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The sport would be totally different without him in it.
He came over to watch mxgp at the other ktm rigg, pretty cool sitting with my daughter,the man,mm25 and some other important people at Atlanta.
My wife pretended not to know me.
The Man also is a Gentleman
I spoke to him as a little kid at Oran Park (1973, I think it was) when he came over with Joel Robert, and, I think, Aberg and some Brits, then, at Eastern Creek / Sydney Motorsports Circuit when he was over to do a Superbikers / Motard type event, and in '98 at the first MGM Grand SX.
At the MGM Grand, in the pits, I asked him if he was OK with me taking his picture (it's in a box with about 70 rolls of undeveloped film from that trip - I''ve never bothered with pictures of my travels, since). He seemed genuinely surprised / touched that someone would ask for his permission to take a picture of him. Not a bloke that regards himself as a celebrity - a fair few riders could learn a bit of humility from him.
The Man, Indeed.
Pit Row
His career as a rider was impressive, but what he has accomplished since is literally amazing:
Big Red !
So many MXdN wins for the US !
American Suzuki winning !
and finishing on a big note with Big Orange, which this year looks even more dominant than Big Red !
As a French, it is the same, there was Vimond to look up for, but there would have been no JMB as we know him without DeCoster, and so we would not have had the huge riders from the following generations: DeMaria, Bolley, Pichon, DV, Tortelli, RonRon, CP, Musquin, Paulin, Febvre, Tixier, Ferrandis, ETC !
It is rare to impact so much a sport ! We would be glad to adopt him !
Power slide before the freeway classic
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