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Five minutes with...
Brian Deegan
The General was at the vanguard of Freestyle Motocross and, along with
the rest of the Metal Mulisha, had a big hand in defining the character of the
scene. Now plying his trade in the Global RallyCross we caught up with Brian
for a chat about how he’s found the swap from two wheels to four.
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We caught up with Travis recently, I
used to love the rivalry between you
and him back in the day. Was that
real and is that still ongoing?
I would say back in the day Pastrana
and I had a battle going in freestyle.
He was the man. He was really good
at freestyle motocross. I think our
battle helped build the sport. He was
the good guy, we were the bad guys.
Since then we’ve raced rally together.
We race cars a lot. He was beating me
back in the day in freestyle most of the
time, now I beat him most of the time
in cars. It’s all good.
Looking back at your FMX career,
the first Mulisha Twist (360) is the
stand out achievement for me. What
did it feel like when you put down
the first 360?
I’d say I’d always wanted to be known
for one big trick. There’s certain guys
who had their moves. The double
back flip was Pastrana. Metzger did
the back-to-back flip. I wanted to land
that one move and that night in the
Colosseum in LA when I did the first
360 - landed on dirt - I felt like it was
my move. I came up with that whole
thing. I basically feel like when people
think of the 360 they think of me.
Is that your favourite X Games
memory?
I would say landing that first 360 was