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He can be talking about some uninteresting shit like DF’s smoking bike while we all can see Eli eating up Ken’s lead with a couple of seconds every split time for two laps and then when the camera FINALLY changes Weege is like: WHAIT A MINUTE! ELI HAVE CLOSED IN AND PASSED ROCZEN!
No shit, we all saw it comming while you had to talk non stop about a smoking bike.. He starting to get as annoying as Ralph to me..
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"Oh it's still smoking. What are they gonna write on the board this time, they've already said smoke and no clutch. Oh it's 5 tours... which in French means ..."
Show the guy going warp speed running down the leader for ffs. Eli goes 4 seconds quicker and we're looking for a puff of smoke and a fucking French lesson.
Fuck me. There is a timer showing the gap dropping lap after lap. He must be on Instagram or some shit, it’s not possible to not get better at your job after this long.
BTW - who is Bondo?
The producers and camera crew need to get their head out of their ass.
At the end when Tomac won they didn’t even capture the right rider taking the checkers. The camera guy was focused on a lapper.
What a joke. Amateur hour for what is the pinnacle of our sport. Sad. But it’s been this was for years and years. And it’s far worse during SX. The SX producers suck big time.
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He sucks!
So in 25 odd years we’ve progressed from tape delay to effectively still missing it live.
Well done.
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When you watch on Peacock you will hear 10 second audio breaks a few times per moto. That's when the commercial is ending for the TV broadcast and we're rejoining the TV show.
If you were replaced with JLo commentating naked, half these guys would say her ass is too big and the other half would say it's too small.
He could be the best commentator ever, if he’d just be himself, but instead he’s began playing to the lowest common denominator fan like Ralph always did. call it like a true high level Motorsport not a soap opera.
Would you mind explaining why the second motos tend to have the same storylines recaps that were told during the first moto? For example, J Mart's broken fingers. While I don't necessarily enjoy it, I understand repeating certain things round to round to catch up potential new viewers and remind others. However, it feels like the production team is expecting new viewers just for the second moto and are therefore catering to them.
Same with the keys to the moto and the like. It seems like an opportunity for GL to give creative/specific input on what is different for moto 2 and for some nerd to type up a few new sentences. Instead, we get the same graphic and then a half ass version of the same conversation. If time is too tight, then just don't have a graphic for moto 2 and let GL freestyle it during the intro. Or don't do it at all.
It really feels like the second motos need to be a full on repeat in Peacock's eyes due to the fact that they break up the program into two shows and the potential exists for someone to stumble upon the second moto without watching the first.
It's almost insulting sometimes to be a knowledgable fan of the sport.
But, damn…did I really need a 40 minute “Rough Day for Star Yamaha” show?
“Will his bike make it?!”
“Did he spill his beer?”
“Does he have any roll-offs left?”
“See the pit board!”
“Is he ‘cruising’?”
I really enjoy everything you put out, except when you are calling the races. The difference is, when you do all of your other videos, interviews, etc, you show your immense knowledge of the sport - and you sound like a motherfucking boss. You put out solid content for the core fans and we appreciate that because we recognize that you are a true fan like us.
When you call the races, you go into "bring in new fans" mode, probably at the direction of some goon who doesn't have a quarter of your knowledge (about the sport). Please stop it if you can! New fans are not carrying this sport, we are!
This isn't NASCAR. The races don't last as long as a War And Peace reading by Joe Biden from a teleprompter. There isn't time to use the NASCAR broadcast model.
Your job as a commentator is to call the action on the track for FANS who cannot be there. If newbs don't understand something, they can Google it and get linked to the experts at Vital. UFC seems to be doing pretty good and we don't see Joe explaining to new fans that it hurts to get punched in the face...we don't see UFC asking its fighters who their biggest crush is or which prison they'd like to be incarcerated at if they weren't beating people up in the ring.
If you're going to continue to aim these broadcasts at first time viewers and/or women, maybe remove the live timing screen so nobody can see what action we are missing while watching a guy cruise at 80%. Side note: I'd rather watch a struggling privateer barely hanging on with his tongue on the floor while you and Grant use him as a bad example of training. Now that would be dramatic. Anyway, I think home videos of the riders playing with their pets would be HUGE...maybe split screen that shit all race long.
Weege, now that you hate me, just know I have the utmost confidence in you and Grant to pull off the best broadcasts we've seen in years, maybe ever. I wrote all of this hoping the people calling the shots might see it. I often wonder if you feel the same way but you have to grin and bear it.
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