VOL. 50 ISSUE 21 MAY 29, 2013
Peaking
At
41
MIKE BROWN
IS ONLY
GETTING
BETTER WITH
AGE
At 41 years of
age, Mike Brown
shows no signs
of slowing down.
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STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY
SHAN MOORE
I
t's hard to imagine being at
the peak of your career at 41,
but that seems to be the case
with Mike Brown. Almost 12 years
after winning the AMA 125cc National Motocross Championship,
"Brownie" has redefined himself
as one of the best off-road racers in the world, and if everything
goes his way, he will prove himself to be the best EnduroCross
racer in the world by the end of
the year.
After playing bridesmaid to his
teammate (and rival) Taddy Blazusiak the past few years, Brown
has started off the 2013 season
with a win at the opening round
of the GEICO AMA EnduroCross
Series, and this past weekend he
beat out Blazusiak (and a lot of
other worthy off-roaders, including top Euros Graham Jarvis and
Jonny Walker) to win the Barcelona X Games Enduro X.
The down-home Tennessee
rider is not a one-trick pony either, over the past few years he
has competed in and won all
kinds of off-road events, such as
GNCC, Baja, and the Tennessee
Knockout.
We caught up with Brown in
Barcelona and chatted with him
about his recent success in EnduroCross and off-road in general.
So far, you've gotten off to
a great start to the year with a
couple of big wins, including
that all important series open-
