X Games and freestyle motocross standout Axell Hodges on growing up on the outskirts of San Diego, California and hanging around with seven-time AMA Supercross Champion named Jeremy McGrath.
“I mean when I was younger, Jeremy McGrath was everything,” smiled Hodges, who will compete in this weekend’s Summer X Games Ventura 2024 at the Ventura Fairgrounds & Events Center. “I mean, Jeremy McGrath – seven-time supercross champion, and he lived right down from the street from me. So I wanted to be a racer, and I wanted to be like Jeremy McGrath. I wanted to get eight supercross titles of my own and be the new king. That’s what I wanted to be when I was a little kid.”
Supremely talented on a motocross bike, as well as being a natural-born showoff, Hodges did become a global motocross sensation, albeit not one on a racetrack. Instead, he’s a freestyle motocross and freeride sensation with well north of 1.6 million Instagram followers, as well as 12 X Games medals to his name.
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