Australia and New Zealand produce great freestyle motocross riders, with the most common ones being – Robbie "Maddo" Maddison, Blake "Bilko" Williams, Cam "Sincs" Sinclair, Levi Sherwood, Nick Franklin, Matt "Schuie" Schubring, Kain Saul, Robbie Adelberg and Steve Mini to name some of them. Per capita we’re kicking arse compared to other countries around the globe. Most of these pro riders have been around since the beginning of the sport Down Under. They’ve worked their way to the top the hard way and won’t easily be knocked off their perch. Then there’s the riders in Oz we don’t hear much about. The ‘New Breed’, the ones working twice as hard to push their way in amongst the heavy hitters. They dream of the big time, riding X Games, X-Fighters, and they know they have to do what the pro guys are doing better if they stand a chance of opening doors where the stadium is already quite full. These kids need help so I thought it would be a good idea to give them some exposure through ESPN in a section I’d like to call ‘New Breed’, and my first one off the block is with West Oz ripper Josh Sheehan, a young rider who is bursting with style, and enthusiasm to make it on to the world stage. To read more 'click here'  

Josh Sheehan has one of the biggest Ruler Flips in the business Pic: Simon Makker/FRMX