1/2/2024 0 Comments X games x moto![]() Yeah, I feel like it was good for me to sit there and watch just because a lot of times I don't have that perspective. It's just something I feel like I still want to do, have the urge to do it.īeing down there on the floor at Barcelona watching Step Up, did you feel like something was missing inside you? I feel like I was at X Games Spain in rally car, had a rain delay so I was waiting to race, Step Up came up so I walked over there to watch the event and I said, "Man, I really miss it." I want to ride, you know. It's important to me, it's just something I want to do.ĭid something cause you to pursue it again? It's like when you see Carmichael, McGrath or whoever, these guys still ride and people I think just respect it in general.įor me though I feel like I still want to hit some X Games. I think moto sponsors are happy no matter what I do, just going out riding and the Internet stuff we do, every so often get a shot in the magazines. It's definitely not something my car sponsors are excited about. Friday is Step Up and I don't get into a rally car until Saturday, Sunday. The schedule is going to work out for me as of now. So that's kind of the main reason and it's fun, it's just fun to go out there and ride. I feel like I still want to ride moto, I want to go and compete, feel like I still have what it takes to be competitive and want to go out there and represent. ![]() I have competed in every single X Games since '99, the very first X Games, I've been at every single one on a dirt bike, you know the last two - Brazil, Spain - I didn't ride because of rally car overlapping the moto schedule but I was competing in rally car so I've done every X Games. What prompted that?ĭeegan: Yeah, I feel like it's something I still enjoy doing and I still just love riding dirt bikes. : So you're riding Step Up again at Munich X Games. "It's just something I feel like I still want to do, have the urge to do it," Brian Deegan says of adding Moto X Step Up to his X Games schedule. spoke with Deegan earlier this month before it was announced that he'd have an additional Rall圜ross competition on Saturday in Munich to make up for the one canceled in Barcelona. Having the perspective of a spectator for the first time gave him some insight to what has made guys such as Ronnie Renner, Matt Buyten and others successful at Step Up. Among his 11 total X Games Moto X medals he has three golds, but none of those are in Step Up. Deegan doesn't compete in Speed & Style, Best Whip or Freestyle anymore, but he's still drawn to Step Up and has added that event to his schedule along with Rall圜ross at X Games Munich.ĭuring a rain delay in Rall圜ross at Barcelona, Deegan watched the Step Up competition from the floor of the arena and was itching to get back on his bike. ![]() Having ridden in 18 consecutive X Games with Moto X events, Brian Deegan ended that streak by participating only in Rall圜ross at the Brazil and Barcelona stops this year (though bad weather canceled the races in Spain). Brian Deegan was third in Step Up at X Games Los Angeles 2011 (pictured) and 2012, the last time he competed in Moto X.
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