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In reaction to the gentleman who passed away at Glen Helen yesterday.
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Ryan Hughes (@rynoglobal) on Nov 6, 2020 at 9:05am PST
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Watched the entire 2nd one.
I totally get it. You see a dead person on the track & you just can't figure out why he's laying there...why he crashed 'there'...especially Ryan...he knows how, why this stuff happens...
And he IS PISSED. He's hurt...he's hurting.
If you know Ryan AT ALL...you know it's true...the dude cares. He absolutely loves this stuff.
Passion....it's said in almost every minute of both of those videos.
And that word explains it all.
I think Ryno's hurt a bit by seeing accidents and he wants to wake people up a bit. Sometimes you have to deliver that message harshly. And that's part of his style.
This sport is already expensive enough as it is. If he expects everyone to throw out even more money than we all already do, he’s high! Is coaching/training a bad thing? Absolutely not! A good majority of us don’t have the time or money to add more stuff to our plates just to ride once a month if we are lucky.
But I get where he is coming from. I love Ryno's posts and many of them have been very inspiring for me. I know he's passionate and I'm sure he feels like people as a whole are not committed to their skill. And people's priorities are probably not where they should be. He's right on all of that. But I get his message and the premise of what he is saying. But coaching is doesn't automatically equal safety or prevention of these things. And it's not fair to assume that. But I think Ryno's heart is in the right place and he wants people to wake up and learn from it. It just sucks to hear about things like that.
Motocross is the hardest sport on earth, and the penalty for even one second of failure or lack of focus can be ultimate.
Training, technique, and riding within your ability is SO important now with bigger track obstacles and high performance machines available to everyone.
I think of when I first starting racing back in 1976, the bikes and the tracks were so mellow as compared to the factory level bikes we have now, and there were no jumps as large as they are today, even on beginner or "Vet" tracks.
Think of it, if you ride a 2021 production bike today, it is more advanced than a full factory machine from even 24 months ago. If you are a beginner or novice rider, that is like being given an F-1 race car the day you get your drivers license.
Riding these bikes now on today's tracks takes a level of fitness and discipline that wasn't as necessary in past decades.
Godspeed to the rider who lost his life doing what he loved, and prayers for his family.
As for the video, it was harsh, but not wrong in my opinion.
RIP, and been thinking of Chris Ow a lot today. This sport is the best and worst at times.
I watch him ride every Monday or Tuesday, mostly from behind as he passes me -
His technique for jumping and cornering is on par with current professional riders, and while his speed is a little down as compared to the younger guys, he is the fastest 45 year old that I know of at any level.
I'm not friends with him or anything, just stating what I observe from on the track.
Pit Row
We all know Ryno is passionate and he is coming from a place of honest love and care for his sport. Our sport.
But, time and place, man. Before you launch a missile, check your trajectory. Because once you light that fuse...
Be kind and respect each other. You never know what the person standing next to you is going through.
RIP Chris Ow
Plus didn’t Ryno break his femur about a year ago? Maybe he shouldn’t be riding either
With that said, I don't agree that lack of technique is necessarily the reason for crashing. The pros, even the ones with the most flawless technique, crash. I would say pushing your limit is what causes you to crash. If my friend Billy Bob who's never ridden a bike, gets on one and tries his balls off he a way higher chance of crashing then me going the same speed while cruising around. Same as me trying as hard as I can, and Eli Tomac going faster while going sight lap speed.
Can you be safer on the bike by learning better technique? Abso-damn-lutely. But to assert that you're accident-proof by doing so just isn't true.
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