Motocross Star Jayo Archer Dies At Age 27

He was the first rider to complete a triple backflip.

Motocross star Jayden “Jayo” Archer died at the age of 27 on Wednesday while he was practicing a triple backflip trick in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia.

Archer, who was a two-time X Games medalist, is famously known for being the first motocross star to complete the triple backflip trick. He first accomplished the feat in Nov. 2022 at the Nitro World Games in Brisbane, Australia. Only two other riders have been able to accomplish this trick since then.

Archer has last publicly performed a triple backflip in June 2023 in Jay, Okla. He was working to land a quadruple backflip, which would have made him the first motocross athlete to do so.

Archer received a bronze X Games medal in Best Trick in last summer’s competition.

“We are deeply saddened by Jayo Archer's passing and our thoughts and prayers go out to his parents and fiancée,” Scott Guglielmino, interim COO at X Games, said, via ESPN. “One of the most committed and charismatic FMX riders, Jayo will be missed by the X Games family.”