The Making Of - Premixtwo

Two years ago, I had the wild idea to focus our entire 2015 feature film on two-stroke dirt bikes, and the original Premix came together in a perfect storm of ideal circumstances. It was a whirlwind, but Jordan Powell and I filmed and edited the entire movie in only a few short months. Riders were stoked on the idea and it seemed like everything fell together like a well-placed row of dominos.

- Donn Maeda

Ryan Villopoto had his own Kawasaki KX250, Dean Wilson and Weston Peick were glad to ride our test bikes, Sean Collier had his infamous 500, Suzuki loaned me a very special aluminum-framed RM250 for Broc Tickle to ride, and my friend AJ Waggoner at Service Honda gladly shipped me a CR500AF and KX250AF for me to film Christian Craig, Josh Hill, and Jeremy McGrath on. It was too easy and when all was said and done, Premix became the best-selling movie that TransWorld Motocross has ever produced!

In 2016, Premix 2 was a no-brainer and the list of riders verbally committed to taking part was impressive. For as smoothly as the original came together, though, Premix 2 seemed doomed from the start. Jessy Nelson suffered paralyzing injuries at Unadilla, Cole Seely busted up his shoulder, Ken Roczen was released from his RCH Suzuki contract a few weeks early, James Stewart went MIA, and only Chad Reed was willing and able to fire up his two-smoker. Since you can’t make a feature film with only one rider, the project was shelved.

PART 2 TAKE 2: MOOKIE FEVER