Mosiman: "I Am a Force to Be Reckoned With In a Series"

Thus far in 2026 Mosiman has been able to post up solid top five finishes in the first three rounds of the highly competitive 250SX west division.

“At the opening round at Anaheim, I felt pretty good,” Mosiman explained. “There was a lot of adversity having to go through the LCQ. But then to be able to rebound was great for me. I surprised myself at the beginning of the main event to be able to get a good start from the very outside on a not favorable gate. I was kind of just riding around. I wasn’t pushing the pace crazy-hard. I was hurting a bit from some stuff in practice. Overall, I was stoked to get out of there with a top five finish and to get the season underway. I kind of got my feet under me. I wasn’t shooting for the moon for the first one. I was just whatever was kind of there. To get solid points out of the first round was great. It’s what I was looking for.”

Mosiman is rebounding from a wicked string of injuries going back to 2022 when he broke his neck. Further injuries throughout 2024 and 2025 came in the form of  an ankle aggravation, and a concussion. Undaunted, Mosiman has continued to move forward and excel in the opening phase of the season.

“It’s been a crazy few years having to move a couple times,” Mosiman explained. “I also had a lot of fairly serious injuries. I had shoulder surgery. I broke my neck. I broke my face. I also hurt my knee and my left ankle. It’s kind of par for the course for racing dirt bikes, unfortunately. I’m changing a lot. I’ve grown a lot through it. I think me looking back now, all of the craziness of the last couple years was necessary to help me learn the lessons I needed to. No injury went without growth from me. I think earlier on in my career, because I lacked maturity, I didn’t take responsibility and learn from my mistakes. I think that is a huge part of what’s allowing me to excel now.

"The podium in San Diego was awesome. To get on the box early in the year was excellent for me. Also, to come back from further back in the field and to be on the box was really great. I felt strong to the end. I felt really consistent. I felt like I didn’t have to race on the limit at all with my speed. I was really happy to get on the box there. It came naturally, which was awesome. And the Anaheim 2 podium meant a lot. You get on the box at San Diego, and I don’t think that was a fluke by any means. To continue with the same mentality and to back it up at San Diego where I was a lot stronger was huge. Moving to second in the points and to lead laps and to really have a shot at winning that race was great.

"It has been a long time since I was in a position where that was feasible. I was right there. And the quality of my riding was there. I made no mistakes. I was just Steady Eddie. I didn’t get overexcited and try to push and make mistakes. I was able to be content and focus on my riding and not the results. It’s awesome to have two back-to-back podium finishes. Yeah, it’s just awesome when you see all the work come together. There is a sense of, ‘Wow, I’m come so far. It worked. I am a force to be reckoned with in a series.’”

Mosiman knows and believes he has the speed and talent to win races and contend for a title.

“I know, for sure, that I can win. Obviously I have great speed and it has been a long journey to get back to that. I think I’m a better rider now. Maybe there are aspects and some ways where I had more speed previously in my career, but it was a little bit more reckless speed and riding with a lot of ego. There are a lot of decisions that I made that were prioritizing me.

“I almost didn’t have this ride at Star because I was set on training with my own guy,” continued Mosiman. “They told me not to go with that choice. I dug my feet in the ground and I insisted that I work and train with my own guy Philippe Barbier. I am still working with Gareth Swanepoel and I do all the riding with Star guys. It’s no disrespect to Gareth, it’s just a matter of doing what I believed was going to be best for me. Philippe is a neuroscientist. He was an exercise scientist first. His athletes were really fit, but they were making mistakes and mental mistakes and not winning races. He was so determined to work on that, so he went back to school to get a neuroscientist degree. He also did years of therapy work. He’s a crazy package of skills and is constantly looking for development on all different levels. He’s looking for any sort of edge that we can get. He’s a huge, huge part of my program and a massive reason why I have been able to rebound and get to this level again.

“The team and I get a long really well. We’ve been able to build a relationship. We are always joking around. It’s been really good. The longer I’ve been able to be there, the more I have built a rapport with them. I’ve been able to gain trust. A lot of people there really have my back.”

Mosiman is now looking at his approach to the next three rounds of racing set for Houston, Phoenix, and Seattle.

“I want to approach the next three rounds the same way,” Mosiman said. “Just because I’m in the title hunt, I’m not going to go crazy. I’m going to just take whatever finishes are there. I’m going to try and get good points every weekend. I want to minimize risk and capitalize on other’s mistakes.”