What’s the background of this Cooksey guy?

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I don’t know anything about YouTube and numbers, but he’s has like 20k subscribers and almost 5M views. What’s the deal with him and his background...

I don’t know anything about YouTube and numbers, but he’s has like 20k subscribers and almost 5M views.

What’s the deal with him and his background, other than he wears a tinfoil hat. I’ve never heard of him until he started doing the YouTube videos. Is he even the least bit credible? Just curious 

h20 wrote:
I found out about him from the Deegan bike claim.  Everyone was calling him a lunatic but he ended up being spot on.  He knows some...

I found out about him from the Deegan bike claim.  Everyone was calling him a lunatic but he ended up being spot on.  He knows some guys in the industry.  

Bro it's not the fact that he's right about 2% of things, it's that he's wrong about 98% of things. Broken clocks

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I don’t know anything about YouTube and numbers, but he’s has like 20k subscribers and almost 5M views. What’s the deal with him and his background...

I don’t know anything about YouTube and numbers, but he’s has like 20k subscribers and almost 5M views.

What’s the deal with him and his background, other than he wears a tinfoil hat. I’ve never heard of him until he started doing the YouTube videos. Is he even the least bit credible? Just curious 

h20 wrote:
I found out about him from the Deegan bike claim.  Everyone was calling him a lunatic but he ended up being spot on.  He knows some...

I found out about him from the Deegan bike claim.  Everyone was calling him a lunatic but he ended up being spot on.  He knows some guys in the industry.  

You mean where he accused Deegan of cheating....His clickbait title was "Yamaha and Deegan accused of cheating at Lorettas"....and his source was the dipshit engine builder....he never talked to anyone else involved....FYI Yamaha and Deegan did not cheat you can run a full on factory bike in the classes he was in if you want...

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I believe he was working at WPS when he started his "journalism" career. I THINK he pissed some people off with his hot takes and ended up being pushed out at WPS so he had to make the move full time to his channel and then his short stint at vital

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JIM256 wrote:

Question is...who is worse? Walty, Cooksey or Hopper? Hmmmm. Tough one. Good 3 way battle for best bottom feeder...

It’s not Hopper. He has more subscribers than pulp.

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Never heard of Hopper till today. Watch a couple of his videos. Yeah, nah.

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JIM256 wrote:

Question is...who is worse? Walty, Cooksey or Hopper? Hmmmm. Tough one. Good 3 way battle for best bottom feeder...

champipple wrote:

It’s not Hopper. He has more subscribers than pulp.

I agree it's not Hopper but comparing Hopper to PulpMX is pretty funny. Hopper is building a pretty solid YouTube channel, not denying that, but he's not bigger than Pulp in the grand scheme of reach/followers/viewership/listeners. Out of curiosity I grabbed a few of the social media numbers to compare but this doesn't even include all the other content on Pulp's website, podcasts under the PulpMX umbrella or even other ventures such as PulpMX fantasy or Steve's freelance work for other prominent companies.

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JIM256 wrote:

Question is...who is worse? Walty, Cooksey or Hopper? Hmmmm. Tough one. Good 3 way battle for best bottom feeder...

champipple wrote:

It’s not Hopper. He has more subscribers than pulp.

aeffertz wrote:
I agree it's not Hopper but comparing Hopper to PulpMX is pretty funny. Hopper is building a pretty solid YouTube channel, not denying that, but he's...

I agree it's not Hopper but comparing Hopper to PulpMX is pretty funny. Hopper is building a pretty solid YouTube channel, not denying that, but he's not bigger than Pulp in the grand scheme of reach/followers/viewership/listeners. Out of curiosity I grabbed a few of the social media numbers to compare but this doesn't even include all the other content on Pulp's website, podcasts under the PulpMX umbrella or even other ventures such as PulpMX fantasy or Steve's freelance work for other prominent companies.

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Damn Hopper is doing pretty good to be an independent guy.

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6/25/2023 2:14am

Both Cooksey and Hopper have super entertaining content. As for Everyone who talks shit about them (things in this thread have been repeated 1000 times by the same couple of guys), the only content I see from you people is on this forum, and consistently your content fucking sucks

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6/25/2023 5:47am

Cooksey is way worse.  Hopper has his own style that you can take or leave.  But Cooksey is a world class bullshitter.  He's said some pretty slanderous shit about people that IMO isn't cool unless you can back it up with some facts and evidence.  Hopper doesn't do that... at least not as much.  

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I don't know him or any of this directly, but he rode for a long time (pro?) and is really frustrated with some things in the sport, some of it rightfully so, but some of it also is out there for sure.  His takes are not always far off, but his delivery is very TMZ like which I don't care for.  He worked for WPS and I think works for another distributor now.  He has a big problem with the promoters (Feld and MX Sports) because they revoked his media pass (Hoppers too I think) because of a number of things.  He also did a podcast for a bit with Coach Robb and the conspiracy stuff was not as bad, but still there.  Not sure why they stopped, but saying unpopular things in this sport is hard to do and be accepted.  

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JIM256 wrote:

Question is...who is worse? Walty, Cooksey or Hopper? Hmmmm. Tough one. Good 3 way battle for best bottom feeder...

champipple wrote:

It’s not Hopper. He has more subscribers than pulp.

aeffertz wrote:
I agree it's not Hopper but comparing Hopper to PulpMX is pretty funny. Hopper is building a pretty solid YouTube channel, not denying that, but he's...

I agree it's not Hopper but comparing Hopper to PulpMX is pretty funny. Hopper is building a pretty solid YouTube channel, not denying that, but he's not bigger than Pulp in the grand scheme of reach/followers/viewership/listeners. Out of curiosity I grabbed a few of the social media numbers to compare but this doesn't even include all the other content on Pulp's website, podcasts under the PulpMX umbrella or even other ventures such as PulpMX fantasy or Steve's freelance work for other prominent companies.

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Or just the listeners that download and listen to the Pulp podcasts that don't watch it on YouTube....

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Both Cooksey and Hopper have super entertaining content. As for Everyone who talks shit about them (things in this thread have been repeated 1000 times by...

Both Cooksey and Hopper have super entertaining content. As for Everyone who talks shit about them (things in this thread have been repeated 1000 times by the same couple of guys), the only content I see from you people is on this forum, and consistently your content fucking sucks

Look at all those down votes!!

You realize this is vital, where the best way to not give people airtime is to talk about them constantly and maximize their airtime???

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6/25/2023 10:41am

About how much money does 5M views on YouTube make you?

I'd be shocked if he was making a living just off his podcast. Hopper either. 5M views TOTAL on all your vids doesn't get you a lot. They gotta be working regular jobs too. There's a living to be made from shows like these. Patreon, YT memberships, superchats, putting actual production into your show. As far as I've seen with these guys they set up a camera in a room in there house and that's it. Maybe they're doing it now I haven't watched in awhile

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6/25/2023 12:49pm Edited Date/Time 6/25/2023 12:51pm

I’ll watch his videos from time to time, he’s grown on me a little..The guy loves moto so I can’t hate on him like some of you drama queens in here.

Sometimes he has a good take on things, sometimes not. Seem when he is wrong he owns up to it..
Whatever, if someone is butt hurt over what he has to say then don’t watch him..

 

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6/25/2023 1:06pm

Don got another shout out from his hero. 20230625 160524.jpg?VersionId=m cGB

 

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Farmer J wrote:
Don got another shout out from his hero.   

Don got another shout out from his hero. 20230625 160524.jpg?VersionId=m cGB

 

What is it about me that attracts stalkers…..

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Farmer J wrote:
Don got another shout out from his hero.   

Don got another shout out from his hero. 20230625 160524.jpg?VersionId=m cGB

 

* Dummies

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Farmer J wrote:
Don got another shout out from his hero.   

Don got another shout out from his hero. 20230625 160524.jpg?VersionId=m cGB

 

-MAVERICK- wrote:

* Dummies

Hahaha!!! What a freakin Moran!

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6/25/2023 3:42pm

i think the guy is harmless. maybe there's history I don't know (which is possible) but he just seems like a guy bench racing about the topics of the day. He DOES say a lot of "I was talking with people that know him and they're saying....." which is way too TMZ, but so is most of modern media.

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6/25/2023 3:59pm

These guys need to unite... Hopper, Cooksey, Lanky Wanky dude... then have a race vs Swap, RacerX, Vital , Pulp etc...

Media race would be fun. Moto Media fight club.

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I think Hopper's a good dude, having fun with his channel, and making a few bucks.

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6/25/2023 5:40pm Edited Date/Time 6/25/2023 5:53pm
DonM wrote:

What is it about me that attracts stalkers…..

Wouldn't surprise me if you were Cooksie

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DonM wrote:

What is it about me that attracts stalkers…..

motokiwi wrote:

Wouldn't surprise me if you were Cooksie

-MAVERICK- wrote:

As far as I know, Cooksey has one account and hasn't posted anything since 8/27/2022.

https://www.vitalmx.com/community/chriscooksey,33200/all#all

If he did wouldn’t he be a Dumbie just like the rest of us…

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6/25/2023 6:13pm Edited Date/Time 6/25/2023 6:13pm

hopper is a good dude. wife is thin. and hot. he's financially literate and can ride. anybody hating on hopper needs to take a look in the mirror. i hate people that hate on other people simply for not taking themselves too seriously. 

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6/25/2023 7:02pm

can agree w/ him on GuyB. Yuck. As for the rest....

 

 

 

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BigDaddyG wrote:

Cooksey is the Jerry Springer of moto. Dudes a clown. 

Come on. Why disrespect jerry like that? 

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hopper is a good dude. wife is thin. and hot. he's financially literate and can ride. anybody hating on hopper needs to take a look in...

hopper is a good dude. wife is thin. and hot. he's financially literate and can ride. anybody hating on hopper needs to take a look in the mirror. i hate people that hate on other people simply for not taking themselves too seriously. 

Your 7 thumbs down mine as well count for thumbs up! Lol . They proved your point 😅

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Tyler D wrote:
hopper is a good dude. wife is thin. and hot. he's financially literate and can ride. anybody hating on hopper needs to take a look in...

hopper is a good dude. wife is thin. and hot. he's financially literate and can ride. anybody hating on hopper needs to take a look in the mirror. i hate people that hate on other people simply for not taking themselves too seriously. 

Yeah, seems like a genuine enthusiast mx dude, just like the rest of us that shoot shit between motos.

Good luck to him and good luck to everyone having fun at the track.

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6/25/2023 9:47pm
I don’t know anything about YouTube and numbers, but he’s has like 20k subscribers and almost 5M views. What’s the deal with him and his background...

I don’t know anything about YouTube and numbers, but he’s has like 20k subscribers and almost 5M views.

What’s the deal with him and his background, other than he wears a tinfoil hat. I’ve never heard of him until he started doing the YouTube videos. Is he even the least bit credible? Just curious 

Bashing someone who has a different and truthful angle on moto topics is pretty lame. Cooksey is keeping things real and some can't seem to handle that which is just hilarious. The abuse and slander & baseless fake claims will only embolden him and i hope his followers and popularity greatly prospers for it. The new raw breed of tubers like him & hopper don't follow any script and that is really what the public want unless you are someone else's little bitch.

 

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