Kayden Minear talks candidly about his rapid rise from a WA kid racing sand tracks to living solo in Florida as part of Star Yamaha, explaining how early sacrifices, constant moves, and family support shaped his work ethic. He reflects on leaving Australia young, grinding through MX3 and MX2, and chasing the harder path overseas because that’s where the best racing and long-term opportunities are. Kayden opens up about injuries derailing momentum, the pressure of proving himself on a global team, and how resilience, patience, and self-belief kept him moving forward.

In the first ADB Podcast episode of 2026, Mitch sits down with Motorcycling Australia CEO Peter Doyle to unpack how MA and the state federations actually work, why the sport is weighed down by an “overgoverned” model, and what that means for decision-making, accountability, and the future direction of racing in Australia. Plus, Doyle revealed it costs 3.7 million to insure our sport a year!

We sit down with shot Race Wear SRG Air Vest Product Manager Darren Jackson to talk about how their new air vest works, who should use them, what injuries they stop, what's the AI in it, is it built specially for motocross and enduro and what it does differently to other air vests?

We chat with SX1 Champ Dean Wilson about his dominant season and also talk with Ryder Kingsford about his SX2 title and if he will be riding with his brother on the same team next year.

We speak with Mobius founder Scott Watanabe about the effectiveness of knee braces and wrist braces and if they will help in the event of a serious knee injury. We also ask him who the wrist brace is actually for? Is it for those recovering from wrist surgery or can it be used as a preventative measure?

In this episode we catch up with Aussie hard enduro freak Will Riordan to talk about Wildwood, the US hard enduro scene and he drops a bombshell on us and announces his retirement live on the show!

We got privateer legend and top-finishing Yamaha rider Dylan wills on the podcast this week to wrap the AUSX Open in Melbourne with supercross commentator Danny Ham, Jeff Briggs and ADB Ed Mitch Lees. Willsy talks about racing the Lawrences, doing the whole track in second gear, lining up with his buddy Matt Moss and admitting to not feeling bad about taking out good mate Hayden Melross if he had to... lol. It's a cracker this week so much insightful stuff so have a listen.

We sit down with 2025, Dakar Champ, 2025 World Rally Champ and ADB columnist Daniel "Chucky" Sanders to talk about how he went from 8th to 1st in one year at Dakar, what was wrong with he rally bike that he needed to change, what goes on behind the scenes at the Dakar Rally and how it all went down when KTM pulled back on their Rally teams.