Swizcorner

Feb192012

Lots of anger in Dallas and it all started with a member of the TV crew getting RV his headset...

Huge thanks to THE James Lissimore for the sleep-deprived photo rush.

Periphery

Let’s get the most obvious cliché checked off right of the bat, everything is bigger in Texas and the implications on the 450 title from Chad Reeds digger are tipping even Texas-sized scales.

The last few weeks Chad has proven definitively that he is the rider most capable and motivated to keep the RV2 freight train from running away with this series. While James likely still has the skill to do so, they still can’t get the Yamaha figured out well enough for him to ride like he used to. Yes he used to crash big even on the other brands but when he got up he would pin it again. Now he seems to be more...

Feb122012

Swizcorner- Saan Dieaago

Jumping through the whoops is always fodder for fast guys to make fun of and last night, the skimmers had lots of targets for those snipes.

Photos by James Lissimore

Track

Honestly, the birds eye view of the track looked a little boring as far as layout goes but with the incredible whoop section and rhythm assortments, that track made for the best we’ve seen this year.

The SD whoops were the first track obstacle to make a 450 look like a 125 since the wall jumps everyone hates. Bookmark that fact and build off it Feld. The answer to tight and exciting racing wasn't a quad or other insane airtime obstacle, it was a lengthy, retrofitted whoop section. The 450(and most 250's) of today makes child's play of any rhythm or big-air obstacle, the challenge to riders these days need to come with obstacles that are less about horse power and more about...

Feb052012

Swizcorner- Anaheim 2

A whoop-section that made even the '90's era honks smile.

Photos by: THE James Lissimore

The A2 track was a great use of space for track design. The track was spread over the floor space of the baseball field to pretty much every corner. The layout was very cool but even better than the layout itself was to see a whoop section with some substance to it. They weren't monster-killer whoops like we saw at Dallas last year but they were certainly respectable and the length of the section made even the '90's era honks smile.

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