WSX is the Fyre Fest of Supercross

Edited Date/Time 5/16/2025 7:32am
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Seriously? After all the "2025 London WSX" hype from right after the event took place last fall and now this? They need to quit before they waste more money. They keep trying and its failed multiple times while still claiming "we're doing okay. we just need more money." This is another version of Fyre Fest. They keep overpromising, underdelivering, or canceling before they are even close to happening. JUST STOP.

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HonDawg17 wrote:
Seriously? After all the "2025 London WSX" hype from right after the event took place last fall and now this? They need to quit before they...
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Seriously? After all the "2025 London WSX" hype from right after the event took place last fall and now this? They need to quit before they waste more money. They keep trying and its failed multiple times while still claiming "we're doing okay. we just need more money." This is another version of Fyre Fest. They keep overpromising, underdelivering, or canceling before they are even close to happening. JUST STOP.

The events in the full size stadiums last year were awesome!

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If you are like me and had never heard of Fyre Fest...

 

2017 failed music festival in Exuma, Bahamas
Fyre Festival was a fraudulent luxury music festival organized by American businessman Billy McFarland and American rapper Ja Rule. It was originally created to promote the company's Fyre app for booking music talent.
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If you are like me and had never heard of Fyre Fest... [i]2017 failed music festival in Exuma, BahamasFyre Festival was a fraudulent luxury music...

If you are like me and had never heard of Fyre Fest...

 

2017 failed music festival in Exuma, Bahamas
Fyre Festival was a fraudulent luxury music festival organized by American businessman Billy McFarland and American rapper Ja Rule. It was originally created to promote the company's Fyre app for booking music talent.

Good news! 

Fyre 2 is in the works (though recently postponed) in case you missed getting scammed in the first go-around. 👍 😄

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Fyre Fest was a scam, WSX is just a sadly ambitious effort that hasn't panned out.

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visser62 wrote:

Fyre Fest was a scam, WSX is just a sadly ambitious effort that hasn't panned out.

Canceling half your races each year is ambitiously heading towards scam territory...

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5/16/2025 9:43am

Yup...it's only a matter of time before Cape Town's SX gets canceled. 

There is no way they gonna allow a SX I  the Cape Town stadium.. 

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5/16/2025 9:49am

Maybe WSX isn’t a scam but it seems like some sort of money laundering scheme. When they first announced themselves a few years ago didn’t they say they were backed by like 80 Million dollars from Saudi Arabia? 

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What do you people get out of trashing WSX? 

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I was plenty critical of Adam Bailey and his band of idiots but the new ownership group seems to have their heads on straight. I wonder if they just got served such a steaming pile of crap there can be no recovering? If they can't get Europe to buy in this thing doesn't have a chance no matter who is in charge.

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early wrote:
Big Lew from the top rope

Big Lew from the top rope

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Rivalry? In WSX? When? Where?

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What do you people get out of trashing WSX? 

Speaking purely for myself....some really good chuckles. 

 

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Boomslang wrote:

Yup...it's only a matter of time before Cape Town's SX gets canceled. 

There is no way they gonna allow a SX I  the Cape Town stadium.. 

And no way they can fill it if they ever are allowed.

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5/16/2025 12:40pm Edited Date/Time 5/16/2025 12:40pm

November in London football  stadiums was always going to be a no go , and rugby stadiums have autumn internationals around that time as well 


The travel schedule for November is big , a lot of logistics to get 28 bikes across the globe in 5 weeks 

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5/16/2025 1:47pm Edited Date/Time 5/16/2025 1:47pm

I mean....c'mon.... Its the same orange square. 🤣

 

WSX-FYRE 0

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5/16/2025 3:09pm Edited Date/Time 5/16/2025 3:10pm
If you are like me and had never heard of Fyre Fest... [i]2017 failed music festival in Exuma, BahamasFyre Festival was a fraudulent luxury music...

If you are like me and had never heard of Fyre Fest...

 

2017 failed music festival in Exuma, Bahamas
Fyre Festival was a fraudulent luxury music festival organized by American businessman Billy McFarland and American rapper Ja Rule. It was originally created to promote the company's Fyre app for booking music talent.

You owe it to yourself to check out the documentaries on Fyre Fest There’s one on Netflix and one on Hulu.  I haven’t seen the one on Hulu, but the one on Netflix is pretty incredible. He’s already begun selling tickets for the next one and the location  and groups haven’t even been confirmed yet.

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What do you people get out of trashing WSX? 

William, no one has ever taken the WSX seriously since it’s inception.

 

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No? The opening round in Kuala Lumpur cancelled? I just can't believe something like this is happening from such a rock solid organization... 

🤣

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If you are like me and had never heard of Fyre Fest... [i]2017 failed music festival in Exuma, BahamasFyre Festival was a fraudulent luxury music...

If you are like me and had never heard of Fyre Fest...

 

2017 failed music festival in Exuma, Bahamas
Fyre Festival was a fraudulent luxury music festival organized by American businessman Billy McFarland and American rapper Ja Rule. It was originally created to promote the company's Fyre app for booking music talent.
EVH4Ever wrote:
You owe it to yourself to check out the documentaries on Fyre Fest There’s one on Netflix and one on Hulu.  I haven’t seen the one...

You owe it to yourself to check out the documentaries on Fyre Fest There’s one on Netflix and one on Hulu.  I haven’t seen the one on Hulu, but the one on Netflix is pretty incredible. He’s already begun selling tickets for the next one and the location  and groups haven’t even been confirmed yet.

Was going to say the same…what really got me was when he was out on bail with the case pending, and started the new scam with event tickets…😂

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Boomslang wrote:

Yup...it's only a matter of time before Cape Town's SX gets canceled. 

There is no way they gonna allow a SX I  the Cape Town stadium.. 

You can't buy tickets for Buenos Aires on their site... So it's a little bit more than a month from the "new start date", they used the MXON and the new race in Sweden as decoy for the real big news, the cancellation of their openings round that was planned in 14 days from now... I dunno but they should think about quality of organizers instead of people who can pay the organizing fee.

Make a system where the teams who have a charter, start in the semi-finals and the other riders start in the quarter finals. Bring in all your big names and go to people who organized this stuff before or still do and make it happen. This could possibly open some doors in Germany, France, Spain, Italy... 

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10/3/2025 6:24pm

I’m kinda surprised there’s no word about the streaming package.

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MXMattii wrote:
You can't buy tickets for Buenos Aires on their site... So it's a little bit more than a month from the "new start date", they used...

You can't buy tickets for Buenos Aires on their site... So it's a little bit more than a month from the "new start date", they used the MXON and the new race in Sweden as decoy for the real big news, the cancellation of their openings round that was planned in 14 days from now... I dunno but they should think about quality of organizers instead of people who can pay the organizing fee.

Make a system where the teams who have a charter, start in the semi-finals and the other riders start in the quarter finals. Bring in all your big names and go to people who organized this stuff before or still do and make it happen. This could possibly open some doors in Germany, France, Spain, Italy... 

Good catch for Buenos Aires. Not selling tickets 1 month ahead is quite the bad signal.

OTOH they had been selling tickets for Malaysia so doesn't guarantee anything.

Welcome to WSX roulette, buy your tickets and let's see if this round will happen !

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10/4/2025 1:35pm

i had hopped the new owners would at least get through a season with out cancellations,  with pipes motorsport group putting up picks of bikes being ready to ship it was a pretty late call to cancel 

 

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MXMattii wrote:
You can't buy tickets for Buenos Aires on their site... So it's a little bit more than a month from the "new start date", they used...

You can't buy tickets for Buenos Aires on their site... So it's a little bit more than a month from the "new start date", they used the MXON and the new race in Sweden as decoy for the real big news, the cancellation of their openings round that was planned in 14 days from now... I dunno but they should think about quality of organizers instead of people who can pay the organizing fee.

Make a system where the teams who have a charter, start in the semi-finals and the other riders start in the quarter finals. Bring in all your big names and go to people who organized this stuff before or still do and make it happen. This could possibly open some doors in Germany, France, Spain, Italy... 

Beagle wrote:
Good catch for Buenos Aires. Not selling tickets 1 month ahead is quite the bad signal.OTOH they had been selling tickets for Malaysia so doesn't guarantee...

Good catch for Buenos Aires. Not selling tickets 1 month ahead is quite the bad signal.

OTOH they had been selling tickets for Malaysia so doesn't guarantee anything.

Welcome to WSX roulette, buy your tickets and let's see if this round will happen !

They did the same with the German GP two years ago. I was literally waiting for ticket sales until two weeks before the actual race date and then they cancelled the event. I wonder how many rounds we will actually see this year..

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MXMattii wrote:
You can't buy tickets for Buenos Aires on their site... So it's a little bit more than a month from the "new start date", they used...

You can't buy tickets for Buenos Aires on their site... So it's a little bit more than a month from the "new start date", they used the MXON and the new race in Sweden as decoy for the real big news, the cancellation of their openings round that was planned in 14 days from now... I dunno but they should think about quality of organizers instead of people who can pay the organizing fee.

Make a system where the teams who have a charter, start in the semi-finals and the other riders start in the quarter finals. Bring in all your big names and go to people who organized this stuff before or still do and make it happen. This could possibly open some doors in Germany, France, Spain, Italy... 

Beagle wrote:
Good catch for Buenos Aires. Not selling tickets 1 month ahead is quite the bad signal.OTOH they had been selling tickets for Malaysia so doesn't guarantee...

Good catch for Buenos Aires. Not selling tickets 1 month ahead is quite the bad signal.

OTOH they had been selling tickets for Malaysia so doesn't guarantee anything.

Welcome to WSX roulette, buy your tickets and let's see if this round will happen !

Mavetism wrote:
They did the same with the German GP two years ago. I was literally waiting for ticket sales until two weeks before the actual race date...

They did the same with the German GP two years ago. I was literally waiting for ticket sales until two weeks before the actual race date and then they cancelled the event. I wonder how many rounds we will actually see this year..

I'll go with 4.

WSX are marketing geniuses, look at us, championship did not start yet there's already plenty of suspense and drama to discuss, how many rounds will actually happen, everyone is on the edge of their seat 🤣

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Vital MX Forum RIGHT after the first ever WSX race:  "Nah... This is never going to grow like they want" 


some got angry that day....
some wanted to BET MONEY that it would (grow)...
some got offended...


 

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