INTERVIEW
2016 AMA SUPERCROSS CHAMPION RYAN DUNGEY PART 2
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one set away, and the other
was raffled off at the Minnesota
Major.
"I had Fox design a set of
red-white-and-blue gear with
the St. Jude butt patch on the
back," Dungey said. "And then
there was actually a young
man named Matthew who was
fighting a battle with cancer,
and he was at this year's Min-
neapolis Supercross. So, after
practice, I gave him my first
of two sets. Then, the second
set, we saved to frame it so
that we could do a big raffle
that revolved around the Min-
THE BODY ISSUE
Speaking of promoting physical
fitness, Dungey not only was
featured on Wheaties cereal
boxes earlier this year, and
won an ESPY again this year
for "Best Male Action Sports
Athlete," but he was also fea-
tured in ESPN The Magazine's
"The Body Issue" within the last
couple of months as well.
While it might seem like the
kind of thing most of us would
never think of doing, for Dungey
it was a no-brainer.
"My manager, Mark, and I
had talked a couple of years
said, 'Absolutely!' I had already
thought about it, so I decided
let's do it. So we scheduled a
day and everybody came out,
and I knew what I was in for, but
the moment they said, 'Okay,
let's do this. Drop your shorts.
It's time.' I was like, 'Oh, man, I
nesota Major, so everyone
who pays the $25 to sign up,
they got a ticket that goes into
the raffle jar to be able to win
that gear, and to bring in more
money."
This year's event raised
$142,500 for the hospital.
ago about there being a chance
to be in The Body Issue, but
it didn't work out that year,"
Dungey said. "So, this year, he
called probably a month before
the shoot that took place in
mid-April and asked if I wanted
to do it, and I immediately
(Above) Consistency
and speed have been
Dungey's friends
through out his career.
(Left) A lot has
happened since the A1
press conference.
