Swapmoto Live Podcast

Presented by 6D Helmets This is the first Monday since California has been under Stay at Home orders, and the COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive effect on our sport. With the seeming cancellation of the 2020 Monster Energy Supercross Championship Series, racers and teams have been left in limbo. The announcement of the amended 11-race MX National Championship Series was a bright spot last week, b...

Presented by 6D Helmets In line with the COVID-19 pandemic that the world is undergoing, our sport is on hold indefinitely and racers, race teams, and race fans have suddenly found themselves empty-handed, so to speak. The last-minute cancelation of last weekend's Indianapolis round of the Monster Energy Supercross Series was a big wake up call about just how serious the spread of the infection is...

Presented by Fox Racing Ideally, we'd be chatting with Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki rider Garrett Marchbanks while doing track walk at the Indy Supercross, but with the cancellation of the event due to the COVID-19 outbreak, we caught up with the racer from Utah on the phone on this rainy SoCal Saturday morning. Having earned the first 250 Supercross win of his career last weekend at the Da...

Presented by Fly Racing One of the important behind-the-scenes guys in our sport, O'Neal Racing's President Frank Kashare is also one of the coolest guys in moto. Today, we ventured to the new Camarillo, California, headquarters of O'Neal Racing and sat down with Kashare and Rider Support Manager Mark Shear for a fun episode of the Fly Racing Swapmoto Podcast. Enjoy!

Presented by OGIO Powersports and FMF Racing Genki Watanabe is a freestyle motocross rider from Osaka, Japan, and he followed in the footsteps of his friend Taka Higashino by coming to America to escape the pressures of racing and make a name for himself in freestyle. Known for his insane whips and super-clean style on and off the bike, “Wanky” has been accepted with open arms by all of America’s...

Presented by 6D Helmets The 50th Daytona Supercross by Honda was as rough and challenging as always, and two Kawasaki racers emerged with the 250- and 450-class wins. While Eli Tomac's fourth Daytona victory came as no surprise to anyone, the fantastic ride turned in my Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's Garrett Marchbanks in the 250 class caught everyone off guard. On today's 6D Helmets Kickst...

Presented by Fox Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki's Adam Cianciarulo is almost two weeks post-surgery on his collarbone that he broke at the Arlington Supercross Triple Crown, so we thought it was time to track him down and get his thoughts on his otherwise excellent rookie 450 Supercross season. AC has long been one of the best interviews in the sport, and we were able to chat about everything from...

Presented by 6D Helmets As always, the Battle of Atlanta proved to be a barnburner and aside from Honda HRC's Ken Roczen running away with his third win of the season, the action behind the leader was amazing with some aggressive passes and gritty performances. Monster Energy Yamaha's Justin Barcia overcame a terrible start to return to the podium while defending Supercross Champion Cooper Webb sh...

Presented by Fly Racing While the track crew put the final touches on the 2020 Arlington Supercross, we sat down with Mike Muye, Feld Entertainment's Director of Supercross Operations. One of the executives of the Monster Energy Supercross Series, Muye is responsible for a number of details to each race weekend, including logistics of getting the staff in the right place at the right time, the cre...

Presented by 6D Helmets The second Triple Crown of the Monster Energy Supercross Series went down last weekend in Arlington, Texas, and there was plenty of on-track action to talk about in today's 6D Helmets recap! Swap had the Martian Death Flu all last week and is lacking much of a voice, so big boy Dommer stepped in to cover for him with Anton and Chase in this week's episode. Enjoy!

Presented by Fox Racing Simply put, Manuel Lettenbichler is one of the most talented riders on two wheels today. The German off-road star earned the 2019 World Enduro Super Series Championship, topped the Red Bull Romaniacs event, and is the uncontested Ultimate Enduro World Champion. SML was fortunate enough to come into contact with Lettenbichler while he was in Southern California visiting some...

Audio version of our in-studio talk show. Presented by OGIO Powersports and FMF Racing Thus far into the 2020 Monster Energy Supercross Series, Malcolm Stewart has finished inside the top 10 at every round aboard his SmarTop/Bullfrog Spas/Motoconcepts/Honda, and the former Western Regional 250 Supercross Champion is gaining confidence with each passing race. Last year, Stewart's season was cut sho...

Presented by 6D Helmets What a race the Tampa Supercross was! In addition to kicking off the Eastern Regional 250 Supercross Championship, the Raymon James Stadium event also marked the return to racing for Josh Hill, Jeremy Martin and Broc Tickle, as well as Jo Shimoda's rookie debut...and the return of James Stewart to the races! Join the staff of SML for a little bench racing about the happenin...

Presented by Fly Racing The Monster Energy Supercross Series is on the East Coast this weekend and Tampa's Raymond James Stadium will host round seven of the 450 championship and the Eastern Regional 250 Supercross Series kickoff. The excitement for tomorrow's race is high, as we will finally get to see many racers on the track for the first time. During today's press day function, we caught up wi...

Tomorrow night in Tampa, Florida, will mark the start of the Eastern Regional 250 Supercross Championship and while much of the hype surrounds defending champion Chase Sexton of the GEICO Honda team and his rivals like RJ Hampshire, Shane McElrath, Jordon Smith and more, one rider who is rather quietly making a return to competition is Josh Hill. The 30-year-old from the Yoncalla, Oregon, will con...

Presented by OGIO Powersports and FMF Racing With seven X Games medals to his credit, Colby Raha has certainly made his mark on the sport of freestyle motocross, but it wasn't all fun and games for the new Rockstar Energy Husqvarna rider. Once one of the many aspiring mini racers who travel the country in pursuit of amateur motocross glory, Raha's racing career took a radical detour when he was in...

Presented by 6D Helmets Round six of the Monster Energy Supercross Series visited San Diego's Petco Park last weekend and the pits were filled with special graphic kits and gearsets for the Military Appreciation theme. Dylan Ferrandis earned his third win of the season and further extended his championship points lead heading into the six-week break in West Coast racing while Supercross Champion C...

Presented by Fly Racing Broc Tickle's FIM suspension for his failed drug test at the 2018 San Diego Supercross ends next week, February 10, 2020, and the former Western Regional 250 Supercross Champion will make his return to racing at the February 15 Tampa Supercross. In preparation for his comeback, Tickle had assembled an impressive Husqvarna FC 450 race bike with help from AEO Powersports, Twi...

Presented by Fly Racing SGD Racing/Maxxis Tires/Babbitt's Kawasaki rider Alex Ray has been enjoying a solid season aboard his new Kawasaki KX450 and save for the Anaheim One season opener he has been a regular contender in the 450 mains. The likable privateer had a great showing at last weekend's Oakland Supercross, and we invited him to join us in the SML offices for this installment of the Fly R...

Presented by 6D Helmets Round five of the Monster Energy Supercross Series visited Oakland, California's RingCentral Coliseum last weekend, and the SML crew was on hand to capture all of the action. Great racing developed in both classes and there was plenty for us to bench race about today on this installment of the 6D Helmets Kickstart Podcast.

Presented by OGIO Powersports and FMF Racing In the four decades that the Dakar Rally has been held, no American racer has ever stood atop the podium in the motorcycle division until now. California's Ricky Brabec broke KTM's 18-year stranglehold on the event this month by winning "The Most Prestigious Off-Road Race in the World" aboard his Monster Energy Honda, and we were super excited to get hi...

Presented 6D Helmets The first Triple Crown of the season went down last weekend at the Glendale, Arizona, round of the Monster Energy Supercross Championship Series and lots went down, literally and figuratively. While Honda HRC's Ken Roczen pulled a clean sweep in the 450 class, it was not without incident as there was plenty of carnage on the track around him. In the 250s, Austin Forkner reboun...

Presented by Fly Racing GEICO Honda's Jett Lawrence made a huge impression on Supercross fans around the world last Saturday with his spirited ride in the Anaheim Two 250 Supercross main event. The 16-year-old came within two straightaways of winning his first Supercross and had the crowd on its feet as he did his best to hold off a hard-charging Dylan Ferrandis. Sadly, the rookie's near-win ended...

Presented by OGIO Powersports and FMF Racing Save for a forgettable 2019 season in the United States, Thomas Covington has spent his entire professional racing career abroad, chasing glory on the FIM World Championship Motocross circuit. The likable racer from Alabama has tasted victory four times on the GP circuit and has given American race fans someone to cheer for in the World Championships. A...

Presented by Fly Racing It's always great to have new race teams entering the sport and the new FXR Chaparral Honda team is especially interesting as it is owned one of our friends and former moto-journalist, Michael Lindsay. Known affectionately by the SML team as "Talking Boy," Lindsay is one of the good guys and he is fielding his own team to both check off a line on his personal bucket list an...