Mark Gomez is a 23-year-old that has skills well beyond his years. He started riding at the age of 7 and has continued to elevate to new heights each year. He has worked his way to become a World Champion Racer, win multiple freeride championships and be in some of the major news headlines. He was recently in Japan with fellow riders Takaaki Murao, Zach Bright and Abraham Hochstrasser. These are some of the most well-known and best freeriders and there were sure some competitiveness that day.
In freeriding, the major points given are in air and having limbs off of your craft. When freeriders hear this, they do not get scared away. They get excited and as you can see in this video below, they make sure to put on a crazy show. Launching off of waves, holding their leg back and somehow landing unhurt in unbelievable. It takes a special type of rider to have the guts to launch off those big of waves.
Mark Gomez has been making waves in the news for a few years now and continues to impress. From being a stunt man at Universal Studios, being a professional freerider and taking his 550 to the flooded streets of Fullerton, Gomez lives and breathes riding. Be sure to check out his other videos and support him as he travels the world.
Gomez, Ho, and Bright are all riders that are continuing to make the sport of freeriding more well know. Videos like these are what is going to bring this sport to new levels. If you are a freerider and want to gain more exposure we encourage you to start making videos and showing what skills you have. You never know what you are capable of until you start trying new tricks!
