Levi Kitchen on leaving Star Racing, fishing, almost winning Supercross & rivalry with Haiden Deegan

We are back for another episode of the podcast and my guest today is none other than Levi Kitchen. Levi is currently in the middle of his breakout season as a professional Motocross and Supercross rider. He narrowly missed out on this years 250 West Coast title in a decided at Salt Lake and is now in the thick of the AMA Motocross Championship against longtime rival Haiden Degan.

On this episode of the podcast we talk about his love of all things fishing, his unique upbringing by typical motocross standards, his life in Washington, taking racing seriously, his early years at Star Yamaha, leaving for Pro Circuit Kawasaki, we talk about money in the sport and his golf swing.

Levi is an extremely cool guy to hang out with and I really wanted to spend a few hours. I think that really comes across in this conversation.


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00:00:00 Intro
00:04:36 Passion for Fishing
00:20:01 Family Background
00:29:53 Racing Carson Brown
00:33:41 Has Motocross become TOO FAST?
00:38:11 Don't always have to be pinned 100%
00:44:53 Crazy Story to get on Star Yamaha (3 year GEICO Deal)
00:52:14 Never trained as an Amateur
00:55:05 Starting Foundation Training
00:57:56 Supercross Whoops Discussion
01:12:30 Thoughts on this Year's SX & MX Tracks
01:25:44 2024 SX Title Fight (Smith, Hampshire)
01:33:44 Should Fans know what Riders get Paid??
01:45:25 Motosport Ad
01:46:30 Training at the GOAT Farm
02:00:44 Facility Training is not for Everyone
02:05:25 Being Teammates with Haiden Deegan...
02:07:43 Incident at Fox Raceway National (How to make it better)
02:23:57 Called in sick to Ride 3 Different Manufactures
02:36:44 Always Studied the Races
02:39:58 Battling Dangerboy at RD1 at Pala
02:43:29 Thoughts on the Rivalry Between Deegan
02:49:18 Taking big steps forward this Season
02:53:10 Love for Playing Golf
03:00:32 Supercross Afterparties
03:03:13 The Feeling of Loosing a SX Championship
03:09:12 Career Plan
03:12:54 Outro