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Anderson might want to get the king's opinion prior to signing on to race/develop a new bike in the twilight of his career.
I think Broc might have the answers to that…
Doesn't Ando live by the beach in SoCal?
He just puts off a stoner vibe IMO.
If you're referring to Tickle, coming on as a test rider for an established OEM is a whole different game than trying to race and develop an all new bike for an new-to-offroad OEM while competing at the highest levels of Supercross. That is more akin to what Jeremy attempted with KTM at the end of his career.
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I might be wrong but I thought I heard he needed a procedure done before the start of the season. Maybe that set back his pre-season work a little bit? I could be totally wrong though. Possible big change in family life could be something to do with it as well. Who knows but him?
Good point.
My intent was to be,forgetting the top 3,sitting 6th,5 points behind roczen and bambam who've won and podiumed it ain't that bad having crashed multiple times this year.
You know how the championship guys seem to continue improving throughout the whole season? I think this is a case of Anderson being out of it, I'm not saying he's just doing the laps to finish off the championship, but maybe he hasn't elevated to that same level as Tomac, Webb and sexton. He is right there though, and a good night I think we can still see a win before the end of the season. This theory isn't 100% airtight however, with Barcia being an outlier, 0 wins but really coming into form towards the end of the season.
He's on probation with the AMA, right?
What got him there might be a big part of the problem. Just a guess.
Doesn’t he have a kid on the way? That could be on his mind
maybe he’s already got his triumph deal signed so he could just be collecting a check at this point
Can anyone give me the tldr of what happened between anderson and team fried? Im out of the loop.
"Your body reaches it's physical and mental prime at 30."
If that is the case, then why have so few riders won a race after turning 30?
Because in motocross most guys didn't race at 30. What I stated is a fact, not an opinion. Just look it up, and refer to all other sports other than MX.
Cool stats here: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150525-whats-the-prime-of-your-life
"So what are we to take away from these findings? Crudely speaking, you may conclude that you are at your sexual peak in your 20s, your physical peak in your 30s, your mental peak in your 40s and 50s and at your happiest in your 60s "
Then why do motocross racers usually retire before 30?
My theory is the injuries sustained are generally far more severe and far more common than most other sports. So they have a larger impact on the ability to perform at peak performance.
Realistically, they just used to retire too early. Even RC, RD have said it. There was no reason to retire at 26. A lot just get burned out. Look at RV.
Yea those guys were mentally burned out not physically. Rv says now that he wishes he had switched brands like eli so he could have raced 2-3 more years after getting a fresh start.
Do we really think the physical peak for an athlete who has recovered from multiple reconstructive surgeries (like most of these dudes) is at the same age as the average Joe?
I can tell you for sure that my physical peak was definitely back at some point when I had my own ACLs.
You really think Ken Roczen's best athletic years are yet to come since he is only 28?
There is a post on here about it and Tom posted about it on his socials. Not too many details but I’d imagine Team Fried living with Ando and then he gets married + starting a family probably was the catalyst for the split. Some young kids are running it now and imho, they’ve lost the look and feel of the brand.
You are choosing the outliers. Each sport has guys who had career ending or affecting injuries. The majority of guys retiring at 26 had healthy careers. It was just burnout.
The average champ has had typical sports injuries and nothing career altering. Like most sports. These don’t affect bodies peak performance post recovery.
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Makes sense, thanks.
I can't think of a single top 10 450 rider who hasn't had reconstructive surgery.
These aren't career ending (anymore), but they are certainly athletic peak altering.
I’ve had 3 knee reco’s. It doesn’t affect your physical prime if you didn’t have complications. Most guys in the NFL, NHL, MMA, etc etc have gone through reco’s. That’s not career altering.
It certainly is. They can prolong their career, but their athletic peak will not be after 30 like that article said it was for the average Joe. It already occurred at some point prior to the injury.
Fortunately, many athletes have the skills to continue beyond their athletic peak, and the medical care necessary to prolong their career past it.
Nah man that’s literally not how it works. Lungs, heart, brain, etc development aren’t altered due to a knee injury lol. Knee’s heal while things develop. Bones densify etc
once again, RD, RC, RV all said they retired too early
Lungs, heart, and brain can't make a hard cut on astroturf
Those guys may have retired too early, and been capable of more championships, but not because their athletic peak was in front of them.
thought he was having setup issues?
below par so far this season.
Motocross isn’t a cutting sport. Brain, heart, lungs, reaction times are the most important things. We don’t cut on turf. And in those sports, most guys have gone through reco’s and play well into their 30’s. Bad example.
I'm not arguing that skilled athletes can't perform at a high level past their athletic peak. They clearly can. I am just saying that the athletic peak is not in their 30s for athletes in high wear and high injury professional sports.
And the proof is clearly evident just by looking at the average length of career.
So does MMA not qualify as that? Because in the UFC guys fight until their 40’s. Glover was the champ in his 40’s. Most guys hit their peak at 35+.
You keep saying past their athletic peak but that’s scientifically not true. That’s judged by lung capacity, reaction times, bone density, heart rate, etc etc. not prior injuries.
Combat sports have the benefit of huge gaps in time between events, so recovery (the primary issue of both age and injury) is not as major a factor as in other sports.
Nah man. The damage they suffer in 1 event is that of an MX rider in their entire career.
People aren’t retiring in MX due to being past prime.
top guys suffer from burn out. Guys a tick off retire because they lose their rides and investment in your own program doesn’t typically yield a return.
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