INTERVIEW I MO T OCROSSER-TURNED-ENDURO RA CER BROC HEPLER
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this section or get a little more wild
over this hill," says Hepler. "So, you
have a lot more time to make up and
lose ground. That's why I think it's
just a little bit safer. You don't have all
the fans there in the crowd that may
put that extra pressure on you that
you want to perform.
"Another thing that's different
about motocross and supercross is
that you can gauge your speed by
whoever you're banging bars with,
but in National Enduro you're mostly
by yourself.
"The Lumberjack that I did [last]
year there was no cellphone service
either, so you didn't have a clue
where you were all day," says Hepler.
"Then at the end of the day they're
like, 'You got second.' If you looked
at where I was maybe after the third
or fourth test, it's like, I was winning
and I didn't even know it. Maybe I
could have tried a little harder on the
fifth and sixth and been a little closer
to the lead. So, that makes it a lot
ANOTHER
THING THAT'S
DIFFERENT ABOUT
MOTOCROSS AND
SUPERCROSS
IS THAT YOU
CAN GAUGE
YOUR SPEED BY
WHOEVER YOU'RE
BANGING BARS
WITH, BUT IN
NATIONAL ENDURO
YOU'RE MOSTLY
BY YOURSELF."
Pennsylvania's
Hepler is no stranger
to woods riding.
