The Suprising Reality of Racing the Outdoors...

Austin Forkner joins us we dive into all depths of Austins life. horrific crashes, heartbreaking injuries, comebacks and surviving brain surgery just 9 days prior to this podcast! This man is one of a kind. Enjoy this episode with one of the toughest guys the sport has ever seen!
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[@luctellier5048]

The word "like" has been used 74 times in this video. 🕵🏻

[@johnhopperstad2785]

Better than yeah no Lol

[@kimbopslayer562]

Quantum entanglement if you get 74 likes.👍

[@daneg]

and that's before all the video likes. funny story: as I'm typing this, forkner just said "like" 2x in a row twice inside of 3 sentences. 😀

[@travismccloskey9733]

Found the autist.

[@stickythrottle5259]

I'm just like glad to like see someone like match Jase's word salads. Like.

[@dennisnbrown]

Outdoors is real fucking motocross racing. What a ridiculous attitude.

[@Jq__176]

Even going for afew laps these days as an ex racer it’s too damn hot, but IMO outdoors is the soul of motocross. The years I spent at unadilla were some of the best weekends of my life.

[@JacobSnover]

Mixing SX and MX races in the season could be fun, but I live in Michigan, and nobody wants to race RedBud the same month that Detroit SX is in town lol

[@daneg]

trying to separate the seasons is why we don't have mx in florida anymore. gainsville used to be paired with daytona sx. mx season (according to davey coombs on another gypsy tales ep) isn't in FL anymore b/c it's too hot and humid in the summer.

[@gateguardninja]

It was like this early 90s. The two disciplines are too different to swap back and forth

[@RobNaughton54]

I like that idea, actually one of the best ideas I’ve heard in recent years. Despite it being an old idea. Lol Having nationals in between the Supercross series is how we did it back in my pro days. The benefit would be you could have some of those hot nationals during the cooler times of the years. And it would give the riders a break from the monotony of the same same thing every week.

[@MrDeez1111]

Wow like I can't believe like how cool like this video like is. Like it's crazy how good they flow and like the things they say and like you know what I mean like like this is cool

[@daneg]

it's like reading, like, a valley girls novel that, like, my sister read in, like, 7th grade.

[@travisbickle9357]

Like, fuck, duuuuuude, it was soooooo sick, bro, dude! Fuck bro! Sooooo sick, I do jiu jitsu, it so fucking rad, bro. Sick!

[@joek6930]

As someone who lives near budds creek... this is maryland weather and it sucks so bad. I work on roofs and it takes alot to work in this heat! I know moto takes it out of you!

[@symondent4473]

Love Austin. Great job

[@woodysrockspyro6436]

Raced last weekend. Almost 2 hrs straight. The waiting on the starting line with no breeze hurts worse than the race. Water pack...required. next race im taking an umbrella.

[@Guitarandbikes-wp1ud]

I feel bad for Forknor always getting hurt

[@travissturman4472]

Ya freel the man cant catch a break it sucks cuz he can rip

[@MrDeez1111]

I guess he should probably concentrate on not wrecking so much. It's a bummer but the elite level Riders should be able to stay on their bike shouldn't they? No disrespect to forkner But he spends a lot of time on the dirt

[@adventurous_soles9899]

​@MrDeez1111 they haven't all been his fault. He did just recently get landed on. But this last one was on him, for sure.

[@Grizzlymetal1]

I’m surprised no one has ever worn a fanny pack style camelbak hydration pack for a moto

[@nickhowser7262]

Weight

[@RobNaughton54]

a very small Camelback type thing with just a few ounces for a rinse and spit 15 or 20 minutes in to clear the dirt out and a few swallows to wet. The whistle would not make any difference in weight. But yeah, Its just not something most of us considered needed for a 35 minute Moto.

[@Grizzlymetal1]

@@nickhowser7262 1 liter of ice water is only about 2.2lbs. So call it 3 lbs with the pack itself and the water. I feel like it could be worth adding a 3lb fanny pack to be able to have cold water throughout a moto 🤷‍♂️ the more you drink, the more the weight of the pack reduces.

[@zackbremer1]

you ever tried to take a drink of water while sprinting as fast as you can lol

[@DirtBikes_MathGarden]

@@Grizzlymetal1additionally, a whole liter is excessive for a single moto. A good few splashes can go a very long way. I believe the moto guys are going to gradually start looking like the off-road guys with hydration pack setups and steering stabilizers😂

[@BenWilson24]

Everyone says AZ is a dry heat, so flordia is hotter, but FL has 3x the population of AZ. FL had 84 heat deaths in 2023 vs 645 in AZ. That's the difference. I wish we could have a national track in AZ, but it just couldn't happen

[@jpesicka999]

It could happen IF, Motocross and Supercross switched schedules and they ran outdoors when it’s actually nice outside. Rather have a muddy motocross than a muddy supercross with no whoops.

[@DirtBikes_MathGarden]

@@jpesicka999this is more so what I’m talking about. Supercross is already at night anyway, summer nights in the stadium would be sick! It just makes more sense tbh.

[@BenWilson24]

@@DirtBikes_MathGarden most of the northern races would be off the map entirely though

[@BenWilson24]

@@jpesicka999 but what about being snowed over and most of the tracks would end up flat-out inaccessible for spectators. Wet, cold, and snowy without pavement, seats, and cover sounds like something most people won't actually attend

[@BenWilson24]

@@mikemunshower8963 yes, I ride there a lot of weekends and I love it. I don't believe it's nearly big enough and doesn't have the facilities to support a full pro national though. Need a whole lot more parking for one. The entire parking space at ACP is about the size of the pits alone at an outdoor national. I watched chance hymas do a 55s lap time as an amateur on the national track at ACP too. Track needs to be like 2.5x that length. It's great as an amateur track, but couldn't be pro race

[@Pliner82]

Poor baby ,y’all should try working a 14 hour day in the south in the heat all day

[@grapplerx173]

This ^

[@nicocantu3221]

Why don’t you go and try be a pro motocross athlete, seems like it’s easier and pays better

[@jakerivets2249]

Facts

[@jakerivets2249]

@@nicocantu3221 it pays better for 10 guys only

[@tylerfife1935]

Dang ole part timer 14 hrs I’ll get a 168 in this week ole son

[@MikesWorld1]

Great idea to mix SX and MX but factories won’t go for it. Setup on a MX bike and SX bike is dramatically different and going from one to the other week after week would be a challenge they don’t want. Would be very hard to be consistent week to week.

[@Milokitty-en5nb]

Two 30 minute motos on those gnarly outdoor tracks is almost inhuman considering the pace the top guys set. It’s hard to go 2 - 4 laps at that pace / max effort for your average rider. I mean, it’s hard to even get around those tracks with the ruts.

[@metrichotrods1763]

Gatorback, kiddos.

[@aventador696]

I like feel bad like for Forkner like uh that wasnt like cool like like supercross

[@antiwoke884]

Very hard to describe how drained you get from doing an actual moto For those who have not races

[@kurtheidelbach]

Like like like if you didn’t use like this interview would have been like so much shorter.

[@jamesdavison5755]

Come on with everything thats been said outdoors is just about being hard af. Not gonna be a champ without it. Injuries suck but suffering to win the outdoors is what makes it not only hard but such a big thing to win.

[@rockstarbmf9595]

Not that it’s a bad thing, or that Austin doesn’t need it and I could be totally wrong here, but I bet Austin is prescribed Adderall or some type of stimulant. Mood is elevated, pupils are dilated, and he’s kind of chatterbox in this podcast. I’m not knocking him either!! Everyone busting his balls about saying “like” so much and the way he’s chatty in this vid is probably due to the meds. He’s typically not that chatty but who knows! I could be totally wrong! But I’d bet I’m not!

[@JamieJohnson-vg4dm]

Or he could be on painkillers because he had surgery on his brain.

[@rockstarbmf9595]

@@JamieJohnson-vg4dm Totally different side effects. Anyway, I wasn't talking ****. Probably shouldn't have said anything at all.

[@johnchafin3817]

The Outdoors is where it's at... for all the reasons that Austin mentioned. SX is about finess. Outdoors is about who is the meanest strongest mother out there. Don't care for most of Jase's comments regarding changes to the series. He would rather we get rid privateers and only have a few riders on the gate, more like F1 which would kill the sport in the US.

[@terryfonz4603]

Why? Don’t fly at 4 am take the friggin day off!

[@jakerivets2249]

It's always hilarious to see an arch-conservative wearing a RATM shirt

[@JustTip922]

I was really digging Levi this year, now that he admits to wanting to be sx only I just can’t. Sx only is lame.

[@tankeater]

Wow, you mean to tell me that 60 minutes of riding +4 laps is harder than 20 minutes +1 shorter lap??????? Nooooooooo... 🤣🤦‍♂️👍

[@SL2018NM]

Like like like like bruh 😂

[@user-lv3py5vm6i]

dude vs like who wins lol.

[@iiiMember]

Like if you can’t take the heat, like stay out the kitchen.

[@thetruthserum2816]

2024 Global CO2 is 424 ppm, in 2034 it will be 446 ppm (2.2 ppm annually), so outdoor races will be even hotter than ever before... pile on boots, helmets and gear, and the body won't be able to cool itself. It's going to affect all outdoor sports, like NFL and soccer...

[@mzman5968]

Read into H3O2 water, there is no real hydration from regular water.

[@jamesstenner8335]

Hydration is water electrolytes and minerals are replenishment for your body … you still need water

[@richpitty]

This poor kid is talking like he's gonna be around for a while he's a great rider but is always hurt or going down idk how he's still with kawi. He's had chances at titles but he's his own worst enemy

[@Fishingwithb-rad]

Dude.. learn some new words please

[@tankeater]

Best couch rider crying about a professional sport being hard... Just stay on your career couch then bro. Leave this sport to the men who thrive in hard situations. You can stay on your couch with AC more often. 👍