The coolest riders of all time

olds cool
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11/12/2025 5:54am Edited Date/Time 11/12/2025 5:56am

When I was a young kid discovering MX, I thought this dude was pretty cool…

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11/12/2025 6:24am Edited Date/Time 11/12/2025 6:28am

If you’re going off of just pure coolness, it has to be Kenny Zahrt by a mile. 

If he doesn’t meet the criteria, Chuck Sun, with Micky Dymond or Jim Holley in second. 

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uncledaddy69
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11/12/2025 7:10am

RJ by a mile.

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Tate517
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11/12/2025 7:22am
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CASE CLOSED!

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loftyair
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11/12/2025 7:34am

First of all,  ' motocrossers' are cool.  If asking personably, Broc Glover, and Mike Craig. Jeremy, fro, Dubach, and decoster too.

Zacatack27
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11/12/2025 7:37am

Not a racer, but Taka Higashino comes to my mind

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ThePizzaCobra
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11/12/2025 7:38am
It’s Fro and MC all day..

It’s Fro and MC all day..

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On Pulp the other day, I think Steve said that he wanted to get Fro and MC in for an interview together about 5 years ago, but one of them said absolutely not. Now they seem to be pretty friendly, but I’m curious which one had disdain for the other even as recently as 5 years ago… anyone know the background to it? 

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Brad460
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11/12/2025 8:13am

Depends on the era you "grew up" in, but for me it was RJ. I will never forget getting my first RJ bad boy jersey from Torque Center when I was 14.

Second was Bradshaw- For me nothing was cooler than the Fox zebra pants...

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shortty761
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11/12/2025 8:24am
loftyair wrote:

First of all,  ' motocrossers' are cool.  If asking personably, Broc Glover, and Mike Craig. Jeremy, fro, Dubach, and decoster too.

Compare Mike Craig to a current racer? All I really know about him is that him and Christian don’t get along, but I’d like to know a more backstory on him. I know he was pro back in the day and that’s it lol

11/12/2025 8:28am

MC redefined what it meant to be cool.

Bradshaw, O-Show, RJ, Magoo were all very cool within our motocross sphere, but MC was regarded as cool across all action sports and media. He paved the way for others like TP, JS and KR. 

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rogers
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11/12/2025 8:35am Edited Date/Time 11/12/2025 8:43am

Bob Hannah

Marty Smith

Jimmy Weinert

 

                           

 

                       

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Ob917
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11/12/2025 8:39am

RJ the bad boy. Darryn Durham in modern times 

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Presley155
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11/12/2025 8:42am
It’s Fro and MC all day..

It’s Fro and MC all day..

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On Pulp the other day, I think Steve said that he wanted to get Fro and MC in for an interview together about 5 years ago...

On Pulp the other day, I think Steve said that he wanted to get Fro and MC in for an interview together about 5 years ago, but one of them said absolutely not. Now they seem to be pretty friendly, but I’m curious which one had disdain for the other even as recently as 5 years ago… anyone know the background to it? 

It was MC. He has long disliked Fro and has been pretty open about it. The new Moto 90's movie about their rivalry will hopefully tell the behind the scenes stuff. There were some chicks involved and some hard feelings off the track as well as on. 

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11/12/2025 8:42am

I shocked no one has mentioned this Guy
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Presley155
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11/12/2025 8:42am
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It doesn't get any cooler than this 

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gt80rider
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11/12/2025 10:10am

Mc.... Rj.... hannah

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jambalaya
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11/12/2025 10:19am

Christian Craig

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11/12/2025 10:30am

As a rider, Roger D, Bayle, Lechien.   As a personality, McQueen ,Mcgrath, Travis. To hang with, Holly, Cooper,Magoo.

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11/12/2025 12:01pm Edited Date/Time 11/12/2025 12:03pm
jambalaya wrote:

Christian Craig

Lol, in his onesie....

 

Sorry, I just don't put CC and cool in the same sentence.

Great rider though.

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ithinkitsbroke
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11/12/2025 1:40pm

MC is still the coolest guy in the sport. He had time to chat with me as a star struck kid that couldn't hardly spit out a sentence 30 years ago, and a handful of times since then. All timer.

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RACERX69
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11/12/2025 1:54pm Edited Date/Time 11/13/2025 6:14am

Nobody epitomized and embodied coolness more so than Jeremy McGrath. Dude just had an air about him. Additionally, he was seemingly a really good guy. Was always super nice to my kids.

MC2

 

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11/12/2025 2:06pm Edited Date/Time 11/12/2025 9:28pm

In my 64 years, Marty Smith just oozed cool.

Yes, plenty of other riders have had cool moments. Carla drinking a beer, James scrubbing, Emig bar scraping a berm at Manjimup, Jeremy and his nac nac,  and many more.

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RockyRider
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11/12/2025 2:08pm

To me KC66 embodied being a great racer and person as well. 

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spinyard
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11/12/2025 3:16pm
loftyair wrote:

First of all,  ' motocrossers' are cool.  If asking personably, Broc Glover, and Mike Craig. Jeremy, fro, Dubach, and decoster too.

shortty761 wrote:
Compare Mike Craig to a current racer? All I really know about him is that him and Christian don’t get along, but I’d like to know...

Compare Mike Craig to a current racer? All I really know about him is that him and Christian don’t get along, but I’d like to know a more backstory on him. I know he was pro back in the day and that’s it lol

Mike "Stingray" Craig was an East county San Diego local. He built tracks up in the hills that we all grew up riding on in the 90's. He ripped. I remember a few years after high school seeing him drive around east county trying to pick up on our girlfriends. I heard his relationship with his son wasn't the best but he obviously taught christian how to ride at an early age and that stuck with him.

11/12/2025 3:43pm

Can't believe no one's mentioned Dogger.

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Falcon
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11/12/2025 3:48pm

^Slapaho did. First page. 

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11/12/2025 4:28pm Edited Date/Time 11/12/2025 4:36pm
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You must be 971_fan's new account ?

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