# Is Supercross uh, choreographed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 27, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-supercross-uh-choreographed/286867 "2005-01-27T03:31:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-supercross-uh-choreographed/286867/1 "2005-01-27T03:31:34Z")
Fake, like Wrestling and Monster Trucks for example. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-supercross-uh-choreographed/286867/2 "2005-01-27T03:36:42Z")
Just curious. Why do you think monster trucks is fake? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-supercross-uh-choreographed/286867/3 "2005-01-27T03:41:24Z")
I watched a program on PBS some time ago and they (the people involved) pretty much said it was scripted. You’re suprised? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-supercross-uh-choreographed/286867/4 "2005-01-28T01:07:00Z")
I think this is the first time I’ve ever actually bumped my own thread. Aren’t there any motocross fans on the SDMB? Don’t be embarrassed. I’ve never been to an event, but I’ve seen parts of it on tv. Some of the jumps and such look staged is why I ask this question. I like NASCAR on tv, and will probably go to an actual race this season. 😉 C’mon. Come out of the closet, fans of motocross. Be proud, double-widers! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-supercross-uh-choreographed/286867/5 "2005-01-28T05:41:14Z")
No. If you want to see some good racing, this is the year to go. Ricky, Bubba, Travis, Chad and even Jeremy (!) will take to the track this season. Best field in years. Real riders, real racing. Champions among champions and none of them want to lose. The jumps might look “choreographed” to the casual observer because to pull a double or triple jump, you need to land on the downslope of the 2nd or 3rd jump. You can’t just fly “willy-nilly” and land where-ever. As a pack of riders with similar skills approach the jumps, it looks like they are flying in formation practically, because they need to land at the same place, or come up short and “case” on the top of the jump, or impact on the face of the next jump (not pretty). Did you catch the season opener in the mud? Hardly “scripted” at all. Front-runners dumped it, riders were doubling over the tops of other riders who weren’t. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-supercross-uh-choreographed/286867/6 "2005-01-28T05:48:18Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Be proud, double-widers! I just now saw this! Eat me! 😉 Another thought: Unlike Monster Truck “Competition” (which I think is not as fake as wrastlin’ but somewhat ‘fixed’, as in “You win this week, next week is Cletus’ turn, then BigFoot gets the champeen-ship”), which is not heavily backed by major manufactures, Supercross has serious involvement/investment by the major motorcycle factorys. Wins on the track equate to sales in the showroom. Oops! Gotta go. Good show on PBS. ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-supercross-uh-choreographed/286867/7 "2005-01-28T10:15:17Z")
I went to the Supercross in Phoenix a couple weeks ago and it is _NOT_ choreographed. (Side note, why would I be embarrassed about being a motorcross fan?) One of the riders got carted off in an ambulance after getting a body part sucked into the rear wheel. There are some really serious injuries when people crash, especially when one rider does a double or a triple and lands on another rider who did not do the jump. Also, James “Bubba” Stewart, who is new in his class and extrememly fast, hurt himself during warmups and missed the race. If these were staged they couldn’t let that kind of thing happen. These guys are seriously talented which allows them to ride the way they do. Slee PS, NASCAR races are a blast. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-supercross-uh-choreographed/286867/8 "2005-01-28T15:36:26Z")
> [@gatopescado](#): > > I just now saw this! Eat me! 😉 > > Another thought: Unlike Monster Truck “Competition” (which I think is not as fake as wrastlin’ but somewhat ‘fixed’, as in “You win this week, next week is Cletus’ turn, then BigFoot gets the champeen-ship”), which is not heavily backed by major manufactures, Supercross has serious involvement/investment by the major motorcycle factorys. Wins on the track equate to sales in the showroom. > > Oops! Gotta go. Good show on PBS. About the tombs of the pyramid builders in Gaza? That was good. In the commercials you see all these riders come over a jump at the same time, like a ballet. 😉 But, they do look like they’re racing. They have that “look” on their faces. They are, however, playing off each other. They _know_ they look _good_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-supercross-uh-choreographed/286867/9 "2005-01-28T15:43:34Z")
> [@sleestak](#): > > I went to the Supercross in Phoenix a couple weeks ago and it is _NOT_ choreographed. (Side note, why would I be embarrassed about being a motorcross fan?) > > One of the riders got carted off in an ambulance after getting a body part sucked into the rear wheel. There are some really serious injuries when people crash, especially when one rider does a double or a triple and lands on another rider who did not do the jump. Also, James “Bubba” Stewart, who is new in his class and extrememly fast, hurt himself during warmups and missed the race. If these were staged they couldn’t let that kind of thing happen. > > These guys are seriously talented which allows them to ride the way they do. > > Slee > > PS, NASCAR races are a blast. The “embarrassed” accusation was just part of the cajoling. I was pouting because no one had replied. 😉 I just may add a motorcross (there’s an “r” ?) to my plans for this summer. I _gotta_ get out more, before I rock over. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-supercross-uh-choreographed/286867/10 "2005-01-29T03:23:30Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > About the tombs of the pyramid builders in Gaza? That was good. No, part 3 and 4 of “Inside the Dirty Nazi state”. Jeez, those guys were bad eggs. ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-supercross-uh-choreographed/286867/11 "2005-01-29T22:07:45Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > The “embarrassed” accusation was just part of the cajoling. I was pouting because no one had replied. 😉 > I just may add a motorcross (there’s an “r” ?) to my plans for this summer. I _gotta_ get out more, before I rock over. Ok. And actually there is no ‘r’ in motocross. I AM TYPO KING! All hail the KNIG. If you get a chance to go to a motocross/ do it. It is a lot of fun. Out of all the races I’ve been to I’d rate them in this order: Motocross, NASCAR, NHRA, IRL.\* Slee \*After going to an IRL event I think I’d rather watch ice melt than go to another IRL race.