Nuclear Cowboyz rider Mike Mason, a seven-time X Games gold medalist, performed a stunt called a Holyman during a recent show. The 2014 tour marks his fifth year with the Nuclear Cowboyz. COURTESYOFFELDENTERTAINMENT <\/p>\n
With scantily clad women, towers of fire, lasers, a cyborg army, loud music and even louder motorcycles, the Nuclear Cowboyz freestyle motocross tour might just be man heaven. <\/p>\n
The pretense of the show is that teams of stunt riders are in a battle against evil legions directed by a villainous woman but, really, it's all about the bikes. <\/p>\n
Motorcycles and four-wheelers fly through the air as riders stretch, leap and contort above them in an athletic, gasoline-powered ballet that makes them appear suspended, weightless, for an instant. <\/p>\n
\"It's part X Games and part circus,\" rider Mike Mason said. <\/p>\n
Mason and the other riders, all veterans of the motocross world, perform hundreds of freestyle tricks in a fast-paced adrenaline parade to a soundtrack of heavy metal, electronic dubstep and hip-hop. And don't forget the weapon-wielding \"kung fu warriors.\" <\/p>\n
Mason, who has won seven medals in the X Games extreme sports competition, said he thinks the warriors might be real monks. But he's not sure. They don't speak English, and he doesn't speak Chinese. But, he said, \"they are a bunch of little Asian dudes ripping around with swords and stuff.\" <\/p>\n
The warriors are an addition to the 2014 tour, which debuts in Lexington before heading to at least 15 more cities through April. <\/p>\n
\"It's been a crazy couple of weeks for us,\" said Mason, 32, whose laid-back vibe is in keeping with his bio of a guitar-strumming guy who likes to have a few beers with his buds. <\/p>\n
Mason said he has been on a bike almost since he could walk. His entire family was into motocross. He never imagined that he'd do it for a living, much less find a gig after he finished competing. The freestyle moves he does along with the other riders have been perfected over years of practice. <\/p>\n
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