Motocross
The champions from the JS7 Freestone Amateur National take to James Stewart's epic private facility.
James Stewartdoes notopen up his track to people on the outside everyday. A veritable motocross Garden of Eden, the facility is almost exclusively ridden by James, younger brother Malcolm, and possibly one or two training partners. The track is always prepped to perfection, with perfect loamy sand and lofty jumps littered throughout. Last week before the final amateur national of the year at the Mini O's, James Stewart opened his doors to the champions of the JS7 Freestone Amateur National, which took place this past March.
While most would be lucky just to watch the Stewarts do their thing at the compound, the Freestone champs had an exclusive day to actually ride at one of the most epic private motocross tracks imaginable. Ever wonder how riding the Stewart track would feel? Hop on board with Alex Frye in the video above.
James himself took some time off from 2015 Supercross prep to ride with the amateur aces and shoot some photos -- an excellent cherry on top of the sundae of awesomeness for all of the attendees. Riding with James Stewart at his own track is a great window into the gray area of possible and impossible on a motocross track.
The great aspect of young moto rippers is that they are constantly trying to one-up each other and impress the onlookers, especially when one of those onlookers is James Stewart. They're so full of piss and vinegar, huge whips are bound to happen. Take a look at Chase Marquier for confirmation.
Red Bull KTM's amateur ace in the hole, Alex Frye, was among the attendees as a champion in the B classes at the JS7 Freestone National. Frye has now moved up to the A classes, the last stepping stone before going pro sometime in 2015.
Jon Jon Ames has been making his mark in the amateur racing scene and obviously has the speed to make the cut for the JS7 Ride Day. Here the up-and-coming Yamaha rider blasts some sand in one of the many perfectly nasty, whooped-out, straightaways at the compound.
As has been well-established, huge booters are a staple of JS7's motocross track, and the young guns were loving it, doing their best to replicate some of their most epic video game scrubs -- because life works better when imitating video games. Here, Seven MX amateur, Will Markolf pays homage to JS7 with a classic scrub.
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