Inside FMX Legends: Pro Coaching & Rider Progression with Adam Jones & Levi Sherwood

FMX Legends, founded by freestyle motocross icons Adam Jones and Levi Sherwood, is reshaping the future of the sport through elite coaching, mentorship, and community connection. With programs available both digitally and in person across the globe, FMX Legends is dedicated to helping the next generation of riders progress faster, ride smarter, and stay safer.

With over 25 years of experience each, Sherwood and Jones bring unmatched credentials to the table, including X Games gold medals, X-Fighters championships, and Nitro World Games titles. But FMX Legends isn’t about accolades, it’s about passing on hard-earned knowledge to help riders reach their full potential.

We recently sat down with Adam Jones to get a deeper look at the vision behind FMX Legends.

Q&A

What’s the main goal of FMX Legends — is it about safety, progression, community, or something else?
The goal of FMX legends is actually all of those things combined. Most importantly we think that Freestyle Motocross can be safer than it has been. Using new technology, and also guidance from those who have been there/done that, we think we can help riders progress quickly, and safely…or at least much more safely than it was for us when we were just winging it. It’s also about the community. The fmx community is a pretty small community, so we thought it would be great to have a place where freestylers from all over the world can connect, share their journeys, and grow together.

How do you envision FMX Legends helping the next generation of FMX riders?
I think the roadmap for fmx has been unclear over the past few years. There hasn’t been too many seasoned pros who have stepped out to help the upcoming generation, and without anyone to help you get started it is a very intimidating journey. We hope to guide those who want to chase a career in FMX in the right direction, helping them to make the right moves, and avoid some pitfalls that we learned the hard way from.

What kind of resources or content can riders expect to find on FMX Legends?
Content wise, fmx legends will have a video tutorial of every known FMX trick by the end of the year, and aside from that we will also have mindset classes, bike tech, ramp tech, Mastermind Livestreams, and a special series called “The Learning Curve”. We will also have all essential resources available on the site, and the ability for all our members to save money on these essential resources. For instance, if you want to get started in fmx…good luck trying to find out how to get a good modified subframe. Well, at fmx legends, we connected you directly with the best guy in that business, and he even provided a discount for our members because he is an advocate for the freestyle motocross community as well.

Do you feel like today’s up-and-coming riders face different challenges than when you started out?
Absolutely, the challenges now is the road map like I said. When I was a kid you just chased the beated path to X Games, and from there you tried your hardest to do good. If you did good, you were a success and the money just flowed in. Today it is a lot different than that and guys have a lot of different options as to whether they want to be show riders, free riders, or chase what’s left of the contest scene. There is a way to do each one of those, and do each one successfully, but if youre going in blind its a 50/50 chance as to whether or not you pull it off in the best possible way.

How do you personally stay involved in the coaching or mentoring process?
Ive been lucky enough to have a few local kids who have wanted to come out and try freestyle at my compound, and I was able to help them safely hit their first ramp. Believe it or not, that is a pretty big ask at my riding spot haha…my dirt landing is not very forgiving, and not the best for amateurs, so I have to be very selective with who I let rider. I think it may be time to make an investment into the practice spot and get myself a shiny new DD Airbag!

How important is safe progression and proper technique in a sport like FMX, and how does your platform reinforce that?
Safe progression is so important in what we are doing. Me and my whole generation of riders had so many crashes that were based solely on inexperience. They were things we just didnt know to expect, so we went in to them blind. With me and Levi knowing about most of these pitfalls we can help. Sometimes its as simple as telling guys to limit their sessions to 20 minutes on the bike at the time, that way you dont experience mental fatigue and make an easily avoidable mistake that results in you hitting the ground. We want these guys to have long careers in the sport, so if we can help them do this a little safer than that is going to be the best way to do it. This is also where airbags come in handy for the learning process. We want our guys learning on airbags and having the chance of making a huge mistake that results in a big crash, but having a good possibility of walking away from that crash because of the airbag. Things like this can change the whole trajectory of our sport, and I am stoked about it!