ROBBIE MADDISON
“... something has to happen
sooner or later for the health
of the sport. S**t, I’m going to
grab the torch and try and do
something about it!”
understand freestyle motocross;
it’s like why does this crazy guy
hanging off his bike doing tricks
not beat the other crazy guy
hanging off his bike doing tricks?
I just think it needs to be laid
down on a clean field so people
can understand how the judging
works, and not just leave it up to
a bit of secrecy by having judges
sitting behind boards coming up
with numbers that don’t really
mean anything. It will be cool
to see things apples for apples,
pears for pears you know.
to the judging, everything has
got a bit skewed of late, and it
adds to the reason why freestyle
motocross is going through a
bit of a stranglehold. It’s like
the events never have justified
winners, which is probably
based off of illegitimate scoring.
There’s a void we need to fill
there to help make it a bit more
justified. I think if it was all a bit
more open and they explained
why decisions are as they are,
it would make it a lot easier
for people at home to follow. I
think if it was more transparent,
and people knew why one rider
finishes above another, we’d be
on track to helping the masses
understand the sport. People who
watch regular, giant sports like
cricket, football or tennis don’t
So coming back to the concept
for the project I’m working on
with Brian Manley and Nate
Adams: we want to find a whole
new way of judging this sport.
Our deep down gut feeling and
dream I guess, is to try and have
this revolutionise the sport and
give it some health, structure and
s G&V