Fingers smeared in old ink, I finally found it.įrom Supercross winner to X Gamer, Brian Deegan has succeeded at everything he's put his mind to. Thus upon arriving back home in Orange County, California later that evening, I started digging through my huge stack of Cycle News back issues. "Yeah I do, do you still have it? He asked" "Hey, remember when we did that column in Cycle News about the ghost riding incident?" I asked Deegan, a few members of the Mulisha listening in. That night in the Coliseum really launched the attitude and the Mulisha." "I think that at moment I was just really rebelling against everything and wanted to do something different. I still have the helmet that says "Metal Mulisha" in marker that I won the Supercross with," said Deegan pulling the helmet off a shelf. "That night was actually was the fist time I started writing Metal Mulisha on my bike and helmet. For within two years, Brian Deegan was a full-time freestyle motocross pilot, and arguably, the most popular in the world. It would be the last race the then empty-pocketed privateer would ever win. That night in the Coliseum really launched the attitude and the Mulisha. I think that at moment I was just really rebelling against everything and wanted to do something different. The 50,000 fans on hand that chilly night went berserk. Upon reaching it, he jumped off the back of his RM125 and ghosted the Suzuki over the finish line. With just a few laps remaining, Deegan passed leader Robbie Reynard (a full-on factory rider) and charged towards the checkered flag. After getting a mid-pack start, Team Moto XXX privateer Brian Deegan methodically picked off riders in a spirited charge to the front of the field. The night Deegan and I were reflecting back on was Saturday, January 18, 1997. I was standing in the infield and was so close to you in one corner I could have reached out and shoved your shoulder." "Man, I remember the night you won that race in the Coliseum in '97," I went on. "How many riders can say they've won an X Games gold medal and a 125cc Supercross first place trophy?" "How many people can say that?" asked Brian Deegan, standing in his trophy room deep within side the Metal Mulisha Compound, holding a medal in his left hand and a trophy in his right.
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