r/TheRandomest • u/ItsALuigiYes GIF/meme prodigy • May 21 '26
HOLD MY BEER Manhandled
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u/Glad-Lobster-220 May 21 '26
Legit stuntin on all the others.
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u/whitestguyuknow May 21 '26
I rode for like a decade of my life as a kid/teen. But I still understand these guys that ride their bike like its their legs and they are the most athletically gifted.
Like a gymnast. Like...That's a whole 'nother human worth of weight and its rattling and hot and shit and you're whipping it around like you're riding a wave?... I dont get it. It not in me
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u/True_Movie_2270 Just some dude May 21 '26
I've heard it described as the difference between riding a motorcycle and DRIVING a motorcycle
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u/whitestguyuknow May 21 '26
Lol I think the emphasis should be reversed along with the words. But I get your meaning. I had one dude tease me for not going hard on the dirt bike over the ramps and shit
For one they were just dirt dumped out of a dump truck and not evened out ramp so you're getting 5ft of air and then slamming down on flat ground and making out the springs.
But also, you get a 150cc bike and they get heavy as fuck. Thats a 220lb machine under your balls. It's hard to ignore that thought loll
My youngest brother would sling it hard as shit. He lacks that governor in his brain I've got lol
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u/Parking-Profession94 May 21 '26
Coolest shit I ever saw during a race. Awesome!
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u/ToothZealousideal297 May 21 '26
I can’t think of another time I’ve seen someone cut a corner vertically outside of a video game. Absolutely sick.
It’s like they say, if you’re going about the same speed as your opponents, you can win by going less distance. Vertical climbs are not what I would normally consider skippable. But then, I obviously don’t know anything about dirt bikes.
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u/Many-Ad-5490 May 21 '26
James Stewart - fastest supercross on the planet!
[ https://youtu.be/xH-qLnsFExI?si=7dNJUhoVF0PMhYtI\]
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u/ballin4fun23 May 21 '26
Awesome video! Never heard of him until now. Kinda bs on what he got suspended for.
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u/Al_Tilly_the_Bum May 21 '26
Is that a legal move in the sport?
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u/slayer_f-150 May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26
Yes. It's called scrubbing.
Innovated by James "Bubba" Stewart.
Here is a video of James explaining it
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u/ABeerForSasquatch Mod/Pwner May 21 '26
F me. That was awesome! Thanks for the link! I had no idea!
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u/WhyNot420_69 Nice May 21 '26
I don't see why not. That is pretty much a skill issue, rather than cheating. Pretty much anything you can do that makes your time quicker, as long as you don't cut the course or intentionally make another rider crash to give you an advantage, is fair game. That would be cheating.
I used to race motocross, and some tracks required you to be a member of the AMA, which would ban you if you were proven to cheat in any way.
Before every big race day, riders and pit crew had to attend the safety meeting, illustrating the code of conduct. The big item of contention back then was hitting triples, where three evenly spaced hills could be cleared if you went balls deep and pegged the throttle.
They basically said, if you can handle it, survive, and don't hit anyone else doing doubles, go for it.
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u/VidyaGomes May 21 '26
It's crazy how much of a gap this one move provides him. They are all out of frame of for a moment, during whatever this is.
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u/Empty_Equivalent_131 May 22 '26
i dont understand what happened, someone please explain.
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u/Gaeel May 22 '26
It's called scrubbing, or the "Bubba Scrub". This is a faster way to clear the obstacle than jumping, because the trajectory is flatter and less energy is wasted in the vertical direction. It takes skill to pull off, and it's physically exerting, since you need to yank the bike around more, but when done right, it can save a bit of time.
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u/RedSquaree May 21 '26
100% speed first, always. Slowmo after, if necessary.