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I’m just blown away by the athleticism and brute strength required to plow into the face of a jump and hang on, maintaining the riding position during the ensuing front flip.

Pic earlier in thread, and replayed frequently. 
 

At my peak, a long time ago: I suspect that impact would have ripped both my thumbs off, then broken both my arms as I face planted after going over the bars. 

Watched a Redbull Rampage MTB guy come up short on a huge gap jump. The bike stopped dead, he stepped over the bars and made it to the down ramp relatively unscathed. See above for the likely outcome if I did it. 

In Levi’s case: do you think there was a conscious decision to ride it rather than bail?

Amazing. 

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8500rpm wrote:
Not a Deegan fan, but sh*t, he is way way better than anyone else in the class. The respect he commands is crazy, he truly is...

Not a Deegan fan, but sh*t, he is way way better than anyone else in the class. The respect he commands is crazy, he truly is the Alpha and the others submissive betas... 

Why doesn't they even try some desperate crazy shit when he gets close or gets passed, not even a crazy desperate acceleration (that likely goes wrong) but they truly show beta behavior... Let the king by. 

 

Yep, Cam had opportunity and motivation to run it in on him and just let him cruise on by. No one is doing anything to him in this class, so get used to the tongue sticking out on the podium.

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1/25/2026 6:38am Edited Date/Time 1/25/2026 6:38am

Arm didn’t feel great so I pulled off. Hoo boy…Mitch, what has happened to your team.

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1/25/2026 7:20am
8500rpm wrote:
Not a Deegan fan, but sh*t, he is way way better than anyone else in the class. The respect he commands is crazy, he truly is...

Not a Deegan fan, but sh*t, he is way way better than anyone else in the class. The respect he commands is crazy, he truly is the Alpha and the others submissive betas... 

Why doesn't they even try some desperate crazy shit when he gets close or gets passed, not even a crazy desperate acceleration (that likely goes wrong) but they truly show beta behavior... Let the king by. 

 

Referring to people as alpha and beta has gotta be the gayest shit ever 

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Maybe he’ll get it done next year when he doesn’t have to worry about Deegz. This shit is ridiculous. 

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1/25/2026 7:36am Edited Date/Time 1/25/2026 7:37am
skypig wrote:
I’m just blown away by the athleticism and brute strength required to plow into the face of a jump and hang on, maintaining the riding position...

I’m just blown away by the athleticism and brute strength required to plow into the face of a jump and hang on, maintaining the riding position during the ensuing front flip.

Pic earlier in thread, and replayed frequently. 
 

At my peak, a long time ago: I suspect that impact would have ripped both my thumbs off, then broken both my arms as I face planted after going over the bars. 

Watched a Redbull Rampage MTB guy come up short on a huge gap jump. The bike stopped dead, he stepped over the bars and made it to the down ramp relatively unscathed. See above for the likely outcome if I did it. 

In Levi’s case: do you think there was a conscious decision to ride it rather than bail?

Amazing. 

I think it happened too fast for him to think about bailing because the jump wasn't huge but super technical. It's really remarkable that he was able to ride out the front flip thanks to his athleticism and factory equipment. That has snapped wrists and a face to the crossbar or dirt to us mortals.

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1/25/2026 7:43am

So he just quit yeah? Nothing wrong with him other than some hurt feelings. 
At this level it just seems unfathomable that he wouldn’t try to at least salvage some points.
Remember when McAdoo lined back up for a restart after absolutely rag dolling himself? Clawing back to a 15th with his junk hanging out?  That dude has heart.

Hard to be a Levi fan

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skypig wrote:
I’m just blown away by the athleticism and brute strength required to plow into the face of a jump and hang on, maintaining the riding position...

I’m just blown away by the athleticism and brute strength required to plow into the face of a jump and hang on, maintaining the riding position during the ensuing front flip.

Pic earlier in thread, and replayed frequently. 
 

At my peak, a long time ago: I suspect that impact would have ripped both my thumbs off, then broken both my arms as I face planted after going over the bars. 

Watched a Redbull Rampage MTB guy come up short on a huge gap jump. The bike stopped dead, he stepped over the bars and made it to the down ramp relatively unscathed. See above for the likely outcome if I did it. 

In Levi’s case: do you think there was a conscious decision to ride it rather than bail?

Amazing. 

NV825 wrote:
I think it happened too fast for him to think about bailing because the jump wasn't huge but super technical. It's really remarkable that he was...

I think it happened too fast for him to think about bailing because the jump wasn't huge but super technical. It's really remarkable that he was able to ride out the front flip thanks to his athleticism and factory equipment. That has snapped wrists and a face to the crossbar or dirt to us mortals.

It must be a PC thing


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If he really has no significant injury, I think I give up on him. I don't want riders to ride injured but he just seems soft AF. Eli rode with a broken leg last year because he didn't know it was broken and thought he had to stay in the points and that even though it hurt like hell, they thought it would improve at that time. That's a champion. Levi is a plenty skilled and great rider. He trains hard. He seems to fold whenever the going gets tough.

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1/25/2026 8:02am
Jub wrote:
If he really has no significant injury, I think I give up on him. I don't want riders to ride injured but he just seems soft...

If he really has no significant injury, I think I give up on him. I don't want riders to ride injured but he just seems soft AF. Eli rode with a broken leg last year because he didn't know it was broken and thought he had to stay in the points and that even though it hurt like hell, they thought it would improve at that time. That's a champion. Levi is a plenty skilled and great rider. He trains hard. He seems to fold whenever the going gets tough.

Great example of Eli riding “hurt” not knowing he was actually injured. Champ stuff and I’m starting to think Kitchen just doesn’t have it.

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1/25/2026 8:06am
MXRalph wrote:

His holeshot device didn't release, and he squirrled out of the first turn sideways, then Rodbel hit him in the left side/arm area. 

Jub wrote:
That can be true but he has not made it to the first corner successfully in the last 3 races. That leaves out that he has...

That can be true but he has not made it to the first corner successfully in the last 3 races. That leaves out that he has had issues in his last 5? years in the 250 class. It happens once and you can call it unlucky. These guys should know darn well what conditions they need to provide for the holeshot device to dislodge. It's not a mystery. And he should know going into the corner that it's still down. He should know what he can and can't get away with. Doesn't mean that it's easy but at some point, it's on him. Kitchen rides great and has all the skill to be even a top 450 SX guy. He just doesn't seem to have the mental. Year after year, he does this stuff. And it's not even the Chase condition where he constantly leads, charges through the pack, and biffs it. He has speed in the open field but he brain farts in every situation that matters. 

Motofinne wrote:
Hopefully he is okay.100% agree with you on regarding the start device. Everyone that has raced and is better than novice level knows exactly when the...

Hopefully he is okay.

100% agree with you on regarding the start device. Everyone that has raced and is better than novice level knows exactly when the device disengages and knows how to ride with it if it happens to be stuck after the breaking zone in the first corner. It's not a legitimate excuse for Kitchen, to crash three times in the first corner by your own mistakes as a championship contender is just incredible. 

Well there is always a next year.

Wasn't it Kitchen who's start device stuck during the practice start on RDL?  

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1/25/2026 8:21am
Jub wrote:
That can be true but he has not made it to the first corner successfully in the last 3 races. That leaves out that he has...

That can be true but he has not made it to the first corner successfully in the last 3 races. That leaves out that he has had issues in his last 5? years in the 250 class. It happens once and you can call it unlucky. These guys should know darn well what conditions they need to provide for the holeshot device to dislodge. It's not a mystery. And he should know going into the corner that it's still down. He should know what he can and can't get away with. Doesn't mean that it's easy but at some point, it's on him. Kitchen rides great and has all the skill to be even a top 450 SX guy. He just doesn't seem to have the mental. Year after year, he does this stuff. And it's not even the Chase condition where he constantly leads, charges through the pack, and biffs it. He has speed in the open field but he brain farts in every situation that matters. 

Motofinne wrote:
Hopefully he is okay.100% agree with you on regarding the start device. Everyone that has raced and is better than novice level knows exactly when the...

Hopefully he is okay.

100% agree with you on regarding the start device. Everyone that has raced and is better than novice level knows exactly when the device disengages and knows how to ride with it if it happens to be stuck after the breaking zone in the first corner. It's not a legitimate excuse for Kitchen, to crash three times in the first corner by your own mistakes as a championship contender is just incredible. 

Well there is always a next year.

Wasn't it Kitchen who's start device stuck during the practice start on RDL?  

He had it happen twice I do remember that be it the heat race or qualifying in addition to the main. Sounds like they need to address that.

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1/25/2026 8:46am
Jub wrote:
If he really has no significant injury, I think I give up on him. I don't want riders to ride injured but he just seems soft...

If he really has no significant injury, I think I give up on him. I don't want riders to ride injured but he just seems soft AF. Eli rode with a broken leg last year because he didn't know it was broken and thought he had to stay in the points and that even though it hurt like hell, they thought it would improve at that time. That's a champion. Levi is a plenty skilled and great rider. He trains hard. He seems to fold whenever the going gets tough.

Great example of Eli riding “hurt” not knowing he was actually injured. Champ stuff and I’m starting to think Kitchen just doesn’t have it.

There is a big difference in trying to ride with a injured arm vs an injured leg…

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1/25/2026 8:50am
8500rpm wrote:
Not a Deegan fan, but sh*t, he is way way better than anyone else in the class. The respect he commands is crazy, he truly is...

Not a Deegan fan, but sh*t, he is way way better than anyone else in the class. The respect he commands is crazy, he truly is the Alpha and the others submissive betas... 

Why doesn't they even try some desperate crazy shit when he gets close or gets passed, not even a crazy desperate acceleration (that likely goes wrong) but they truly show beta behavior... Let the king by. 

 

Referring to people as alpha and beta has gotta be the gayest shit ever 

And its his second post referencing it. "Submissive betas." Its dirt bike racing. Never in my mind watching mx/sx do I think, damn he's giving smoking these betas!

 

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1/25/2026 8:54am
Press516 wrote:
Kitchen and Hymas both appeared to have injured an arm or shoulder in their crashes.  Hymas just happened to be in the wrong place at the...

Kitchen and Hymas both appeared to have injured an arm or shoulder in their crashes.  

Hymas just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Hymas really bums me out. Kitchen is all over the place if you look at his season up until now. But Chance was building and getting better. He must be crushed, like can't I catch a break?!

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1/25/2026 9:14am
Jub wrote:
If he really has no significant injury, I think I give up on him. I don't want riders to ride injured but he just seems soft...

If he really has no significant injury, I think I give up on him. I don't want riders to ride injured but he just seems soft AF. Eli rode with a broken leg last year because he didn't know it was broken and thought he had to stay in the points and that even though it hurt like hell, they thought it would improve at that time. That's a champion. Levi is a plenty skilled and great rider. He trains hard. He seems to fold whenever the going gets tough.

Great example of Eli riding “hurt” not knowing he was actually injured. Champ stuff and I’m starting to think Kitchen just doesn’t have it.

brocster wrote:

There is a big difference in trying to ride with a injured arm vs an injured leg…

While that's true and I'm waiting for the official injury report, so far it sounds like a mild injury and he may be back next week. That's what I'm assuming with what I've said.

JS7 got 3rd place in A2 with a broken navicular. It's not just this one thing, it's a pattern.

And to the people who keep saying it's the holeshot device's fault... I'm sure his holeshot device is fine. Those are simple things. The rider needs to get the thing to disengage. And if they don't get it to disengage correctly, they need to ride around it. Again, this is a pattern with Levi. I want Levi to do well but the pattern is that he always has something else to blame and at some point, you have to blame him.

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1/25/2026 9:24am
Jub wrote:
While that's true and I'm waiting for the official injury report, so far it sounds like a mild injury and he may be back next week...

While that's true and I'm waiting for the official injury report, so far it sounds like a mild injury and he may be back next week. That's what I'm assuming with what I've said.

JS7 got 3rd place in A2 with a broken navicular. It's not just this one thing, it's a pattern.

And to the people who keep saying it's the holeshot device's fault... I'm sure his holeshot device is fine. Those are simple things. The rider needs to get the thing to disengage. And if they don't get it to disengage correctly, they need to ride around it. Again, this is a pattern with Levi. I want Levi to do well but the pattern is that he always has something else to blame and at some point, you have to blame him.

Tell us you have never even raced, let alone used a holeshot device, without telling us. 
The comments from the geniuses on here are wild. 

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1/25/2026 9:32am
Jub wrote:
While that's true and I'm waiting for the official injury report, so far it sounds like a mild injury and he may be back next week...

While that's true and I'm waiting for the official injury report, so far it sounds like a mild injury and he may be back next week. That's what I'm assuming with what I've said.

JS7 got 3rd place in A2 with a broken navicular. It's not just this one thing, it's a pattern.

And to the people who keep saying it's the holeshot device's fault... I'm sure his holeshot device is fine. Those are simple things. The rider needs to get the thing to disengage. And if they don't get it to disengage correctly, they need to ride around it. Again, this is a pattern with Levi. I want Levi to do well but the pattern is that he always has something else to blame and at some point, you have to blame him.

Tell us you have never even raced, let alone used a holeshot device, without telling us. 
The comments from the geniuses on here are wild. 

Comments from you guys that have this holier than thou attitude are pretty wild too.

You don’t have to try and put anyone down here bud.

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1/25/2026 9:32am

Kitchen giving the title to Deegs.

 

I watched Deegs stalk Mosiman, just closing the gap ever so slightly, no rush. Then when he gets to the back wheel Deegs just drove by and dropped 3 seconds on him.

The wife said that Mosiman was riding a dream race...I told her he's about  to meet the dreamcrusher.

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1/25/2026 9:43am
8500rpm wrote:
Not a Deegan fan, but sh*t, he is way way better than anyone else in the class. The respect he commands is crazy, he truly is...

Not a Deegan fan, but sh*t, he is way way better than anyone else in the class. The respect he commands is crazy, he truly is the Alpha and the others submissive betas... 

Why doesn't they even try some desperate crazy shit when he gets close or gets passed, not even a crazy desperate acceleration (that likely goes wrong) but they truly show beta behavior... Let the king by. 

 

Not a Deegan fan but this is pretty spot on.

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1/25/2026 9:46am

Comments from you guys that have this holier than thou attitude are pretty wild too.

You don’t have to try and put anyone down here bud.

If the shoe fits, wear it ! 

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1/25/2026 10:00am
Kitchen giving the title to Deegs. I watched Deegs stalk Mosiman, just closing the gap ever so slightly, no rush. Then when he gets to the back...

Kitchen giving the title to Deegs.

 

I watched Deegs stalk Mosiman, just closing the gap ever so slightly, no rush. Then when he gets to the back wheel Deegs just drove by and dropped 3 seconds on him.

The wife said that Mosiman was riding a dream race...I told her he's about  to meet the dreamcrusher.

Whether I personally like it or not, Deegan is on a whole different level at the moment.  

The frustrating thing about Kitchen is that he’s as talented as anyone on the track (even in the 450 class), but he has the race craft and awareness of a 65 jr rider.  

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1/25/2026 10:36am Edited Date/Time 1/25/2026 10:38am

I know a lot of people will disagree with that take and say he will just "kill himself" on the 450. But wouldn't that be the perfect opportunity for Kawi/PC to put Kitchen on the 450 for one or two races on the East just to test the waters? I really don't wanna see him chasing a 250 SX title until he's 30 years old. Maybe the 450 suits him better for some reason. 

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1/25/2026 10:38am

kitchen's mind game has to be a dumpster fire. Next weekend I predict he'll start the Main around 15th place only because he's going to be so hung up on "JUST DONT FALL" mindset, he'll never really uncork it. This has been a nightmare start to the year for him!

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1/25/2026 10:39am
8500rpm wrote:
Not a Deegan fan, but sh*t, he is way way better than anyone else in the class. The respect he commands is crazy, he truly is...

Not a Deegan fan, but sh*t, he is way way better than anyone else in the class. The respect he commands is crazy, he truly is the Alpha and the others submissive betas... 

Why doesn't they even try some desperate crazy shit when he gets close or gets passed, not even a crazy desperate acceleration (that likely goes wrong) but they truly show beta behavior... Let the king by. 

 

Holy shit you sound like an incredible douche.

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kitchen's mind game has to be a dumpster fire. Next weekend I predict he'll start the Main around 15th place only because he's going to be...

kitchen's mind game has to be a dumpster fire. Next weekend I predict he'll start the Main around 15th place only because he's going to be so hung up on "JUST DONT FALL" mindset, he'll never really uncork it. This has been a nightmare start to the year for him!

Either that or he'll just farm some wins from there since he is out of the title now and got nothing to lose. Wouldn't surprise me at all.

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1/25/2026 10:46am
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Why would anyone seriously think he just quit and rode off?

IQ or mental health issues?  Or they don’t really think that, and are just trolling?

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1/25/2026 10:56am
CPR wrote:

Why would anyone seriously think he just quit and rode off?

toroP wrote:

IQ or mental health issues?  Or they don’t really think that, and are just trolling?

Because that's exactly what he did.

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1/25/2026 2:35pm

Why is every thread not a Deegan thread end up one?

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1/25/2026 2:50pm

33 points down with 6 rounds left. 

The Chef needs to hang up his apron, sharpen his knives, have a solid summer outdoors and plan for a SX championship run in 27’

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