BRODY WILSON
I’m not sure if someone couldn’t
make it or if they just wanted
another American rider alongside
Adam Jones, as they didn’t have
any Americans at Osaka.
The floating course at Munich
was crazy. Did you have any
close calls with the water at all?
(laughs) Nah I stayed safe. The
landings were quite soft for the
first couple of sessions, but at
no point did I think I was going
to end up in the water. I’m glad
it was Taka who found the water
and not me!
The actual course was quite easy,
but being on water was cool and
I’ve never ridden anything like that
before. The crowd turnout was
amazing too.
You finished 10th at Munich.
Were you happy with that?
Looking at the level that everyone
is riding at now, I was expecting
to be back there. I thought I rode
well and didn’t mess anything
up except for a small flip lever
problem, but I don’t think that
would’ve been enough to
progress me through to the headto-heads anyway.
To tell the truth I wasn’t even
expecting an invitation. If I’d had
some more notice I would’ve
practiced more and hit the foampit to learn some new tricks.
What do you think of the riding
level that’s going down at
X-Fighters now?
It’s so crazy. I don’t know if I
want to do half the stuff that’s
being thrown now. It’s not like I
get intimidated by anyone as I’m
good friends with a lot of them,
but over the past twelve months
or so the level seems to have
lifted a lot.
So do you see the current level
as a deterrent or a driving
factor to try and keep up?
I mean, last year I had the Flair
and a couple of Body Varials
pretty down into the foam-pit,
but I never tried them to dirt as I
didn’t have any reason to. I was
guaranteed consistent pay on the
Nuclear Cowboyz and it’s a big
risk to mess up a trick and then
miss a tour.
Right now though, if Nuclear
Cowboyz doesn’t go ahead, then
that would be a big driving factor
to go out and learn some big new
tricks, especially as Nitro Circus
isn’t confirmed yet either.
I think I’ve got a lot of cool tricks
and my upright tricks are as
good as anyone’s. If I had some
bangers to go along with them
I think I’d be right there in the
head-to-heads.
Well, with a foam-pit, a quarterpipe and a ton of other features
at your home compound, you’re
well set up. Actually, tell us a
bit about your compound. That
place looks amazing.
Of all the places I’ve ridden, my
home compound is my favourite.
It flows well and all the jumps
connect to each other. There are
eight ramps to five or six landings,
dirt-to-dirt jumps, fun boxes, a
wall-ride, and a little Speed &
Style section. As soon as you
land there are corner options left
or right that lead straight into
the next jump, so you can keep
running laps with no downtime.
Awesome. Boston’s not really
renowned as an FMX mecca.
Did you have many buddies into
dirt bikes growing up?
Yeah I started riding with a couple
of friends from school on the
trails and the sand and gravel pits
around the place. In the summer
we’d ride every day. My dad built
a motocross track where my FMX
course is now, and over fourteen
or so years the jumps gradually
grew from 80cc jumps to a full
FMX course.
There are a lot of fast kids around
though – Robby Marshall and
Jimmy DeCotis are both close by
and we ride a bit when I’m home.
Is that where you got your great
natural-terrain riding skills
from? Riding with those boys in
gravel pits and stuff? u
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