Photo Gallery: So Cal Practice

By James Lissimore

I was fortunate enough to be able to spend three weeks on the road in the Southern US, covering the first three rounds of the 2012 AMA Supercross series and I stayed down in So Cal during the week between Phoenix and Los Angeles, shooting some video with Kevin Lepp, Kyle Beaton and Teddy Maier, which were showcased right here on Direct Motocross. While out at the tracks I also shot some stills, not just of those three guys but some of the other riders who were out putting in laps. Check them out below...

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My first stop out in So Cal was at Competitive Edge in Hesperia where Kevin Lepp was returning to speed from his broken wrist.

Lepp in action at Comp Edge.

If you were at Walton this year then you'd be familiar with this guy as MX3 World Champ, Julien Bill was also out at Comp Edge getting some practice in.

Lepp styles off the step up.

More Lepp action.

Lepp has been taken under the win by fellow Honda mounted rider and former KTM Canada racer, Kris Keefer.

Teddy Maier was out at Milestone in Riverside, getting some practice in on the SX track.

Maier goes through the whoops at Milestone.

Lepp was also out that day getting some time in on the Milestone outdoor track.

Another season Canadian National competitor, Brad Nauditt was also out at Milestone.

After racing this past summer in Canada on a KTM, Dylan Schmoke was out at Milestone on a Kawasaki.

Kyle Beaton's back was a little scraped up after his Phoenix crash.

Lepp and Beaton at Milestone.

Vince Friese was another guy getting in some practice at Milestone.

Another rider who's no stranger to Canadian racing is Arenacross regular, Cole Siebler.

Nauditt's Hyper-X racewear backed Honda.

Nauditt and Maier are running these trick carbon end caps on their FMF exhausts.

Beaton takes a rest between practicing at Milestone.

Keefer burns some laps on the outdoor track.

Maier on the SX track.

Beaton scrubs it out on the outdoor track at Milestone.