Yeah. Crowd was really cool too. This is my first time here. It felt like American supercross: program, crowd. Track was legit, although slippery, but track was legit, right? I mean, this is pretty close to what you get in America?
Yeah, it’s very similar. The track guys do really well. I think it’s like a little smaller, that’s why I think I OJ’ed a lot of stuff. I think they’re like just a foot or so shorter, smaller, than in America. But then again, it’s been a while since I’ve been at the pro SX kind of in the stadium. So, I think compared to our ones at the farm [training facility], it’s a lot shorter. So, no, but it’s the crowd’s always great here. I mean, we had 10,000 less than last year, and it was still stupidly loud. So, it was cool. You know, I’ve said this multiple times already that this will be a cool memory. I think every time you look back, it’ll be easy to remember the feeling that you got. And just the moments we’ve had here. Just on the bike, off the bike and it was a fun weekend. A fun, fun trip back.
Look, you get paid a lot of money to be here, which is awesome. But talking to Jacob [Hayes, agent], talking to your dad, and Lars, you guys had a shit ton of obligations. Did it feel like a lot? I mean, you did our stupid show, and then you had a Honda dinner. But was it a lot?
Yeah, Adam [Bailey, promoter], he got his money worth, for sure! We’re joking about that. [Laughs] But no, it was a lot. But, I mean, like, again, the signing things, you know, you got to think as a kid that doesn’t get to see it’s this one time of the year that they get to see us, you know, and their reaction, that of them seeing us for the first time or seeing us after how long from previous year is so awesome to see the reaction and the joy in their eyes, their smile. Even when they’re shy, you still see the happiness in their face in a bit. And it’s hard. You don’t get that every day. And it’s really cool. I think that’s why even though we could be very, kind of, entitled and be like, “I’m so over this, it’s taking forever, I’d rather be relaxing.” But then again, it’s like I remember being that kid of going, “Oh, I’d love to see the person,” let alone get a signature, you know. And I think that’s what kind of makes me sit out there and do those hour signings and still be happy through the whole thing, because I am genuinely happy to meet new fans, new faces and see all the different characters from the young kids.
And then sometimes, like, not even fault of your own but I’m sure you’ve blown off people or couldn’t sign everything or couldn’t do anything, so in a race like this, in a relaxed atmosphere, let’s try to get everything we can. You know, in America, like you only have so much time.
Yeah. And like this one, obviously we don’t take it serious, you know, so we kind of can do a little bit more of that and even, like, sometimes we do have to kind of like say no to kids because we got to go do something, sadly. Like, I got to go ride my bike. I’m late already! But in America, you know, we take a lot more time and focus into what we’re doing. So, it’s like a little less time signing. You know, we’d love to be there, but, like, we’re more focused on our result on that day, so it’s a little harder. But with this event, yeah, it’s a lot easier to get a lot more signing in.