Video: Mark Gomez Executes First Superflip

It wouldn’t be “Freeride Friday” without an awesome trick performed by arguably one of the most proficient talents in the sport, Mark Gomez. The little powder keg has risen up the ranks of jet skiing on the world stage, charging the surf on both hemispheres and impressing onlookers and his fellow freeriders alike. Mark is also one of the most affable characters, making it hard to hate him for brandishing Midas’ golden touch.

In a recent session in Oceanside, California, Mark executed one of the most difficult tricks possible: the Superflip. Requiring the utmost in athleticism and vehicle performance, the Superflip has become the top ring to reach for in the world of freeriding, and this video shows just how masterfully Mark was able to pull it off.

Mark wrote, “This video and everything I do throughout the year is made possible thanks to WORX Racing Components and Hydro-Turf. Thanks to my friends Zack Bright, Ross Champion and Brock Taylor for the coaching, and Chris Rosner for letting me borrow his Superflip bars. I was able to go out to my surf stomping grounds outside of Oceanside harbor and make it happen.

“The concept of the superflip is extremely gnarly. Go for a backflip, kick your feet out as you leave the lip, when fully extended upside down in the air, leverage yourself back into the tray using the superflip bars on your wrist to attempt to safely land the trick.

“There was not much of a way to ease into it other than to simply commit to the trick and go for it. It for sure helps to know that the 2014 Freeride jet ski I am riding is beyond capable of this and many other gnarly tricks. I am riding a Rickter FR2 EVO-1 hull with a DASA 1000cc engine pushed by a Skat-Trak 155 pump assembled by Impros, all put together by TC Freeride. The Superflip Levers I am using are Ross Champion/Cold Fusion superflip bars which are no longer available.”