Firsthand: Chad Reed

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Edited Date/Time 1/25/2012 1:13pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGtXN500Hx8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-ZD7WGz_ks&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18TeczcN8sQ&feature=channel

Very cool, good insight - the deal with his dad is interesting. Well be good to see him back at the races.
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rc4187 2/9/2010 10:41pm
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thanks for that... is there a part 4?
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Little Dave 2/9/2010 11:09pm
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Not that i can find, but i found the family dynamics and what drove him to success was to prove his dad wrong, pretty full on. He's certainly had his demons to exercise, emotionally and psycially, good to see that determination pay off.
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jasonv43 2/9/2010 11:24pm
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Good find. Hope he comes back healthy and strong.
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Whitey 2/10/2010 2:40am
2/10/2010 2:40am Edited Date/Time 2/10/2010 2:41am
Good find Dave, always good to see little clips like that on any rider.

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mccread 2/10/2010 3:57am
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Good post, pretty interesting, how hard he was pushed and how much drive he had to succeed.
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jndmx 2/10/2010 4:24am
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Good find Dave.
I like the background stories as well, tells a lot about the rider.
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WSR 2/10/2010 5:01am
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Thanks.
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837wills 2/10/2010 5:54am
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I spent a little time with his parents in New Orleans last year, they are really good people.
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Fuzion 2/10/2010 7:50am
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Great video!!! Thx
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Sandberm 2/10/2010 8:15am
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Good find Little Dave. Ive never really known anything about Chads parents so that was interesting to listen to his mother and father speak.

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mxr102 2/10/2010 8:41am
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Thats a cool side f Chad Reed that alot of people prolly don't get to see. Makes you respect the guy even more.
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bmoto816 2/10/2010 8:44am
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mxr102 wrote:
Thats a cool side f Chad Reed that alot of people prolly don't get to see. Makes you respect the guy even more.
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Never been much of a fan until he went to Suzuki, dude has gained a fan for sure.
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771 2/10/2010 10:07am
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Full ep is on hulu, clowns.
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deathgrip 2/10/2010 11:36am
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Double amazing Chad did it without his parents support 24-7.
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mccread 2/10/2010 12:19pm
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That's what makes Reed's accomplishment as great as bubba's imo.. he left to race the GPs at 18... and got 2nd ... went to the US and won in his first year!

Bubba still hasn't come to race the GPs!
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MX558 2/10/2010 12:21pm
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to do it on your own at such a young age is pretty impressive
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Sonny 2/10/2010 7:27pm
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"School really didn't mean nothin"
That's a hard one for me to swallow. As much as I love moto, it would kill me if my son felt that way.

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MX479Guy 2/10/2010 7:39pm
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Left everything and went to a new continent....thats heart!

No family, no friends, nothing....he just went and did it.
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Sonny wrote:
"School really didn't mean nothin" That's a hard one for me to swallow. As much as I love moto, it would kill me if my son...
"School really didn't mean nothin"
That's a hard one for me to swallow. As much as I love moto, it would kill me if my son felt that way.
Consider where he grew up. Probably not a whole lot of universities in the neighborhood ... looking to recruit MXrs. Kurri Kurri seems to be a small town in a very rural setting.

Very nice vid ... although I was hoping to see some early GP footage of him.
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creed 2/10/2010 7:59pm
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I still find it unreal that he and his girl left and raced in Europe at such a young age. Especially after reading the mags at the time and the predictions from ALL the MX Guru's on who would make it.
Only one Guy picked him to make it in Seniors, the Plumber Jay Forman who looked after Mossy this year.

Also the fact that he had a broken leg and asked a spectator to start his bike so he could finish the race. He never had the leg fixed until a week later.

His Dad is a great bloke and his Mum is one of a kind very Special Lady.

I was so happy that they got back talking again after a few bad years.

Whether you personally like Chad or not, no one can deny he Deserves All the respect in the World.
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Little Dave 2/11/2010 1:19am
2/11/2010 1:19am
He certainly didnt "luck" into anything, nothing was given to him, he earn it it from the ground up - he even had to build his first SX track with a wheelbarrow and shovel!

Hope he comes back strong and ready, hopefully before Daytona.
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SteveS 2/11/2010 6:32am
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Sonny wrote:
"School really didn't mean nothin" That's a hard one for me to swallow. As much as I love moto, it would kill me if my son...
"School really didn't mean nothin"
That's a hard one for me to swallow. As much as I love moto, it would kill me if my son felt that way.
His father's statement after that pretty much sums it up. He could try to make the racing work. If it didn't work, he'd come home and work the concrete business with his dad.
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agency399 2/11/2010 6:54am
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"Yea I am here, but I am far from making it" -First TGO video after he one that first supercross championship which he dominated.

He always knew he wanted to be a "McGrath status" kind of rider.

Chad has done so much more than most people give him credit for. But I think he is getting that respect now.


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