Ronnie Faisst

I was born June 22 1977 I grew up in Mays Landing New Jersey

I got my first dirt bike when I was 8 year old it was a XR80.When I was 10 I got a CR80 I was ripping up Hickory St. pit with my boy Woerner That’s all we did. RIDE! Until it was dark out everyday even when it was cold as shit in the winter, snow on the ground, it didn’t matter we were riding! I started racing that year at the local motocross track in New Egypt, NJ the next year I went to Gary bailey’s motocross school so I could work on my technique I got faster every year, I always finished top three in my class every race 1991 was my last year on 80's I schooled everyone in my district.

In 1992 I jumped up to the 125 schoolboy class in1994 raced 125 and 250 amateur class 1995 started racing pro class I raced the 125 outdoor Nationals and east coast Supercross series.

From 1995 to mid 1997 I tried my hardest at racing, but I just wasn't going fast enough

During that time I met up with Deegan and we were hanging out a lot at the races, he was telling me to get out of Jersey and come out to California so between Budds creek and Southwick nationals Deegan stayed at my crib in Jersey and we filmed all week with the dudes from Moto XXX. I was so pumped that I was going to be in a Moto video so after missing the qualifying at Southwick I came home packed my van and headed straight west with 200 bucks in my pocket, in a piece of shit van, and a cr125 moved in with Deegan, and just started filming as much as possible.

We would go out in the hills and try to find the sick hits and bust tricks over them, little did we know that we were starting a whole new sport “Freestyle Motocross” during all of that I met Dana from Fleshwound films and started filming with him all the time. I also picked up a few sponsors.

1998 was the first ever freestyle contest it was held in Las Vegas I finished 11th. I got to go on the Vans Warped tour after this It happened to be the very first tour of freestyle motocross, and first time any of us jumped ramp to ramp. During that tour I picked up a few more sponsors.

In 1999 freestyle went mainstream. X games and Gravity games started. I won a silver medal that year at Gravity with Kris Roake in the team competition.

In 2002 I won a bronze medal at gravity games in the moto challenge.

2003 I learned to do back flips.

2004 I won a bronze medal at the Gravity games in freestyle.

2oo5 was my best year yet... I was riding better then I ever had in the past... I'm in the best shape of my life, and my thinking has changed majorly this past year.... I started off the year in Australia for the mulisha tour did 5 shows down there. Came home did the via la bam show for mtv, its was off the meter...but deegan almost died the last day we were there so, that sucked. Got home from that and went to the first round of the dew tour in Kentucky finished 4th. Flew straight to the boom boom huck jam tour and was on the road for two month we did 30 cities...off the hook...during that also went to gravity games finished 3rd in best trick...and hit the 2nd round of the dew tour in Denver. Next up was X games in Los Angeles. I got 6th in freestyle and 5th in best trick. After that I hit the last 3 rounds of the dew tour ...finished 5th overall in points...then ended my year with a win in vegas for the 06 X games qualifier and 2nd in best trick for 06 winter x games.

2006 started off good and ended bad! I won a bronze medal at winter x games....road the first two rounds of the dew tour and then went for a 360 at summer x games and went down hard...I fractured my wrist, separated my shoulder and sprained my ankle. I had to sit the rest of the year out until November I got to ride in the Jeremy Mcgrath SX.

2007 stared off rough also in feb.. i tour my ACL....i choose not to get surgery until afer the season....after two months im back on the bike and ready to give it 100% this year.I went to X games in Aug. and went for and 360 in my first run and went down and knocked myself out of like a min. During that run i did a nac flip and took out the camera man,so X games gave me another run. Now my bike was wasted from the first crash so i had to jump on my practice bike go through a whole run and try another 360 after just getting knocked out from the first try. I made it through my run and went for another 360 and crashed again and broke my foot. Out for the rest of the season.

2008 comes around. I start off with dew tour then back to X games. This year things go a little better. I went out in my first run and stuck the 360 off the 75 foot gap. It was like i won the gold. I was so pumped to land that trick after all the years of trying it and crashing and getting hurt. It was a monkey off my back thats for sure. Just after X games i tour my mincus in the same knee that i didnt have a ACL in. I had to take a month off, Then finished out the year riding hurt. It sucked bad but i was still able to finish 8th overall in points on the dew tour, and also was able to pull off two 4th place finishes at Mexico City X games and X games Brazil. And a 7th place finish at a the third round of the a Red Bull X fighters in Brazil. In Nov i got knee surgery and was out for 6 months. That was the longest i have ever been off my bike.

2009 I didn't start riding until April cause of the surgery. But when i got back on my bike i felt so good. I was right back to where i was in one day of riding. It was like i never was off my bike. At the end of May i took a hard crash at my house working on super flips. I didn't break anything but was off the bike for two weeks with sprains. The first week back on my bike i crashed again a Deegan's house learning no handed cat walks. This time i was off the bike for a month with a bruised spine. I could not believe i crashed again. But i guess that happens when your pushing it. Went straight to X games then finished out the year riding the Dew Tour and pulled a 4th place finish at the ASA Event to end my season.

2010 is just about to kick off and im staring the year with a 15 week tour called the Nuclear Cowboyz. Be sure to come check out the show. Also i plan on riding X games, Dew Tour, and the ASA Event.

Remember focus on what you have and what your good at, and be thankful for what you have. Keep GOD first in your life and don't take anything for granted. Believe in yourself, stay dedicated, and always think positive. The power is within, it's up to you.

Love&Grace

Faisst - PURE-HUMBLE-POWERFUL!