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,

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. Robinson died of a

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, ten days shy of his 46th birthday, on December 9, 2017.

Video Game Appearances

Kevin Robinson was featured in ''

Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX ''Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX'' is a 2001 BMX video game developed by Shaba Games and the first game to be published by Activision under the Activision O2 label. It is similar to the ''Tony Hawk's'' series and competed directly with Acclaim Entertainm ...

'' for the

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and ''

Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 ''Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2'' is a 2002 BMX video game developed by Rainbow Studios and published by Activision under the Activision O2 label. The game, which serves as a sequel to ''Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX'', was released on August 13, 2002 for the P ...

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. 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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Kevin 1971 births 2017 deaths American BMX riders American male cyclists X Games competitors People from East Providence, Rhode Island Sportspeople from Providence County, Rhode Island Cyclists from Rhode Island 20th-century American sportsmen