No more pressure for 2008...yesss!!

The 2008 contest season is officially over and I feel great about it!! Not because I did good, because it's nice to have 7 months of no stress and pressure to ride. This season had its highlights for me, Summer X was cool and Mexico X games was cool, but other than that I can't say I was excited to be at the major comp's this year. The Dew tour staff must think we either ride mini bikes or we are all rookies because our course's constantly kept getting more easy. This weekend in Orlando one of our dirt jumps was the cutest little thing I've ever seen. It was built into a tabletop so the actual gap on it seemed like it was 10 feet!! It had me shaking before practice, I was so nervous to go that big!! That was one thing that always kept riding fun for me was wondering what the course was going to be like each week. Back in 2005 and 2006 we had some scary courses which was awesome, when you put a good run down on a crazy course you feel you accomplished something. Now you got guys that aren't all that good at riding a bike at the top of the results because it's all ramps......and ramps are easy as hell to trick. Aside from me complaining I really am excited to get into this off season. I will be going to Russia for the first time ever to ride in a demo there, as well as Mexico City, Switzerland, Dubai, and Tahiti in the next two months. Once 2009 comes around I get to head to New Zealand and Australia for the Crusty tour again and that is always a blast, I can't wait to see all those guys again! I will also be living in Vegas for the most part during the winter so I can ride and train and try not to keep getting beat so bad. Now that I know we will be dealt beginner courses I am going to have to get really gnarly on the tricks. Sucks but that time has come haha. Right now I am spending a couple weeks in New Jersey with some buddies, relaxing and not worrying about anything moto related. I am sure at the end of the two weeks I will be excited again and probably get down to Vegas and ride!! I want to take a quick moment to thank everyone that supports me and what I do. I love writing this blog and doing the TV for Fuel TV, it's stuff that interests me and is cool, so it's nice when I get a good reaction from you guys, the fans, on here, or MySpace, or even at the events, so don't be bashful to leave me a message!!

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• Dewey said October 20, 2008

  I was watching the Orlando event on TV this weekend. It seemed like they were catching bigger air at Icer Air here in San Francisco. Here's some video I shot with Errol Kerr. It starts with skiing/boarding and ends with moto.
  
  
  
  "This weekend in Orlando one of our dirt jumps was the cutest little thing I've ever seen. It was built into a tabletop so the actual gap on it seemed like it was 10 feet!! It had me shaking before practice, I was so nervous to go that big!!"
  
  LMFAO.

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• Amy117 said October 20, 2008

  haha,yea the course seemed a bit, shall we say, amateur...is that why everyone was overjumpin everything? Robbie seemed to have the most trouble with that, but you threw down great and im glad to hear that you can relax and do your own thing for a change. enjoy Jersey and your new home in Vegas and keep doin wut you love, as long as ur happy!

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• AlanaG said October 20, 2008

  Mike, don't forget to spend a little of your off-time working on that 2009 Cribs video! You promised it would be a good one!

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• Hommy_G said October 20, 2008

  Mase!, well i hope you enjoy your vacation, lot's of Guitar Hero. i was wondering when are you gonna switch to a four stroke bike and is the four stroke bike just for step up or are you gonna ride for all events?
  Mase, You Are Second Best To None Out There!!

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• Annt74 said October 21, 2008

  FMX in Russia!, wow!, who knew them reds liked crazy american stunt dirt bike persons.

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• Andy199 said October 22, 2008

  Mase thanks agian for the blog post, makes a monday so much better!! maybe you could head to South Africa for a demo sometime haha! just kidding who wud come to this place.... hahaha. keep on posting!!
  peace

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• Steffmx said October 24, 2008

  It was awesome watching you ride and meeting you in person. Thanks for being a bud and taking a pic. You're the best.
  
  Keep up the blog so we can keep laughing with ya!

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