"He could feel a tiny rock on his front tire" Ryan Hughes explains the secret of Ricky Carmichael 

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I already commented once on here, but after taking a second listen a day later, it is insane how deep this conversation could go. THIS is the motocross content that has been asked for for years. Jase, man, this podcast and this session with Ryno is the gamechanger. Good on you for staying true to your content direction. Sport at the highest levels is deeper than the physical side.

This is why I tell all my friends that moto is the only true escape that I’m aware of. Only thing I’ve experienced that truly makes me forget about everything else going on. You have no time to think about anything else. Especially facing the chance of serious injury/ death. Moto is an addiction to me 100%.

I've experienced flow state whilst riding! you don't think about a single thing, everything just works in unison automatically its like you're just floating along for the ride, it's like the body and mind just connect into one and you're just lost in it. Nothing but moto ever made me feel that way!

Over the years never knew how much you had to give, i appreciate the no filler no bs book of knowledge when you speak is gold ! Keep charging ! your info is priceless !

Hughes was an awesome guest, dude speaks his truth. Well done on the interview to get that out of him. Seeing these guys in a different light has changed my opinion of what I thought they were like. Look forward to the future.

I totally relate with this. I grew up riding BMX and hitting some huge jumps and packs of them. The flow state is my favorite place, there's nothing there except what you're doing right at that exact time, because if you aren't focused, you can crash and possible injury can occur. The split time you think of something that isn't what you're doing, BAM tire slips out. When you ride on the EDGE you have no room for other thoughts or focuses. Adrenaline helps compact those flows into your brain and back to your muscles faster than another thoughts, other thoughts literally cant fit in the stream, it feels like slow motion, buts its just compressed external inputs within the same timeframe.

you just explained why I enjoy riding and target shooting. When you are concentrating intensely on what you're doing, the world could be falling apart around you but not bother you it's amazing

Dude, Jase, these podcasts are next freaking level!

Ayrton Senna was the epitome of feeling. Watching his doco shows how in control he was of of being on and slightly over the limits of grip. For me I moto and also love being behind the wheel of a car. I find when I have the helmet on everything is silent, and I've heard Todd Waters say the same. Nothing matters other then what's in front of me. Next weeks bills, whatever happened during the week...don't matter. The next corner is what matters

It's nice to see ryno talking about all this, hes a interesting dude. I really enjoy his takes on most things.

Graham Jarvis fits right into this type of rider

Sebastien Loeb was interviewed after a WRC stage...i saw it, but cant find it again... where he explains how a crash was avoided by a stone or rock that had just enough mass in it, and contacted his wheel just right, to tip the balance in his favor...if i recall right, they cut to the footage and its truly mind-blowing the energy of the moment, and his FEEL for such fine detail...maybe someone recalls this too? Mr Hughes is soooo right.

this was honestly the best podcast ive heard from you jase, such an insightful listen start to finish.

Ryan that's so right about physical appearance, look at fast runners carf muscles not over developed, technically perfect 👌

this podcast is amazingly unique and we get to see how these pros live their lives while racing and sharing their mindsets.

Nailed the explanation of flow and being in the moment

I think most of us have experienced that moment where you just felt completely one with the bike, the track, the dirt, the air, everything. Like you could not put a tire wrong. But, that's just it, it's a moment. It's the guys at the top level that can get there and stay there for the duration of a moto, race. That's the game changer.

Being present and tapping in to that energy is a powerful thing, you can do anything when you’re in that space

Spot on. I'm 58 years old and have been riding motorcycles for nearly 50 years. I'm a proficient rider with good speed. I took an off road riding class as a friend was involved and wanted my opinion on their first class. I looked at the class as beneath me as it was fundamentals, balance and control. Nothing about line choice, hard enduro techniques etc. This was a class inspired by Jimmy Lewis and put on by an ISED expert whom is now working to to Dakar. Top guys. I decided to apply what they talked about and realized my front to back balance was crap. This was 2 years ago and I almost never do a ride without thinking about technique any more. It has transformed my riding. I ride with guys 10-20 years younger then me all the time. I'm able to hang and last longer because of my technique. I ride faster (not really my goal any more), cleaner, less mistakes and the big one is after a long hard section everyone is out of breath but me as I was in balance and not fighting the bike or myself. I'm freeing the bike to take better lines, I'm not doing pull-ups or push ups. I challenge you to take a good riding coarse and advance your riding. I used to say suspension is the first thing you should do to your bike. Now it has moved to the second thing you need to do after sorting yourself out. Feel the FLOW. Rock on Ryan. Good stuff Gypsy. - Thanks.

I heard that feeling / flow described as “ The Place Where You Lose Yourself And You Find Yourself “ , it’s a core experience

this dudes philosophy goes for quads as well as bikes . such a deep thinker and conversation

I reach flow state in my band, playing live music you have to be in tune and feel the kick drum/snare, be laser focused to be on time, hit the right note, mute at the right moment. When there is 6 people in the band you don't want to make a mistake to let yourself or the band down. Especially if you recording a live show and have 100s of eyeballs watching you. Definitely a rush as well. I feel any sport/hobby where you're forced to be laser focused to where you can't think about anything else in life at that moment, gets you into that flow state. Some days your more in the zone than others, regardless its nice to forget about life, work, bills etc for that short time!!!

Nice explanation of Buddhism and Zen my guy! Cool to see it being applied in this conversation about Dirtbikes haha! Cheers mate!

I love that he mentioned the king of KINGS AYRTON SENNA!! If you dont know who AYRTON SENNA is but love speed, hard work and dedication. please do your self a favor and look him up!

This go some of the best convo ever shared with moto fans

Yes this is the art of zen and motocross

Ironically my first dive into eastern thought was “Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance”.

It gives me great joy that my forever idol SIR RYAN HUGHES is also such a great mind...

Holy smokes !!dude is high as a kite, I’m high listening to this and it’s freaking me out🙌🤔😎

The Great Ryan Hugh's! 105 KTM back in the 2 cycles, he was fast!!

Brillant! Thank you for sprinkling some wisdom into it ! Very well done !

Best podcast in a long while

Psychology, flow state, motocross. Take my money 💰

This comes out in some post race interviews, I remember an intense race recently where Tomac couldn't remember where he passed people and have heard a few other top racers not be able to really remember what just happened and said "I'll have to go watch the tape"

Well this should be played to show the difference in a truly intellectual man jase.. and a pseudo intellectual ryno. Keep up the great pods gypsy.. I'll keep listening

Rode MX. A few races I was "in the groove". The few times I did well--it was another dimension--I was 'flowing' on the track. Almost like watching a movie. Every muscle was thinking one thing --- I am faster than everybody---I'm better than everyone. WINNING is great.

Convo turns to gold at 4:20.

The best example of those that can’t teach. Not even a knock but he is such an amazing trainer for being a pretty middle of the pack racer he knows exactly what a great rider should do even if he couldn’t always execute it himself.

This one was so interesting! Keep it up my dude!🤘🏽😤⚡

Jase and Ryan you guys have shown the otherside moto. They say the mental side of moto all the time. Finally it's explained. RC was deep he could feel a stone. That's another level.

F'n insane! Carmichael is a legend!

You know what I’m sayin?

“ there is no self at the center of existence” I think this is why motorcycle racers feel weightless, and fly the way that they do. At that moment they are not thinking of their physical vulnerability, nor their mortality. they aren’t thinking of the 150 mile an hour ground inches from their body. They are just- there. What they see and feel, but no body.

I get it, it is a relationship and a feeling. But you can’t just hop on a bike and have that to be at a level that stands out, yeah anyone can have the feeling but it takes more than a feeling to become a legible champion.

Got the first taste of flow when I passed for first for the first time and carried it to my first W. In my opinion It’s similar to when runners get “Runners High” and just carry straight to the end of a race.

I have finally put my f ing thumb on it !!! This relates to HIGh level pga tour golf at 8:31 son as soon as you think you won a tournament your SELF is in the way. Wow 🤩 tiger woods relates to these stories exactly

I saw JMB at a super cross, he was a toothpick, and he raced those 500's back in the day. Smart rider.

I rode over 100 fmx shows while on cannabis...that gave me the flow ,when I wasn't on it I had self doubt and crashed slot,that's just my point of view everyone is different peace✌🏻

Best part of being human, being able to master movement and flow with the tools of your trade. I heard spitfire pilots learned there aircraft this way.

Being true to yourself. Realities truths trusting in your higher power thru wisdom

I remember trying to get Ryan's autograph probably 20 years ago while he was racing at a local track near my house. He didn't have the time and I admit it was a bit awkward timing but I felt a little better when he took a 2nd😂

The majority of people that have gotten pretty deep into Jiu-jitsu know exactly what you are talking about. You can ask anyone that's probably blue belt and up and they will tell you that magically everything in life seems to get better when training consistently. It is a meditative state that you go in at the gym. It resets you.

I get in the Flow State driving down the highway in my car

When I see what I’ve always called “the Spirit of Motocross” alight upon a rider, perhaps the rider was experiencing that feeling of God they talk about

Wow. Excellent .

this ''flowzone'' is easy to achieve to me, always whenever I wrote an exam and whenever I am on my bike, best feeling ever to be honest.

I wish I had a trainer like you when I was young my life would of been a lot different!!!!

Wo man that was some deep stuff

Muscle memory kicks in

I fuckin love this clip... As a fellow jiu jitsu practitioner. What are some book recommendations

This is why tribes ate peyote before going into battle, and why they were so effective against more advanced forces.

This is true but why this flow zone disappears when you get older, Ryan said it’s not the fitness you need fitness but to become the best you need the flow but who has it above age 35

Ive experienced the flow state he is on about but theres another flow state i find myself in mostly. i ride mainly woods and by no means a pro but some of my quickest riding and im talking about 1.5 to 2 hours is when im not thinking what im doing but im completly thinking of other things like how will i cook my supper hows my life going e.t.c e.t.c its so strange i see whats coming up but dont think about it im thinking about where im going on holiday or something else and my body just seems to react like an auto pilot. It Normally takes 20 or so mins to settle into it

Agree 💯, i see racers now telling kids where to stand when to stand where to sit on the bike not be on the tank. Its all bs a great rider cant to me really be taught you either got it or you don't, you have to be 1 with the bike and feel it out go with where the bike is taking you when you're on it. Its hard to explain and it something that I could not teach my girlfriends son , i can show how to work the bike but riding is just something you have to do i feel. I grew up in the 80s riding 2 stroke from a yz80 to kx250 how the hell do you teach anyone how to ride a 2 stroke and how to muplanite the power band and the clutch and the brake all at the same time?

What a bad ass... saw him in the 90s at lorrettas.. that man knows...

Love your info Ryan your an inspiration

I think I have to agree with your observation of being in the zone, or what Albert Einstein called "thought experiments" that took different forms, whether we are talking about physics or racing dirt bikes, it has to be a select few Maybe..

Ride on 150 mg psilocybin mushrooms. Micro dose, you must not feel the high, you just hit that flow state without trying. Beat my normal laptimes by 5 seconds in a day. My times dropped from consistent 2:00-2:01 to 1:55-156. Maybe it's just me but something worth trying. First get your dose dialed before hitting the track or getting behind any machine. It can go the opposite way if you take too much...I started to feel the tires and how they move on the ground and then react faster with my body to maintain balance and speed in a faster and more in control way.

I'm not so sure Ricky did or said anything like feeling the rock in his front tire or smelling the dirt from his last, or any race. We all listen and watch hours and hours of his color commentary and there's no indication whatsoever of anything profound like that AT ALL. If anything, he was so extremely skilled, naturally gifted and determined, he just saw processed in simple terms, not "zen-like" at all. Yes, his commentating would not be the same as the racer-voice in his head but it would be at least somewhat similar. His accomplishments in relation/comparison to his verbal descriptions of all things moto is def perplexing. But W T F , hes the GOAT. Nothing but respect. Great content as always!

A higher state of consciousness-A mental state that only a select few can achieve.

Dominic Torreto said it best, "For those ten seconds or less...I'm free".

I felt many many tiny rocks on my front tire today. I totally know how RC felt. I cant say i felt them individually per say BUT........I know they were there!!!!!

Idk I kinda disagree. The fitness you need racing with a engine is a different kind then a none engine sport. These guys are marvels of fitness. But I definitely understand this viewpoint. You gotta be completely present and have every mental awareness at the same time as being loss and letting yourself flow

Ryan has some good points Yup times have changed and I feel not for the best, I rode motox 30 years ago in Scotland, most of the tracks were in fields and jumps weren’t that common but I’ll tell you we had great fun and all got together between races to get the craic, there were guys riding old trail bikes in army jackets and guys in yellow oil skins but no one gave a damn, one Sunday there was almost seventy riders in b class alone..I recently went to watch a motox and it was unbelievable how professional things looked with big rigs and everyone has this years bike, there were some guys mountain biking up and down hills in between motos not sure why , we used to have a beer and a sandwich.. maybe I’m just a old and bitter but it’s not the sport it used to be ! Bring back scrambling or I’ll watch on any Sunday again.. Cheers Rory..

this guy is rad get him on more

Sign me up RYNO, I do have that presence of mind.

I just ride for fun and I am definatly jot the best rider but that is why I ride man, I can’t think when I ride all that matters is the corner in front of me or the whoops in front of me. And if I try to think too hard about what to do I ride worse. And that feeling of shutting my brain off and railing the next berm and holing her pinned up the next jump, empty brained feeling the tires at the very edge of braking traction is the most addicting feeling.

That is some deep shit!!

Mentally tough and confidence in themselves makes them Jacked in their own ways.

“But this one goes to eleven”

Damn this video hit

I use the movie (Peaceful Warrior) to help describe what there talking about.. If you haven't watched it. You should give it a try

Beautifully said

Always leaving out JS7 🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️?

How is what Ryan said he studying spell?

It’s vision to body coordination and reaction time like a tennis player with hand I coordination

He never mentioned James Stewart 😡I wonder why

Fucking heads exploding 🤯

Carmichael a physical guy? No..” I thought Carmichael set the car for how hard he trained. Was he buffed? No but he was a beast

What he is talking about is true, that principle is explained in a book called excuse me your life is waiting by Lynn grabbhorn.

Hope you guys have read "the rise of superman" it's all about the study of flow and human progression in action sports great read.

That shit was deep!!

Rossi declared in multiple occasions that he did not know how he made the most impressive pass of MotoGP history happening at Montmelo in 2009 on Lorenzo. No thinking, no strategy, no nothing: just pure instinct.

Total focus won’t give up until you win pushing past your body’s limitations. Arnold Schwarzenegger “ the difference between me and everyone else I push out one more rep then anyone else that is the difference between being a champion and not “

I don't agree about the "self" being removed when riding well. I think it is your true self that is shining with no distractions. Any philosophy that says you have no "self" is not a philosophy for human beings to live under. You are riding great, thinking of nothing else, flowing like the wind. That is your "self" doing that, with no distractions. Give your "self" some credit. :)

They lost me when they started talking about their philosophy beliefs

Ryno is one deep fuckin dude.

Fuck this is so cool

"The zone"