Kenny Bartram

Kenny Bartram

Personal information
Nickname	The Cowboy
Born	(1978-08-23) August 23, 1978 Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	166 lb (75 kg)
Sport
Sport	Freestyle motocross (FMX)
Event(s)	X Games, Gravity Games, Dew Tour, Red Bull X-Fighters
Medal record Summer X Games Representing United States 2001 Philadelphia Moto X Big Air 2002 Philadelphia Moto X Freestyle 2005 Los Angeles Moto X Freestyle 2003 Los Angeles Moto X Big Air Gravity Games 1999 Providence Moto X Freestyle Team 2000 Providence Moto X Freestyle 2002 Cleveland Moto X Freestyle

Kenny Bartram (born on August 23, 1978) is an American professional freestyle motocross rider. Bartram is from Stillwater, Oklahoma, hence his nickname "The Cowboy." (Oklahoma State University is located in Stillwater, their mascot is the cowboy and their colors are also orange, which Bartram usually wears). Before his career in FMX, he won many Oklahoma State Series MX Races. Out of all other riders, he currently has the most wins, 57 in all. Bartam has also suffered plenty of injuries, including 22 broken bones, 7 knocked out teeth, a steel plate in the jaw, and a damaged blood vessel in the brain (according to himself on an interview on the podcast, "M80" on FuelTV). "Cowboy" Kenny Bartram has signed on contract with KTM, which is the bike he has stuck to for a long time.

Early life

Bartram was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma on August 23, 1978.

Career

In 1999, at the Gravity Games I in Providence, Rhode Island, Bartram along with his best friend Travis Pastrana, they performed together in the Moto X Freestyle Team, and winning their first ever Gold medal as a team. At the 2000 Gravity Games, Bartram winning a 3rd place, a Gravity Games Bronze medal in Moto X Freestyle, while riding the Yamaha YZ125. At the 2001 Gravity Games, Bartram finished 7th place in the Moto X Freestyle, then at the 2002 Gravity Games in Cleveland, Ohio, Bartram winning 3rd place, and took home his second Gravity Games Bronze medal in the Moto X Freestyle event, while Mike Metzger took home his second Gravity Games Silver medal, after debuting the No Footed Backflip and Travis Pastrana took home his fourth Gravity Games Gold medal, after both Pastrana and Metzger pull off the Backflip.

At the 2000 X Games (X Games VI), in San Francisco, California, Bartram made his first X Games appearance in Moto X Freestyle, but he finished 15th place, and he didn't qualified for the Freestyle finals. At the 2001 Winter X Games V, in Mount Snow, Vermont, Bartram was riding the Yamaha YZ250F, and finished 5th place in the debut of Moto X Big Air. At the 2001 X Games (X Games VII), Bartram performed a Shaolin to Sterlizer and finished 1st place, and wins the first ever Moto X Big Air Gold medal. At the 2002 Winter X Games VI, in Aspen, Colorado, Bartram finished 6th place in the Moto X Big Air event. At the 2002 X Games (X Games VIII), in Moto X Freestyle, Bartram tried to pull off the Backflip off of a dirt kicker, but he broke his ankle in the end, and gets the Silver medal. At the 2003 X Games Global Championship, Bartram along with his teammate Nate Adams performed Backflips and wins the Gold medal in Moto X Freestyle for Team USA. At the 2003 X Games (X Games IX), Bartram made his Moto X Step Up debut, and took 7th place in the event, then Bartram finished 4th in the Moto X Freestyle and Bartram came back in the Moto X Big Air, performing the Backflip Heelclicker and winning the Bronze medal. At the 2004 X Games (X Games X) Bartram finished 10th place in Moto X Best Trick, then Bartram finished 6th in Moto X Freestyle, but he didn't qualified for the Freestyle finals and also he finish 11th in the Supermoto event. At the 2005 X Games (X Games XI), Bartram performed a Side Saddle Take-Off Backflip and finished 4th place in Moto X Best Trick, then Bartram pulled off the same trick and winning his second Silver medal in Moto X Freestyle. At the 2006 Winter X Games X, Bartram finished 8th place in Moto X Best Trick, and he didn't qualified for the finals. At X Games XII on Friday morning, while on a practice run, Bartram suffering a fractured wrist and broken clavicle. Bartram has been riding dirt bikes for 38 years of his life. Bartram is also apart of Travis Pastranas' Nitro Circus.

Other appearances

Bartram features as a playable character in the video game, Crusty Demons, released on PS2 and Xbox. Cowboy Kenny is also featured in the 2003 video game MTX Mototrax. Nitro Circus Rally Car Racing.

Events

• 2002 WFA Cleveland, OH - Freestyle: 1st
• 2003 Red Bull X-Fighters - Freestyle: 1st (Valencia, Spain)
• 2003 Red Bull X-Fighters - Freestyle: 1st (Madrid, Spain)
• 7 World Championships
• Rally America Rookie of the year, and 2 Rally America National Championships
• 2 time WFA and IFMA Champion, VTC Champion

X Games competition history

GOLD (1) SILVER (2) BRONZE (1)

YEAR	X GAMES	EVENTS	RANK	MEDAL
2000	Summer X Games VI	Moto X Freestyle	15th
2001	Winter X Games V	Moto X Big Air	5th
2001	Summer X Games VII	Moto X Big Air	1st
2002	Winter X Games VI	Moto X Big Air	6th
2002	Summer X Games VIII	Moto X Freestyle	2nd
2003	Summer X Games IX	Moto X Step Up	7th
2003	Summer X Games IX	Moto X Freestyle	4th
2003	Summer X Games IX	Moto X Big Air	3rd
2004	Summer X Games X	Moto X Best Trick	10th
2004	Summer X Games X	Moto X Freestyle	6th
2004	Summer X Games X	Supermoto	11th
2005	Summer X Games XI	Moto X Best Trick	4th
2005	Summer X Games XI	Moto X Freestyle	2nd
2006	Winter X Games X	Moto X Best Trick	8th

Gravity Games

YEAR	GRAVITY GAMES	LOCATION	EVENTS	RANK	MEDAL
1999	Gravity Games I	Providence, Rhode Island	Moto X Freestyle Team	1st
2000	Gravity Games II	Providence, Rhode Island	Moto X Freestyle	3rd
2001	Gravity Games III	Providence, Rhode Island	Moto X Freestyle	7th
2002	Gravity Games IV	Cleveland, Ohio	Moto X Freestyle	3rd

External links

• Official website
• Bartram's bike brand