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A look at the 2002 AMA motocross series.
Summertime in America... For most, it means swimming pools, baseball, and beaches, but to a select few, to our people, the summer means only one thing...Outdoor Motocross. All access was granted by the world's best riders. The TGO crew stepped inside their boots, showcasing their lives during the week and at the races. A first for the series is this intimate look at our MX heroes and their families as they attempt to take on the toughest sport out there. In the 450 class, an unlikely champion was crowned. American hopefuls Mike Alessi, Andrew Short and Josh Grant faced off against the 2 time SX Champion, Australia's Chad Reed. Injuries, drama, and surprise performances turned the season upside down. The 250's battled all summer long with an eclectic and world-class line up. As the season came down to the wire, Team Suzuki's Ryan Dungey and Pro Circuit's Christophe Pourcel traded blows respectively, only to end in heartache for one and triumph for the other.
Special Edition picks right up where The Constant War left off taking the viewer past the security guards, through the pits, inside the trucks and into the lives of the people who make the sport go on any given Sunday. The Special Edition displays how the best riders in the world truly do wear their hearts on their polyester jersey sleeves. Take a wild joy ride that begins at Hangtown 2005 with Grant Langston and Mike Alessi's scramble to the finish line. Visit Broc Helper's home. See race action from the summer of 2005 including Ryan Mills struggles to win his first AMA moto at Red Bud. Follow David Bailey and his young Maestro Suzuki team riders at the Washougal National. Take a glimpse into the mechanics work as film crews follow Mike "Goose" Gosselaar, the ace spanner man for "in our time" legend Ricky Carmichael. Also includes alluring footage of James Stewart captured from his tumultuous rookie season in the Motocross class.
This year's movie Industrial Strength is about teamwork. It's those behind the glory that tell the story of what it takes to compete. The crew again adapts a classic sports-journalism style. We mic the tire guys, engine guys, suspension technicians, mechanics and team managers who are the strength behind riders such as Ricky Carmichael, Ryan Villopoto and Davi Millsaps. Often overlooked, they are the integral piece behind the makings of a champion. A focus on each team is the framework for this year's movie. Nine teams are highlighted and their stories inter-woven in a sixty minute saga. Of course there is no shortage of high-speed action and slo-mo cinematography that has been the trademark of the TGO series. This ever-evolving series continues to deliver a fly-on-the wall perspective of what goes on before, during and after the motos.
The 2009 Champion Chad Reed has gone through many changes personally and professionally this season. When you are on top of the world there is only one way to go, Chad is challenged in 2010 to stay on top. Ryan Dungey was the 250 National Champion last year. The kid from Minnesota is simply on a roll. Since his 250 Championship, he and his Factory Suzuki have won both the 2009 MXoN and the 2010 450 SX Championship. Ryan continues on through the 2010 Outdoor season as a seemingly unstoppable force. The rest of the cast consists of the family man Andrew Short, Kiwi journeyman Ben Townley, and rookie to the 450 class, Aussie Brett Metcalfe. These 4 racers battle all season long to maintain their reputation and keep their careers intact. Geico Powersports has been gunning for Pro Circuit's top spot for the last few years. The four man team consists of the eccentric Blake Wharton, the injury plagued Trey Canard, and the prodigy son of Mountain Bike icon John Tomac, Eli Tomac.
This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The long-running show travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. The current hosts are Paddy Mcguinness, Chris Harris and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff.
Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and movies, and other celebrities (great skateboarders, for example), to discuss their development before fame, their passions beyond their careers, and gives them a space to open up about their insight into their business and their own abilities. Filmed in black and white, with a few deep cushion chairs and sparse set, the show relies on Sam's ability to relate to the guests and their will to speak freely with him.
The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a rogue agent who might be responsible.
Terrafirma 2 is the second installment in the Terrafirma series. Once again, T2 captured the essence of the 90’s MX scene with great music and epic footage of the top riders of the era on and off the track. Highlights include Jeremy McGrath riding at Castillo ranch. The MC footage is some of the most iconic MX footage ever shot to this day. The late Donny Schmit ripping a frozen lake, Mike Metzger (still racing at the time) starting to show some of his freestyle skills and a compilation of the ultracompetitive 1995 motocross nationals.
Fox’s iconic Terrafirma series continues with Terrafirma 5, filmed throughout 1998 and eventually released in 1999. By this time in the sport the age of “freeriding” had fully caught fire, and glipses of the early days of FMX competition can be seen throughout. Mix that together with the classic spread of Terrafirma goods from epic 1998 Outdoor National coverage, freeriding with Ryan Hughes & Jeff Emig at Castillo Ranch, Canadian off-road mad men Guy Perrett & Ian Pavluk, the FMX antics of the late Mike Cinqmars & Mike Metzger and pro snowboarders Mike “Tex” Devenport & Jim Rippey trading in their boards for dirtbikes in the summer. And don’t miss the inaugural US Open of Supercross towards the end. Enjoy!