VOL. 52 ISSUE 3 JANUARY 20, 2015 P33
Tanner, are all new to me.
So is everything coming
together the way you planned
it?
Yes, I'm pretty happy with
everything so far. It's been a little
bit of a struggle since we are
so far away from the team, so
it will be nice once we get over
there and be amongst the team
and with them when we have
problems. They are over 4000
miles away so it's been tough.
We have KMC here but they are
so engulfed in the Supercross
series right now it's been tough
hooking up, but we haven't had
too many issues, and once we
get over there everything should
go smoothly.
Have you watched the two
Supercross rounds held so far
and what are your thoughts?
Anaheim 1 is always tough to
draw an opinion from, but Kenny
[Roczen] obviously looked pretty
good. Phoenix, basically, Kenny
and Eli ran away with it, and then
Eli broke away from Kenny. So
those guys are riding good now,
but once you get past the west
coast rounds, just like we've
seen before, a lot can happen.
Daytona always seems to be a
turning point every year. That's
almost where the series starts.
You've got to be in it at that
point, but then the gate really
drops around Daytona, and then
you've really got to start racing.
By that point, the weekend's are
dragging on and there are little
nagging injuries here and there,
and there is still a lot more racing
to come—all back-to-back, which
makes it tough. So that is where
you'll see who is ready and who
is not.
How did it feel watching the
gate drop at A1 and not being
in the mix?
I told my guys I didn't know
how I'd feel, but when that gate
dropped it didn't bother me, so I
guess I made the right decision.
Shan Moore
Villopoto will depart for Europe at the end of the month.
Ryan Villopoto
has been
testing regularly
in the Southern
California area.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
SHAN
MOORE
food, there are honestly things I
like and things I don't like. Bot-
tled water and the basics are all
I need. As far as I'm concerned,
as long as I have a bed to sleep
in, then I'll be all right.
When will you go to Europe
for good?
Yeah, we actually go over
there on the 24th of January for
good, so we'll be over there test-
ing and doing some riding.
You aren't taking any of
your American support team—
mechanics and such— it's all
a European contingent, right?
Yeah, everyone but my wife
and my practice-bike mechanic,
