Uphill Battles

A grassroots motocross track is long, rough, and has plenty of elevation changes.  Just thinking of Glen Helen brings  monstrous and power robbing hills to mind.  Even if your local track doesn?t have steep uphills, the same technique is needed to efficiently maintain speed. The foundation of proper motocross technique tells you to keep your [...]

Mike Alessi Thomas Allier HÃ¥kan Andersson Victor Arbekov Les Archer Nicolas Aubin Rene Baeten David Bailey

2011 Pala National Media Day: Dean Wilson

Dean Wilson, the newly crowned 2011 AMA Motocross Champion in the 250 Lites class, talks to Amanda about winning the championship and what he's going to do to celebrate it this weekend with his family. Dean is racing next week in the Motocross of Nations in Saint Jean d?Angely, France for team Great Britain. You can watch Dean-O and the rest of team Great Britain compete in the MXoN live on http://www.supercross.com/mx-gp-vod

Paul Malin Jacky Martens Christophe Martin Mickael Maschio Connor McGechan Jeremy McGrath Andrew McFarlane Brett Metcalfe

RJ Says: Give me a break in between supercross and motocross

Is the combined supercross / motocross season of today's era too long?

As a former supercross and motocross racer, I don't think the season is too long. Racers want to race.

But I would like to see a couple of changes that I think will make it better for the riders, teams, and most importantly, the fans.

First, I'd like to see a much longer break in between the end of the Supercross season, and the start of the MX season.

I think it would be great if the riders could have at least a couple off weekends off after the supercross season ends. One of the reasons is they could do more 'outdoor' testing at that time, instead of during supercross season.

Anthony Boissiere Frederic Bolley Xavier Boog Damon Bradshaw Goat Breker Sven Breugelmans Larry Brooks Mike Brown

Travis Pastrani engaged

Daredevil motocross rider Travis Pastrana performed his best trick yet last weekend ? he pulled a ring out of his pocket. The star of MTV’s Nitro Circus proposed to longtime girlfriend Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins in Las Vegas during an exhibition Nitro Circus Star Travis Pastrana Is Engaged Travis Pastrana Proposes to Girlfriend at Nitro Circus [...]

Brian Myerscough Maximilian Nagl Kurt Nicoll Bill Nilsson Jorgen Nilsson Graham Noyce Carl Nunn Johnny O Mara

RJ Says: Give me a break in between supercross and motocross

Is the combined supercross / motocross season of today's era too long?

As a former supercross and motocross racer, I don't think the season is too long. Racers want to race.

But I would like to see a couple of changes that I think will make it better for the riders, teams, and most importantly, the fans.

First, I'd like to see a much longer break in between the end of the Supercross season, and the start of the MX season.

I think it would be great if the riders could have at least a couple off weekends off after the supercross season ends. One of the reasons is they could do more 'outdoor' testing at that time, instead of during supercross season.

Josh Coppins Cody Copper Gordon Crockard Craig Dack Roger De Coster Ken De Dycker Yves Demaria Gilbert De Roover