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Many riders live and train in Florida now but you
chose to move to California for a while.
It was important with the new Yamaha to come out to test
it and get used to the team and everyone, and to be compat-
ible on this hard-packed dirt that we have been racing on
and stuff. [But] I'm planning on going back to Florida in the
next couple of weeks [when the series] moves to the east
coast. I mean, I still live in Florida; I just stay out here for the
beginning of the season.
Do you have a trainer or training partner?
I have a few people that help me. Nothing specific really,
but I pretty much have people help me put my plan together
and stuff like that. But for the most part, I do it—my riding stuff
like that—on my own. When I'm [in Florida] I visit once in a
got my bike really comfortable.
You said that you over-trained in
the past. Can you explain that?
Yeah, I have tried a lot of different
trainers over the years and a lot of
people; obviously, they have different
thinking, and I think just some people
trained me too hard, and I got burned
out in the season. That was a bad thing
because you are just tired all the time.
This year, I definitely took everything
I've learned—the good years, the bad
years, and all that—and I just got to put it
together and built a great program.
During your time with JGR you said
that the Yamaha was not a good fit for
you. What has changed since then?
while the Millsaps Training Facility to ride
with some of the kids and hang out with
them. And they come to my house to ride,
too. So, yeah, there are a lot of good
people that help me.
Did you expect to be at the front
of the supercross championship like
you are now?
I definitely want to be back in front,
that was my goal for sure. Before the
season, testing went well and I was com-
fortable on the bike, but you just never
know how good you're going to be at the
races. For me, I put in the hard work and
