Photography by Lou Cuevas

Two riders hang in the air over the same jump while an official swings the checkered flag beneath them, storm cloud stacked behind the treeline

01 / 07

Work — Motocross

Dirt and Air

Racing shot from inside the corners — the launch, the whip, and the half-second before the landing that nobody standing trackside actually sees.

Eastern North Carolina21 framesClick any frame to enlarge

A rider carves across a dark berm trailing a huge plume of white dust

A young rider on a white Husqvarna flies past the official holding out the checkered flag

A rider leans an orange KTM through a bermed corner, shot low from trackside with the pits parked on the bank above

A rider in yellow gear drives a blue Yamaha through a rutted corner, throwing a sheet of dirt off the rear wheel

A rider floats a jump against heavy storm cloud while a trackside official waves a white flag

Two riders crest a rise together, the leader lifting the front wheel as the second bike tracks him through the dust

Rider launches off a tabletop jump past an American flag with pine woods behind

An adult steadies a young rider on a green dirt bike at the top of a rutted climb

A helmeted child on a mini bike waits while a man in a black shirt watches from the track edge

Rider leans hard through a deep berm, throwing dirt, with pit tents in the background

A young boy leans in close to a rider in a Fulcher jersey beside the track

Two riders leap a jump side by side, suspended above the track

Two riders sweep through a dusty corner, the lead bike kicking up a cloud

A rider blurs past on a straight, the trackside trees smeared by the panning shot

A rider in white and blue gear lifts off the face of a jump, legs braced, with pit trailers lined up behind the track

A pack of young riders pulls away down a straight, the rider in the middle carrying number 424

A rider sails over a jump past an American flag while spectators in hi-vis shirts watch from a wooden stand

A lone rider works a far berm, seen across the track past a parked dozer and the timing tower in the trees

A young rider in orange and blue gear waits astride a Husqvarna at the start, a row of bikes lined up behind

A young rider sits goggled up on a blue Husqvarna in the staging area, the rest of the gate blurred out behind

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