Description
Two MX2 world titles. Two AMA Supercross championships. And a two-time champion who'll happily tell you he was "struggling bad" - even getting lapped - in his first year chasing the dream in America. In the very first episode of Blood & Thunder, Tom Vialle sits down with Ed Heather and Arminas Jasikonis for an honest look at life on both sides of the Atlantic.
No race recap here. Tom opens up on the move from KTM to Honda, the culture shock between American and European racing, learning Supercross setup from scratch, riding for a Japanese manufacturer, teammate Jeffrey Herlings, the mystery of what happened to old rival Jago Geerts, and the fine margins between struggling and winning.
Welcome to Blood & Thunder - where motocross gets real.
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CHAPTERS
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00:00 Intro
00:30 Welcome to Blood & Thunder
01:57 Do Tom & Arminas actually know each other?
03:10 Homecoming or starting over? Inside the Honda move
05:56 Was the US supposed to be forever?
06:22 Florida vs Europe: the daily training reality
08:07 Learning Supercross setup from scratch
13:48 One-day format & American starts
16:33 KTM vs Honda: Austrian vs Japanese culture
19:06 Would the best still win on stock bikes?
22:07 The world tour: Argentina, Indonesia & "vacation races"
26:26 Why do they water the tracks so much?
28:49 Lommel to hardpack: adapting every weekend
30:45 Teammate Jeffrey Herlings
33:21 What happened to Jago Geerts?
36:51 The mental game & fine margins
40:33 Getting lapped: the brutal first US year
45:50 Quickfire
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ABOUT BLOOD & THUNDER
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Blood & Thunder is a World Dirt Collective podcast. Every episode, hosts Ed Heather and former factory MXGP racer Arminas Jasikonis sit down with the biggest names in motocross to go beyond the headlines โ the careers, the rivalries and the stories fans don't normally get to hear. Raw, funny, opinionated and completely authentic.
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