MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2012 Check out this amazing photo of Dragon's Josh Sheehan, featured in the latest issue of Freerider MX Magazine! Tough life for some...  Luke Burkhart (pictured) & Micah McGoldrick of Dragon's CMR Racing Team have set the bar for an exciting racing season ahead with scintillating performances in their respective races at the 51st Annual New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville. Unbeaten by competitiors, both riders have sent out very loud warnings to their national MX2 (250cc) and 125cc rivals respectively! Burkhard's result also marked a hat-tricker of wins in the MX2 class.   Check out Brad Anderson's first ride for 2012 with the Cartlton Dry Honda Thor Team, filmed by Honda Motorcycles Australia on a CRF450R. We're stoked to be the official eyewear sponsor for these guys!  Congratulations to Dragon's Brenton Drager for recently being welcomed into the LKI family. Check out this amazing welcome video demonstrating this kid from Victoria's insane skills! Click here to view.   Adams had an incredible 2011 wining two X Games Gold Medals, 1 Bronze and 3 Gold X-Fighter Medals finishing 2nd in the overall. And to top off one of the best years Nate has had, TransWorld awarded him FMXer of the Year and put him on the cover of the January issue. Not a bad year at all...     Dragon's Josh Sheehan has won his first ever Red Bull X-Fighters competition in spectacular fashion this past weekend held on Cockatoo Island, Sydney, Australia!! Sheehan stomped his signature Ruler Backflip - considered one of the biggest in the world - a huge double backflip, and a clean 360 spin on one of the most technically difficult Freestyle Motocross runs of all time, further proving his place as Australia's newest Freestyle Motocross superstar! Sheehan defied the odds after almost crashing earlier in his semi-final, to quickly turn his mistake into a career defining moment when he executed a perfect Double Backflip in his Semi-Final round against eventual 2011 Tour winner, Dany Torres to set himself up with a Final round against New Zealand’s Levi Sherwood, where he would go on to win. “Today’s win for me here in Sydney was overwhelming! My family were here to see it, and I’m glad to be part of three ‘firsts’. It is the first time I have won X-Fighters. The first time X-Fighters have come to Australia in 11 years and the first time I have done a Double Backflip in a freestyle competition” Sheehan said. Photo credits: Double Backflip sequence – Jorg Mitter/Red Bull Josh – Cliffhanger – Mark Watson/Red Bull Cockatoo Island course – Oliver Schran/Red Bull Podium – Jorg Mitter/Red Bull    With under a week until Red Bull X-Fighters debut on Australian shores at Sydney’s Cockatoo Island, Josh Sheehan is preparing for one of his biggest competitions. Sheeny has the chance to win the biggest Freestyle MX competition to ever land in Australia in front of his home country, friends and family. Sheehan has had such a meteoric rise to 2011 with podiums in each competition he has ridden including a Bronze medal at X Games Best Trick when he landed the Double Backflip, and third places in Rome and Madrid X-Fighters rounds. “I am really excited to think that this is only my fourth Red Bull X-Fighters competition, and the first X-Fighters in Australia in 10 years. I have placed as high as 3rd so far in X-Fighters, and it would be a perfect time to get a win here in Australia with my friends and family watching” Sheehan said. After winning the Bronze Medal at X Games Best Trick when he landed the most dangerous FMX trick, the Double Back Flip, Josh is confident he has what it takes to win his first X-Fighters round. We wish Josh all the best for this weekend and hope he finishes the X-Fighters season finale in style! Photo Credits: Red Bull Media House  | The Blog Archive 2012 (5)February (2)January (3)2011 (9)September (2)August (1)July (3)June (1)March (1)January (1)2010 (1)December (1) |
