Haiden Deegan on Max Anstie Incident: “I’ll go tell him sorry. Whether he takes it or not… but it wasn’t on purpose”

You are probably exhausted by now with the Haiden Deegan/Max Anstie chatter. If you are reading this here website on your web browser, you 1000000000% know what happened Saturday night in San Diego in the 250 main event. You’ve listened to the 1 million podcasts out there now about it and now, you want to hear straight from the rider.

If you missed it, here is what Anstie had to say and what Boogie Dawg thought about it. You KNOW this is a big deal when Boogie returns from the dead just to blog about it. Yet, here we are in 2026 and talking about something that would get far less traction had one of the riders last named not been Deegan.

In the post-race media scrum, Deegan said the move wasn’t intentional, but that he’s ready if Anstie decides to retaliate.

“Yeah. I mean, it wasn’t really a dirty, dirty move. It wasn’t intentional that way, which I mean, retaliation, this, that, or whatever, I’m always ready for anything and we’re racing dirt bikes. So, if that’s what it comes down to, it comes down to that and hopefully it doesn’t need to.

“I’m going to go talk to him and try and clear the air because it truly wasn’t intentional. But I mean, its racing dirt bikes, right? So, if that happens, it happens and I’m ready for it.”

Following the race, fans booed Deegan as he approached the podium following his win, which Deegan responded to post-race.

“I’ve seen videos of Kobe Bryant getting booed, so it’s, they’re booing the guy that’s winning. That’s how it goes sometimes. And I don’t know, this world may have gone a little soft, but it was really not intentional to take Max out. When you race supercross, you go up the inside like that, a guy will go to cut down. And all I did was try and cut down with him and ended up getting his front wheel. And yeah, I’ll go tell him sorry. Whether he takes it or not, but it wasn’t on purpose. So, it was a good night though, and that’s all that matters.”

Stay tuned, as I doubt this is the end of all this.

2 Comments

  1. HE IS IN THE DANGER ZONE AND ALWAYS SO ALL THE HATERS THAT DONT LIKE DEEGAN YOUR LOST THAT YOU DONT LIKE A CHAMPION THAT IS IN MOTOCROSS/SUPERCROSS
    AND THAT IS IN THE DANGER ZONE

  2. AND NOBODY NICKNAME IS LIKE HAIDENS AND HE IS A GREAT RIDER AND ALL THE HATERS ARE SAYING BAD STUFF AT HIM HE IS 20 YEARS OLD HE WANTED TO DO THIS WHEN HE WAS 4 YEARS OLD AND THATS CRAZY THAT THERE SAYING STUFF WHEN THIS WAS HIS DREAM AND IT STILL IS AND HE IS DOING GREAT

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