INTERVIEW
RED BULL KTM'S KEN ROCZEN
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got to come over here."
Often, when a phenom pops
up in the European racing scene,
and sets his eyes on the USA,
there are a lot of people who tell
them why they can't do it. But
Roczen had no such influences.
"Nobody ever came over and
said, 'Hey, are you sure you want
to do this?'" Roczen said. "I don't
know, I was never worried about
if there's anybody out there that
says 'you can't' or 'you shouldn't,'
it was just my thing always."
Only a decade or so later, Roc-
zen was realizing his dream. He
was a little rough at first in Super-
cross, as would be expected, but
he took to it really quickly.
"I don't like to talk about myself
like this, but people have told me
that I'm more a guy that rides with
a lot of technique, so I think that
helps," Roczen said. "And I had
a little Supercross track at my
house, too, and it kind of came,
I wouldn't say easy to me, but
easier than others. It would be a
little bit easier for me than for oth-
ers. And when I was riding with
my friends, we always tried to
find jumps across the track, like
transfers and stuff like that. And
I think that helped me out a lot,
too. And I used to ride a lot of pit
bikes, so I think that also helped
me out a lot, just to get more
technique and make it more play-
ful for me."
Pit bikes are potentially great
training tools, because the tiny
wheels make them incredibly
