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Welcome To Gobadirt

Welcome to the website of Grant “Goba” O’Brien. I am a photo journalist from Australia based in Northern NSW who specialises in capturing the action and lifestyle of motorcycle related sports. I am also passionate about music, adventure, travel, extreme sports, nature, people's stories, and am available for photography/journalist work covering all of the above so if you need a moment captured in either medium then please contact me at gobadirt @ gmail.com (no spaces) or phone +61422594627 to talk further. I look forward to hearing from you … Enjoy the site!

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UNIT FMX Open Report

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UNIT FMX Open podium L to R: Kain Saul, Luke McNeill and Joel Brown. Photo: gobadirt.com

The Unit FMX Open and final round of the 2011 Australian Underground FMX Championships, presented by RFDmx, went down yesterday (Sat29th) at the Project FMX compound in Rockhampton, Qld, and in the head-to-head format similar to Red Bull X-Fighters the final battle came down to Unit rider Kain Saul V Jetpillot's Luke McNeill.

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5-Minutes With Josh Sheehan
It's been a massive year for West Oz freestyler Josh Sheehan, and it ain't done yet! He joined the Nitro Circus tour at the beginning of the year, then destroyed his opposition in the IFMXF Night Of The Jumps series in the last 6 events, he reached the podium at Red Bull X-Fighters in Italy and Spain, and more recently stomped his first Double Backflip under pressure against the best big trickers on the planet to claim a bronze medal in Moto X Best Trick, X Games 17 ... you'd have to agree it doesn't get too much bigger than that for a rider who was pretty much unknown before the 2011 season got underway. As we head into the final stop of the Red Bull X-Fighters series in Sydney Sheehan is fighting against time to ensur ehe is fully fit and ready to take the fight to the likes of series leader Nate Adams, Dany Torres and Robbie Maddison to name a few. Will he be ready to roll? Can he cause a major upset? We caught up with him at his home in West Oz to find out!
 
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It's been a massive year for Josh Sheehan, and it ain't done yet! Pic: redbullxfighters.com
 
 
Too Strong – Catching Up With Jacko Strong
It all came together for Jacko Strong at this years X Games Moto-X Best Trick event after he stomped the first ever Front Flip in competition, a trick the X Games organisers pretty much had given up on leading up to the 17th edition of FMX’s Olympic games. Jacko proved to himself and to the world that one of, if not the hardest tricks in the sport, is possible under extreme pressure. And it was no fluke! Jacko signed off three months of his life to dial in the trick that took him to gold in an all-Aussie podium, just edging out Cam Sinclair’s Double Flip Nac and Josh Sheehan’s Double Flip. It was an epic moment for FMX Down Under, and according to Jacko one of the greatest achievements of his life. Now as he is starting to come down from the high Jacko’s focus is doing his home country proud at the first ever Red Bull X-Fighters event to hit our shores, but first he needs an invite, and 4 weeks out we caught up with the Mulisha protégé to talk about his X Games success and whether we’ll see the Front Flip in Sydney if he gets a start.

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Jacko led the Aussie charge at Moto X Best Trick, X games 17, taking the gold!
 
 
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