Plessinger Out for Washougal

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7/16/2025 2:55pm
KurtJ99 wrote:
The MXGP guys run alot of off-season races but don't seem to have the same occurrence of mystery illness as the US teams do. Why is...

The MXGP guys run alot of off-season races but don't seem to have the same occurrence of mystery illness as the US teams do. Why is that? Better diet, not overtraining? Do all the US facilities (Aldon's, Club MX) just compete all the time until they are smoked at the actual races. 

Do MXGP guys run 24 races in 27 weeks (where we are right now), or 31 in 36 weeks (where we'll be at the end of SMX)?

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7/16/2025 3:27pm
captmoto wrote:

Wasn't Michael Phelps taking in 12,000 calories a day when he was training hard?

Yes. His meals were legendary. He didn’t restrict himself either. I’m pretty sure 5000 of those calories were his chocolate chip pancakes.

You need fuel to burn calories.

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7/16/2025 4:17pm

sucks for AP was looking like a break out season ..as mentioned above too many races for the bikes they are riding these days ...way faster and heavier resulting in way too many diggers...... especially in SX.

 

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Herr Lich wrote:
The whole Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team is fully behind Aaron Plessinger, everyone’s favorite Cowboy. Please please please please stop with the Cowboy stuff! It's completely...

The whole Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team is fully behind Aaron Plessinger, everyone’s favorite Cowboy. 

Please please please please stop with the Cowboy stuff! 

It's completely contrived and hasn't caught on with any real fans of the sport. It's only TV tampons like Leigh Diffey that bang on about it. And now Ian Harrison? He should tell the PR person writing this bollocks to cease and desist. 

 

I agree with the cringe on the "cowboy" persona. Never been a fan of it. I wasn't a fan of the lameass Ronnie Mac act either...

I agree with the cringe on the "cowboy" persona. Never been a fan of it. I wasn't a fan of the lameass Ronnie Mac act either. Now I've gotta run outside and tell the neighbor kids to get the hell off my lawn!

Ronnie Mac “character” is slightly different than calling AP “The Cowboy”

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7/16/2025 4:46pm
yak651 wrote:

Ronnie Mac “character” is slightly different than calling AP “The Cowboy”

Still thought it was ultra cringe. 

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7/16/2025 5:08pm

I just want him to be healthy and happy.

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Confused with this as thought Red Bull would have at least an APC on either East or West where their riders could get checked out.  This could also be of benefit for evaluating Aldons program

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7/17/2025 7:39am

How many other pros have horses...the nickname is fine sheeesh

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7/17/2025 8:17am

Pretty sure this guy wasn't a cowboy. He got his  nickname, Rhinestone Cowboy, because he was from Texas and wore flashy shoes. 

Back in the 70s and 80s, nobody cried about nicknames. They were fun and became a part of the riders personas. 

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7/17/2025 12:20pm

Aldon Baker is a moron 

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DonM
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7/17/2025 1:51pm
HonTech23 wrote:

Aldon Baker is a moron 

Sure he is bud.....Apparently you know more about AP's health and the reasons behind it than AP himself....and it's moran....

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7/17/2025 4:17pm Edited Date/Time 7/17/2025 6:25pm
crt32 wrote:
How many other pros have horses...the nickname is fine sheeesh

How many other pros have horses...the nickname is fine sheeesh

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Nothing wrong with the Nickname. Love the hat and that beautiful Mullet. Looks Cowboy enough to me. He’s living the good life. 💯

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7/17/2025 4:33pm

Seriously. Mx riders burn insane smounts of calories. No need for these guys to eat like birds. 

That what Tickle said about training with Aldon, he'd lose 5-7 lbs of water weight every day and was unusually skinny.  He was near or below 160 and when he left put on 15 lbs and actually felt good

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7/17/2025 11:24pm
crt32 wrote:
How many other pros have horses...the nickname is fine sheeesh

How many other pros have horses...the nickname is fine sheeesh

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Having horses doesn't make you a cowboy. It makes you a horse owner. 

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7/17/2025 11:38pm
crt32 wrote:
How many other pros have horses...the nickname is fine sheeesh

How many other pros have horses...the nickname is fine sheeesh

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Herr Lich wrote:

Having horses doesn't make you a cowboy. It makes you a horse owner. 

Everyone, meet the authority on all things American cowboy. From Australia.....lmao.

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7/17/2025 11:58pm Edited Date/Time 7/18/2025 5:32am
crt32 wrote:
How many other pros have horses...the nickname is fine sheeesh

How many other pros have horses...the nickname is fine sheeesh

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Love me some AP, but I think this guy is the true cowboy of the sport. Not that AP isn't a cowboy, I would consider him to he one, but Eli is a few steps above AP with his ranch and owning cattle(not talking about his dads ranch and his cattle) and chasing a bull that got out for a few days and everything else. Side note, I'm totally here for cowboy hat Eli. (These are from Jessica’s IG)

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Kenny Banyan
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7/18/2025 10:02am
crt32 wrote:
How many other pros have horses...the nickname is fine sheeesh

How many other pros have horses...the nickname is fine sheeesh

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Herr Lich wrote:

Having horses doesn't make you a cowboy. It makes you a horse owner. 

To be fair, I don’t think AP called himself a cowboy…… his fans and the motomedia bestowed the title on him. From the pic , it looks like he has a nice little spread, with a couple horses ……probably has some other farm animals as well. At any rate it’s ok if they wanna call him cowboy even though  he’s not a ranch hand or a rodeo rider. Maybe you should write letters to the MotoMedia and all the fans to get it changed from Cowboy to Country Boy. Would you be ok with that?

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7/18/2025 10:09am

Some of you guys act like Aaron is committing stolen valor by accepting other people calling him "Cowboy"

 

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Kenny Banyan
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7/18/2025 10:30am Edited Date/Time 7/18/2025 10:50am

Some of you guys act like Aaron is committing stolen valor by accepting other people calling him "Cowboy"

 

 Nice parallel with the stolen valor! Pretty funny and you’re not wrong.💯😂

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7/18/2025 1:56pm Edited Date/Time 7/18/2025 1:57pm
crt32 wrote:
How many other pros have horses...the nickname is fine sheeesh

How many other pros have horses...the nickname is fine sheeesh

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Herr Lich wrote:

Having horses doesn't make you a cowboy. It makes you a horse owner. 

Everyone, meet the authority on all things American cowboy. From Australia.....lmao.

I know, I know. But I didn't think Ohio was known for being a cowboy state. 

AP is a guy from a small town who grew up in the dirt bike scene. In this sense the redneck part of his cosplay makes some sense. But he's not a cowboy. At any rate my original criticism was of how contrived the nick name is. It feels like AP's barely on board with it. It's a TV invention pushed forward by people like that ingrown pube Leigh Diffey. 

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7/18/2025 3:57pm Edited Date/Time 7/18/2025 4:36pm

How can you have a cowboy conversation without Kenny Bartram?

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Also, there are plenty of cowboys in Ohio, especially southern Ohio, however they are less into playing dress up like Nashville and urban Texans/Okies. 

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7/18/2025 7:10pm

CC looked sick as a dog when he was on aldons  program 

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