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Race Face #166: THE OFF SEASON
Most people who are involved in dirt bike racing are active, busy people. We don’t like to sit still too long, otherwise we get bored, restless, and need to entertain ourselves. […]
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Race Face #165: PRANKS
The travelling schedule of the MX Nationals and Australian Supercross can be tough: many weekends on the road away from family, plenty of time staring out the window of a car or a plane and plenty of time sitting in a motel room watching reruns of Happy Days and asking yourself, “How does Fonzy pull the chicks with a name like that?” […]
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Race Face #164: END OF AN ERA
Mark it down in your diaries, people: November 2, 2012 marked the end of an era in the Bishop family that was 23 years in the making. Tears were shed, chaos in the streets, three generations brought to a grinding halt. […]
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Race Face #163: RULE CHANGES
Every year most major sports go through the rule book and make changes they hope will be better for the sport, make it more attractive to the main stream and hopefully keep the whole show moving ahead. […]
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Race Face #162: SOCIAL MEDIA IN MX
All right, you technology-addicted, Facebook-posting, Instagram-living, Twitter-typing pack of wasted youths, we need to get some rules in place. […]
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Race Face #161: OLYMPIC OVERLOAD
Like most of us, I watched, enjoyed and sometimes disliked the 2012 London Olympic Games which was on TV 24 hours a day for two weeks straight. […]
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Race Face #160: THE AUGUST ISSUES
Let’s be honest: we have no say or control over what riders go to this event. We go, we look good, we win a couple of qualifiers, we finish seventh every year and we come home. […]
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Race Face #159: BEHIND THE SCENES
BEHIND THE SCENES Words Scott Bishop Plenty of things go on at the races — and not just racing. Sure, that’s what everyone comes to see, but with the ever-growing pits at the MX Nationals, […]
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Race Face #158: THE CHANGING FACE OF RACING
The changing face of racing means the problems confronting riders and teams today are very different from those old timers like me used to have. […]
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Race Face #157: The Bish Oscars
I’m running with — wait for it — awards of the month. Yep, if during the month of April you did something out of the ordinary, something that sets you apart from the pack, you’re going to find yourself here. Read on, dog lips! […]