Cole\u2019s first season in 2025 started well<\/a>, but he was soon sidelined with a serious injury that included a broken arm and nose at the Salt Lake City Supercross final. On his return to competition, he was sidelined again in late 2025 after breaking his thumb. Despite missing a number of races he was still named the 2025 250MX Rookie of the Year.<\/p>\n\u201cYeah, [the accident] affected me. It was kind of like a step back before taking two steps forward. It was a pretty long process getting back to where I was and then trying to get better,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Davies made a couple of big names sit up and pay attention when he first landed in the US. Ten-time AMA Supercross and motocross champion Ryan Villopoto and 15-time AMA Supercross and motocross champion Ricky Carmichael both sung the Kiwi\u2019s praises because of his smooth and relentless riding style.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m always feeling pretty good on the bike. I would say my technique has always been pretty decent, but I still work on some things here and there.<\/p>\n
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Kiwi Supercross rider Cole Davies is about to focus on the outdoor motocross season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m kind of flowing on the bike and not bashing around on it. It\u2019s more like a roll. I\u2019m just rolling on the turn, not coming in slamming the brakes on and then slamming the gas on. It\u2019s all about the roll speed and having a bit of finesse and that\u2019s something I\u2019ve always worked on. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m always constantly working on getting better. I always feel like I\u2019m pretty confident with my bike and how I ride. I do feel like I\u2019m at one with my bike and I don\u2019t feel like I make many mistakes. Getting the technique right is definitely a strong point for me,\u201d said Davies.<\/p>\n
Once the dust has settled after his championship win, Davies will focus on the outdoor motocross season. He has already had his first day of testing and is pleased that everything is heading in the right direction.<\/p>\n
Next season will be Davies\u2019 last in the 250 SMX and after that he has to move up into the class.<\/p>\n
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Kiwi Supercross rider Cole Davies in action.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt [testing] was good and we developed a good setup with the suspension and we\u2019re ready for the outdoor season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI definitely enjoy Supercross and I feel like it almost comes a bit easier to me because I feel like I\u2019ve got a bit more finesse. Motocross is different and the motos are much longer so your fitness has to be good.<\/p>\n
\u201cI still feel I have the hard work, dedication and talent to excel in outdoors, so excited for that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI only have one more year in SMZ and then I have to move up to the 450 class. I have to start setting myself up for that including more training and I\u2019m really excited about that [moving up a class],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s all happened so quickly and I\u2019m just so stoked.\u201d Kiwi Supercross rider Cole Davies: “I’ve spent most…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[55785,209652,21693,74,88249,8239,1863,18239,30591,22773,100781,22218,3806,11585,209653,9209,29052,71,15258,194,111,139,69,1071,151292,18833,33324,213,209651,2563,209654,6202,102,35111],"class_list":["post-407295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-55785","tag-250mx","tag-achieved","tag-after","tag-ama","tag-american","tag-back","tag-championship","tag-cole","tag-comeback","tag-davies","tag-division","tag-east","tag-eastern","tag-emulated","tag-feat","tag-fellow","tag-from","tag-injury","tag-kiwi","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rider","tag-roared","tag-round","tag-spare","tag-sports","tag-supercross","tag-title","tag-townley","tag-wins","tag-with","tag-zealander"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}