1. Bikes Over Baghdad (FULL DOCUMENTARY) Iraq, Extreme Sports, Chad Kagy, Mike Rooftop Escamilla

Bikes Over Baghdad (FULL DOCUMENTARY) Iraq, Extreme Sports, Chad Kagy, Mike Rooftop Escamilla

Published about 1 year ago

Bikes Over Baghdad is a team of professional action sports athletes who travel to the Middle East in support of the troops. This is the story of what happens when these athletes put their safety aside to make someones life better, and change lives. We had no intentions of making a film when the first Bikes Over Baghdad tour departed the US for war-torn Iraq. To be honest, most days were spent just trying to get the job done without ending up on a gurney. Schedules were grueling, temperatures brutal, enemy attacks common, supplies marginal and failure was not an option. There was little room for error, let alone a film crew. We all took small cameras and let them roll every chance we could. Little by little, after 6 separate tours and several months in Iraq, we realized we had a story that needed to be told. This isnโ€™t a typical action sports video of guys doing insane tricks in remote locations (though it has that), or a story about the sacrifices our soldiers make day in and day out (though that's in there as well), and this isnโ€™t the diary of an adventure a group of friends embarked on (though, again, there is that). This is a story about what happens when people put their own safety aside to make someoneโ€™s life a little better. We faced extreme conditions, mortar rounds, IEDโ€™s, injury, exhaustion and more, but we never missed a show. The team reads like a whoโ€™s who of action sports: Nate Wessel, the top ramp builder in the world, led the construction alongside Ron Kimler while X Games medalists Chad Kagy, Brian Kachinsky, Drew Bezanson, and Anthony Napolitan joined LA Ink star Mike 'Rooftop' Escamilla and others. Zack 'Catfish' Yankush and Micah Kranz took time from their busy schedules to lend their famous voices and personalities to the show. Throughout the tour, the team met thousands of troops, spent time with wounded warriors, stayed in Saddam's palaces, flew across the Iraqi desert in Blackhawks, drove tanks, shot guns and visited places that few other people have ever set foot. This video will show just how special of an experience this was for thousands serving in the Middle East, and hopefully serve as a reminder that everyone has the power to initiate change in their own way. Cast Chad Kagy, Mike Rooftop Escamilla, Nathan Wessel, Drew Bezanson, Anthony Napolitan, Ron Kimler, Scott Powell, Jeremiah Smith, Brian Kachinsky, Zack Catfish Yankush, Micah Kranz, Mykel Larrin, Dave Osato, Keith Mulligan, Diesel The Bulldog Subscribe to the Echoboom Sports channel on Amazon, Struum, Xfinity X1, Sling, or COX for full access to ad-free streaming of the largest collection of premium action sports films in the world. Start your FREE TRIAL on Amazon today! https://www.echoboom.tv/prime Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/18VxJeD Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/echoboomsports Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EchoBoomSports Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/echoboomsports