FreestyleXtreme Magazine Issue 22 | Page 63

Travis Pastrana What’s it like being a dad? Have you found the transition into rad dad? It’s been fun. It’s been interesting because we definitely can’t post or show three quarters of the things we do with my daughters. But the only injuries they’ve had have been in a shopping cart grocery shopping with mom. One other with them falling off of something stupid. Not like actually doing the cool stuff. I can’t imagine sleepless nights before doing back flips or performing at Nitro Circus Live. How do you handle that? When I go to one off events like today, you’re flying in yesterday, flying out tomorrow - it’s interesting because you actually get more sleep. I feel like having kids is like being an alcoholic except the nights aren’t as enjoyable. The sleep deprivation, isn’t always fun... But no, it’s been awesome. For that first six months I was there, I was around, but I wasn’t that dad that just was instantly watching their kids sleep. But as soon as they started walking dude, we’ve been