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to have an adverse effect. So, I felt like the biggest
thing for me when I went with teams that gave me
more control over my situation, I found that I actually
enjoyed racing again. That was huge.
I hear the rumors. I see the crap people talk.
Yeah, I still drink beer. The guys that I'm compet-
ing with go eight months without drinking a beer.
So, I get it. But my method is go out, have fun,
enjoy your life, enjoy racing. At the end of the day,
life goes on and racing doesn't. With the AmPro
Yamaha [team], I've actually had freedom. I do
push it obviously a lot further than most teams are
comfortable with, but we're slowly working at it
and showing that personality can sell bikes just as
fast as winning races."
Regardless of what anyone thinks of Baylor,
there's no denying that he one of the fastest woods
riders in the world, especially in really tight woods.
Years of practice with his younger brother Grant
have molded the two riders into a nearly unstoppable
duo on the enduro circuit and each have benefitted
from pushing the other in practice.
"Grant and I are polar opposites," says Baylor.
"Grant is very quiet. He's a homebody. We both
have very different styles of riding, ways of life,
basically the whole line. I feel like although we
did the same things day in and day out, we took
completely different paths on how we got there,
but we both made it to the top.
"In the tight woods, this year I've been very,
very reserved at the enduros because I've had a
little bit of a cushion, and I've been kind of more
or less managing. But, when it comes down to it,
if I really want to use my speed, I feel like aside
from Grant and [Josh] Toth on the right day—I don't
think that overall there's another guy that can go
as fast all day long on any different terrain, not just
rocks, not just roots, not just tight trees, not just
fast trail, sand, etc. I feel like at this point in my
career, if or when I want to, I can go faster than
any other rider in any terrain, overall. There are
days where somebody could be faster, but we've
worked with such a diverse riding group, had
multiple instructors."
Baylor has an exceptionally strong
fanbase in both enduro and GNCC.
