Riding EVERYTHING at Red Bull Day in the Dirt Down South

We've got Red Bull Day in the Dirt down south, 2026. I wore my GoPro for you guys. I'm gonna talk you through some of the action. If you don't like me talking over the two-stroke, go watch my Kroom Raw video. Let's get into it. All right, we're starting out with the team race. Riding the one quick lap, two mini. I want to be right in the mix with the boys. That's why I'm riding that thing. It's super fun out there. These team races are super high intensity these first couple of laps because everybody's going for it, trying to get a gap. As you can see, Andy Scheib, they're in on the two-smoker. Andy's, yeah, as you can see, there's no holding back on these first few laps. It keeps it fun. But bringing out the 1.5, it's a full custom bike, 125 engine in a super mini frame. And it's fun to flick around, as you can see, go on and they're just going for it. Super, super sick. The course intensity is always fun because they've got a bunch of like cement and backwoods. And this year they added like a, here's my hotline. I did stay on the course. Sam was a hater when she was editing the video. She's like, that's what you do on a bike. Hey, everybody else is on their phones. But I don't know about bringing out the section. This was before it got super nasty. And honestly, this was probably my favorite part of the track because I was just able to bring the bike out. We can see, we got Ryan Simons there. He is ripping. It's super fun to see him back in these outsides of the course. I'm not going to get any of that snowman slam that we're going out of. And then straight into the crawlers on the super mini here. I was really struggling, like, because the big bikes would just plow through there. And then I was like, this was the end of the first lap. We're going to go. And then I switched teams. It's always fun. I've teamed up with her. And fun fact, I switched to the XR600 after the first couple of laps because I over-jumped one of the jumps over by the finish line. It blew out, like, both my fork seals and, like, the bushings and everything in it. So I hopped on the XR600. Everybody was, the whole time, they were like, we want to see the XR600. We got it out there. Hope everybody's stoked. It's so much fun because you've just got to love it. It's definitely the complete opposite of riding. The wind comes so much, especially through this section. The bike is so heavy. But it's fun because it's like, going down the road and everything, you're short-shifting it so much, like, a lot more to keep the force of the sand section when it's in the race. And to make passes or whatever, you want to make sure to get her done on the 600 there. Legendary bike. So, such a good time. In the race, we've got, and this was in the morning, so not a good start, luckily, on that thing. It's just good out of the gate. We've got the paddle tire on her. Once again, this dirt is so amazing. But know that you're going to get into lava super soon. And it's fun because, on this bike, to hang with these guys, I have to really override it. That section got pretty swirly. Getting behind these guys going down the road. On the 125 Super, they would just leave me going down the road. And then I'd have to reel them back in as we got into the woods again. Just because I was running out of gearing. So, like I said, I'm riding this bike here in that dang stream. Let her sink. It's always tricky in these first few laps because you want to get in a good pace. These are pretty decently long races, so you don't want to hang behind somebody too long. But at the same time, you got to figure out the pace real soon. Like you can see, he kind of lets me by there. Like, no, I'm going to start picking it up there and start barking this thing. So, we're keeping it fun. And then going into the lappers here, we've got a kind of a good speed up version of it so that you guys can see. This is honestly the funnest part of the race to me because there's so many people out there and they're all on two-strokes. It's just the best part of the weekend. And I'll tell you what, that cement is a lot slicker than coins. I actually stacked it up going into this section because I kept forgetting where it was. And you can see it was a split section. You can go around the Enduro Cross part or you can go through the Enduro Cross part and it's a lot quicker. And a few times I messed that up because so many guys were going around it and I didn't see it last time. The woods are absolutely stacked. But the cool part is this was early into the week. So, it still had good moisture back there and it was super fun on that thing. So, here's the thing. We're going pretty fast. So, we hit the white flag when it was supposed to be a checker. And I started running out of gas. You can hear the bike start vlogging here. I knew because this tank is very big. It's a custom bike and you can't get a big tank for it because it's a custom tank and everything. So, I'm like, man, right at that 40 minute mark, I know I'm going to run out of gas. And so, when they threw the white flag, we were like really deep into the mud. I was like, man, I'm going to be pushing this thing out here. You can hear it vlogging and run out of gas. And everybody's yelling and stuff. It was, I was like, man, I want to get out of these woods. But it was a long push. And yeah, no joke, get me out of here. Here's my push of glory, push of shame. I could have left it, but I'm like, no. I earned this thing. I'm going to get to push it all the way back. So, we've got Randy Richardson here, always coming through for me. Such a good dude. He went and got me some gas. I got a thousand and something back. Big shout out to him. Good dude. Best guy. Fascinating dude. All right, here we've got the next team race. Team up with RJ Wageman. I am on the glorious 993 CR252 stroke. Railing all of the outside of the Nubian side of there for pure fun. This is one of my favorite bikes of all time, actually. That's why I always bring the CR252 to the nation tournaments. They're really tough. They can take a beating. Very hard on the clutch, especially in Gate City here. So, they're getting a full mountain down. Getting through as late, later in the week, at this point. These team races, they have a bunch of roads. And, you can't get to these laps super quick, but they're big. You don't realize that there's hundreds all the way around the track. Like, there's me on my EW50 out there. And then, there's me on my CR250. So, it's just changing up. I'm completely different than any race I've ever done. And, as you can see, I did a nice craftman into the pits. The pro class is always fun. They've got four people. I always mention him as like a Canadian hero, right? His kid rides super easy. He's got an aggressive riding style. And, he's on a YZ450 there. And, I know, like, by the time I hit the road on this 1990, take me a bit to reel back in. 450's gone. This 1990's such a fun bike, just to keep it together, and be able to beat different things. One thing in general here is like, Steve's the only one who's done it. The fans go, and they'd love to see what I bring. Every year, as many different bikes as I possibly can. And, I'm really hard on bikes, so, to get through the week, I'm trying to ride them again. Here, I know, I'm like, man, I better get close to an important road section if I want to stay with him, because he's getting daft now. And, the 1990's are great. I can hit the inside and be faster, but, yeah, because it's all fun. Now, here's my big mistake. I launched off that, my shock, made quite a noise, and a clunk, and it started releasing some pressure, to say the least. Like, it started to be a bit springy. But, by midway through that first lap there, it started to be only spring. And, if you guys have ridden the shock, take your own back to the pits. But, man, what a cool experience. We were there with the All Balls guys. Travis showed up here for practice day, which was amazing. I got to follow him on the RM500 video. Like I said, if you don't like me talking over a hot video, enjoy some of this bonus footage of following Travis once again. We're going to see you guys there next year. Drop a comment down below on what type of videos you guys want to see. We've been switching up as much as we can lately with all sorts of different videos, just to see what you guys like.