P96
Interview
MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA'S DEAN FERRIS
and focusing on that. In all honesty,
it's more important here, for sure, and
everyone was just focused on the riders
they had. I said I just want to do out-
doors, and I guess no one really wanted
to do that before here. It's kind of new,
but if it works out this year, just doing
motocross, I think if I do well, I'll be a
good fill-in rider or a good option for a
team to have in case their riders don't
make it through supercross. I know that
sounds like I'm a vulture, but really, it's
that I just want to do motocross, and I
want to be here in America doing moto-
cross. If there are positions, and people
see the sense in it, I think it's personally
a pretty good idea.
It could work if a team's willing. You
could test during supercross season
and be getting outdoor settings ready
for the other guys on the team because
most teams do minimal outdoor testing
as opposed to supercross testing here.
That was my original plan. I feel like
I could bring a lot of value to a team,
doing testing while everyone else is
focused on supercross, and kind of get
the team in front of the eight-ball.
Theoretically, that makes
sense, at least. How have things
been going for you here so far?
I struggled to get comfortable. I've
been riding around at like 60% trying to
get things together, but I'm just stoked
Ferris is trying
to adapt
to his new
surroundings
quickly.
