The nominees have been announced for the 1st Annual TransWorld Motocross Awards presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, and it’s no surprise that there are a ton of Metal Mulisha riders on the ballot! The winners will be named October 8, 2009 at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas the day before the 2009 U.S. Open begins.
The Readers Choice Award is probably the most prestigious of the awards because it all up to you, the fans, to vote for your favorite rider of the year. It goes with out saying, but I’ll say it anyway, get over there and vote for your favorite Metal Mulisha rider!
FMX RIDER OF THE YEAR Robbie Maddison – Metal Mulisha
Nate Adams
Blake Williams
FMX ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Jackson Strong – Metal Mulisha
Levi Sherwood
Destin Cantrell
READER’S CHOICE Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg – Metal Mulisha Todd Potter – Metal Mulisha Robbie Maddison – Metal Mulisha Brian Deegan – Metal Mulisha Josh Grant – Metal Mulisha
Chad Reed
James Stewart
Ryan Dungey
Christophe Pourcel
Jake Weimer
Ivan Tedesco
Andrew Short
Davi Millsaps
Justin Barcia
Blake Wharton
Nate Adams
Travis Pastrana
Blake “Bilko” Williams
Kyle Loza
Ryan Villopoto
Matt Goerke
Ashley Fiolek
Ricky Deitrich
Mike Alessi
Antonio Cairoli
Well, Red Bull X Fighters didn’t quite go as planned. Twith got taken out by young Levi in the quarters because he messed up on a cordova flip. Without the mistake Twitch definitely would have been heading to the semi’s and the finals. Oh well, not bad for not riding after X Games and just coming straight to London!
Robbie Maddison made it to the semi finals. He beat Rebeau in the quarters. Unfortunately Rebeau cased the back side of a landing on a flip after getting a flat front tire. Rebeau is fine other than the big hole in his bottom lip. Next up for Maddo was Nate Adams. It was a close call, but Adams beat out Maddo and eventually won the event.
Sucks the boys didn’t finish better, but they rode like bad asses and all in all it was a good event.
Sorry for lack of cool photos. Was mostly filming video for the next web vid and the upcoming Metal Mulisha DVD…that’s right, the new Metal Mulisha DVD is in the works!
We’re out here in London at the historic Battersea Power Station for Red Bull X Fighters! The weather is surprisingly good for London and they’re not expecting rain for tonight’s final, so looks like it’s game on for tonight! Last night was seeding and Twitch took 3rd and Maddo too 5th. Check back tomorrow for evrything from the finals.
X Games starts up this week and goes through the weekend. The Metal Mulisha will be out in full force, ready to dominate and ride for Lusk!
Here’s who is riding in each event and when:
Moto X Best Whip – Thursday, 5:15-5:30PM PST
Josh Grant
Todd Potter
Moto X Step Up – Thursday, 7-8PM PST
Brian Deegan
Moto X Best Trick – Friday, 7-8PM PST
Todd Potter
Super X Final – Saturday, 4:30-5:45PM PST
Josh Grant
Moto X Freestyle Final – Saturday, 7-8PM PST
Ronnie Faisst
Taka Higashino
Robbie Maddison
Todd Potter
Jeremy Stenberg
Nixey Danielson
Rally Car Racing – 1:30-3:00PM PST
Brian Deegan
Make sure to check back here on metalmulisha.com every day from updates from X Games. Also live updates on Twitter and Facebook. There will be all kinds of good junk to keep you pumped all weekend, we promise! Now that we got all that out of the way, check out the course…
Congrats to Maddo on a podium finish at Red Bull X Fighters today! Twitch and Cam Sinclair were close behind in 4th and 5th. We hear Cam crashed hard on a double flip, so we really hope he’s OK. We’ll keep you posted as we hear more.
On a lighter note, Maddo won best trick! Check the video highlights:
FMX RIDER OF THE YEAR
Here’s who is riding in each event and when:
Congrats to 
