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Maturity and humbleness in this sport comes with injuries unfortunately. Hunter has had his fair share. Idk if Deegan has struggled down that road yet.
The general is just rubbing his hands together trying to maximise his son’s exposure. Hopefully he doesn’t have to take the Forkner route to find a level head.
One of their euro teams put them all together in a crappy one room flat with mold on the walls that made Hunter sick and let them starve... He also talked about his sandwiches made of two slices of bread with nothing in between...
Well Haiden actually was racing SX futures a few months ago...
Not a bad year...
Betting the farm on a lucrative MX career is a horrible financial decision. Glad it worked out for this family though.
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Kinda like the rookie vialle. Lol.
Got it. I saw that I just assumed something else was said this weekend since this thread was recent
They probably don’t have kids and if they do they are not on the caliber that the Lawrence kids are. I’d imagine the father saw something and put everything he had into it. A dream if you will. It’s like starting a business. It’s super risky. But can be very rewarding. And people that talk negatively about it don’t understand.
Yes I do, I know of other riders who have sold everything, to pack up and chase the dream in Europe from foreign countries. He was on a team that never paid, folded and all that BS that goes with it.
What the USA need to understand is that making that move is not the cushy dream fabrication that the USA rider follow and have available.
The difference is they both if I am correct have scored 0 points in a Moto now this season so they even in that regard, the difference is is that Hunter is leading and Deegan is 4th.
Hunter has had 2 x DNF
Any kid who gets to ride motocross is privileged. So whatever this cracker is talking about is loco. Maybe they bought thousands of dollars worth of dirt bike shit and couldn’t afford food. That I would believe. My parents went into debt so I could ride AND eat 🤯
You are spending every dime you have on racing and not eating is BS. Try not having a dime to your name and not being able to get to the races. People are so easily sucked into the tear jerking stories they are fed. Same shit yesterday on the Harlan thread about him losing kit suspension in the Maui fires. People lost there homes and there lives and someone is worried about fucking kit suspension.
Bingo , and most insurance will cover the loss of items.
Is the title statement layered or something like a double entendre? Is Hunter saying that Deegan (and the field I guess but let’s be honest it’s mostly directed at Deegan) isn’t applying pressure like he may think he is, while also calling him a soy boy that had his opportunities handed to him?
No doubt Deegan has put in the work but would he be where he’s at right now if his dad wasn’t who he is and didn’t pick up a camera and start filming his kid from a young age to build a following? Is Hunter just a fivehead Aussie intellect taking well phrased shots at his competition right in front of our eyes without anyone even realizing it?
Idk man I think Hunter is showing Deegan it’s a man’s game on the track and in his interviews. The reverse psychology on the kid sure seemed like it worked in New York…
Half the country is struggling to pay for groceries and feed their kids.
Boo boo poor pro rider making bank now after some sacrifices.
Life is about struggle. It’s more common than not.
IMO what Haiden said, “Hunter is supposed to be winning these things, not me” was more correct then what Hunter said, “That’s not Haiden talking…that was his dad.” they’re both doing the same thing. If you think it was wrong for Haiden to do, well, Hunter responded in kind.
Heard of budgeting? It's where you allocate a certain amount of funds to something specific, like a budget for food, a budget for getting to races, a budget for parts etc....
Seems to me like Haiden can’t formulate his own thought and just regurgitates what he’s heard Brian or someone else say. It’s more apparent in interviews with serious questions, he seems to struggle to answer and uses a lot of “hunh hunh” laughs as filler. It’s like instead of just answering, he’s searching for the answer Brian would want him to give. I really hope to see Haiden come into his own and be his own person, but for now he comes across as trying to be the “character” Brian wants him to be as opposed to just being real. I don’t know them and I’m likely wrong, but that’s my opinion just from watching races/interviews.
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Right, so fuck it when someone actually takes a risk and makes it because there’s starving kids in Africa.
Yep!!
You should probably go listen to the interview where they talk about what happened in Europe before you continue making yourself look like an idiot.
That's a jam sandwich. Two pieces of bread jammed together.
Takes a risk and it paid off so they are ahead of most people doing the same thing. There’s starving kids in my town with hard working parents let alone Africa so what’s your point? Like that makes their family special because they made sacrifices? Welcome to pretty much every family in the world. They made it, they are wealthy. They can buy food now. Kudos to them, no one’s trying to not acknowledge their struggle.
It’s a great story of sacrifice and risk that paid off big. That is awesome for them….but okay…I don’t need to hear it every interview and race. We know the story. Move on now. I’ve seen privateers in the back of an old van, that barely runs, heating Top Ramen over a single burner camping stove….still chasing the dream. That’s the allure of our sport for some….it’s a sickness really. lol. Congrats to Jett and family. It’s a great story…but now you are multi-millionaires so maybe that story has been told enough now.
Spot on.
What did Deegan say? I must have missed it.
Every inspirational athlete has some rags to riches story which I get feels played out for some folks, but to your point there’s a lot of families out there that have tried and failed, or are still stuck and they’re increasing every day. So isn’t it worth your 30 seconds of inconvenience so that any kids, or new parents like myself can have a little hope?
When a rider needs to finish high to earn bread money so can’t afford to lose races man I respect those guys.. I thought I didn’t have money when I raced but I just spend it all to ride a show bike then going for high results I wish I could turn back time
Yeah and if they didn’t make it big people would be making a case for how irresponsible it was to be risking your family’s well being on a lottery ticket instead of being realistic and pragmatic.
I’ve spent more that 30 seconds talking about their dream. I think it’s great. I commend them for taking the chance and it paying off. No problem. Would not be a risk I would take for my kid. They can have more than one dream or aspiration in their lifetime. My point was that most know their history, we get it. If they wanna keep making it a point that’s great. I don’t care about it anymore. I’m in the middle of my own family life crisis that I deal with every day and don’t advertise it to make a point.
Being a new parent I wish you all the best and hope you make the right decisions for yourself and your family whatever they may be. Life is a series of triumphs and tragedies.
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