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I spoke with him early Saturday morning at High Point as I found him sitting in the stands alone with his mechanic. He took the time to chat and take a pic. He didn't have to do that as he was obviously getting his head straight for the day to come and just taking it all in I'm sure.
I did stand by the fence for a while in the stair section going down after the start, the man still has it without a doubt. A little more funds and a little more training and time on the bike, I have no doubt he can be somewhere inside the top fifteen or around top ten. No limits for him.
Awesome young man.
Kind of surprising he'd choose to run the west coast rounds on limited funding, rather than the east coast / mid west ones..
I gotta say, I have been keeping an eye on his results and his results have been improving.
Pit Row
This sport needs to pay more attention to the issue of riders getting injured and hooked on pills. It is well documented with Austin and Izzi.
Izzi was on his way to the top until he had to step off his Suzuki in Supercross and broke his heels. He said the team never even got in touch with him in the hospital- he had to call DeCoster. That might be a sign of how riders are tossed away and left to fend for themselves.
Hope he finds away and the little $$ he makes isn't spent on drugs.
If I become a junky and my employer finds out I'm using banned controlled substances I would most likely get suspended for the first violation. If it happens again, I would be fired. They have NO obligation to coddle me or intervene when I fall on my ass.
I apologize for coming off like as ass, but just read what you wrote and actually think long and hard about it. Take into consideration how it is absolutely 100% impossible for "the sport" to intervene in any way, shape or form other than drug testing them and suspending them. Our sport is not big enough to be able to send riders to rehab or counseling and quite frankly it's not their responsibility.
Take responsibility for his own actions, lean on family and friends for support, enter rehab or whatever he's got to do to get clean. That's what needs done. "The sport" doesn't owe him anything just because he can ride a dirt bike really well.
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