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Monday October 20th, 2008

Interview with Freestyle Motocross Star Wiley Fullmer

If you aren’t already, you need to become familiar with the name Wiley Fullmer. Wiley, is one of the best freestyle motocross riders here at the AST Dew Tour. In 2006, Wiley won the Nokia Air and Style competition, he’s won a Monster Jam X-games qualifier, a few Step Up competitions and has done well at almost every event he enters. With all this success he still continues to have a hilarious yet charming personality with the fans! I got to catch up with funny man Wiley Fullmer after his main event, which left him taking 10th this season; pretty good for someone who hasn’t been in it that long.

J.What’s going on man how’s the day going for you?
W.Doin’ Super Duper!

J.How did the rest of today go for you?
W.It went good, I pulled top 10 overall, so I’m happy with that. I can’t be mad at it!

J.How’d you do in the last round?
W.Last round I did a gay trick at the end but whatever.

J.What was the trick?
W.I did a saran wrap and I totally could have done something better!

J.You’ve been in this for three years, when did you start doing backflips?
W.Actually, when I was sixteen I was watching it on t.v and just went out on my parents ranch and did it in a big pile of cow crap! I landed it my second try so I’ve been doing them since then.

J.No foam pit?
W.Nope, I’ve done a foam pit a couple of times at Mike Metzger’s house but I only jumped into it one day like four or five times and that’s it.

J.What’s you’re favorite trick?
W.Kiss of Death! It’s fun.

J.Looks like fun! When did you first start riding?
W.When I was fourteen.

J.What kind of bike?
W.Oh man, I used to steel my brother’s Kawasaki KX125 and take that out to go ride all the time.

J.Back then did you ever think you would be in something like the Dew Tour or X-Games?
W.No, I never thought I would. I wanted to be and now glad that I am. That was definitly was my goal and dream was to be in these big events.

J.Did you just start racing motocross and went from there?
W.I never raced. I can race and I’ve done a couple just for fun. Freestyle has always been my thing

J.Cool! What do you do to train besides practice?
W.I go to the gym, pump some iron even though I’m a little noodle, it’s hurts too bad all the time but usually I go to the track. Most of my excersise is from riding at the track.

J.Do you do any bicycle training like some of the other riders?
W.Every once in a while I’ll go ride my bike with some friends of mine and go down to the skate park and play around. That’s a workout too! The bicycle and peddlling, I can’t handle that. That’s too tough for me! (laughs)

J.Do you have any weird quirks that you do before you go out and ride? Any superstitions?
W.You know, I don’t know. Everything that I do is weird! If I put my pants on before I put my knee pads on that day, then I don’t ride that day. Those are the bad days. Something’s going wrong in my head! (laughs)

J.Are you picky about any part of your bike?
W.Just the handlebars and suspension.

J.Why’s that?
W.With you’re handlebars, you’re hands control everything so when everything around you’re handlebars feels good then your whole bike feels good most of the time.

J.You ride Renthal or Pro-Taper bars?
W.No, I have Universal Handlebars.

Congratulations to Wiley for his great results this season and thanks for the interview!

All of his Dew Tour results can be found at www.ast.com!

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Jessica "Motogirl" Lee is a 35 year old motocross racer and journalist. Born into a family of motorcycle enthusiasts and industry insiders, she has been riding and nurturing a passion for motorcycles from the age of four.

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