Foolish season is on us and a rumor we’d heard was finally verified. Stilez Robertson moved from Rockstar Strength Factory Husqvarna to the Monster Electricity Star Racing Yamaha staff. With this move will come superior expectations from a workforce that is made use of to profitable, but also a clean start off for a kid who has experienced several injuries in his initial two skilled seasons. 

      For the total job interview, check out out the YouTube video right below. If you are intrigued in the condensed written model, scroll down just a little bit even more.

Jamie Guida – Critical MX: How’s it likely, Stilez? You’ve been shifting to Tallahassee. How’s that likely?

Stilez Robertson: It really wasn’t that terrible. My outdated observe mechanic, Jack Richards was down in Clermont with me, and he aided me pack up a U-Haul and just ripped up here to Tallahassee. I have been bit by bit going in and finding almost everything I have to have. It is my to start with true home. I experienced an apartment in Clermont, so I got my 1st residence. That comes with a lot of items that you do not understand. 

Vital MX: Chat about coming off your newbie profession. You experienced an injuries in ‘18 and then multiple wins at Loretta’s in ‘19 and ‘20. How prepared were being you for that initially yr professional after all people championships? For the reason that if I am not mistaken, it was form of a final-minute thing to go comprehensive time pro. 

Stilez: Yeah, I was going to remain and race Freestone and then do a full 12 months outdoor the subsequent 12 months. I understood Mosiman was hurt for Loretta’s coming in and I was like, ‘Well, if I do superior plenty of, I assume they’re going to enable me race’. I experienced it in the back of my brain. But, coming in truthfully, I felt fantastic for the reason that that total calendar year I was riding with anyone for the duration of COVID and every person was on outdoor and we have been all accomplishing motos together. I experienced RJ (Hampshire), Zach (Osborne), I had all those people men there. I form of realized where the pace was, but I imagine I lacked a tiny bit of the psychological aspect. And I consider I arrived in stunned. The 1st spherical was not pretty very good. I obtained DQ’ed the initially moto simply because my mechanic tried to come set my chain back again on since it fell off in the second transform. I was conversing to someone about this not lengthy back. I assume I was in sixth off the begin. I surprise how considerably that would have modified my working day if my chain was not derailed that initially moto. And I feel the 2nd round was the mudder at Loretta’s and I ended up receiving 8th or some thing. But then following that it was just a gradual grind of battling with individuals.

Crucial MX: What was the most important eye opener your initially two several years pro?

Stilez: I consider what caught me most off guard was no subject what position you happen to be in, you’re in a struggle for your lifestyle. If you’re in the execs, you are battling for 12th like you had been for the get in amateurs, if not tougher. I feel that kind of caught me off guard. You can find no giving up a place, you know? And that was really gnarly to understand at very first. In my to start with 12 months I bear in mind at Ironman Dylan Ferrandis crashed in the initially flip or initially lap or some thing. And I bear in mind seeing him halfway across the monitor and then midway in the moto, 20 minutes in the moto here he will come, blowing my doors off. It really is like, “dude, what? What in the world”? But then you happen to be battling like I battled. I come to feel like I found Alex Martin that year, no matter in which we were, we had been preventing each other a little little bit and it was just funny. I was battling these dudes I’ve viewed on Television a large amount. And that was sort of bizarre, you know? All in all, it was a understanding curve. It can be nevertheless a understanding curve. Each calendar year you learn one thing new. 

Crucial MX: You outlined not staying all the way geared up mentally. Give me some far more specifics on that. What do you suggest?

Stilez: Coming from the Loretta’s I was not ready to race in the professionals and genuinely hadn’t assumed about it, you know. It really is a lot distinct than individuals think. It is weird because you have viewed individuals folks for so prolonged. It can be not even starstruck. It is really just like, “should I be battling with these guys”? And then at the time you get earlier that a bit, it alterations. It is outrageous. I am nevertheless starstruck by Tomac. I can recall I was on 50s and he may have been on Super Minis, possibly significant bikes and I was like, “Oh my gosh. Eli Tomac”. It really is amusing to consider about now.

Important MX: Have you at any time instructed him that?

Stilez: No, I have actually never talked to him. Even now so anxious.

Critical MX: Injuries have performed a aspect in your two comprehensive seasons. Chat about what it requires to get again into ‘pro’ shape mentally and physically. 

Stilez: It really is tricky. I feel like I have generally been participating in catch up. I have in no way experienced that solid off season to get to my entire likely. It truly is always bumps in the highway that are just dumb minor issues that I come to feel like I nonetheless have not gotten to my complete possible. This year ahead of outdoors I broke my hand coming in. That delayed my outside a bit. Factors like that. Jett Lawrence and Jo Shimoda did not miss a race. And they are acquiring far better and superior every weekend mainly because they’re there. If you miss out on 3 or four weekends, you are driving the 8 ball once again.

Very important MX: Even at the leading spot, people fellas are repeatedly progressing, right? It is not like you go, “I can catch up”, for the reason that there is no catching up.

Stilez: Suitable, correct. Yeah. I feel it is really always a activity of seeking to capture up. You will find hardly ever a time where you happen to be caught up, you know what I mean? 

Vital MX: Can you contact on the partnership that you have had with Rockstar Electricity Manufacturing facility Husqvarna through your pro profession so significantly?

Stilez: We had a fantastic connection. When I begun with them it was Bobby Hewitt and Scuba, and then Murph was usually there, and it was always a superior team. We usually definitely got alongside. We always experienced a lot of entertaining, and it was unquestionably unfortunate. It was unquestionably a pleasurable three several years.

Vital MX: With the rumors of you moving to Star Yamaha Racing leaking early, was there any uncomfortableness at Husky?

Stilez: No. At the finish of the working day everyone’s received to do their job. I never think this is the initial time that it can be transpired. You know what I necessarily mean? They offer with it all the time. From day a person to my final day, they ended up great. They under no circumstances produced it come to feel awkward.

Important MX: What did you learn most from Baker’s Manufacturing unit and what will you overlook the least? Is it Jalek, haha?

Stilez: Haha, no, he’s honestly one particular of the truest hundred % persons I know in this sport. It is really him and Brownie and just absolutely everyone there. Every person there was magnificent. I likely acquired that it truly is just a grind no make a difference what. Every thing they taught me was place on. And in no way settling. I you should not assume I’ll pass up the humidity down there. 

Very important MX: I listened to you obtained messed with till Talon Hawkins and a number of of the new little ones confirmed up. How excellent does it truly feel to not be the butt of the joke all the time? The a person remaining picked on?

Stilez: It was a extended two several years. Until that new group of novice children arrived in, I was the minimal male. But no, it was amusing. There was a whole lot of superior instances in our locker place. 

Vital MX: With the transfer to Star Yamaha, it’s a clean start. It’s a do above, a reset mentally, physically, emotionally. Is that what it feels like proper now? 

Stilez: Yeah, 100%. It can be a thoroughly clean slate. It really is a complete new mastering curve, new trainer, new anything, new men and women about me. I’m just truly excited to get heading, get into the groove and see what we can do with it and where we can go with it.

Critical MX: Who’s your wrench?

Stilez: Colin Burgh. He is awesome. I have labored with him a couple of times now and he’s tremendous, tremendous neat. I do overlook my exercise person, Jack. Shoutout to Jack Richards. He is in all probability 1 of the points I am going to skip the most. 

Critical MX: How do you like the bicycle so significantly?

Stilez: So far, I believe it is unreal. The energy is frickin so nice. I instructed them, “I are not able to even keep on to this”. And the dealing with on it is unreal. I are unable to say ample very good matters about it. There’s not a person thing I dislike. 

Vital MX: What are your expectations going into the year? And have you talked to Bobby Ragan? We know his anticipations are superior at all occasions.

Stilez: It is early, but my expectations are undoubtedly up. I want to be up there just about every weekend. Which is what is predicted and what I be expecting out of myself. If we stay healthy and we have a great off period, you will find no rationale we shouldn’t be doing that. 

Essential MX: What is Stylez Robertson’s mantra for 2023? 

Stilez: In all probability just take no shit or in no way say die.