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The Best Episodes of Nitro Circus

Every episode of Nitro Circus ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Nitro Circus!

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Nitro Circus is an "action sport collective" led by Travis Pastrana, featuring his friends and him traveling around the world riding dirtbikes, base jumping, and performing stunts. It has spawned a tour, a second television

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Nitro Circus Season 2 Episode 1 - Nitro City
    8.3/10(18 votes)

    #1 - Nitro City

    S2:E1

    Travis Pastrana and his daredevil crew head to Los Angeles, where SWAT instructors will shoot them with tasers. Also, the team will do back flips between two buildings which are 75-feet apart.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Nitro Circus Season 1 Episode 1 - Welcome To Pastranaland
    8.2/10(26 votes)

    #2 - Welcome To Pastranaland

    S1:E1

    The inaugural episode of Nitro Circus explodes at Travis Pastrana’s Maryland compound, where the cast takes one-upmanship to spectacular new heights. From Travis’s chute-less jump from an airplane to nemesis Andy Bell’s record-setting big wheel back flip, this crew rejects all boundaries while reinventing action sports, one episode at a time.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Nitro Circus Season 2 Episode 2 - Hydro Circus
    7.9/10(18 votes)

    #3 - Hydro Circus

    S2:E2

    The group heads to Havasu, AZ., taking a break from preparing for the X-Games in order to have some fun.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Nitro Circus Season 2 Episode 8 - Nitro Ut-Opia
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #4 - Nitro Ut-Opia

    S2:E8

    A base jump is attempted from atop a 600-foot high bridge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Nitro Circus Season 1 Episode 6 - The Circus Heads West
    7.8/10(19 votes)

    #5 - The Circus Heads West

    S1:E6

    Longtime friend and pro FMX rider, Ronnie Renner, invites the Nitro crew to his California ranch, where newfound friend and show producer, Johnny Knoxville, is waiting to play a little bull croquet. In between all the madness, the cast find time to drop in on their friend, Rob Dyrdek, at his fantasy factory. After the factory, the cast get back to what they do best: a spectacular chaos crossover involving five motorcycles, a cab, a mountain bike, and a high-powered trophy truck.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Nitro Circus Season 1 Episode 11 - Nitro Winter Wonderland
    7.8/10(19 votes)

    #6 - Nitro Winter Wonderland

    S1:E11

    The season 1 finale finds the crew heads to Jamaica to meet up with the Jamaican Olympic bobsled team. Later, a stunt is attempted which involves a 40-foot cliff.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Nitro Circus Season 1 Episode 12 - Jamaican Me Crazy
    7.8/10(19 votes)

    #7 - Jamaican Me Crazy

    S1:E12

    The season 1 finale finds the crew heads to Jamaica to meet up with the Jamaican Olympic bobsled team. Later, a stunt is attempted which involves a 40-foot cliff.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Nitro Circus Season 2 Episode 5 - No Right Churn
    7.7/10(17 votes)

    #8 - No Right Churn

    S2:E5

    The Circus travels to the home of Bam Margera and Chad Kagy attempts a mega ramp.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Nitro Circus Season 2 Episode 7 - Nitro Circus Circus
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    #9 - Nitro Circus Circus

    S2:E7

    The Nitro crew head to the circus where Tommy performs with his elephant twin, and Andy flies over the big top.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Nitro Circus Season 1 Episode 9 - Panamania!
    7.6/10(19 votes)

    #10 - Panamania!

    S1:E9

    The Nitro crew crank up the heat in Panama as they turn this tropical paradise into their own extreme play land. Travis, Roner, and Scott Palmer hurl themselves off a construction crane perched atop the tallest building in Central America. Back at the hotel, Travis and Jim hydro-skim a motorcycle across a crowded pool. Then it’s deep into the jungles of Panama where the Nitro crew brings motocross to a group of young native villagers. Panamania breaks out when the crew put an inflatable blob in the Panama Canal and use it to rocket Jolene to ear-popping heights. Fill it up again!

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Nitro Circus Season 2 Episode 3 - Go Big or Go Foam
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #11 - Go Big or Go Foam

    S2:E3

    The Circus is joined by BMX legend Mat Hoffman and Angels pitcher Ervin Santana for some California stunts that run the go-big gamut: the cast gets launched 100 feet into the air as human cannonballs, Street Bike Tommy dives 50 feet into a monster...

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Nitro Circus Season 2 Episode 4 - Southern Discomfort
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #12 - Southern Discomfort

    S2:E4

    The Circus travels to the East Coast.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Nitro Circus Season 1 Episode 4 - Hell Compound
    7.5/10(17 votes)

    #13 - Hell Compound

    S1:E4

    Back home in the Maryland compound, Travis Pastrana and the Nitro Circus crew break out some toys of all shapes and horsepower to create new stunts and sports. From racing big wheels downhill to launching pit bikes off trampolines to attempting the first ever back flip in a monster truck, they drive, jump, and crash everything they can get their hands on.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Nitro Circus Season 1 Episode 7 - Nitro in the Guinness Book
    7.4/10(20 votes)

    #14 - Nitro in the Guinness Book

    S1:E7

    The Nitro crew team up with the Guinness Book of World Records to either crush existing records or make their own. From Jolene Van Vugt’s motorcycle back flip to Streetbike Tommy’s distance attempt on a lawnmower to Jim De Champ’s sport-changing front flip on a motorcycle, the Circus goes big to set a mind-blowing number of Guinness World Records.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Nitro Circus Season 2 Episode 6 - Mud and Guts
    7.4/10(14 votes)

    #15 - Mud and Guts

    S2:E6

    The crew heads down to North Carolina to visit Dennis ``Grave Digger'' Anderson's monster truck mud park. Elsewhere, Andy Bell takes a violent spill.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Nitro Circus Season 1 Episode 3 - Las Vegas
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    #16 - Las Vegas

    S1:E3

    For the Nitro Circus crew there is zero down time in Sin City. When they’re not launching motorcycles 100-feet plus in the desert or heaving themselves off a 52-story casino on the Strip, they’re thinking of other ways to wreak some good old fashion havoc. And it’s not just their own lives they’re gambling with; the cast goes big with T.J. Lavin and brings Bam Margera to tears.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Nitro Circus Season 1 Episode 5 - Utah: Home Sweet Home
    7.3/10(18 votes)

    #17 - Utah: Home Sweet Home

    S1:E5

    The crew head back to the Utah birthplace of Nitro Circus, using the familiar rugged terrain to ride, race and wreck everything they can get their hands on. They redefine the ancient Roman chariot race with a new kind of horse-power. Then they handcraft their own motor homes to race on a figure-eight track and Streetbike Tommy crashes a Rock Crawler. Basically the cast creates some homecoming mayhem, Nitro-style.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Nitro Circus Season 1 Episode 10 - Puerto Rico
    7.3/10(16 votes)

    #18 - Puerto Rico

    S1:E10

    It’s a Nitro-style winter wonderland, as three Circus cast members make a trip to the hospital! DC Shoes owner Ken Block, invites the crew to come out and play at his DC Mountain Lab in Utah. Whether they’re leaping out of helicopters on inner tubes, launching themselves across a semi-frozen pond in animal costumes with pro BMX legend, TJ Laven, or flipping snowmobiles over a seventy-five foot gap with X Games gold medalist, Heath Frisby, the action is as extreme as the weather.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Nitro Circus Season 1 Episode 2 - Lake Medina
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    #19 - Lake Medina

    S1:E2

    Back home in the Maryland compound, Travis Pastrana and the Nitro Circus crew break out some toys of all shapes and horsepower to create new stunts and sports. From racing big wheels downhill to launching pit bikes off trampolines to attempting the first ever back flip in a monster truck, they drive, jump, and crash everything they can get their hands on.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Nitro Circus Season 2 Episode 9 - Epic Pass/Epic Fail
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    #20 - Epic Pass/Epic Fail

    S2:E9

    The cast discusses stunts and misfires from the season.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Nitro Circus Season 1 Episode 8 - Hollywood Nitro
    7.1/10(18 votes)

    #21 - Hollywood Nitro

    S1:E8

    The Nitro crew find themselves in the heart of Hollywood with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s stunt double. Their first feat: riding inside a massive steel ball of death and attempting to back flip over it. They then meet up with friend Johnny Knoxville, and convince him to get back on a bike for the first time since Travis broke his penis. In true Nitro style, they proceed to terrorize another Jackass star, Steve-O, who discovers he is deathly afraid of motorcycles. They also meet up with acting icon, Gary Coleman, who joins them in a heart-stopping action sequence that’s sure to end in disaster.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Nitro City" is the best rated episode of "Nitro Circus". It scored 8.3/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/27/2009. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Welcome To Pastranaland".