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GUESS THE PRO MOTOCROSS RIDER with Spenser Wilton, Vince Friese and the Stark Racing Supercross Team

116K views · 1mo ago · 18:42

Guest: Spenser Wilton

Four riders, one professional, and a simple motocross challenge. We put them to the test to see who is the real deal. Spenser Wilton teams up with the boys from Stark Racing (Vince Friese, Brian Hsu, Jorge Zaragoza and Michael Hicks) to see if they can guess the real pro motocross rider.

Topics: The Rules · Meet The Riders · Challenge 1: Time To Ride · Challenge 2: Holeshot · Challenge 3: Style In The Air · Guessing The Pro Rider

Devin Simonson: The Camper Kid Who Refused to Quit And Stole a Supercross Podium

25K views · 1mo ago · 10:41

Guest: Devin Simonson

Two factory Yamahas. One corner. Nowhere to go."It's not how I wanted it to go, right?" That moment in Detroit should have ended his night. It didn't. And to understand how he made it look possible, you have to understand where he came from.

Topics: Introducing Devin Simonson · A Family Sacrifice · Moving South To Race · Injuries: "I've Been Lucky" · All In On Supercross · THAT Detroit Moment

The FIRST TIME We Saw Haiden Deegan v Jett Lawrence | We Snuck Into Fox Raceway To Start The Season

4.8K views · 2mo ago · 19:14

We team up with Medium Boy once again and gave him a simple but difficult challenge... sneak into the biggest outdoor race of the season. While we may be at the end of the Pro Motocross season now with Hunter Lawrence going head-to-head with Jett, this throwback takes us to where it all started.

Topics: We're here at Pala · Finding Haiden Deegan · Sneaking Into Practice Day · Bumped Into Jeremy 'Twitch' Stenberg · RACE DAY · I Found A Media Vest

Can A Nitro Circus Rider Beat A Supercross Rider? TESTING TO FIND THE COMPLETE DIRT BIKE RIDER

1.1K views · 2mo ago · 28:54

Four riders. Five challenges. One title on the line: the most complete rider on a dirt bike. We teamed up with X-Games and Nitro Circus FMX legend Cody Matechuk as he brought supercross rider (and former national Canadian champion) Cole Thompson to the Wild Rose Motocross Association where they were joined by the two brothers who built this place — Wildrose MX's Cole Denisuk, and "Team Average Joe's" own Bub Denisuk.

Topics: Meet the Riders · Challenge 1: Precision Jump · Challenge 2: Fastest Lap · Challenge 3: Enduro Cross · Challenge 4: The Slow Race · Challenge 5: Holeshot (Double Points)

"I Peed Myself Rather Than Stop Riding" 😂 Alberto Forato's 20-Litre-a-Day Racing Childhood

332 views · 2mo ago · 49:04

Alberto Forato joins Blood & Thunder to talk 20-litre days, factory dreams and the season that got away. The Fantic Factory Racing rider takes us back to the start: three years old, a Peewee with a rope tied to the back of it, and a kid who burned a full 20-litre can of fuel every day on a bike his dad couldn't fix.

Topics: Alberto Forato Episode · Honda teammates in 2018 · 20 litres a day and the missing air filter · Skipping MX2 and picking the 450 · 2023: the year everything clicked · Injuries, the bacteria and the mental battle

He Called His Bike 'Legal Cheating' Then It Won Him a World Title

1.8K views · 2mo ago · 58:38

Ben Townley wasn't even the fastest kid in New Zealand. He finished second in the national 125 class, the rider who beat him turned down a ride in Europe, and the team went down the list to the next name. Three years later he was MX2 World Champion.

Topics: Show starts · Introducing Ben Townley · Leaving New Zealand for Europe in 2001 · The team folds and KTM's "dream team" · The 2004 season: moto wins and DNFs · Five months of celebrating

"I'd Sell My Mom for a Holeshot" 😂 Camden McLellan's Rags-to-Riches Story

193 views · 3mo ago · 34:24

Camden McLellan left South Africa at 14 with fundraiser money in his pocket. Ten years on he's a factory Triumph MX2 rider, a Grand Prix winner and the man who put the red plate on a brand new bike.

Topics: Show starts · First home GP in Johannesburg · Why the number eight · Leaving South Africa at 14 · Fundraisers and family sacrifice · 2019: the downward spiral

He was forced to abandon his own country | The Calvin Vlaanderen Motocross Story

288 views · 3mo ago · 51:09

Two-time Grand Prix winner and 2019 Motocross of Nations champion Calvin Vlaanderen joins Blood & Thunder and this one's personal. Calvin sits down with former Yamaha teammate and co-host Arminas Jasikonis, reuniting the duo who shared an awning back in 2022.

Topics: Reunited · Factory vs privateer: pressure, fun & mindset · Teammates, respect & talking bike setup · The privateer package that took on the factories · Sardinia 2022: the win Calvin saw coming · "Back it up": the aftermath & earning a factory ride

World Champ Admits He Was Getting Lapped | Tom Vialle's American Low Point

4.1K views · 3mo ago · 51:19

Guest: Ed Heather

Two MX2 world titles. Two AMA Supercross championships. And a two-time champion who'll happily tell you he was "struggling bad" - even getting lapped - in his first year chasing the dream in America. In the very first episode of Blood & Thunder, Tom Vialle sits down with Ed Heather and Arminas Jasikonis for an honest look at life on both sides of the Atlantic.

Topics: Welcome to Blood & Thunder · Do Tom & Arminas actually know each other? · Homecoming or starting over? Inside the Honda move · Was the US supposed to be forever? · Florida vs Europe: the daily training reality · Learning Supercross setup from scratch