It is a tentpole trick combo in the world of BMX, and after many attempts that didn't go well at all, Kurtis Downs showed up at the first-ever Nitro World Games in 2016 knowing that even though he'd never landed it, the backflip quadruple whip would be his Hail Mary trick -- all or nothing on his last run of the competition. The rest is literally history.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.