hi from greece!
I've been reading for quite a while, watch every season from 2000 including great outdoors, bar 2 bar etc so i guess im an ama-head all the way!
The reason i write is because i think no one mentioned the fact that usa top riders tend to retire rather early.
Rc at 27 same as rv and rd. Js7 at 29 but to be honnest the season he decided to have a break with bubba's world was the last season he earned a title so i could say he semi retired at 23! Pastrana was a great talent also and if he was born in europe he might continued with his mx career. Maybe that derives from the all year long schedule, maybe mx riders love to drive a nascar car but fact is rv rd and et could have been this year's team. Cairoli is 32, everts quits at 35 while winning chad reed is still here even though he stayed out of mx a lot of seasons. I doesnt make sense because in nba, even though its less demanting than mx, the games played in a year are double the games we play in europe but still top players retire at late 30's, while europe common age for retire is 35. any thoughts?