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You just down played one of the most badass scrub pictures ever taken in this sport. Tim is also one of the most badass riders on planet earth right now....with the skill set that has surpassed James ( in the outdoors ) by quite a ways. James is , and always will be a badass , but this next gen set of riders now days , skill wise , have surpassed all the greats from 10 years ago. That includes James , RC , and MC.
The skill set keeps improving , and getting faster.
It's not a fair comparison to James or Tim to be honest. Completely different generation's of two different riders.
https://youtu.be/KNfUJnATWNw
Bubba "Scrubbed" a peaked out hill.
Most of these other photos are over rounded mounds, including the shot above of James' on the Suzuki at his home track.
So if you're going to judge what's the sicker "scrub" by how close they are to the ground, well freeze frame Jame's at the peak of Henry Hill... you know, apples to apples.
The Shop
Maybe we are talking about a different picture, but in the one I was looking at, you can see the face of the jump isn't rutted. I was simply saying the difference in the two and finished by saying both are very impressive.
As far as riders today having a better skillset.....To a degree, but not in the manner in which you are describing. RC IN SHAPE could still go out today in MX or GP's and get top 5. As a WHOLE, the riders have a better skillset, The fields are deeper and the 22 on the line in SX are all bad asses. That hasn't always been the case. This is more or less to do with fitness. Why? Because they are now training just as hard in the amateur ranks. So now EVERYONE who gets in the night show is legit.
Individually, just go watch Toronto 2014 and tell me ANYONE with their skillset that could have matched James skillset. I've seen no one who can match his skillset and I watch everything MX/GP/SX there is.
Pit Row
Or this one when James passed Alessi at muddy creek?
Best scrub I ever seen? 1989 Pontiac Supercross SX amatuer day, one of the 125 B guys I raced with went WFO to the triple like he was gonna jump it
then he threw it sideways and scrubbed the first two.. I was thinking "what did I just see"
You said " The difference between James scrub at budds on the 125 was there were sandy braking bumps all the way up the face of Henry hill. "
I mis read that last night. For some reason I thought you had Larocco's leap in there....you didn't. My bad. Was a long night.
After all the years I've watched moto, there's still no one doing it at his peak level from back in the day.
Also we'll never see a 125 go this fast again
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