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He started doing well at the nationals and Supercross events, and that led him to freestyle motocross. Mike’s motocross career took off after that.

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No fear: Mike Metzger rose to fame as “The Godfather of Freestyle Motocross” in the 1990s, but he’s been a pro downhill racer even longer, as evidenced by his showing in the 2015 Legends of the Kamikaze at Mammoth Mountain. I decided to work on my art career and tattooing, which I still do to this day.” The next thing you know, Shaun Palmer’s winning the NORBA championship the following year, and I went elsewhere. I took Shaun Palmer and Randy Lawrence riding mountain bikes at Snow Summit for the first time. Later on I introduced Shaun Palmer to the people at Intense.

The following year I got picked up by Intense Cycles to be on their first downhill team. I moved up to Big Bear for a short period of time, working for a mountain bike gear company as a graphic designer. “I started racing downhill mountain bikes in 1993, just out of high school. “I remember it being like a light pearl blue, and it was a Hodaka from either Price Club or Costco. “I was probably still in junior high, seventh or eighth grade, when my dad bought me my first mountain bike,” says Mike.

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Mike’s motorcycle skills led him to professional motocross racing first, and that led to freestyle fame, but he never lost his appreciation for riding non-motorized bikes too. Mike learned to ride a bike at 3 years old and started racing motocross at 6 years old. His dad was a professional motocross racer, and Mike can still remember his dad riding him around on his lap when he was a toddler. Metzger has been riding bikes of all kinds for as long as he can remember. He became a pro downhiller when he was 18, and now that his freestyle motocross career is winding down, he’s back racing downhill in the pro ranks again. He was called “The Godfather of Freestyle Motocross.” Metzger has been racing downhill mountain bikes in the Pro class even longer, however. Mike Metzger rose to fame for his skills on a motorcycle more than 20 years ago.

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