# Dayne Kinnaird

Dayne Kinnaird (born 16 July 1982) is an Australian Freestyle motocross rider for Zoo York Skateboard Company. Kinnaird has been a competitor for 16 years. He has won several competitions. Kinnaird is also a part of the Metal Mulisha, along with Luke Urek, Jeff Kargola, Jeremy Stenberg and Ronnie Faisst.

## Early life

Kinnaird was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia on July 16, 1982.

## Career highlights

Kinnaird break his elbow at the 2002 WFA Moto-X Championship in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2005, Kinnaird pulled off his 1st ever Backflip at Jeremy Stenberg's home. In August, Kinnaird had injured his right foot after pulling off the Backflip. In 2022, Kinnaird has returned to FMX but is out of action with a busted neck and back.

## Career

Kinnaird has been riding for 18 years, then he has been a pro for 3 years, and his favorite music is Kotton Mouth Kings. Kinnaird's Sponser is Honda Australia, also his favorite motocross rider is Chad Reed, a fellow Australian Supercross rider and his goal is to beat him. Kinnaird competed in the Crusty Demons 7 and 8 competitions. However Kinnaird went to Annapolis, Maryland, the home of Travis Pastrana and tried to attempht a "Backflip", but unfortunately he accidentally bend his handlebars on his dirt bike. Kinnaird made his first appearance at the 2002 X Games (X Games VIII), Kinnaird qualified in 8th in the Moto X Freestyle Prelims, but unfortunately he finished in 7th in the finals of Moto X Freestyle event, and in the Moto X Big Air, Kinniard debut a combo trick called "Double McMetz", but he finished in 4th, that means no X Games medals from both Freestyle and Big Air events.
At the 2003 Winter X Games, Kinnaird beat the "Backflip" of Caleb Wyatt with a Freestyle combo trick, and he would finish in 2nd, that mean he was the first international rider to win his first ever Winter X Games medal, the Silver medal. Kinnaird and Luke Urek compete in the 2003 X Games Global Championship, but still Kinnaird has finished in 3rd in the Moto X Freestyle event. At the 2004 Winter X Games, Kinniard qualified in 3rd from the Preliems, then in the finals, he tried to do some bigger combo tricks, but he finished in 4th in the Best Trick event. At the 2005 Winter X Games, Jeremy Stenberg has injured his wrist and thumb in a practice run, so Stenberg is out of the competition, so Kinnaird steps in for Twitch, but he tried to do some combo tricks after injured his right foot, but unfortunately Kinnaird finished in 7th, that mean he didn't qualified for the finals in the event. At the 2006 X Games (X Games XII), a French rider named Remi Bizouard didn't have a dirt bike for the Best Trick event, so Kinnaird gave Bizouard his Yamaha YZ250, after that Bizouard crashed so hard on a "Backflip Heart Attack" and finished in 10th. However Kinniard has a favorite Freestyle combo trick called "McMetz to Superman Seat Grab Indian Air".

## Personal life

Kinnaird lives in Lake Elsinore, California.

## Events

* 2000 Australian X Games - Moto X Freestyle: 3rd
* 2002 WFA Cleveland, OH - Freestyle: 2nd
* 2002 World IFMXF Champion
* 2003 Red Bull X-Fighters - Freestyle: 3rd (Madrid, Spain)
* 2003 X Games Global Championship- Freestyle Motocross: 3rd

## X Games competition history

GOLD (0) SILVER (1) BRONZE (0) :
| YEAR | X GAMES | EVENTS | RANK |
| 2002 | Summer X Games VIII | Moto X Freestyle | 7th |
| 2002 | Summer X Games VIII | Moto X Big Air | 4th |
| 2003 | Winter X Games VII | Moto X Big Air | 2nd |
| 2004 | Winter X Games VIII | Moto X Best Trick | 4th |
| 2005 | Winter X Games IX | Moto X Best Trick | 7th |