Riders Lounge Podcast - Freeride / Freestyle Motocross and Action Sports

Find out who will be in and who's out for Berlin this weekend at NIGHT of the JUMPs for the World Tour series. Tune in to hear why Andreu Lacondeguy can be a wild-card who could upset all competitions on his first ever outing at NOTJ and what he's just landed on the Next Gen this week. FMX Luc Ackermann (GER) Libor Podmol (CZE) Marc Pinyol (ESP) Leonardo Fini (ITA) Davide Rossi (ITA) Matej Cesak (...

Find out who's in and who's out for the latest NOTJ event in Zurich, Switzerland this Saturday night. Tune in to hear why this could be the most defining round of competition of the season!! FMX 1. Luc Ackermann 2. Harry Bink 3. Matej Cesak 4. Marc Pinyol 5. Davide Rossi 6. Leo Fini 7. Mikolej Tempka 8. Pepa Aron BMX/MTB/Scooter Leon Binckebanck (BMX) Lucas Huppert (MTB) Maty Pekarek (Scoo...

This episode was recorded while I was driving home from Squibby's place, 28 hours into my 38 hour sleep deprivation experiment. So if I sound a bit tired, you'll know why. Along the way, I had to buy some toilet coffee's from a German petrol station (listen and you'll find out what I mean) More on the Monster Energy shows in Belgium, England and then the Squibb Freestyle gigs all o...

Turning summer into a road trip, with the van breaking down 2 times in 2 weeks it was lucky that Steve made it to the MXGP in Lommel, Belgium, with the Monster Energy team and then straight over for the Squibb Freestyle show in Yealmpton, UK before heading to Monster Energy MotoGP at Silverstone. Listen in to hear if Steve is wiped out by a tractor on an English lane or if the round-abouts in the...

This week Steve picks apart some of the best videos of the week on Insta: From X Games like Dirt Shark showing where Tyler Bereman actually taps Patrick Evans brakes as he crashed during celebration winning Best Whip. Or the @motomemess carry on and Colby Raha's behind the scenes videos with plenty of beef to fill out a Sunday roast Steve nerds out over Rob Adelberg's interview before land...

A very young Levi Sherwood up against the much more experienced Dany Torres, Robbie Maddison and the Destroyer, Nate Adams during one of the toughest years of FMX competition, 2009. This Throwback Thursday show was filmed on YouTube with Clint Esposito on the Two Wheels to Freedom channel and a huge thanks to MotoXPsycho for the clean footage! Looking back at the courses these guys had to ride, in...

The full X Games Freestyle Motocross review is here with a comprehensive breakdown of all 3 disciplines in 2024 at Ventura, California. Find out what all the controversy is behind Patrick Evans winning in Best Whip on the new Stark Varg electric bike. Jacko Strong narrowly beating Rob Adelberg who came with a new trick, the Front Flip Lazyboy in Best Trick. Corey Creed smashing the Quarter Pipe on...

This week's shed talk Steve quickly runs through the X Games results before we do a full review with Clint Esposito on another podcast. Winner's, controversies and background info from Best Trick, Best Whip and Quarter Pipe. Also if you want to help Matt Buyten out with his recovery, you are more than welcome to donate on this gofundme link here to help one of the nicest guys in the world...

Here's the updated X Games Riders List before competition starts tonight June 28th at Ventura, California! Tune in to listen for the latest changes to who's in and out, including Wyo coming in, Javier Villegas in. Pat Bowden and Benny Richards out. And changes to Best Whip line-up! Clint Esposito jumped on YouTube to film this all if you want to watch the action. And Chuck Carothers even j...

The Brazilian FMX competition Duelo de Motos returns for another year with some of the world's biggest names flying down to South America to throw down on an interesting course against Brazil's finest riders. Clint Esposito and I did an English commentary of the competition from YouTube and if you would like to check it out, find ClintEsposito channel for all the action. With the former Wo...

Clint Esposito and I break down the riders invite list for Best Trick, Best Whip and Quarter Pipe and I think the riders list for QP is the best we've ever seen! If all of those guys can make it, it will be insane to see what happens in 2024! Best Trick will be wild, we've got the rumours, our predictions and who's in and who's out. So tune in and find out! Rob Adelberg Tyler Berem...

This week's Shed Talk we look quickly at: X Games Invite List Night of the JUMPs snippet from the NOTJ Podcast in Bremen - Rd2 Voice blowout and how Axell Hodges dad helped me talk the next day! Monster Energy MotoGP Catalunya Andreu Lacondeguy gets his Monster helmet Brazilian FMX Championships results King of the Whip coming back November 23rd in South Africa! If you have any news, or altern...

Welcome to the new mini-series of Shed Talk on Riders Lounge Podcast.  Just wrapping things up with Steve on a weekly basis outside of the regular interviews, previews, reviews and everything else.  This is just the ramblings of a man who just loves FMX and giving some obscure FMX news that you didn’t know you needed. This week we’re going to look at Monster Energy FMX Shows and the level of rider...

NIGHT of the JUMPs is returning for the new season in 2024 with a new World Tour and plenty of interest in riders, locations, competition and more! This is the preview to find out who is riding this event and who could be the riders to look out for! Watch it all live this Saturday night, 7:00pm local time in Germany. FMX: Luc Ackermann Maikel Melero Marc Pinyol Matej Cesak Filip Podmol Pepa Aron M...

It is with the heaviest of hearts to write this, but Jayo Archer has passed away leaving a void impossible to fill for his friends, family and fans around the world. While it is early news, we respect the wishes of friends and family and hope they are able to grieve easier without scrutiny during this terrible time. All I can say right now is, he was one of the best guys I had met in Freestyle MX....

This truly was "Best Trick"! Only 1 jump for each rider, make it stick. And whoever wins takes home $40,000. Maybe that's why Monster Energy didn't bring this competition back again after the first year in 2011. It was too expensive for 1 jump! This could be one of the best FMX competitions, but it only happened once! With Mark Monea landing the 'Carry On', Jacko Strong f...

Have you watched the rare moto vid 'Flipped Out'? No? Well, there's a good reason for that. Not many people have! But this week Clint Esposito and I were given super secret access thanks to Paul Taublieb, Executive Producer from Taublieb Films to watch one of the most in-depth videos discussing the first Backflips landed in Freestyle Motocross! From Carey Hart's lead-in to Gravity...

Here it is! The throwback to 2006 when Travis Pastrana only managed to do one FMX run, and it was enough to win on the same weekend that he landed the Double Backflip in Best Trick only one or two nights earlier and then took a Gold medal in Rally as well! Only 5 riders made it to the final for Freestyle MX which is probably more on account of the gnarly course given and the wind in the background...

For this weeks Throwback Thursday we tune in to watch the 3rd and final FMX Riot 3 competition. For the last instalment, the crew headed into the Middle East for the first ever Freeride competition in the region in Dubai, UAE. 5 of the sickest Freeriders drove through bedouin villages before reaching the Arabian Sand Dunes and get to scout out all new jumps that had never felt the pain of dirt bik...

It's crazy to think but in 2007 at X Games Best Trick, it was the first time we had ever seen Kyle Loza at X Games, and he came with a trick that nobody had ever landed. The Body Varial called a 'Volt' which he obviously named. Loza went on to create the Electric Doom and Electric Death and also the first rider to attempt the Bike Varial which has only ever been landed by Tom Pages. Bu...

As we get into the middle of the FMX Riot series of Freeride competitions wayyy back in the old days on this weeks Throwback Thursday live viewing, we were expecting to see a big return from Mike Metzger and as far as Clint Esposito and I were aware as we were watching it live, Metz was on top! But to our surprise and probably that of everyone, Metz upped and left before the last day of competitio...

This weeks Throwback Thursday Live companion was a huge one with the first ever FMX Riot 1 competition held in SoCal featuring some of the biggest names in FMX, Motocross and Freeride! Clint Esposito and I step back in time when Freeride MX competitions were as rare as hens teeth but with riders who were ready to dominate the landscape they were given. FMX Riot 1 was held in 2 different locations...

2023 was a huge year for King of the Whip and not just because more overseas riders made their way down to a very warm South Africa for the Best Whip themed competition. But returning to Montecasino after last years massive event, it was going to be tough to beat the vibes from the first time it went on the big stage in the centre of Johannesburg. And of course, LW Mag and Ryan van der Spuy knocke...

Here's a quick interview which was planned for 5 minutes during the break at the Supercross de Lyon show in 2022 and has not been released until now. Yes, it's a little late but still everything is completely relevant. Especially on how much I learned about apples, cider and wine. And finding out which is the best apple for each of the jobs. Sheeny also talks about watching Jayo Archer and...

We're back with another Companion Podcast! This is designed to be watched in companion with the Red Bull Imagination 4.0 full competition video on YouTube if you really REALLY want to follow along. If you don't have time, this is way easier and hopefully funnier when I joined Clint Esposito on his show to watch the competition for the first time and give our 2 bobs worth on it. Which is about all...