Travis Pastrana took over the Gymkhana video series from founder Ken Block in 2018, with the latter having made 10 films before passing the baton to his former team-mate.<\/p>\n
While Pastrana\u2019s first starring role took place in 2020, the untimely death of Block in a 2023 snowmobile accident gave him the reins permanently, subsequently resulting in two more videos, the most recent of which \u2013 Aussie Shred \u2013 launched this week.<\/p>\n
However, after the action sports star rode off into the distance on a dirt bike at its conclusion, series director and Hoonigan co-founder Brian Scotto took to social media to announce it would be Pastrana\u2019s last Gymkhana video.<\/p>\n
\u201c17 years ago, Ken Block released a video supplement to an article in 0-60 Magazine (where I was EIC) about gymkhana racing. It was simply titled \u2018Gymkhana Practice\u2019,\u201d Scotto wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt broke the internet before we knew it was even breakable. We had no idea then what kind of future it would create for us\u2026 Fast forward 12 years, and KB and I tapped Travis Pastrana to take over the primary series as Ken focused on new spin-offs like Climbkhana and Electrikhana.<\/p>\n
\u201cTravis had a very different approach to the films, which was exciting for me, and as we\u2019d find out, the audience as well. The film that dropped today is bittersweet for many reasons\u2014the obvious being the enormous absence of Ken Block. But I also knew it would be the last film Pastrana planned to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhich on the upside meant we didn\u2019t hold back, and threw everything we had at making the project special, but I\u2019m surely going to miss working with Travis. He\u2019s an absolute pleasure to direct and all the right kinds of crazy! Thanks again my friend for coming to shred in this playground Ken created for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
The question now remains as to who will take over as the lead star in the Gymkhana video series, which has never gone more than three years without a film release.<\/p>\n