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He's a fast guy for sure!
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Seems to have the talent and importantly the backing that so many lack, and to top it off, what looks to be a golden parachute if it didn't work out.
How the fuck you could not be trying your balls off to "make it" in that situation is beyond me... snot like he's sitting around wrapped in cotton wool, so the risk is there regardless... Would be a bummer to look back and think you coulda swung for the fences but instead you just did whip and nose wheely videos with your brother...
Let him do what he does. As long as he isn't hurting anyone, so be it.
Find me one person on this forum that wouldn't love to make a living riding a bike in some capacity.
Guys like him and Brett Cue bring a lot of value in terms of their social media audience.
I say good for this kid. He found a niche, and it taking full advantage.
Think back 20+ years ago when guys Deegan and Faisst started the free ride movement. People were all bent out of shape...because it was new. Those guys did pretty well for themselves.
I own an influencer marketing agency and there are "no-names" that have MASSIVE social followings that brands are paying top dollar for engagement, while passing over celebrities that are household names.
Times are changing.
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The oppo whips that he throws are really nice to watch. But the wheelies around his backyard without any gear on? Not impressed at all.
And it's pretty shady how much his brother uses him in Monsters promotional parts. I have to agree with Matthes(listen to the latest Pulp MX show with ML) on that subject, weird how no one is questioning that.
With all that said. No matter how you do it, if you can make a living riding a bike you'll have my respect.
The kid is brilliant.
Very few posses such talent and true bike skills.
Swing for the fences? Are you kidding? Launched your bike 80+ feet lately and thrown it sideways?
In the hope of winning a competition that could leave you paralyzed with something as simple as a gust of wind?
There are many many fast guys around that do not race...If they loose some holding for you so be it.
Rest assured that if he did line up against you not only is he fast as shit but most likely connect your table tops and you'd loose time to him out of pure amazement.
Josh Hill?
Travis Pastrana?
Both have raced and now 'jump'...they cool?
In their presence, you'd have a half chub.
I think a lot of the hate just comes from the fact that Axell's older brother is Dirt Shark, and both of them are on their dad's payroll who is a big wig at Monster. Axell had an in when his brother started filming the Dirt Shark videos for Monster.
Hill, Bereman, and Hodges are in the majority of the shots because they were the only ones willing to hit the big stuff. Some of the other guys wouldn't attempt them or wrecked.
So in one thought, Axell is stepping up if he's going bigger and doing larger/more technical jumps than many of the guys they bring on those shoots.
As someone above pointed out, it's what he's choosing to do for a living. He's been down the racing road and probably knows it wasn't going to quite work out for him (same as Bereman) but they can each branch out and make a living riding in other ways. Why are we complaining when more riders can make a living??? Especially when it's not like him or Bereman are taking away money by holding down a racing spot when they both don't want to do it but have grown up with only one career path in mind...
/Flame away trolls!
Also this kid is making a living riding a dirt bike and I'm positive he's getting hurt less than every factory guy out there, and having more fun doing it.
I race to the shops to get diapers, to the lounge chair to read stories to my kids, to the bedroom to massage my Wife's feet then out the door each morning to ride my mtb!
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