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Hi guys, been keeping a close on eye on Prado’s riding these last few weeks.
Looks like he’s put himself in great position to get himself a nice little side hustle.
He could hold a few one to one coaching sessions focusing purely on whoop speed, helping out the slower guys.
I appreciate there may be some conflicts of interest here, he might have to wear a disguise & paint his demo bike black or something.
But I’m sure there a few quid in it for him to help make the ends meet.
Oh man fuck I literally LOL'd
Prado has my full respect what an amazing turn around in Supercross, I don't know if I run him down but if I did I apologise, he went all in on himself and man has he proven himself.
It's a long season, and sx is the most brutal of the brutal... if he doesn't get hurt, only then will I be amazed...
That’s such a shit take. How many top riders make it through any season? 25%? 5%?
If the other guys wanted it as much as Prado they would do what he does. It cant be taught, they just dont want it as much.
-His main thing is consistency with his training, I guarantee he's one of those guys that shits at the same exact time every single day
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"He shits at the same time everyday"
You say that like it's a bad thing!
Step 1. Throw your team under the bus as much as possible and then ride a KTM based bike.
i pay pretty close attention and consume everything MX/SX … when did he actually “throw his team under the bus” other than stating he wanted more power and wasn’t comfortable on the bike? Just curious if you could point me to the interview or video where this occurred i would be much obliged!
Actions speak louder than words
He intentionally tried not to qualify That is throwing the team under the bus. It's intentionally underperforming which makes the team look stupid. Did they really have such a bad bike that the 2x MXGP champ can't even qualify?
My comment is also tongue in cheek but has truth to it. Maybe he's even justified. It has clearly worked out for him which I'm incredibly surprised by. His SX season has been incredible and MX should be even better. I'm not a hater but I'm gonna call a spade a spade.
I think what a lot of people struggle to understand, qualifying at a pro race is risking your life to some degree.
Of course there are riders that are more risk averse then others. So you can’t compare, but essentially Prado is someone who needs that right feeling to fully commit. He clearly couldn’t find it on the KX one way or another.
I’m not a fan of Prado the person based on him quitting last year, but it is hard not to be a fan of Prado the racer based on his progress. Face-planting in the whoops before the season was a big cause of his problems last year, but it certainly appears that he’s turned his weakness into a strength. It will be interesting to see if he’s able to continue to outclass so much of the field in the whoops as the series moves east and the whoops break down more than they do on west coast tracks.
I’ also wonder if the 4x mxgp champ who raced bombed out gp tracks with 5 classes running practice, qualifying, and races on it for 3 days with no grooming can adapt to east coast supercross tracks.
We might get to see sooner than later. Sounds like Seattle might be on the wet side.
With our fans he’s screwed. If he crashes, it’s look he’s trash I knew it was coming. If he wins, well he only won because it rained, let’s see him at a “real” supercross. At a1 it was, “it was dry he could rear steer let’s see him at a real supercross”
Dude, there are privateers on Kawasakis who qualified and Prado did not. Prado is too good not to qualify. I'm not asking him to go checkers or wreckers and try to qualify #1 and win every race. You're telling me that he honestly could not qualify on that Kawi without risking death? Tomac made it through a heat race to qualify for a SX last year with a broken leg.
I'm actually happy he's doing well. I did not think it would happen like this and seeing Chase struggle on the Kawi is eyebrow raising. I don't expect everyone to risk imminent death if they're not winning. However, these guys ride dirtbikes for a living. They're fking talented and risk is accepted. I also do not believe that Prado had to risk much at all to qualify. He's way too good for that.
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