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I was standing by the landing of that jump all day. In the first practice for the 250 A group, guess who was the first to try it? Austin Forkner. He tried it like three or four times and landed on top of the third jump every time. Nobody else tried in the first 250 A practice. The second 250 A practice I saw Craig try it once and a couple others I can't remember. Thought it was impressive the rookie tried it first.
In the 450 A group most guys were doing it but Bogle was styling in the first practice. Whips, nac nacs. Man he looked good. Then there was Jason Anderson during the races really moving the bike around in the air over that jump. Very impressive.
During the motos, Roczen didn't do it every lap and in the second moto Dungey only did it the last few laps. It didn't really look like it was faster because they were scrubbing the second and third jumps so much.
Most of the 450 guys were landing on the top of the third jump and bouncing off. Only one crash all day there.
I know when I can't make a table top and land on the flat, I feel like the handlebars are going to come out of my hands and I'm only about 10' foot off the ground. I can't imagine landing from the speed and height they are and hanging on.
These guys and the bikes are amazing.
In the 450 A group most guys were doing it but Bogle was styling in the first practice. Whips, nac nacs. Man he looked good. Then there was Jason Anderson during the races really moving the bike around in the air over that jump. Very impressive.
During the motos, Roczen didn't do it every lap and in the second moto Dungey only did it the last few laps. It didn't really look like it was faster because they were scrubbing the second and third jumps so much.
Most of the 450 guys were landing on the top of the third jump and bouncing off. Only one crash all day there.
I know when I can't make a table top and land on the flat, I feel like the handlebars are going to come out of my hands and I'm only about 10' foot off the ground. I can't imagine landing from the speed and height they are and hanging on.
These guys and the bikes are amazing.
Simply no need IMO
The Shop
What's crazy to me is how small the step-up at the very top of the hill has become. I remember years ago when I think it was DC doing the track preview for ESPN who hit it pinned on a 125 to clear it. Now guys check up way early so they can make the inside of the corner. Looks like a 65 rider could clear it with ease.
Some C riders can't turn but they cleared the 150 foot jump. This is beyond insane.
You air fans just don't get it. Keep liking those jumps while the sport keeps getting smaller and smaller due to injuries and cost of entry.
My whole mission is to increase participation and also maintain the health of those already competing hence my positions on safety equipment and jumps.
If this was the 70s and we had a million people buying dirt bikes it be different
SX is a different story.
Huck beat me to it.
Pit Row
Remove them and I might as well go flat tracking.
Removing those jumps while the sport keeps getting smaller and smaller due to the boring layouts.
BroFoSure please post some videos of you busting out some 120 to 150 footers. Shoot I bet you don't even lift bro :-)
See Stewart's crash... Baggett's... Stone Edler's... all from choppy sections... not jumps...
At these rider's level, those jumps aren't the danger. Especially one of that build, which was quite safely done. Not do-or-die, and didn't really have to be hit, as the low line was only a click off.
The difference in SX is that you never hit a jump longer than maybe 70 feet and never get above third gear. There's that saying "It's not the speed that kills you, it's the sudden stop." The bigger the jump, the faster the speed, the higher you usually go.
Jumps are like discussing politics. Everyone has an opinion and only time will tell how the choices we are making now affect us later. I'm just glad I have gotten the majority of my racing in at 59
Feel sorry for the teenage and younger riders for the sport they're inheriting from a safety/common sense perspective.
-Justin Bogle, pro motocross racer that had to actually ride the track.
"This jump is ruining the sport!"
-Joe Blow, professional bench racer that watches through a TV screen.
Who should I side with?
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