Check out this edit of Dusseau going huge off Fitz’s fifth gear pinned ramp jump, as well as throwing down perfectly flat 360′s and an assortment of flip tricks. I’m willing to bet we’ll be seeing a lot more of Dusseau in 2011 and beyond. Check out the link below for the video.

http://espn.go.com/action/fmx/blog/_/post/5789281/julian-dusseau-riding-session

It has been over a month since I flew to Belgium for the Superbikers SuperMoto race, then onto Perth, Australia for the start of the five stop Crusty Demons Tour. My travels have been good. I got to race with the world’s fastest supermoto racers on the fastest track I have ever ridden. My main goal was to get through the race healthy so I could make it to Australia for Crusty. Racing was a lot of fun but jumping in the shows is off the hook. It’s so cool getting to show off for a sold out stadium and playing around with your buddies on your dirtbikes. Not too stressful.

The first stop in Perth seemed to be the one to figure out the show layout and work out all the kinks. There wasn’t too much to figure out other then the timing of every ones parts and to make sure that the four riders who are introduced as the Original Crustys don’t leave their long black cloaks on top of the lights inside the wrecked cars that we pop out of. After the introduction of Seth Enslow, Matt Schubring, Joel Balchin, and myself, the car that Seth came out of started on fire and the show was put on hold to extinguish it. After the little mishap the show was back in action. Throughout the show the crowd gets to see the International FMX riders that include Nate Adams, Adam Jones, Mike Mason, Beau Bamburg, Taka Higoshino, and I do expression sessions, trains, whip contest, and best X Games Big trick. The Australian field of riders, include Matt Schubring, Joel Balchin, Kain Saul, Jackson Strong, Steve Mini, and Rhys Hillier who was riding in place of Robbie Maddison who is recovering from a broken wrist. During the Perth show, the audience got to see a five rider side by side flip thanks to Nate, Adam, Mini, Mason, and Shcubring. These guys are less than a foot apart off the ramp when serving up this feat. It’s definitely got to be some kind of record. Crazy!!! The fans also get to see Bubba and a few freaks do some circus acts, Kain Saul does a 45 foot back flip on a 500lb. Harley Davidson.  Along with Jackson Strong throwing out a front flip. There is truly amazing things going on throughout the whole show.

The second stop in Adelaide had some serious crashes happen. Benny Fiez who goes for a double back flip on a mini bike came up short and cracked his shoulder.  Seth Enslow decided to ride the whip contest and came up short which resulted in a knock out when landing on his head and a ripped shoulder. Mike Mason had a get off in practice when going for a back flip seat grab and missed. Considering how bad the crash was, Mike was real lucky getting away with bruised feet, knees, and wrists. On a good note, Jacko landed his second front flip of his career. Way to go!

In Melbourne we rode inside the Rod Laver Arena which is a championship tennis arena.  Pretty cool because the fans are hanging over the side railing and are so close to you while you are riding. The coolest thing for me was practice. I started doing double can indy back flips again which I haven’t done in over 5 months while healing from my shattered elbow and broken femur. Being on the Crusty tour and getting to ride with some of the best guys in the world is such good practice. Seeing Nate Adams throwing out 360 flat spin nac-nacs at every event, Adam Jones doing huge KOD flips, Takas double seat grab back flip, Beau Bamburg doing upside down inverted whips, and all the other tricks from everyone else is a serious inspiration to me. It makes me want to ride harder and push myself to learn new things every week or any time I am on my bike.

While I have been gone some of the MOB Syndicate riders have also been putting in there riding and travel time. Brody Wilson went to Montreal, Canada to perform at the supercross, next stop was Latvia where he got a 2^nd place finish, then he flew to Manheim, Germany for another round of the IFMXF Championships where he got 2^nd and clinched the European Championship. After his return home to Massachusetts, he jumped in his Dodge 4×4 to head to Cali. Today he is riding Paradise Ranch with Rich Kearns, and James Carter before getting back on an airplane to head back to Europe till November 30^th.

Javier Villegas took some time off for about 8 weeks to heal up from surgery on his wrist and was back in action when I returned home for a short visit. A few days into riding he had all his big tricks on lock and then had a shoulder pop out of place. Two days earlier Greg Schaaf popped his shoulder out just before flying to Indonesia for a FMX contest.  They are both alright and riding again.

Gabriel Villegas was stoked to get his KTM 250 dialed in with the new MOB Syn graphics and has been tightening up all his big tricks for his next event.

Julian Dusseau has been putting in a lot of miles on his dirtbike and vehicle traveling back and forth between northern California where his family lives and Mexico where he has been riding the Xpilot events. Two weeks ago he took home a second place finished behind Jim McNiel and followed by Wiley Fulmer. Good job.

Last week I decided to head home for a quick ten day visit to give my wife and kids hugs since I had a weekend off. While I was home I had a friend pour a 13’X80’ concrete runway for MOB Paradise. I got to ride it with Derek Cook, Rich Kearns, and James Carter the day before heading back to Australia for the 4^th round of the Crusty tour in Brisbane. Having the concrete makes it so nice that you don’t have to prep the dirt after every ride or worry about wheel spin. We all had a blast before having to all go our separate ways. Cook had to drive home to Oklahoma, Kearns took off to Spain, and Carter is off on another Boost Mobile Tour in Miami at the NASCAR event and then flys to Argentina Dedc. 2nd.

Now I am back in Australia and my sleeping pattern is whacked. I fell asleep at 4pm and woke up at 3am. Thank God for 24 hour restaurants and strawberry crepes with ice cream. I am looking forward to the Saturday show and getting back on my bike. Oh ya, make sure you check out www.TheMOBSyndicate.com brand new website and don’t forget The Godfather’s Hits Out at Ocotillo Wells Dec. 16-19. See you there.

Good Times!

METZ

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A great riding day with some MOB Syndicate riders: Mike Metzger, Vinnie Carbone, Greg Schaaf, Javier Villegas, Gabriel Villegas and Anthony Murray.

Anthony Murray is one of the youngsters on The MOB Syndicate. With flips under his belt, he is progressing quickly while training at Mike Metzgers house everyday. Check out this video from a recent day of filming with him at The MOB Syndicate Compound.

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