@Swapmoto Cam | 2019 Anaheim Two SX P. 1 - video Dailymotion

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What would you see in the pits at Angel Stadium if you had an all-access pit pass? We show ya!

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00:30I saw your truck in the parking lot and I parked next to it.

00:40Yeah.

00:41How is yours so tall, dude?

00:42It is pretty tall, eh?

00:43I don't know why.

00:44I don't know.

00:45A little three inch lift on her, but she's pretty tall.

00:46All right.

00:47So for the amount of times we load bikes.

00:48Yeah.

00:49Have you crashed out of the back of it yet?

00:50I haven't.

00:51I don't even think there's been a dirt bike in the back.

00:52Oh, yeah.

00:53Well, actually, I'd say that.

00:54We went to Nuevo, loaded the old 450, but Trev did the dirty work, so no falling out.

01:00I asked Daddy Damien for a low one next time.

01:04See, I was going to do one like that, like the old Dino one.

01:08Yeah.

01:09Slam.

01:10Big, huge rims on it, but he was like, no, I'm not having it, so we went with what we

01:14got.

01:15But hey, I'm not complaining.

01:16It's a champagne problem for sure.

01:17Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:18And you got the color out.

01:19Yeah, we got the cement.

01:20Cement.

01:21Yeah.

01:22It's about time for an upgrade, he told me.

01:23Already?

01:24Yeah, I guess.

01:25He's a man, though.

01:26Dude, I got 55,000 miles on mine right now.

01:27No way.

01:28But he just put the order into my mind.

01:29I thought a lot like Nichols, but lower.

01:30Fair enough.

01:31That's a good one.

01:32So hey, two rounds in.

01:33Yeah.

01:34Red plate.

01:35Yeah.

01:36Win, first win.

01:37Can't complain, yeah?

01:38No, not at all.

01:39I mean, this is everything I pretty much wanted to do, you know, from the get-go.

01:40So coming to Anaheim one, I was able to win that, and that was obviously a big, big deal,

01:41and confidence and everything that went with that.

01:42And I tried to go into Phoenix and just block out all the cars.

01:43Yeah.

01:44Yeah.

01:45Yeah.

01:46Yeah.

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01:55Yeah.

01:56Yeah.

01:58Yeah.

01:59Yeah.

02:00Yeah.

02:01Yeah.

02:02Yeah.

02:03Yeah.

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02:05Yeah.

02:06Yeah.

02:07Yeah.

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02:09Yeah.

02:10Yeah.

02:11Yeah.

02:12Yeah.

02:13And I was able to go into Phoenix and just block out kind of everything to do my deal

02:14and I was able to come away with second.

02:15I was a little unhappy with the way I rode, but I cannot be unhappy about the result.

02:16I mean, you can't win all of them.

02:17And it was a good race for me.

02:18I was actually really, really happy with getting second.

02:19And coming into this one, I feel great.

02:20And, yeah, we'll just see how it plays out.

02:21Triple crown.

02:22So I'm going to change it up a little bit.

02:23Hey, tell me about your crew, your mechanic, trainer.

02:24Trevor Carmichael.

02:26We've been working together since I got on the team

02:27and at the end of 16, awesome, awesome dude.

02:31And then normally the riding crew,

02:33we got Swanee, Justin Cooper, Mitchell Oldenburg,

02:37and then AP.

02:39So that's the normal crew, I'm on the regular,

02:42but here lately back at home, the home crew,

02:44that's Bozel and Fraze.

02:46Those are my guys back at home.

02:47So, you forgot to mention something.

02:50Is it?

02:51Because I know you have like a hair stylist

02:53that follows you around.

02:54As soon as you take your helmet off, they fix your hair.

02:57Oh, that's OG Mike.

02:58That's my guy.

03:00Yeah, he's the one that keeps it hooked up.

03:01He keeps me nice and tight.

03:03You got some, do they call them stripes on them?

03:06I don't really know what you call them.

03:08That's just his little set up.

03:12That's OG Mike special.

03:13He's my guy though.

03:14I just go in there and sit down

03:15and he just starts going to town on my head.

03:17So, then we came out with that.

03:19Take good luck tonight, bud.

03:20Thanks man, I appreciate it.

03:24What are those guys doing?

03:25I think they're doing Tinder or video.

03:28Tinder?

03:29Tinder.

03:30I keep Dino swiping to the right,

03:32but maybe he's Fortnite,

03:34because he's, he kills it on Fortnite, baby.

03:43Wally, tell me about this new Holi device.

03:45Yeah, so this is an extreme case, obviously,

03:48a 450 Supercross guy,

03:49but theoretically you don't need a friend.

03:51So, how it works is you come down here

03:54and you just turn the dial.

03:56If Dean's riding, if he's on dirt,

03:58he can just grab a bunch of front brake

03:59and it'll lock it himself.

04:00But for your camera, we'll show you how it works.

04:03You just raise one, two, three, four.

04:06Oh, you gotta go down far.

04:07One, two, and it just locks.

04:11So, you don't need anybody to time it

04:14or anything like that.

04:15And then he'll hit a bump

04:16or he'll grab a bunch of front brake and it'll pop off.

04:18So, the twist is the activation?

04:22The twist is like pre-setting it, essentially.

04:23So, yeah.

04:24And once it unclips, it twists the other way

04:27and there's no chance of it locking again?

04:29Correct, yep.

04:30Cool, when is this coming to market?

04:32I think production version available to the public

04:35will be probably sometime in August,

04:36is what I'm thinking.

04:37Cool, whose idea was this, yours?

04:40So, a little bit mine, a little bit the two

04:42kind of product developer guys that I work with.

04:43We always, that's like our team.

04:46It's us three that basically come up

04:48with all our kind of stuff at ProTaper.

04:49So, I'm lucky to work with some really inventive,

04:52cool guys that understand the sport.

04:55And we all kind of bring our piece, I guess.

04:57And yeah, that's what we came up with.

04:58I'm pretty excited about this one.

05:00Yeah, because not everybody at a local race

05:02has somebody to help.

05:03Exactly, you know?

05:04So, it's honestly, I've realized it myself

05:06in the last four years,

05:07I can never go practice starts by myself.

05:09I'm always by myself and I can't practice a start.

05:11So, we fixed it with this.

05:16All these day strides in the off-season.

05:18My heart rate's always so low now.

05:23Can't get it up to warm up.

05:24I haven't got to try so hard.

05:29What's up, bro?

05:30What's up?

05:32Hey, tell me about your gig with Marshall Welton.

05:35Yeah, things are going really good.

05:37We're like three weeks out of the first East Coast race.

05:39So, it came fast and we've made a lot of progress.

05:44His race bike's almost done.

05:45So, we're going to ride that here next week.

05:48Actually, he's headed back to North Carolina

05:50and that's where he's going to stay on the East Coast.

05:52So, I think I'm going to go back with him

05:54for the time being until it starts.

05:57But I think we're at a good place

05:58and the goal that I set for him

06:01and I think we agreed on is to show up to the first race

06:04and be seven to 12.

06:07And if we improve and get close to being seven,

06:11you know what I mean?

06:12If we keep getting close to that fifth place,

06:13then obviously we'll regroup and re-strategize our goals.

06:17And I think he's a hard worker and he'll surprise people.

06:22Cool.

06:23So, you're training him on the bike and off the bike, right?

06:27Yeah, so-

06:27It looks like his technique has improved substantially.

06:31Yeah, I mean, he's been in Europe the last two years.

06:33So, he's just been riding motocross.

06:35Obviously, there's some stuff in supercross

06:37that obviously you just need time to get better at it.

06:41And it started off, honestly, pretty well.

06:44And since then, he improved.

06:46In one week, he came around and he improved a lot.

06:48Like, went from being, I would say,

06:50off the fastest guys there,

06:51two, three seconds off the pace,

06:52to within a second, second and a half

06:54of the guys that are racing and finishing in the top five.

06:57So, and even days where he's running the pace of those guys.

07:01So, he's improved a lot.

07:04He's strong and he has determination.

07:07So, I mean, you can't really break somebody like that.

07:09So, I feel like it's a good combination to head into East.

07:14And it's been fun.

07:16I've been learning a lot working with people.

07:19I'm helping Dean as well.

07:20So, it's just been fun for me.

07:22Obviously, I'd rather be racing,

07:23but that's not the option right now.

07:25So, might as well make the best of it

07:27and do the best we can.

07:28Yeah, what's your capacity with Wilson?

07:32It's just more so just like, basically, like a program.

07:36Just kind of help him out with setting a schedule for the weeks.

07:40And that's pretty much it, bicycle rides and gym.

07:45So, I mean, he does that with me and Marshall,

07:48the bike rides and gym.

07:49So, it's pretty basic, but I've been enjoying it.

07:52It gives me something to focus on.

07:53And it's good for Marshall to have Dean around as well.

07:57Personality-wise, it's good to have somebody else in the mix.

08:00Keep it light.

08:00Yes, for sure.

08:01So, he's like Mr. Serious on the mountain bike.

08:04Like, we saw you guys at Greer

08:06and he's riding a hardtail in Lycra.

08:07Yeah.

08:09Yeah, no, he's, dude, he's really strong.

08:11I was really impressed even when he showed up.

08:13He said he hadn't really trained in two or three months

08:16when he stayed in Michigan after he basically found out

08:20he couldn't race in Europe again next year.

08:23And first fitness test was better than some of the ones I've done.

08:28So, yeah, he's strong and I'm looking forward to it.

08:32Cool. Thanks, buddy.

08:33Yep.

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