TV: We're excited to see with Josh Sheehan will do here, at round number one...
JOSH: I don't know if success or failure motivates me more
when I first started I just saw the possibilities, like
ah, I'd like to learn that, so then that drove me to, you know,
to succeed to overcome fears to learn new things just to progress
What motivates me a lot is
thinking about what's possible, thinking about where I can be, where I want to be
I'm from a very competitive family
So a lot of challenge, and when you're just doing something for yourself, the small jobs or whatever
it might not be so rewarding, but when there's a competition, when you can beat someone else,
you don't want to fail, because
it can be scary, it can be nerve-racking, but all that adds up
and fuels the fire and that's what makes it good
Wasn't until as about three or four years into freestyle motorcross, that I realized, that it was the career
But I was just always thinking do my best, trying to beat people and
I wasn't thinking of the career aspect, and I think that's what helped me get there.
Just the passion and love for it!
I've got a passion for Motorsports,
anything with a motor really, you know,
two wheels, four wheels, just love thrashing cars, bikes and always have since a little kid, so
got into bikes and I just fell in love. I love doing jumps. I love being in the air,
So I like planes and skydiving things like that, and it just goes together.
I get the adrenaline rushing and
I think that's what keeps me going.
You know, you can just forget about the world and just ride the bike and have fun
Being strong fit is crucial to what we do, if you're not fit, if you get an injury,
it can put you out, and if it's bad enough, it'll end your career, then that can affect your mentality
You can then depressed and it can suck. Just, an injury sucks.
When you're off the bike or, you get out of the job or whatever for a couple of months,
being strong and fit is quite good for the body, to take in hits, to keep you healthy,
But also the keep you mentally healthy and
I think it's fair to say that I don't really admittedly training for competition.
I train of a life. I try and be competition ready, but all the time!
I try to do a lot of brain exercises
Juggling... you know, our brains are capable of so much
and like in any sport. I do enjoy pushing myself. And challenging myself!
X Games is massive for action sports, for athletes,
because for us is like the pinnacle of Action Sports
and it's a bit surreal that you're up against these other people, the best in the world,
but then you think,
"Yeah, if I'm here like it's possible and you know, I've got what it takes to battle against these guys"
and the longer you have to train all along you have to work towards something
The more rewarding the gold is, to get a gold medal at X Games and just like that.
It's the one competition of the year!
Traveling, training, doing all this stuff to get there and then take home the gold after all that
It's just a massive weight off your shoulder.
And it's like you're on cloud nine for... you know, for days after!
There's a lot more to think about with some tricks
the way the bars are turned, wheels spinning affects the way the bike rotates in the air.
So you need to do a little bit of research beforehand and you can visualize it
Maybe you can understand the science behind, what happens with the bike, how everything works
then easier you can master a challenge
Everything seems hard, everything seems impossible or very difficult
Until you see someone else do it, and then all of a sudden it looks easy!
People set so many limits for themselves, they lie to themselves and
convince themselves that, they had this problem or they can't do this or that
certain things are impossible.
Sometimes you need to give it a crack or make an effort see what you can do and
Everything is closer than we think we just set our own barriers