Washougal Post Race Press Conference - Gripes

1) Questions by the press(or lack thereof)- You have arguably the 3 best riders on the podium after an all-time epic race and the MX press can only come up with a total of 3 questions to ask them? The entire press conference lasted all of 5 minutes. I could probably rattle off 20 questions off the top of my head that i’d love to hear their take on yet after 3 relatively vanilla questions he asks the press for next question and all you hear is crickets? I get this is a niesh sport so it doesn’t exactly attract world class journalist but come one, the fans deserve better than this.

2) Tomac’s answer regarding noise of the crowd(more of an observation than a gripe)- I’ve always defended Tomac’s aloof nature and unlike some, don’t need or expect him to be an open book about his personal life for me to be a huge fan. That said, he took an absolute softball of a question regarding the noise of the crowd as he was making his making his way up through the pack and instead of saying how cool the atmosphere was or how much it motivated him(even if it didn’t), or using as an opportunity to connect with/thank his fans he decides instead to complain about a flagger? What? Come on ET3, I’ll always be a fan but sometimes you make it hard for even your most ardent supporters to understand/defend you.


Just my 2 cents. Feel free to flame away.


Link to press conference: https://youtu.be/9CFgnWlioaY