Kevin Robinson (December 19, 1971 – December 9, 2017) nicknamed K-Rob was a professional freestyle BMX rider. Widely recognized as one of the best riders of all time, Robinson was integral in creating Megaramp disciplines for BMX. Aside from this, Robinson was most notable for two stunts in his career: He was the first to successfully land a Double Flair (double backflip with 180 degree horizontal rotation) in competition at the 2006 X Games and, in 2016, set the Guinness World record for the highest air on a BMX bike (27 feet) in his home town of East Providence, Rhode Island. Robinson was a longtime receiver of sponsorship from Hoffman Bikes, Red Bull, and Target. Robinson died of a stroke, ten days shy of his 46th birthday, on December 9, 2017.
Video Game Appearances Kevin Robinson was featured in Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX for the PlayStation and Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 for the Xbox (console), PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance and the GameCube. To promote the second game, Kevin as well as the other pro BMX riders featured went on a tour with 90 minutes of footage being used in the game.
X Games competition history + GOLD (4) SILVER (0) BRONZE (6) YEAR X GAMES EVENTS RANK MEDAL 1995 Extreme Games BMX Vert 8th 1998 Summer X Games IV BMX Vert Double 7th 1999 Summer X Games V BMX Vert 8th 2000 Summer X Games VI BMX Vert 6th 2001 Summer X Games VII BMX Vert 4th 2002 Summer X Games VIII BMX Vert 4th 2003 Summer X Games IX BMX Vert 3rd 2004 Summer X Games X BMX Vert 3rd 2005 Summer X Games XI BMX Vert 3rd 2005 Summer X Games XI BMX Vert Best Trick 8th 2006 Summer X Games XII BMX Vert 4th 2006 Summer X Games XII BMX Vert Best Trick 1st 2006 Summer X Games XII BMX Big Air 1st 2007 Summer X Games XIII BMX Big Air 1st 2007 Summer X Games XIII BMX Vert 3rd 2008 Summer X Games XIV BMX Big Air 3rd 2008 Summer X Games XIV BMX Vert 7th 2009 Summer X Games XV BMX Big Air 1st 2009 Summer X Games XV BMX Vert 9th 2010 Summer X Games XVI BMX Big Air 6th 2010 Summer X Games XVI BMX Vert 8th 2012 Summer X Games XVIII BMX Big Air 3rd 2013 X Games Foz do Iguacu 2013 BMX Big Air 7th 2013 X Games Los Angeles 2013 BMX Big Air 6th
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