INTERVIEW
P102
WES AGEE
Last year, Agee came in as
an underdog and he impressed
the 15,000 fans and the judges,
beating the likes of Levi Sherwood and Danny Torres to finish
third. This year he won't be able
to fly under the radar in his home
event.
Recently we caught up with
Temecula, California's Agee
as he was fresh from his trip to
South America for his first-ever XGames appearance in Brazil. We
asked him about his experience
at X-Games as well as his plans
heading into X-Fighters at Glen
Helen after such a fantastic result
last year.
How'd you get involved with
freestyle motocross?
Well I grew up in Southern
California in Fallbrook. I was born
and raised there until I was 15 and
I rode dirt bikes on the weekends
at Ocotillo Wells and Beaumont,
places like that. I started riding
a lot more out in the desert and
then hooked up and started riding with guys like Jimmy Fitzpatrick and some of the [Metal] Mulisha guys and soon enough I was
making money riding my bike and
just tried to get better and better
every year and now here I am.
I live out in Temecula just riding
dirt bikes.
How much has Red Bull's involvement helped with evolving your freestyle career?
Since Red Bull stepped up
and started helping my program
it's definitely helped out my career a lot. It's been great. I get
a lot of respect riding for such a
Agee gets in some
practice in Temecula, California.
prestigious company. I've been
working hard at what I do for a lot
of years so it's great to have Red
Bull's backing; they really give me
a lot of support, and those guys
really take care of me. It's great to
be promoting their brand.
What's it like being a part of
Metal Mulisha?
Growing up in Temecula a lot
of my buddies were in the Mulisha so luckily for me I kind of
just fell right into that. It helped
a lot you know, doing shows and
making money. I was in the video
"Black Friday." I did a really huge
flip in that and it had a big part
in me signing with Red Bull. So
far things have worked out really
good and hopefully I'll be a part
of the Mulisha for years to come.
X-Games Brazil - your first
X-Games. How did that go for
you?
