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like that. It was incredible getting my second win."
Bogle carried a 17-point lead into the series fina-
le in Las Vegas, a situation that Bogle says made
the race more nerve-wracking than if he had come
into the race with a narrow lead.
"It was a strange situation, coming into the final
round with a big lead, because I didn't know wheth-
er to cut loose and go for it, or take it easy and not
risk a fall," says Bogle. "I think we all learned from
that, how to kind of manage the day with that kind
of situation."
Bogle got the holeshot in the main event, and
led the first lap but then made a mistake, which al-
lowed eventual winner Jeremy Martin into the lead.
"Looking back now, I'm not that happy with it,
but I just kind of had tunnel vision on the cham-
pionship and didn't want to throw it away," says
Bogle. "I knew I just needed to finish it out and get
the title and it was an incredible moment when the
race was over.
"To me, that was the toughest thing I'd ever
had to do," says Bogle. "It was a tough couple of
months just getting ready to race Supercross. It
was a rollercoaster ride during
the off-season and it was still a
rollercoaster even during the
season. My trainer, Ryan Fe-
dorow, kept me on task and we
kept pushing toward the goal and
stayed focused on the process.
After that, with all we overcame,
it was the most incredible thing
to finally win it. That feeling of
winning the championship, and
winning the first race in Toronto,
I'll never forget those feelings.
What the situation was and what
we had to deal with and then fi-
nally making it happen."
In a way, Bogle joined a special fraternity of rid-
ers from the mid-south part of the United States
who have made it big in the sport, including Trey
Canard, Guy Cooper, and Jeff Emig, to name a
few, proving you don't have to come from the east
or west coast to be successful in Supercross.
"For me, personally, I wouldn't change a thing
about the journey getting here, because it kind of
prepared me for all the ups and downs," says Bo-
gle. "Being from Oklahoma, there's no spotlight on
you. Being out west or east, as an amateur, I think
there's a lot more opportunity for sponsorship and
media. So me and my buddy Colt Nichols, we al-
ways had pretty intense battles growing up, which
kept me on my toes every weekend. It was a great
time to grow up in the mid-south, but it's definitely
a disadvantage, but I'm grateful for it."
Although he spent all of his youth and amateur
career living in Oklahoma, Bogle now spends most
of his time in California, to be closer to the team.
"I rent an apartment out here in California, and
my trainer, Ryan, is out here too," says Bogle.
"He's a really big part of my life, so it makes the
(Far left) For
Bogle, it's been
a pretty tough
road ever since
turning pro.
(Left) Bogle
admits that
Supercross
comes more
naturally to him
than motocross
despite having
ridden very little
Supercross as
an amateur.
