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Glen Helen Raceway watch out! The Metal Mulisha is gearing up and ready to take over the Lucas Oil Offroad Racing Series this Saturday & Sunday! Glen Helen is globally recognized as the hub of West Coast motocross racing culture but will host its first Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series event, August 7th and 8th! Deegan and Twitch will both be racing and making their way up on the podium but this time Jeff “Ox” Kargola, Cam Sinclair, Todd Potter will be hitting the track and wearing around their X Games -16 Medals! Not only will racing be going on but the whole Metal Mulisha crew will be out there hanging out and Josh Grant, Ronnie Faisst, and Taka Higashino might even fire up the BBQ! Come on out to this kick ass event, hang out and get some autographs this weekend!

Glen Helen Raceway is located at:
18585 Verdemont Ranch Rd
San Bernardino, CA 92407

Gates open to the Public @ 3:00pm

Ticket Prices:
Weekend Pass (Good for Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
Adult – $50.00
Children – (ages 6-12) – $15.00
Children 5 and under – FREE

General Admission (1 day ticket for Saturday or Sunday)
Adult – $30.00
Children – (ages 6-12) – $10.00
Children 5 and under – FREE

Qualifying Session Tickets (Friday Only)
Adult – $10.00
Children – (ages 6-12) – $10.00
Children 5 and under – FREE

Pro Lite
1. #82 CHRIS BRANDT
2. #38 BRIAN DEEGAN
3. #15 MARTY HART

Super Lite
1. #42 CHAD GEORGE
2. #29 JACOB PERSON
3. #33 COLTON GREAVES
4. #88 JEREMY STENBERG

The Metal Mulisha team is ready for tomorrow’s X Games 16 and will take center stage in the L.A. Coliseum. Taka has been focusing all this time studying the course making sure tomorrows run is everything he has been looking forward to.

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Along with Taka, Jacko is out there hitting the ramp as much as possible for his run tomorrow in Freestyle.

OX was officially accepted and slotted as a alternate in both Step Up and Freestyle so he did some last minute maintenance and made his appearance this morning putting on a early show for the rest of the riders!

Josh Grant was hauling ass today out on the track, and was looking really good on every section while his bike was pinned out full throttle! Get ready for Grant to tear it up when he goes head to head with the rest of the riders for the Gold Medal!

Keep up with all the Mulisha updates here from videos, pictures and rider interviews at metalmulisha.com and Metal Mulisha Twitter! If you are attending this years X Games 16, come by our pit area and hangout, get an autograph, talk to the riders and pickup the Mulisha Nation Tee all the riders are rocking! You can also upload your own X Games photos here at our X Games photo gallery.

Jay Schweitzer is continuing his tradition filming the all new On the Pipe 6 film which will release October 2010. The whole Metal Mulisha crew showed up at the Compound to ride. Hagy, Faisst, Twitch, Deegan, Taka, Fitzpatrick, Garland and so many more all wanted to have a spot in this new film!

The Metal Mulisha Compound was going off, like a outdoors X Games/Nuclear Cowboyz on steroids. Scummy and Maddo were hitting the 160ft jump while the mob of riders head out to Deegan’s Natural Terrain Park from the Compound.

Twitch and Potter took a couple shots at the 160 footer and throttled up some speed, both backflipping the massive dirt hit!

Taka and the rest of the boys starting getting pumped up and went trick for trick all trying to out-do each other for bragging rights. Jay was up in the chopper with his crazy to expensive “Red” camera capturing this epic riding session all on film.

The wind started to pickup after a few hours of riding, but with everyone’s adrenaline pumping they head over to Deegan’s freestyle park to finish off the day. Potter who will be completing in this years X Games “Best Whip” competition once again was throwing down some ridiculous text book whips!

The day went will for the first filming of the Mulisha crew and Jay was stoked to add this footage to his film On The Pipe 6!

Check out some of Jays camera equipment and check out some of the photos from the riding session.

Last Sunday Jimmy Fitzpatrick, Todd Potter, Jackson “Jacko” Strong and Taka Higashino, put on two insane freestyle demos at the Temecula Balloon and Wine Festival. This was the 4th consecutive year that Jimmy Fitzpatrick and WGAS Motorsports teamed up to bring this highly anticipated show to the Lake Skinner grounds, and as usual, the crowd response was great.

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The riders were fired up and excited to showoff for their hometown fans, because it isn’t very often that they get to perform in Temecula. The high temperatures didn’t hold any of these riders back.

The show was also held in honor of Jeremy Lusk to help raise awareness and donations for the Lusk Legacy Foundation. After the show, all the riders signed autographs at the Metal Mulisha booth, where no one went home without an autograph.

Check out the photo gallery and video from this Mulisha event!

While waiting for the dirt to become, crypt chocolate cake after this weekend’s rain in Southern California, we sat down for an interview with the Godzilla of the Metal Mulisha Team, Taka Higashino.
note: by speaking in a Japanese voice may increase your humor.

Q: What was it like growing up where you are from?

A: I grew up in Osaka, Japan. I started to ride at 8 years old.

So Taka, how old where you when you got into Free Style Motocross?

I started free style motocross at the age of 18 years old.

Where do you ride a dirt bike in Japan?

There are only three freestyle places to ride in all of Japan. Out of the three they only have a 75 foot jump that is it, really basic setup.

How the hell did you get over to America and end up on the the worlds best and most bad ass freestyle motocross team…the Metal Mulisha?

I first meet the Mulisha guy’s in the 2005 Osaka FMX Competition. I meet Twitch, Luke, Kinnaird, Maddo, then I figured I would take a trip to go to America in 2006. I meet Jimmy Fizpatrick, and Todd Potter who both helped me get into the Mulisha. Then I finally meet up with Twitch again. Twitch and Susan helped me out so much with so many sponsors to get my name out there, and adapting. One day I got to go ride the Mulisha Compound and after I got done riding Deegan hooked me up on the Mulisha team and it was my 22nd birthday! Such a great Birthday present!

What are the five most bad ass places you have been in the world?

Japan! America! Australia! France! Mexico!

The fans think Nuclear Cowboyz is kick ass! How does if feel to be part of the Tour?

It is such a great show! Good rider’s, good fun, good staff… I just try to give it all! Everyone come watch this show!!

What are some of your goals?

XGames Gold Medal!! But I don’t have any goals right now… I want to keep riding forever.

If you were to fight Godzilla what are 5 ways you can defeat him?

Kick, Punch, Flying Kicking, Karate Chop, Smoke You

What 5 things would I find in your refrigerator right now?

Rockstar, Water, Orange Juice, Vegetable, Milk, Japanese Food

So what are 5 things you do back home?

Hang out with my family, hang out friends, eat, ex-girlfriends, party and “happy time”

What are some of your top 5 favorite foods:

Mom’s homemade food!, Japanese food, Mexican food, Chinese food, American food

So what are 5 things that you hate or piss you off:

Liar, Betrayal, Talk shit for some buddy, Japs, If I cant see your eye’s

5 Top places you love to ride?

Fizland, Australia in X-Ray competition truck, Rich Canyon, FAISST’s house, Deegan’s house

Where do you meet all the ladies…?

I don’t know tell me where!

Give us 5 shout-outs:

Appreciation, Challenge, Do not abandon, Just for fun, Arigato ( Thank You – In Japanese )

Not only are we slapped on the side of a building in Time Square New York, but FUEL TV will be airing the “Nuclear Cowboyz: Behind the Scenes”, which is a look at the making of the world’s greatest freestyle motocross production, on Monday, February 1st at 8:00 p.m. EST.

The “Behind the Scenes” will reveal everything from the coordination of all the riders, all the Cowgirlz dance tryouts, two week choreographed rehearsals at the LA Sports Arena and the assembly of the Nuclear Cowboyz Tour. If you miss out on the first airing on FUEL TV no worries, this will re-air ten times in the month of February! If you have not had the chance to see this kick ass show yet, it is not to late, the tour is still on. Click here for the schedule.

FUEL TV’s “Making of” Nuclear Cowboyz Broadcast Schedule

February 1 8:00 p.m. EST
February 1 11:00 p.m. EST
February 3 12:30 p.m. EST
February 4 9:30 p.m. EST
February 6 Noon EST
February 7 7:00 p.m. EST
February 9 9:30 p.m. EST
February 9 1:00 a.m. EST
February 10 1:00 a.m. EST
February 18 6:00 p.m. EST
February 24 4:00 p.m. EST

The Rockstar Metal Mulisha Team is going to take Toyota Escondido by force and will be going huge for fans during the Pre-Supercross Party. You are not going to want to miss out on this event at Toyota Escondido!

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If you missed the Chaparral Motorsports autograph signing last week then you missed out big! The stormy California weather did not stop any of these Metal Mulisha fans to get some autographs and meet Brian Deegan, Taka, Jimmy Fitzpatrick, Nixey Danielson, Derek Garland, Wes Agee and other riders. We gave Josh Hansen, ex-Mulisha rider a good laugh with our new poster featuring a huge red X over his face in the team photo!

Mulisha by far had the biggest turnout which was out the door! Metal Mulisha would like to salute our fans for stopping by and hanging out with us at Chaparral. Check out some of the pics!

Were you looking for something to do this Wednesday January 20th when you get out of school or work? Well, now you have some plans! If you live in the San Bernardino area get your ass down to Chaparral Racing at 5:00pm for Metal Mulisha autograph signings featuring Brian Deegan, Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg, Josh Grant, Taka Higashino, Nixey Danielson, Ronnie Faisst and more!

Chaparral Racing
1800-841-2960
555 South H Street, San Bernardino, CA, 92410
Email Us: info@chaparralmotorsports.com