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Racer X Films: Glen Helen Practice

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 | 5:30 PM
Gareth Swanepoel, Tarah Gieger, Blake Baggett, Broc Tickle, and others practicing at Glen Helen.

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phatboy wrote: 5:53pm August 17, 2011

Those were sick 1 footers Tickle was doing.......

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Pac321 wrote: 6:02pm August 17, 2011

That was a sweet edit Matty! Good job man!

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Pao wrote: 6:34pm August 17, 2011

I believe these guys should be practicing on a sand track.

Cool video though.

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ridegreen78 wrote: 7:05pm August 17, 2011

Really? Glen Helen is know for it's sand

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Rob wrote: 7:15pm August 17, 2011

Is there a reason we need really bad music playing over the sound of the motors? Even crappy four strokes sound better then that.

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ya wrote: 8:36pm August 17, 2011

Tickle is soooo slow he needs to give that pc ride up

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m c wrote: 9:12pm August 17, 2011

shutup rob ADTR is sick although that isnt their best song. vid was decent but there was nothing special about tickles clip at the end there

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Kawi567 wrote: 10:03pm August 17, 2011

Sure Tickle and Baggett are great riders, but maybe the should be practicing something theyve SUCKED up all year called STARTS. U know where you can vertually win or lose a race!!!

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Rob wrote: 10:47pm August 17, 2011

M C- Take your tats, flat brim, and baggy wanna-be droopy pants and head on over to YouTube you dbag if you really care about watching a really unmemorable band that no one cares about. How do I know? Because if the band was any good Racer X would had had to pay to use their crappy music. Since it was free or nearly so, it isn't that great.

This is a site about motocross whih includes the sound of the motors. Why do i need any music to pollute that?

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Thomas L wrote: 7:13am August 18, 2011

Nice video Racer X, I really enjoyed it. But I have a few things, I believe would improve most of your videos, and I also think those things represent many other people watching your videos.

Save us from the horrible music, with some longhaired dude screaming about paradise or something. I believe 99% of people who are watching this video are interested in the bikes and the sound. And save us from the not-impressive women-riders. "But Thomas, they are probably faster than you!!" - Yes, but I am not in RacerX. Just a hater hating a bit :) Keep it up!!!

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DanRad wrote: 11:58am August 18, 2011

Some really nice footage. I must say, the end, without the music is more enjoyable for me. Also, the shots where we get to see more of the track are nice.. I really love seeing a wide open great track like GH. Too bad Luigi and the FIM have stolen it from us... it's so much better than Freestone or Pala.

As a pro in the entertainment business, may I humbly suggest an edit where you use natural sound and when you go to a slo mo shot, use a spacey drone or simple romantic classical piece.

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gbs417 wrote: 12:20pm August 18, 2011

Any song used has to be licensed; hence the tags featuring the album cover, band name, and song title.
No one song will appeal to everyone, and videos of just engine and background sounds are boring. Most of the time, the engine of the pictured rider is too difficult to focus on since he isn’t the only rider around.

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Music was fine to me wrote: 12:42pm August 18, 2011

@Rob, is it necassary to name-call because someone liked the music?? Do you feel better now Mr. Toughguy?? Grow up, get over yourself. If you dont like the music, turn the volumn down and watch the video. But most of all quit crying like a little child and throwing little temper tantrums.

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112 wrote: 1:15pm August 18, 2011

Get off Tickles back. He is a sx champion so what if he is not as fast outdoors.Jake Weimer had the same problem last year.

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little f@g rag wrote: 3:29pm August 18, 2011

GoGoGo everyone argueing, I will pray for you!

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southernboy wrote: 3:36pm August 18, 2011

I never even noticed any music. At the beginning, all I could hear was the devil on my left shoulder saying "Man, I hope they show Tarah". Then at 2:10, he said "Hey, there's Tarah"! At 2:24, it was "Where'd Tarah go?", then a bunch of random cusswords, blah blah blah...Tarah...blah blah...more cusswords.

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mb wrote: 3:48pm August 18, 2011

@ya...are you fu@$@$ kidding me? hes the west coast lites supercross champion.

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Rookie wrote: 6:21pm August 18, 2011

These videos are so damn boring. Vurb has the best moto videos PERIOD.

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Henkel wrote: 3:18am August 19, 2011

Good edit of Tickle at the end, it shows everyone that Tickle isnt a slouch, he is actually riding very well just his results arent there. Very cool

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Shaun Butternut wrote: 10:51am August 19, 2011

Holeshot !

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Jack B. Nimble wrote: 2:50pm August 19, 2011

From 3:47 to 4:23 is easily the best Motocross or Supercross video I have viewed in recent memory. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Why? Simple. There is no music overdub over the video.

This is probably the #1 source of frustration among myself (40 years in racing) and virtually everyone with whom I discuss hot topics, industry trends, promotion, and advertising in racing. I know what some of you might be thinking. Is it really that bad? Yes.

Memo to editors, producers, videographers and anyone else with their hand in the creative process. We get into riding and racing for a number of reasons. Among them, very near the top, is the sound of a well-tuned, high performance engine. The only thing better than the sound of an engine climbing a hill, shooting over whoops, or fighting for the holeshot, is twenty or forty more of them.

If I want music over the natural, hypnotic, intensely visceral sound of our sport I'll throw something on....something I like. For the record I like the music in THIS video, but not enough to allow me to honestly say I enjoyed the video.

And Rap music over ever living thing...Well that simply sucks harder than a Dyson upright.

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3-Time wrote: 4:06pm August 20, 2011

Has Jack B. Nimble ever delivered anything other than on-point factual brilliance, legendary genius, or literary excellence?

Didn't think so.

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