@Swapmoto Cam | 2019 Anaheim Two P.2 - video Dailymotion

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Anaheim Two was badass. Here's the stuff that you didn't see on television.

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00:00Hey, I noticed you're a clean face today.

00:29What are you going to get at right now?

00:32Is that to improve the young tinder swipes?

00:35That's not your shit, dawg.

00:38Okay, on a serious note, I like the green highlights to match the monster, on the bike,

00:45the bar pad and the seat stripes.

00:48Why are you knocking stuff over?

00:50I don't know.

00:51The bike looks good.

00:52Huh?

00:53The bike looks good, huh?

00:54Even on you.

00:55You've got the green virus, you need like green shoelaces though.

01:02I'm going to have to mix it up.

01:03Huh?

01:04Yeah, I'm going to have to really add it to my kit here.

01:05So how's things going?

01:06Good.

01:07How's team manager life two weeks in?

01:08Busy.

01:09Yeah?

01:10Yeah, real busy, but hey, we all work together so well here that it's, I think it's going

01:16really smooth right now.

01:17Do you have a deeper voice over the intercom now because you're the boss?

01:22No.

01:23No, I definitely don't.

01:25It's just the same.

01:26I still haven't hit puberty, so until that happens, it's not going to change.

01:29And you had quite the debut as team manager, first and second.

01:33No, that was, I don't know, you couldn't dream a better performance than that.

01:37Did you get a sweet bonus for that?

01:40Yeah, high fives from the whole crew.

01:42That's what it's all about here.

01:44Yeah?

01:45Well, what's the Tinder account name?

01:49It doesn't matter.

01:51I'm not going to swipe right though.

01:54Two rounds in.

01:55I expect you on the box by now.

01:58Yeah.

01:59Expect yourself on the box by now?

02:01Yeah, I mean, honestly, my riding's been pretty well.

02:04Starts just haven't been too good.

02:07It's funny, like you expect me to be on the box now, but like coming up, no one really

02:11expected me to ride, you know, be riding as good as what I am right now.

02:14So we've definitely made progress.

02:16I feel good on my bike.

02:17It's all good.

02:18Like I said, just need better starts.

02:22So, after Anaheim won, when I did the How was your weekend with you and Adam?

02:26Yeah, yeah.

02:27There was like a tension there, right?

02:28Yeah, yeah.

02:29But then I saw a picture of you guys talking at Phoenix.

02:30Yeah.

02:31It's all squash?

02:32Yeah, no, it was, I mean, I got the call from AMA Sunday, which was like a surprise for

02:37me.

02:38But I said, I'm like, man, maybe he did protest, like someone protested.

02:41I thought it was him.

02:42And then Saturday down at Glendale, like I just kind of like, all right, he's like walking

02:46down the gates.

02:47I'm like, all right, I'll just walk by him.

02:48I'm like, whatever.

02:49I ain't there.

02:50Be awkward.

02:51I'm like, we're just kind of sitting each other looking at gates.

02:52And he's like, RJ, let's not make this awkward.

02:54And I was like, all right, well, what do you want to talk about?

02:57So, he didn't know he ran me that high.

02:59And then I just told him I was fuming.

03:01So, yeah, it's over with.

03:03So, I asked him the same question.

03:05If it came down to gloves and shorts and a boxing ring, who would take it?

03:10Oh, me 100%.

03:12What was his answer?

03:13You 100%.

03:14Yeah, yeah.

03:15I was going to say, I feel like I'm a little bit scrappy.

03:17Like, I don't know.

03:18He's tall and kind of lengthy.

03:20I mean, I think I'd have that one.

03:22Hey, good luck tonight.

03:23Thanks.

03:24All right, so, how's life changed?

03:27Life has changed in the fact that I'm coming to the races.

03:30And that's about it.

03:32I still love racing the same.

03:33I still live in the same house with my dad.

03:36I have a new car.

03:37That's great.

03:38Did you take the all out?

03:40Or are you taking payments?

03:41There's only one option.

03:42I know people like to think that there's like two.

03:44But there's no, they didn't call me up.

03:47Asked me.

03:48They just sent a check to my house with a film crew and a big limo and some champagne.

03:52Straight up, million dollar check.

03:53Absolutely.

03:54I got the frame, got it in my house.

03:55Oh, shit.

03:56On the wall.

03:57It's great.

03:58So, did you save the taxes yet?

03:59Dude, I haven't paid taxes, but I'm scared.

04:01But I haven't spent anywhere near enough to not eligible, like make me eligible to pay taxes.

04:06Yeah, yeah.

04:07So, I still got taxes, you know, in my mind.

04:09Set away.

04:10So, you're using the money to travel to the races?

04:13No, Monster Energy's helping me out with that.

04:15Oh, nice.

04:16Other than that, you know, I'm just doing what I like to do.

04:18I'm going to buy a bike, but I'd like to find a place out in Cali before I do that.

04:21Yeah, yeah.

04:22Because it's like snowing where I'm at.

04:23There's no way to ride.

04:24Yeah.

04:25So, what car did you buy?

04:26I bought a 2017 used Subaru WRX.

04:29Oh.

04:3014,000 miles.

04:31Pretty used.

04:32Did you go and talk to Cole Seeley about drifting?

04:34Oh, I know.

04:35Cole Seeley.

04:36I ran into him, but I didn't know if he wanted to talk drift, you know, at the races.

04:39But I saw him at the signing.

04:40Honda signing.

04:41He was cool.

04:42Nice, nice.

04:43Right on, man.

04:44All right, man.

04:46Nice meeting you.

04:55Check out the lit kit.

05:02Frank's pissed at you, Don.

05:04Why is Frank mad at me?

05:05Frank's pissed at you, dude.

05:06You're betraying him.

05:08Look at my shirt.

05:09Okay.

05:11All right.

05:12Let me see it.

05:16Oh, Neil.

05:18Just making sure.

05:20Just doing my job.

05:29Man, Weston, every time I see you, you look better and better.

05:32It must be good to be out and about.

05:34Yeah, it is.

05:35It's a slow process since the injury went up, but I can definitely say every week it's

05:41getting better.

05:43You know, I can start to do more everyday things, you know, like drive and get around

05:47better.

05:48And I'm starting to do a little bit of working out now just to kind of, you know, get off

05:51the couch and not be stuck on that all the time.

05:54And like I said, yeah, it's going well.

05:57The body's starting to heal everything and my face is starting to feel better.

06:01I got all the hardware out of my mouth and my jaw.

06:04Not my jaw, but everything that was lying in my teeth and everything is all out now.

06:08Just kind of taking it week to week and, you know, doing everything I can and doing hypobaric

06:13and like I said, everything I can possibly do to try to help the swelling and everything

06:19get better.

06:20Have you eaten yet?

06:22Yes, I've been actually starting to eat normal food for the last two weeks now.

06:27What was the first thing you ate?

06:30I was actually in Houston visiting my fiance's family and we went to this Rudy's BBQ place

06:38and they had the most tender brisket there.

06:40So that was the first thing I ate was brisket.

06:42And as soon as I could chew that, I ate that for five days straight for lunch and dinner

06:48because I was so sick of eating soup.

06:50So that was my first indulgence in some food.

06:54So you said you're driving.

06:56Has your vision improved at all?

06:58Yeah, so I started driving about two weeks ago and my left eye is definitely cleared

07:03up a lot.

07:05I can almost see 100% out of my left eye and then my right eye is still a little bit of

07:11a struggle.

07:12About three weeks ago, I went from having no vision in my right eye to now I have like

07:19I'd say like a 5% sliver of vision out of my right eye now.

07:22And it's been about the same for about three weeks.

07:25So I'm hoping that something is starting to happen in my head and the connection from

07:31my optic nerve to my brain.

07:33I'm hoping that it'll slowly start to get more and more as time goes on and that's

07:39all I can kind of hope for right now.

07:41So when you say 5% sliver, is it like just a blur of color?

07:46No, I have to close my left eye completely to even focus to see out of that right eye.

07:54But what I mean by a sliver is like if I close my left eye and I looked at you, I could only

08:00see your eyeballs and that's it.

08:03I couldn't see your forehead or your nose.

08:04It's like a very small partial vision.

08:07Dude, that's promising and encouraging, right?

08:09Yeah, I know it is.

08:10The day I was able to see out of that, I was like tripping.

08:13I was like, holy crap, is this happening?

08:16Is this real?

08:17So I was stoked to have that.

08:19But like I said, it's just a slow process and I'm hoping to have at least a full recovery

08:25in a few months.

08:27So how's everything else going?

08:31Road to recovery, all the stuff's going well?

08:33Yeah, everything on the road to recovery is going awesome.

08:35They've been killing it.

08:36They've been doing a lot of donations and a lot of auction stuff.

08:39So I'm super happy with everything that's gone down with them.

08:43We're still continuing to do stuff with them and they're continuing to do stuff as well.

08:47So I'm pretty happy with everything that's been going on.

08:50Has the fan support been overwhelming?

08:53Do you realize now that you have more fans than you thought you had?

08:56Yeah, the fans have been crazy.

08:58There's so much support and love out there and a lot more than I even thought.

09:02People reaching out and helping out and giving me positive feedback and prayers and all that kind of stuff.

09:08So it's been eye-opening of how much the community and how many fans have really came out.

09:13It's awesome.

09:15It's awesome to see you.

09:16Thanks for catching up.

09:17Yeah, thank you guys.

09:18Take it easy.

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