CHAPTER 359 Ft. Jimmy Button
Gypsy Tales
Jase Macalpine
4.6 • 564 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2025
⏱️ 228 minutes
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Summary
Jimmy Button joins us for Chapter 359! Jimmy's racing career took place in the golden era of the sport, lining up against the very best in supercross throughout the 90's, battling for podiums and race wins. His career came to a screeching halt in 2000 after a crash in the whoops left him temporarily paralyzed from the neck down, and his journey to getting back on his feet was long and far from comfortable. Because of Jimmy’s broad understanding of what it takes to make it in this sport, what it feels like to compete at the top, and how quickly your world can fall apart when injuries hit, he started Road 2 Recovery—a foundation that helps injured action sports athletes after life-changing crashes. Not many people have seen both sides of the sport like Jimmy Button, and that’s what makes his story so unique. This is three and a half hours with Jimmy Button.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:02 HYDOR Water
00:14:42 Importance of staying healthy
00:20:15 what makes a WORKS bike so trick
00:32:26 Why is Supercross afraid of change?
00:49:42 Why racers run a sand tire
00:51:42 The fastest generation of racers we've seen
00:54:38 Being in the slow state
00:56:31 Ryan Villopoto buds creek MXON
00:57:38 Haiden Deegan Washougal 2023
00:59:59 Meditation
01:03:36 Importance of breath work
01:07:58 Starting the day with meditation
01:13:35 The importance of self belief
01:24:09 You have to be obsessed
01:29:22 Everything happens for a reason
01:39:15 Jimmy's life changing injury
01:56:33 Why Jimmy Button doesn't go to the outdoor nationals
02:00:20 Road 2 Recovery
02:23:16 Dealing with negativity
02:26:56 Supercross risk VS reward
02:30:23 Insurance in Supercross
02:34:31 How many riders get surverly hurt a year?
02:40:25 Jerry Robin
02:46:26 Road 2 Recovery Golf Tournament
02:52:48 How Jimmy's son got into golf
03:08:01 2025 Supercross Championship predictions
03:12:35 Will Chase Sexton leave KTM?
03:13:26 Eli Tomac to KTM?
03:21:01 What will Jett Lawrence do when he retires
03:22:03 Daniel Ricciardo
03:31:17 Haiden Deegan rivalries
03:34:27 Levi Kitchens Future
03:38:21 New era in the 450 class
03:40:13 Cole Davies
03:46:13 Closing
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| 0:00.0 | Right in the thick of what many call the golden era of Supercross, |
| 0:04.0 | this writer went bar to bar with legends like Jeremy McGrath and Jeff Amig, |
| 0:09.0 | chasing podiums, battling for wins, and earning his place in one of the sports's most iconic errors. |
| 0:16.0 | But in 2000, everything changed. |
| 0:18.0 | A crash in the whoops left him paralysed from the neck down. The future was |
| 0:22.5 | uncertain, but Jimmy never backed down. Through years of relentless rehab and an unshakable mindset, |
| 0:28.6 | he did what most considered impossible. He got back on his feet and began living a productive life, |
| 0:35.3 | channeling the same grit he showed on the bike into the business |
| 0:38.5 | world. |
| 0:39.5 | With a deep understanding of what athletes go through in the aftermath of injury, he founded |
| 0:44.5 | Road to Recovery, a non-profit that's become a lifeline for riders when their world falls |
| 0:49.8 | apart. |
| 0:50.8 | Whether it's financial help, medical guidance, or just somebody who truly understands, |
| 0:55.5 | Jimmy built the very thing he once needed most. His journey is proof that even in your darkest |
| 1:01.3 | moments, you can rise and help others do the same. Gypsy gang, welcome Jimmy Button to the podcast. |
| 1:08.6 | In 2022, Eli Tomak made the switch to Yamaha and found instant success on their class leading YZ |
| 1:15.4 | 450F. |
| 1:16.5 | Eli Tomac had three reasons for making the switch. |
| 1:20.3 | He wanted power and the Yamaha has the strongest and most tunable motor in the class. |
| 1:25.0 | He wanted KYB suspension and the YZ-450F comes stock with |
| 1:29.7 | his preferred KYB system. And finally, he wanted a cable clutch. Yamaha took the championship |
| 1:36.2 | winning YZ-450F and made it even better. More powerful, lighter, slimmer, with enhanced |
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