Pedro Gonzalez

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Drinking a few beers, watching 90's moto vids. Damn, what a cool time. I didn't really ride in the 90's but I became a moto nut in the 90's so it's near and deer to my heart. Shit like this inspires me more than anything else out there.

Watching Pedro's segment of Terrafirma 2, pretty insane. A few of the things he does are gnar even by today's standards.

What was his story? I remember him in the game Supercross 2000 and that's about it. I don't know much else about the guy.

Pedro's segment starts at about the 31:00 mark
https://youtu.be/DDimPFNvGZQ
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Bruce372 2/8/2015 6:32pm
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i think he is the MX-tech Mexico affiliate or something.???
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Man, this post really brought me back! I remeber growing up playing Jeff Emig's Supercross 2000 on the Nintendo 64, and watching Terrafirma 2 a million times. Predro's part was always my favorite for some reason, the song they picked is awesome and he absolutely kills it even by today's standards. Probably the most memorable moto movie clip ever for me.
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JM485 wrote:
Man, this post really brought me back! I remeber growing up playing Jeff Emig's Supercross 2000 on the Nintendo 64, and watching Terrafirma 2 a million...
Man, this post really brought me back! I remeber growing up playing Jeff Emig's Supercross 2000 on the Nintendo 64, and watching Terrafirma 2 a million times. Predro's part was always my favorite for some reason, the song they picked is awesome and he absolutely kills it even by today's standards. Probably the most memorable moto movie clip ever for me.
It was the first time I've seen it since I watched it as a kid on VHS way back when. I was blown away by his skills!
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The 90's were an awesome time for mx, it was so much fun. That's when the video craze started and there were video premiere parties all the time and just a lot of shit like that. Ah, the good old days.

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No joke, my Aunt had his sister as a foreign exchange student. hadn't thought of him in quite a while!
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He's a sucessful moto importer/distributor in mexico and also dabbles in race promoting.
Saw him at one of the SX's last year, Houston I think.
He's doing good.
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JW381 2/8/2015 7:07pm
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MX Culture wrote:
He's a sucessful moto importer/distributor in mexico and also dabbles in race promoting. Saw him at one of the SX's last year, Houston I think. He's...
He's a sucessful moto importer/distributor in mexico and also dabbles in race promoting.
Saw him at one of the SX's last year, Houston I think.
He's doing good.
That's cool man.

I was more curious about what his run up was. His amateur and pro career and why it didn't "pan out" (I put that in quotes because we measure guy's success by race wins, but watching that video makes him look like a complete success based on his bike skills alone). Like I said, I just don't know all that much about him. I try to have a solid grasp of moto history haha
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Who was the one that fell victim to a shoot out down there in a hotel where a drug war was going on ? or was that someone He was related to?
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Who was the one that fell victim to a shoot out down there in a hotel where a drug war was going on ? or was...
Who was the one that fell victim to a shoot out down there in a hotel where a drug war was going on ? or was that someone He was related to?
Was Javier Bardem in that one?
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500guy wrote:
Who was the one that fell victim to a shoot out down there in a hotel where a drug war was going on ? or was...
Who was the one that fell victim to a shoot out down there in a hotel where a drug war was going on ? or was that someone He was related to?
Rene Reyes
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500guy 2/8/2015 7:36pm
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Thanks for the name, sad story.

From RacerX

Supercross rider Rene Reyes Slain in Mexico
By DC

Supercross rider Rene Reyes, who participated in the 2008 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series and was one of Mexico's top riders, was murdered yesterday in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Racer X has learned that Rene, a privateer rider in the AMA Supercross class who wore #601, participated in a race in Mexico on Sunday, then decided to stay in Cd. Juarez with friends afterwards. Apparently, a gang broke into the house they were staying and killed everyone inside. According to his friend and fellow racer Pedro Gonzalez, Reyes left behind his wife, who is carrying their first child. He was 24 years old.
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jasonv43 2/9/2015 8:33am
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Really dude? It's Monday and I've got a ton of work to do and you go and post this shit? There goes the next 42 minutes of my day.

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JW381 2/9/2015 10:22am
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Really dude? It's Monday and I've got a ton of work to do and you go and post this shit? There goes the next 42 minutes...
Really dude? It's Monday and I've got a ton of work to do and you go and post this shit? There goes the next 42 minutes of my day.

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Its so classic!! Realistically it could be the next 84 minutes of your day, it's that good.

I don't give two fucks how the riders act today, in my mind this is what moto is still all about. When I go out to the oregon coast this is the mindset and Playlist I take with me! Now if only I could take the skill sets too. Huh Blink Laughing
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Frodad78 2/9/2015 10:38am
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Man on man, the fact that they opened that flick with some Mad Season is so badass. I love the opening!!!
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John250 2/10/2015 11:53am
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He raced the Daytona Amateur Supercross last year.
THE mx addict 2/10/2015 12:04pm
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Pedro won a 125 SX race back in the days, if I remember correctly...
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goinrcn44h 2/10/2015 12:45pm
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not a fan.. he chose to double instead of triple on the first lap in Anaheim in '92 in a pre qualifier, another guy hit him in mid air I then landed on Pedro on the ground. it was carnage. I ended up with broken fingers and he ended up with a broken wrist/forearm. No, I haven't let it go.....lol 23 years is not long enough.dammit....

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