The Steve Matthes Show Classics Volume 1

We're just over a week out from A1 2011 and LB takes about an hour from his mad scramble in prep for the season to let us know whats been going on with his team. - Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "Useless" by Destination Destroy Yourself // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

This interview with Dr.D builds on the mind twisting testing and development gold nuggets of experience you would expect from this legend. Yeah, I'll say say the obvious, must listen. - Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "Something I Don't Know" by 88 Fingers Louie // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

You come to cherish it like that security blanket you had from birth until you were 5yrs old. The PulpMX SX preview show with Jason and Jason. - Intro Music- "What's in a Name?" by Face to Face

Matthes calls up Mr.SX, Dave Prater to see how the business end of the '11 season is unfolding. Daves a big fan as well, excited to get the season started. - Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "Walk the Line" by Johnny Cash // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

New team manager of Motoconcepts, DV and Steve Lamson talkin' shop with Matthes.

Waddyaknow, Tits and his mx news/gossip/mumblings is a hit. Here's round 2 of Tits and the MX news. -- Intro Music- "What's in a Name?" by Face to Face

Ice Trey talking shop with Matthes on whats been going on and his focus for '11.

Matthes catches up with Josh Hill at the Hart and Huntington track after only four rides since his injury.

News flash, MX is dangerous. Anyone who has done it has encountered injury but Mo may hold the record for most seasons cut short by injury. Resiliency is one of Ryan's strengths. He does what it takes to come back to the pro ranks from injury time after time; seemingly better than before the injury sidelined him. Hopefully a new number will bring with it some better luck and that elusive win in '11. - Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "To the Engravers" by Polar Bear Club // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

The King flips your wig back a little in this, his second appearance, on the podcast show. A champion with his credentials speaking so honestly is a real treat. Dig it. - Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "To the Engravers" by Polar Bear Club // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

Hollywood comes back on the podcast show to hit on the current state of the industry heading into the 2011 SX season. Good stuff here. - Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "Useless" by Destination Destroy Yourself // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

Peter Sundell(Tits Legendary), Las Vegas native and Pulp supporter comes in studio with the latest topics in MX and SX to get the PulpMX Grand Poobah's take on what's being discussed during this off-season. -- Intro Music- "What's in a Name?" by Face to Face

JT founder John Gregory lays it all out for us from the inspiration of the name, who pushed him to start, how they got into paintball and much more in this staple of American motocross grass roots, THE JT Racing backstory. -- Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "Useless" by Destination Destroy Yourself // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

Much like Rocky v Ivan Drago, this show is a showdown of epic proportions, Matthes squares off against his arch-nemesis, David Izer of DMXS Radio fame. Sit in and listen as these MX talk show hosts spit venom to and fro. Oh and if you actually buy any of that, you need to check your grasp on reality. Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "Lucky Man" by The Verve Pipe // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

Matthes one on one with, no not a bear claw, some heavy hitters from the Bercy SX.

An icon of motor sports, TP199 discusses his busy lifestyle, countless injuries, his often believed to be abbreviated career in moto; and explains the hardships which accompany the commitment to being the best in motocross. An obvious must listen. -- Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "Useless" by Destination Destroy Yourself // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

This one is damn good. Why? Because it's complete honesty from a guy who's been everywhere from the top of the food chain to the bottom, raced in America as well as abroad; AND he's not even officially retired. Sean's not afraid to call out those who have treated him less than ethically in the industry while also admitting some of his own decisions weren't the right ones. -- Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "Im Not Afraid" by Eminem // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

Oklahoman's and '80-'90's era fans rejoice, Airtime has landed. Matthes hooks up with Guy Cooper to chronicle his career from start to finish. As you would expect Cooper is a great story teller and this is an interesting listen for sure. -- Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "Useless" by Destination Destroy Yourself // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

American export Zach Osbourne comes in studio to discuss his experiences racing abroad, his mx training facility, explains why some Americans can't handle racing away from home and explains the purse money issue for GP riders. -- Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "Useless" by Destination Destroy Yourself // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

Matthes touches base with The Golden "Man" on a range of issues from how the industry transition to Dunlop has gone, how this silly season relates to those in the past as well as the MXoN and more. -- Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "Useless" by Destination Destroy Yourself // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

He may not be stirring up discussion on Vital via Twitter(nope, his new team manager takes care of that) but Mike Genova, President of Leisure Concepts and team owner of MotoConcepts is a passionate fan of the sport. He lays out his goals in forming the team and how he feels the endeavor is shaping up. -- Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "Useless" by Destination Destroy Yourself // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

Matthes catches up with newly signed BBMX rider Michael Byrne to find out how is deal came about, what was holding him back in '10 and how he feels moving forward. -- Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "Useless" by Destination Destroy Yourself // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

Who is Eric Peronnard you ask? Simply put, a friend of MX and SX. Listen in and learn as Eric and Matthes essentially break down the politics of riders racing abroad in the off-season. Your sure to learn something "allota people don't know" in this episode. -- Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "Useless" by Destination Destroy Yourself // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

Welcome to the 2010 off-season where silly season is the talk of the sport and Matthes is actually kind of bored. Matthes cold calls Weege and they talk silly season including Andrew Shorts surprising move to KTM and even call Shorty to see if either of their assumptions can be validated by 29 himself. -- Intro Music- "What's in a Name?" by Face to Face

As good as part one of this two part show was, believe it or not, it was surpassed. Listen as Dave reveals the inside story on the legendary '82 MXoN when Magoo shocked the MX world, the stressful years when JMB was being "JMB" and the mark he feels was left on all who were involved during those tumultuous years. -- Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "Useless" by Destination Destroy Yourself // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

Not your typical "crafty Frenchman", Sebastien discusses his racing history including his amazing Colliseum SX win, his current work with Champ Factory and his amazing reputation for just killing motorcycles. Sebastien is a great guy and it shows in this conversation. -- Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "Useless" by Destination Destroy Yourself // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

Legendary mechanic turned new product R&D member, Dave Arnold has been with Honda for 33 years and covers his experiences in MX and SX in this first of a 2 part interview. Dave has been an integral part of American MX and this is a must listen. -- Intro Music- "Save The Planet" by The Tragically Hip, "Useless" by Destination Destroy Yourself // Outro Music- "The Permanent Rain" by The Dangerous Summer"

First is Josh Coppins from saturday qualifying; Antonio "Ravioli" Cairolli talks about his MXoN experience at Lakewood. "Captain America" Andrew Short and Ice Trey explain what they went through and how it feels to bring the gold home for the USA.

Ping and Matthes are pressing some buttons and boundaries in this bench racing session regarding the '10 MX Season and the just reaching terminal velocity, Silly Season.

Yup, you guessed it, Matthes and Jason Squared dish on the '10 MX Season and just where their predictions went awry.

"Top" Jimmy Albertson discusses his season abroad racing the the GP's. From his confident preseason, to a severe case of home sickness and his parting with the Martin Honda Team. Jimmy gives his impressions on the GP racers and the series itself.

Listen to what Mike Alessi, MX Lites Champ Trey Canard, (Monster)Tom McGovern and Andrew Short have to say about Pala's maiden voyage.

Matthes catches up with Roger D at Pala to discuss his departure from Suzuki and future plans.

Matthes catches up with K-DUB, Nick Paluzzi, Ice Trey, J-Law(Yep, that one), Justin Brayton and Jeff Emig after the Steel City National.

Listen as Matthes talks punk music and motocross with the drummer for the legendary SoCal punk band who came up with brilliant album names such as "White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean", NOFX. "Smelly" as his friends affectionately refer to him, Eric Sandin.

The Canadian motocross championships just wrapped up and I thought a nice little season recap with former top Canadian rider turned mechanic Ryan "The Newf" Lockhart was in order here. He was hung over so it worked out well...

Matthes catches up with John Dowd, Brett Metcalfe, Mitch Payton, Nick Wey and Wil Hahn after the Southwick National.

Motoconcepts Yamaha's Ryan Sipes was a front runner all year in both the 250 East SX series and now the 450 MX series. Matthes called up the uber-friendly Kentucky native to talk about this year, next year, his past years and much, much more.

Last weekend a race took place in Mexico that included such legends as Tortelli, Everts, Vuillemin, Huffman and Doug Dubach. There wasn't much fanfare about it but I decided to call one of the non-legends that was there and find out all about this race.

Matthes chats with Larry Brooks, Clement Desalle, Brett Metcalfe and more in this Unadilla podcast.

Steve Matthes, Jason Thomas and Jason Weigandt take a look at the National season thus far.

Matthes chats with Mike Alessi, Ryan Sipes, Jeremy Albrecht, Ryan Villopoto and Tyla Rattray at round 8 of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship.

This week Matthes calls up Troy Lee Designs Honda team manager David Pingree to talk about his motocross101.com instructional DVD, his upcoming career change, his musings, his team and much, much more.

As we get closer and closer to his return to racing, James Stewart and Steve Matthes have a little chat about Stewie's expectations, what he's been doing, his reality show, silly season and what he sees when watching the races from the couch.

Matthes calls up long-time industry veteran and championship winning mechanic Marshall Plumb. The tire guru and shop owner worked with Ross Pederson, Guy Cooper, Brian Swink, Larry Ward, Jeff Matiasevich and more and now you can witness his wisdom.

Matthes catches up with David Vuillemin at the RedBud national in this quickie interview. Hear what DV thinks of James Stewart, Mike Alessi and more.

With the announcement that Tim Ferry has hung up his boots for good, Matthes calls up Red Dog to get his thoughts on retiring, what he's going to miss the most, his regrets and coaching Trey Canard. This is part one of a two part show.

Steve calls up his pal Mark from back home in Manitoba to get the scoop on what their buddies are doing and to talk about his new 2010 YZ450F.

Jake Weimer is coming off his first supercross championship but is struggling a bit in the outdoors. Listen in as we talk about the outdoor season, staying in Florida, Tim Ferry, Nick Wey and much, much more.

Listen in as Mike Alessi, Andrew Short, Nick Wey, Kyle Chisholm and Tyla Rattray talk about their day at Mt Morris.

Ryan Villopoto suffered a gnarly crash during the supercross series that left him unable to compete in this summers nationals. I call up RV2 to get his take on the motocross season after three races, his rehab, when he's coming back and much, much more.