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Las Vegas – Supercross

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I went to Las Vegas for the weekend to watch the 2012 Monster Energy Cup Supercross. There was some great racing, but unfortunately I didn’t get the amazing hotel room upgrade that I had gotten last year.

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Las Vegas – Monster Energy Supercross

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Monster Energy Supercross in Las Vegas.

Monster Energy Cup Supercross in Las Vegas at Sam Boyd Stadium.

Mike Alessi in Semi Race 1

Monster Energy Cup Supercross in Las Vegas at Sam Boyd Stadium.

Ryan Dungey

Monster Energy Cup Supercross in Las Vegas at Sam Boyd Stadium.

Alessi and Dungey battled for several laps.


France – Motocross of Nations – Finals

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Day two the the 2011 Monster Energy Motocross of Nations. Yesterday was the qualifying races to narrow the field of teams down to the 20 top countries. Today is the Main event, which is actually three races (motos) where two riders from each country race in each moto. The combines finishes of all three riders in the three motos is used to determine the overall winning country.

It rained some overnight so the track started off a bit muddy. The weather is a bit wild, it’s switching back and forth between warm and sunny and cold and poring rain. If you don’t like the the current weather, just wait 30 minutes and it’ll change to something completely different.

2011 Motocross of Nations in France.

Lot's of Red While and Blue, but it's from the French Flag.

2011 Motocross of Nations in France. Race 1 (MX1 + MX2).

Chad Reed from Australia get the hotshot in Race 1 (MX1 + MX2). Ryan Dungey is in 5th or 6th place.

2011 Motocross of Nations in France. Race 1 (MX1 + MX2).

Ryan Dungey moves up to 2nd and chases Chad Reed.

2011 Motocross of Nations in France. Race 1 (MX1 + MX2).

The race started in the sun, but about half way through the clouds moved in and the rains started.

2011 Motocross of Nations in France. Race 1 (MX1 + MX2). Ryan Dungey in the poring rain.

Ryan Dungey in the poring rain.

2011 Motocross of Nations in France. Race 2 (MX2 + Open)

The start of Race 2 (MX2 + Open). Team France's Gautier Paulin gets the hotshot. The two Team USA riders are back in the pack.

2011 Motocross of Nations in France. Race 2 (MX2 + Open)

Blake Baggett ended up 17th in Race 2.

2011 Motocross of Nations in France. Race 2 (MX2 + Open)

Ryan Villopoto battles with Ken Roczen from Germany and Jeffrey Herlings from the Netherlands. Villopoto ends up 3rd in Race 2.

2011 Motocross of Nations in France. Race 3 (MX1 + Open).

Race 3 (MX1 + Open). The sun is shining and Team USA is in the lead. Ryan Dungey in 2nd place.

2011 Motocross of Nations in France. Race 3 (MX1 + Open).

1st place Ryan Villopoto hits a downhill jump in front of the French crowd. The crowd was going nuts during Race 2 when France was winning, but things have gotten a lot quieter with USA in 1st and 2nd.

2011 Motocross of Nations in France. Race 3 (MX1 + Open).

Ryan Dungey, 2nd in Race 3 (MX1 + Open).

2011 Motocross of Nations in France. Forrest Brown.

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France – Motocross of Nations – Qualifying

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The Motocross of Nations is an annual motocross race that’s a bit different than most other MX races because it’s one of the only team races. 40 countries compete with three rider teams to determine which country has the best riders. The race takes place in a different country each year. Last year the race took place in the USA and I was able to go watch it in Colorado. I though it was a lot of fun to see all of the races and fans from all of the other countries. This year the races took place in France and I thought would be great to see the race in Europe where most of the teams are from.

2011 Monster Energy Motocross of Nations in Saint Jean d'Angély, France.

Blake Baggett hitting one of the uphill triples in practice for the MX2 Class

Ryan Villopoto during practice for the Open Clase.

Ryan Dungey got second on the of the MX1 Qualifying Heat, but quickly moved into first place.

Dungey blasts through a rutted corner.

Dungey going through a rutted corner.

I'm playing around with long exposure traking shots. French rider Christophe Pourcel.

Blake Baggett with a big lead in the MX2 Qualifying Heat Race.

Blake Bagget hitting one of the large uphill triple jumps.

Blake Bagget hitting one of the large uphill triple jumps.

Team France's Open class rider, Gautier Paulin blasts off the largest jump on the track, a huge downhill ski jump.

Ryan Villopoto hammering through the whoop section on his way to 1st place in the Open Qualifying Hear. Team USA went 1-1-1 in Qualifying, things are looking good for the main events tomorrow.


California – Summer X-Games 17

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The Summer X-Games is annual competition put on by ESPN of the best action sports athletes competing in a bunch of different events, sort of a mini Olympics for action and extreme sports.

For the last 8 years the Summer X-Games has been held here in Los Angeles, which is great for me, because I enjoy going to see some of the events live. The last two years I wasn’t able to go to any events because I was traveling, but I was in town this year, so was able to attend several of the events.

X-Games 17 at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. Moto X Step Up.

Moto X Step Up. Basicly the high-jump, but on a motocross bike.

X-Games 17 at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. Best Wipe.

Moto X Best Wipe. Who can do the coolest whip on their motocross bike.

X-Games 17 at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. Moto X Best Trick.

Travis Pastrana goes for a crazy twisting double back flip in the Moto X Best Trick competition. Unfortunately he crashed and broke his ankle.

X-Games 17 at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. BMX Big Air.

BMX Big Air.

X-Games 17 at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. Rallycross.

The streets around the Staples Center are turned into a racecourse for the Rallycross.

X-Games 17 at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles.

Cool trashcan.

A new event for this year’s Summer X-Games and the last event of the games was Endurocross. Endurocross is a mash-up of supercross and enduro. Rides race each other around a custom track build inside an arena. The track is a bit similar to a supercross track, but with added rocks, logs, waterholes and other obstacles that might been seen in an enduro race.

X-Games 17 at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. Endurocross.

Panorama of the Endurocross track inside the Staples Center.

X-Games 17 at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. Endurocross.

The tight start resulted in many pile-ups.

X-Games 17 at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. Endurocross.

Log Obstacle.

X-Games 17 at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. Endurocross.

Struggling to get over a large log.

X-Games 17 at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. Endurocross.

Tire Jump.

X-Games 17 at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. Endurocross.

The waterhole.


Colorado – Motocross of Nations

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Motocross of Nations is an annual motocross race that has been happing since 1947. It’s a bit different then most motocross or supercross races because it’s a team event. Three rider teams from 30 countries compete to see which country has the best riders.

The race is actually three races (motos) where two riders from each country race in each moto. The combines finishes of all three riders in the three motos is used to determine the overall winning country.

Every year the race takes place in a different country, so it’s fairly rare that it takes place here in the US.

Saturday was the qualifying races. Only the top 20 teams qualify for the main races on Sunday.

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Team USA's Rayn Dungey races with Steve Ramon from Belgium in one of the qualifying races.

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Team USA's Trey Canard

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Teams USA's Andrew Short

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Andrew Short

Sunday was the main races.

Moto 1

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Jonathan Barragan from Spain gets the holeshot on the start of moto 1 with Ryan Dungey in second.

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Rayn Dungey was able to take the lead and win moto 1

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Trey Canard

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Trey Canard had crashed at the start and had to work his way through the pack. He ended up 12th in Moto 1

Moto 2

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Andrew Short in the lead, battles with Ken Roczen from Germany early in moto 2. Unfortunately Short crashed hard and got back up in 25th place. He was able to work his work back up to finish 13th for the moto.

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Andrew Short

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Trey Canard got another bad start on moto 2, but this time he was able to move up to 7th by the end of the race.

Moto 3: Team USA’s bad finishes in moto 2 meant that Team USA was in second place overall behind Team Germany going into the last moto.

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Andrew Short gets the holeshot on the start of moto 3 with Rayn Dungey in 2nd, followed by Brett Metcalfe from Australia in 3rd.

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Andrew Short

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Andrew Short and Ryan Dungey running in 1st and 2nd.

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Ryan Dungey

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Sequence of Ryan Dungey hitting one of the big uphill jumps.

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Even though Andrew Short was in the lead, Ryan Dungey was riding just a little bit faster but holding back so not to pass his teammate. Around lap 4 Short waved for Ryan to go ahead and pass him.

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Ryan Dungey

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Andrew Short

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Andrew Short

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Ryan Dungey does his imitation of the space shuttle blasting off over the huge table top.

Team USA’s 1-2 finish in moto 3 means that they win the overall. The top five countries end up being USA, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Italy.


Colorado – Motocross of Nations – The Fans

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The racing at the Motocross of Nations was amazing, but one of the things that also made the race more interesting were the fans. The Motocross of Nations is an international event so there were fans from all over the world, many who like to support their country by dressing up in their countries colors. Since the race was taking place in the USA, the majority of the people were from here and some came up with interesting ways to show of the Red, White and Blue.

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There were two Captain Americas running around. I kept waiting for them to get into a fight to prove who the the real Captian America.

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Lots of people were ringing cow bells or blowing horns. This guy modded up a super horn using a compressed air tank.

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Not really a fan, but I thought that guy was pretty interesting. He's one of the professional photographer shooting the race. He's mounted his iPhone to the end of his camera lens so that he can take photos and shoot video at the same time.

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This guy went for a really old school look.

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I'm not sure which country he was cheering for, but I dig the rear sprocket mounted in his helmet.

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California – Glen Helen USGP

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