support stunt riding as a sport in a
positive legal manner while enabling riders to maintain
their personal style.

This is a magazine For Stunters By Stunters.

Our staff at Stunters Edge Magazine consists of riders, motorcycle enthusiasts and stunters. With your help and support we can bring stunt riding into the light it needs and deserves.

Stunt riding is an extreme sport. Dangerous yes, but also one of the most exciting sports around. Crucial timing is needed to keep the rider and the bike together, and anything can happen—even to the best of stunt riders. That’s why safety is all-important, including a safe place to ride.

Stunters Edge Magazine and its affiliates are not responsible for any accidents, injuries or death caused by reproducing and/or performing tricks and stunts seen in this magazine. The tricks and stunts depicted in this magazine were performed by professional stunt riders on a closed course.
Your attempt to re-enact or perform any trick or stunt seen in this magazine could lead to serious injury and/or death.

Always wear a helmet. Yes, they’re hot, your hair won’t look as good when you take it off, and nobody can get a face picture of you riding. So why wear a helmet? Because none of those reasons matter if you are paralyzed, or in a coma, with your body rotting away. And that’s if you survive a crash. What would your mom think? It only takes one good hit to the head to mess you up forever.

When selecting a helmet, look on the back of it to find if it is approved by the DOT (U.S. Department of Transportation). The safest helmets are not only DOT approved, but also Snell approved. The Snell Memorial Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that, for over fifty years has been dedicated to research, education, testing and development of helmet safety standards. Since its founding in 1957, Snell has been a leader in helmet safety in the United States and around the world. For more information go to www.smf.org. Snell inspects and tests helmets for racing applications. In laymen’s terms, that means the helmet can absorb an impact from higher rates of speed. So protect your grape. Here at Stunters Edge, we all have scars from crashes, and we keep our helmets on just in case.

Jackets and gloves are also a good investment. Sure, jackets are hot when stunting; during slow speeds, not a lot of air circulates. But they will save your skin. The same goes for gloves. Your hands are often the first thing to hit the ground as you try to catch yourself. And because we use our hands in everyday tasks, they take a long time to heal. So throw on some gloves. Motorcross gloves are mostly made of cloth and are comfortable, but they’re not as good in a crash as leather street gloves.

Some stunt riders wear shorts and knee pads during hot weather. But an injured knee will take a long time to heal because it bends every day when you’re walking around. So you may want to wear knee pads—or thicker pants—to protect your knees when stunt riding. Some pants even have Kevlar in them. A lot of stunt riders wear knee pads and shin guards to keep from hitting the cage while riding. If you are wearing shorts, it’s always a good idea to wear knee pads. The same can be said about elbow pads if you don’t wear a jacket. Remember: We all want to ride the next day.

The right shoes can help when you are caught under the bike. XDL now expects all riders to wear shoes that cover the ankle bone, and for good reason. That bone really hurts when it’s scraped down and you have to walk on it. Tying your shoes is also a good idea. How many videos have you seen on the internet of crashes were the rider loses his shoes, and he goes bouncing down the road, barefoot.

Stunt riding is exciting and dangerous; that’s why some of us love it. Many people think stunt riders are crazy for riding on the edge. So we hope if you pull off some sick trick, people won’t give you a hard time for wearing safety gear. Besides, you better get used to it if you want to compete.

- The Stunters Edge Staff