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By Steve Matthes<br />
as well as, most importantly,<br />
test. Talk to any member of Team<br />
USA in 2011 in Lommel and<br />
they’ll tell you that jetting in midweek<br />
and trying to get the bike<br />
to work on the sand wasn’t ideal.<br />
Lots of confusion with the American<br />
riders that just don’t ever<br />
really ride the sand that much.<br />
The Rockstar Energy Ice<strong>On</strong>e<br />
Husqvarna team has opened its<br />
doors to Osborne and Anderson<br />
and provided tracks, support<br />
and help with settings for the<br />
last three weeks. Anderson has<br />
seemed to embrace it with a<br />
series of Vlogs from his personal<br />
film guys that’s pretty entertaining<br />
and Osborne, well he’s all in<br />
and has been since before he<br />
was named to the team. This going<br />
early stuff and sacrificing his<br />
off-season time was something<br />
he was accepting eagerly.<br />
Cooper got there a bit later but<br />
still earlier than any member of<br />
Team USA the last decade and<br />
he’s hooked up with the two<br />
Husqvarna guys for some sand<br />
training.<br />
“It’s been a great experience<br />
for all involved but I have to say<br />
it wouldn’t have been possible<br />
without the huge effort from<br />
Husqvarna and Ice <strong>On</strong>e. Having<br />
those guys and the bikes completely<br />
sorted with the most high<br />
level workshop in the sport has<br />
been a big asset for us,” Osborne<br />
told me over text. “We both adjusted<br />
quickly to the time change<br />
and the lifestyle and got straight<br />
to work. The riding has been better<br />
than I actually expected and I<br />
think as a team we are in a really<br />
good place. <strong>No</strong> matter the result,<br />
we have put in every bit of work<br />
that we could and left no stone<br />
unturned to have the best result<br />
possible.”<br />
Yep, Team USA is indeed turning<br />
it up to eleven to try and get<br />
back to the top in the Olympics<br />
of Motocross. You really gotta<br />
love this effort by the guys if<br />
you’re a Team USA supporter<br />
and win or lose, you have to<br />
respect what all three, and the<br />
crew members, have done here.<br />
Will it be enough? Who knows<br />
but this has been really cool to<br />
see. If they do pull off the<br />
miracle win like the boys in 1981<br />
then the blueprint for future USA<br />
teams has been set right?
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