Off-Road Rhetoric - Episode 4 - Mateo Oliveira

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4.8 • 679 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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In this series, we shift our focus to get to know the riders under the helmets in the off-road moto scene. In episode 4, our host Brent Bowser talks with Factory KTM off-road racer Mateo Oliveira about growing up in Hollister California, racing Hare Scrambles, making the switch to off-road with his brother Dante, moving up to the 450 Pro Class and more!

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome back to episode four of our Whiskey Throttle Media, Off Road Rhetoric Series.
0:05.4	We're here today with Factory KTMs, Mateo Oliver. What's going on, Mateo? How are you doing, man?
0:11.6	I'm doing good. How about you guys? Oh, can't complain. I'm excited to talk to you today,
0:16.9	diving in more on the off-road side of thing. So I'm excited to get you guys some exposure in those series some exposure. So for those who aren't familiar with you and your background,
0:26.8	just give us a little bio on yourself. Yeah, I'm Mateo Alvara from Hollister, California.
0:32.6	I started riding when I was about two years old and from NorCal racing in the woods. So it's quite a bit
0:38.4	different than the stuff I race now, but grew up racing the local district 36 stuff in northern
0:44.9	California. Then kind of dabbled around with everything, a little bit of motto, flat track and
0:50.4	fairground races and everything. And then got our eyes set on off roads when we were about like eight years old
0:57.3	and then just been added ever since.
1:00.4	I've just been living the dream,
1:02.4	trying to make a career out of racing dirt bikes and off road
1:05.4	and just having fun, racing with my family and my brother.
1:10.3	It's been a good time. Yeah, and you mentioned racing with my family and my brother it's been a been a good time yeah you mentioned
1:14.2	racing with your brother so your brother how old are you and and your brother races for the same team
1:18.9	factory ktm and you guys are doing similar races off road wise wise right right i'm i'm He's 23, so two-year age gap.
1:29.3	And then for the longest time, we always race the two same series together.
1:33.7	I raced works and Grand Prix, and then he did the same or whatever we were doing.
1:39.6	But this year, my first year on the SMF, Red Bull KTM team, they kind of tried to split us up
1:46.3	a little bit to cover more ground with the riders. So we're a little bit separated this year. One
1:52.6	series we do together and then our secondary series we are doing separate, but still cool, still
1:58.7	traveling to a lot of races together and just uh nipping out his heels
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