We are in a pretty good place at the moment as far as the sport goes, with all three major championships showing huge progress and potential. MXGP, AMA SX and AMA MX are of course those three championships, and they are working hand in hand at the moment and with those relationships strong, the sport is in a great place. But a little sibling is working her/his way into the sport and starting to show there might be a fourth major series ready to really explode on the Worldwide calendar.

The WSX championship or better known as the World Supercross Championship has really been gaining momentum in the last two years, after starting with all sorts of problems and mismanagement. Now, under a new CEO Tom Burwell their vision for supercross is bold and exciting, and we're thrilled to be part of this historic development.

In recent years, Ken Roczen and Eli Tomac have been crowned World Supercross champion and these two very elite and legendary riders have set the mark for what is going to become a very strong series in 2025.

Countries like South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Great Britain, and three other countries (soon to be announced) have given the series a really fresh and exciting look, and the rider lineup for 2025, from what I understand will be the best yet.

We spoke to Kurt Nicoll, who is Senior Consultant of Racing Development, as he prepared to head to Portugal last weekend and the former MXdN winner and multi time World number two, spoke with some of the bright stars of the sport and their managers and has a feeling some might fit nicely into the series.

“I have had contact with guys from the GPs,” Nicoll told us last week. “I am actually going to Portugal this weekend (which is now last weekend) to speak to some people there and this is definitely something I see in the World Supercross future. I really can see riders wanting to race MXGP and also World supercross, or for those that just want to race supercross year-round in AMA supercross and World supercross. If you look at the success we had last year, where Tomac won the WSX championship and entered the AMA supercross is really good form, and it was the same for Ken Roczen. Having raced the WSX, he went into the early rounds of the AMA supercross in really good form. I think the AMA riders can see the value now. For people like the Coenen brothers and de Wolf, it is a great opportunity to do both MXGP and World supercross.”

Now, we all know the Coenen’s want to head to America ASAP and that Kay De Wolf has wanted to race supercross, in America and also at the Paris supercross, so those three would be a huge addition to the WSX series, if not in 2025, in the near future.

I do think the big three (AMA SX and MX and MXGP) can easily survive with the WSX included into the calendar and as we have seen from the technical circuits in MXGP in the last couple of decades, young GP riders are no longer just outdoor racers and could easily fit into a WSX series, without concern for major injury.

While the Lawrence brothers, Cooper Webb, Tom Vialle, Malcolm Stewart, Jason Anderson and many others already race international events around the World, having these types of names in WSX would just blow the doors of our winter hibernation, as fans.

Whatever happens, a major winter series to follow, from around October until December sure would be fun to watch and you get the feeling, WSX is a long way from being the final product. Keep an eye out for some releases on this year’s series soon, with three new countries added and some rider entry information. Exciting times for our sport.