TIME MACHINE

As we turn the bermed corner and line up the triple on a new decade, we’re faced with a whole new host of challenges, triumphs and tragedies to come. To gain some perspective and because we love those The Simpsons episodes that look back at old episodes, we thought we’d go back to 2010 to see what moved the needle for us all way back then.

It turns out 2010 was a pretty hectic year that, while it had a heap going for it alone, foreshadowed events such as the coming end of the James Stewart reign, Pourcel’s career, Coppins’ second coming, Ferris’s and Toby’s arrivals as bad-arses and also featured the sad loss of a great.

So sit back and take a trip back in the time machine as we look at what was going down 10 years in the past.

01 THE DEATH OF ANDREW MCFARLANE

A horrendous day for his family, friends and the sport of motocross. Andrew passed away after an accident during practice at the Broadford round of the Rockstar Energy Drink Motocross Nationals and for the rest of year he was never far from anyone’s thoughts, particularly those of the riders.

Andrew has been suitably eulogised time and again since and will be for some time yet because he mattered so much to the sport and so many within it. Without a doubt Andrew was one of the most respected riders the world over.

“Nobody could get the better of Sharky on his day.”

— Brett Metcalfe

“I owe him for everything I am today.”

— Michael Byrne

“We will honour your legacy and as life continues, so do we all, but you will always be in our thoughts.”

— Robbie Maddison

02 METTY RUNNING OUT OF FUEL

You’ve got to be friggin’ joking! It’s not entirely as tragic as Leisky’s fuel issues while he was in the hunt for a world GP title, but being robbed of that maiden moto win at Southwick was heartbreaking all the same. If there’s another rider more deserving of that win, we haven’t met them.

03 MADDO CLEARING THE CORINTH CANAL

Balls of steel. Even though we all ride dirtbikes, it’s impossible to imagine how that