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Either way hes pretty much done on 65s and will have to face stiffer competition now. He could be the next Mcgrath, he could be the next Jlaw or he could vanish and never be heard from again.
People are making a little deal of it because it looks like Deegan dropped down while Ryder moved up. It's easy to get a little salty when you see the rig they pull up in at the track and you see them roll out on essentially a factory bike w/ a full time mechanic. And then you look at the kids they're racing against roll up in 6x12 cargo trailer pulled by a 2008 Toyota Tacoma and Dad is jetting the 3 year old bike while Mom checks tire pressure. But the fact is, he still puts in the crazy work and he still hucks these huge jumps. So, I give him credit.
Personally, I like Daniel Blair's take on all of this, which is that the factories should stop grooming 1 or 2 phenoms because it's impossible to tell how it will go when they get older. And they should get back to giving lots of kids good equal bikes, then selecting right before turning pro.
Hayden is a bad dude. Is he currently the best in his range? Maybe not at this exact moment, but he's in striking distance and this is a marathon, not a sprint. He has the potential to be at the top.
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Sandbagging mini classes ? Are you people high ? Sandbagging occurs in SKILL classes. Not age classes.
“Morans”
Not every born rich kid coasts through life as freeloaders.
I'm sure Prince Harry had to go to war. (Eyeroll)
Obvious sarcasm intended.
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Haiden is the real deal and we are going to be hearing his name for a long time. I honestly didn't expect him to do as well as he did on the 85 this year. He didn't look that great on the bike during the spring nats or during qualifying. The 85 class is always stacked, but to be honest he lucked out with timing. The bulk of the heavy hitters have graduated on to Supermini and MiniSr. He didn't have to race against Ryder D, Jett Reynolds, Nick Romano, Chance Hymas, Nate Thrasher, Max Vohlland, Matt Leblanc, and Jeremy Ryan. His biggest competition was Daxton Bennick and Krystian Janick.
Daxton, Haiden, and Krystian are all great riders and steadily improving, but they aren't even close to Ryder D and Jett Reynolds right now.
1. You can't sand bag a class you are 100% eligible for. The only time it's ever an issue is with the parents of the kids he's beating.
2. Not liking his father isn't a reason to not like him.....kid is a class act and as far as I'm concerned Brian Deegan is father of the year....does everything for his kids and securing their future.
That being said he seems grounded and I think hell be fine hes crazy talented. I wasnt saying he will have any probs Im just saying its something that can happen to Amateur phenoms, because they go from winning any and everything to not winning for sometimes a couple years. He seems like he really truely enjoys it tho and its in his familys blood they keep it fun. He doesnt look like hes being pushed to do anything he doesnt wanna do. The person asking why is this a thread, because Im asking how people think he compares now in his career to other top pros when they were amateurs and how do you think hell do. Tbh hes better now than a lot of top pros were, but weve seen a good amateur career doesnt automatically translate. He seems to be on the right path though and I think hes gonna be big.
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