Yogi hurt, no Bercy

yeah, I heard he broke his hand.

bummer deal

Sorry to hear that

He is finished now. That sucks. i thought he would be top ten in sx.

What are you guys talking about...Ezra isnt riding Paris becuase of a contract dispute with the promoters.....He wasnt even announced to be riding it becuase the contract was never signed....Who told you he had an injury.????

Sounds like we need a clarification please!

Okay gang, I think the truth here is somewhere in the middle. From what I understand, the negotiations with the Bercy guys were dragging on, to the point where Ezra opted not to race. At the same time, he also figured this would be a good time to take care of a repair on a minor injury. It was a minor procedure that took about an hour to do, and he'll be back on the bike in 2-3 weeks.

Yes, he's still full speed ahead on his 2010 race plans.

Hopefully that puts everyone's mind at ease.

Thanks Steve.

Good job nipping that one in the bud Steve.

My god now Yogi is gonna be even stronger. Go Yogi!

That's why I'm not a fan of Twiter or Facebook for the very reason. Too much crap gets started. JMO

Yeah but its the off season so it was nice to have some actual drama for a couple hours.

Oh thanks for clearing that up. I heard he wasn't allowed to race because he is the primary breadwinner in his family and the promoter thought it was irresponsible for Yogi to take those chances, oh nevermind wrong thread. lol

Right on Bee...

Thanks for the clarification Steve it's nice when we get asked about rumors before they get Twittered to half the planet.

But with that said here some other great rumors caused by interest in Ezra's return to the sport:

Canidae to switch to Suzuki!
Okay, this is a great one - Matt the driver for team Canidae drove our team rig for Ezra to the U.S. Open on his down time from Canindae. Ezra was riding a Suzuki because a sponsor gave us one and Roger Decoster did give Ezra some help at the Open and did talk to Ezra but it was pure chance that we were parked right beside Roger's Team Suzuki rig. You add all that up and wow...

Here's a few all mashed up:
Ezra hurt no Bercy! Ezra riding for Kawaski in France! Ezra to ride Kawaski in the U.S! Ezra to ride for Kawaski with David Vuillemin! Ezra Signed with Canidae! Ezra ridng Austrailia SX series for Kawasaki! Erza Broken Arm no chances for Supercross!

Ok, here we go...Yes we were in talks with the promoters of both the Bercy race and the Australian SX series. We thought it would be great to get Ezra some more racing in before the 2010 season starts. We are in talks with several teams and factories but with no one getting budgets yet we have not signed a deal. So we were hoping to have the promoters pay to send Ezra to both AUS SX and Bercy as was the case for some of the other riders. However Ezra announced his return to the sport after most of the other riders had already been selected and paid so...Well you get the idea...So we would have had to pay for it out of our own pockets and we were unable to put together a package that worked well for everyone to do those races. Ezra was going to be riding his personal Kawasaki 450 with all the mods from our sponsors for the U.S. Open. Though I cannot tell you who Ezra is considering I can say that at this time Ezera is not signed with Suzuki, Kawasaki or Canidae. The broken arm, Broken Hand, Broken wrist...He had a pre existing injury that required a small procedure to make it 100%. We felt that with the negotiations we have in play for EZRA for the 2010 season that it would be best to correct the problem now, so there was no chance of an injury being caused by the situation in the near future.. Essentialy we built a better Ezra... and with the down time of not going to France or Australia, He had an outpatient surgical procedure performed on Tuesday afternoon, He is set to be back on the bike in 2-3 weeks tops, his wrist, stronger and better that before....Now we feel very comfortable in saying he will be 100% and in perfect health going into the 2010 Supercross series.

Oh yeah He was going to put his bike a Kawaski in David's pit at the Bercy race because they are friends..A favor, not because he "riding" for Kawaski..

That title had me worried! Hope to see Yogi in Atlanta this year.

someone must be on an iphone, or have serious typing problems.

Very Cool! Glad things are still a go. Can't wait to see Ezra rockin' it at A1.

fricken i phone

What do you mean by saying Ezra would have to pay for his own expenses over to Bercy or OZ to race. Also, I do not understand why you say he would have his own bike at either event? Please explain...!

Oh god , dont get Relentless started again.

I saw that posting on Proride or something... and a few people in the bus have actually called me to see if it was true...I was like seriously?

On the return and racing other series I agree, but the first thought though was realy just to get more actual racing seat time in for Ezra. After the open he realized that though he has trained his ass off the entire time he was away and is actually in much better physical shape than when he left, he has only riden and practiced by himeslef on his tyrack, he hasnt raced at all and we all know that all the "practice" in the world still aint racing.

He figured it would be worth it especially if we could get someone to sponsor it or get the promoters to pay him because hes a pretty big draw, But as i said before their budgets were pretty much tapped out. So when it came down to it and the folks we are talking to about SX here didnt have any answers yet, Ezra decided that the monitary reward did not justify the oportunity nore did it justify the risk of getting hurt and not makiing the seaon here.

With his hand injured it is also reported he will now have to use the "Stranger"