Bubba’s World | Season 2 Episode 1 | The Injury

In the Season 2 premiere, James “Bubba” Stewart returns from a rejuvenating summer break, eager to dominate the 2010 Supercross season. After a triumphant win at the Anaheim opener, his momentum is abruptly halted during the second race in Phoenix, where a crash leads to a potentially career-ending injury. The episode delves into the immediate aftermath—medical consultations, travel, and tough decisions—highlighting the challenges James faces as he grapples with the uncertainty of his racing future.

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I have to tell the father. I have
to tell you that I will not compete. I won’t be around when they talk. I don’t think I will compete again. – Like? – I don’t think I’ll compete. – Why?
– I don’t feel like competing anymore. What do you mean by that?
That’s what we know how to do. Are you going to give
up to sit on the couch? None of that.
I already have some adventures planned. I want you to have fun. I want you to relax and
step away from racing because the more you forget about
them, the stronger you will be next year. Don’t do that, it’s stupid! How many Motocross champions does it take to pull a crocodile? You don’t. I’m very worried about
James getting injured. Right now they’re looking to
see who can get injured faster. If he gets injured, no one gets paid. That’s how things work here. I’ve never felt so
nervous about something. It’s the last thing you have to do.
We’re just thinking about you. He’s the boss, he can do what he wants. You don’t have to
participate in the X-Games. It’s not too late to give up. Ladies and gentlemen, James Stewart! Anything can happen. We have a low.
Stewart dropped to the floor. We always instilled the
value of money in James. I will buy this house.
It will be my dream home. I’m annoyed with this. We try to advise you,
but it almost never works. If James had a party and girls
were running around the house, I’d probably kick him out. They have a big orgy in the
house, and that’s not good. The fun is over, it’s time to get to work. It’s ready to compete again. He said, ‘I feel very comfortable here. I’m ready and missing you’. He sees racing as his first priority, but this summer’s break
has done him a lot of good. Do you like the chicken rare or well done? He’s been away long enough.
Now, it’s full of desire. This is the beginning. It will start. Drives a new motorcycle, bought a house. Is ready. You are 100% ready. We bring you a refreshed,
recovered, and lucid James. He is the best athlete in
the sport at the moment. – Are you okay, friend? – You’re his idol. My earliest childhood
memory is riding a motorcycle. We were poor and my
parents sacrificed everything for me to take up Motocross. We had a plot of land, in
the middle of the ghetto. I grew up with all the
races I won and I won a lot. Today, I am the best
Motocross rider in the world, the fastest man on the planet and the first African-American
champion of the sport. But last year I was excluded from the
season due to a serious injury and I ended up losing my place at the top. This summer I’m getting ready to win the championship again. I’m James Stewart but
they call me ‘Bubba’. I don’t doubt that everyone remembers him.
It’s James Stewart, nn. 1. We prepare for six months to win 17 races. We focus on one race at a time. We prepare for the
riders and for the jumps, but when we go to the track to compete, we forget everything and run.
It is instinct that prevails. Let’s do this. Ready… Anaheim 1. Let’s do it. It’s Dungey who starts first. This is what we all wanted to see.
It will be a great battle. Stewart still hasn’t managed
to get close to Dungey. I think he came in more nervous because everyone expected him to win. He can’t leave here without a victory. It’s now that James has to
step up to master these guys. You don’t need to be a scientist
to know who’s a favorite to win. If he doesn’t, everyone will
say, ‘What happened to James?’ If you can, you won’t be surprised. James is the expected winner. I feel a lot of pressure. It’s something
people don’t see and it’s too much. Here’s a more mature James Stewart. The removal did him good. Well, I think many doubted
my taste for the sport. I chose not to run last year. Instead, I wanted to have
a little fun in the summer and do some things
I’ve never done in my life because I’ve always been into racing. 2010 was excellent. James is starting to show himself. It was two seconds faster on this lap. – Did cross-country in the ditch. – Yes. Look at James’ commitment. Amazing. The crowd is surrendered. A lot of people say the only
way to beat James Stewart is if James Stewart falls. That’s all they say about me,
but they pay to watch me run. Made a mistake. Notice how James approaches
from the outside. Make a shortcut. I don’t think anyone
can match him right now. We have a battle for the lead
at Anaheim 1. Three laps to go. You are used to this. Stewart tries to overtake and holds on. It was 4 seconds late, a
series of laps to go through, and it ate them alive. – Absolutely. It’s absolutely incredible. They have two Supercross tracks, a small mini-bike track
and an outdoor track. I consider it a golf course. To me, this is a motorcycle golf course, so I want it perfect. Rules are rules.
Big James does not forgive. Rule nn.1: don’t mess with my prototype. – Look over there… – Say? Who broke the headlight on my prototype? Don’t step on the grass. You mean to tell me I
can’t practice on grass? Get away from my store. For some reason, Bub loves to roam the grassy area
that runs all the way to the house. I’m fanatical about my
grass because it’s my job and it’s proof of the quality of my work. Last season, he was playing video
games, tubing, clowning around, and behaving like his little brother. What are you doing today, Mal? – I have a week’s vacation. – No. I ‘ll play video games. Well, it’s good that you’re working.
You have to do something, you lost 2 days. No. You’ll see when daddy arrives.
I will ask you to take care of the matter. – Don’t tell him anything.
– I’ll tell you. Malcolm… …turn the game off! – No! Was you? Bad? This season, the spotlight was on Malcolm. Lose weight. Full stop. So we decided to hire
a trainer for Malcolm. He’s growing taller and slimmer
and he’s focused on racing. With the support of James
and the people we know, he will enter professional competitions. It’s up to Malcolm to
succeed, just like James did. People are starting to call and ask me what I’m going to do next year? I get phone calls and stuff like that. My year is starting.
I know what his early years were like. He did it with enthusiasm.
Maybe I’m similar. I will dominate this complex. believe. Eric Sorby is a French driver who competed on the
professional circuit in the past. They are good friends. After being kicked out of the mansion… Do you want me to cook you dinner? My… Eric, what is this? – What happened? – I don’t hit one. – What was that? – Like? You don’t. I wish James would let me go back and be a good friend and live by the lake. I think I piss off Big James, every day, basically. He doesn’t like us stepping on the grass.
I do not know why. I suppose there is no grass in France, so he likes to run and practice on it.
This irritates me greatly. NEXT… – Listen up… – What’s up? Who has been practicing on my turf? I saw you practicing on the grass a
little while ago, and the bike went down. If my father sees you,
he’ll be furious, man. The goddamn gate won’t open
and he drives on the grass every day. Daily. Do it daily, but don’t get caught. Eric drives a lot on the grass.
Do it by imitation. I saw my brother do it and imitated him.
Then Sorby does it and gets caught. – Listen up… – What’s going on? Who has been practicing on my turf? – It was not me. – Like this? There’s a mark in the area
where you stepped on it. I saw the marks, I saw the marks and
you know what? I saw you practice there. To be honest, I found it very funny
because he understands what I feel, since I deal with King Kong, daily. Yes, but the gate does not open. I don’t care, jump the gate.
Don’t practice on my turf. If there’s one thing you won’t
do, it’s destroy the terrain. Do I have to repeat it? It was he who started it. Drive there daily. You too, Junior.
Don’t step on the damn grass. When you arrived here I thought…
I was a little scared. No wonder. It looks like King
Kong when there are no bananas. Sonya, I’m hungry! When we finished last season, I wanted to dedicate myself to accounting.
I was doing that degree. Big James’ idea of ??my studies… Sonya, Sonya, Sonya, Sonya! I’m hungry. Yes, it is very difficult
to get to study here. Can you make me a sandwich, please? I dedicate myself entirely to the boys, but I have to break it where I can. Eventually, I’d like to
go out and do my thing. balls. Anaheim ran beautifully. He won. – It’s absolutely incredible. – Yes. It’s amazing. It’s going to be a long and fun season, so I want to thank the people at Red Bull. I’m looking forward to going to Phoenix. I’m much better than I was last year. Went to Phoenix. It felt good.
Everything was right. Sometimes we get unlucky, man. Let’s do this.
I still haven’t seen Stewart up front. He said, ‘This is not good.
It’s with the bikers’. I saw him emerge and make a jump. Suddenly it landed and
someone landed on it. Stewart dropped to the floor. It was a hard fall and
James didn’t get up. He wanted to do a triple jump. Then it swerved slightly,
but the other swerved too and landed right on the
back of James’ motorcycle. Great flight!
It landed right on top of him. It was an accident and none of
them were to blame, but it happened. I think James suffered the most.
It was not good. At first it seemed like a dream. I thought, ‘This isn’t
real, this isn’t real’. Then I remember being crouched
and not being able to breathe. I tried to move and felt
a sharp pain in my wrist. At that moment, I realized
that I was very hurt. Anaheim ran beautifully. He won. It’s absolutely incredible. Went to Phoenix. It felt good. Sometimes we get unlucky, man. Stewart dropped to the floor. It was a hard fall.
This could change everything. When I fell, I felt that
everything was on top of me and that we were all injured.
It wasn’t just falling and hurting myself. I got up and saw the faces of my
dad and Larry and everyone else. I seem to have let them all down. You know what? This guy is tough and those grimaces
are a sign that he’s in a lot of pain. In a way, I don’t think James wanted to
know if he had a broken wrist. ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC I said, ‘Well, I’m going to
the doctor just to rest you , and if the X-ray is
negative, I’ll be fine.’ Let’s see your exams. This is the scaphoid bone and I don’t see any fractures. It was one of those
situations where I thought: ‘Cool, it’s not broken, so
let’s compete, let’s compete’. I called my parents and told everyone, ‘Listen, it’s not broken,
we’ll do the next race.’ But in my subconscious, I
knew something wasn’t right, but it was one of those moments
where I thought, ‘I’m all right’. As such, he went to Anaheim 2 and
put up with the pain during the race, but it cost him more than he anticipated. You have to think that this 20-lap race will be tough for James Stewart. Austin Stroupe takes the lead,
but here comes James Stewart! He held on and did the best he could, but the pain was stronger
than he had anticipated. See how resistant it is.
You have to hold that steering wheel and feel the bumps of the loops. The Anaheim crowd surrenders to Josh Hill when he steals the lead from Stewart. Here comes James! Nearly misses Dungey on that inside turn. It got to the point
where he couldn’t take it anymore and
accelerated at full throttle. Stewart almost loses her grip
when she accelerates that 450cc. I’ve seen my brother run in pain. We hold on to a point
until we start to give in. If any rider had been in his
place, he would have given up or finished behind the top 10, probably. JAMES’ PRIVATE JET A lot of things crossed my mind. As I mentioned, I let a
rookie win the Supercross title. When I went for a run
and fell, I got injured. I knew I was injured
when I was on the floor. I knew that, but I tried to
overtake him, after all I’ve done, losing a whole season and
getting injured in the second race. JAMES’ NEW HOUSE When I knocked, I felt a sharp
pain in the hand that caught my arm. As I mentioned, it looked a
little worse than a wrist strain. I wanted to compete, so I was hoping it was just a stretch and could improve. Larry is the team leader. I told her that her wrist hurt a
little more than I had anticipated, but the X-ray showed no fracture. Well, I think we all realized that you
were hurting more than you anticipated. – It hurts more than a strain. – Yes. That pain you feel. You have to get an MRI, you know? They’ve done an X-ray and
nothing came of it, you know? It didn’t show much, but there is
something that is not quite right. ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC I had the opportunity to see the MRI… … and the bone is broken. – The bone is broken. – Then. He found that the bone was broken. It’s the worst bone you
can break in your wrist. The reason we did the MRI is because this bone is very problematic. Blood flow to the bone starts here and then reverses. If the bone fractures, blood flow can be cut off and this would kill part
of the fractured area. If you ride motorcycles and make movements that
cause vibration and wear, cutting off the blood supply
to the bone, it will disintegrate, causing arthritis and
pain in the wrist forever. I think it needs treatment. If you don’t treat it, I think
it could destroy your career. It was hard for me to hear someone
say: ‘You have to treat your wrist’. I was devastated, but in my subconscious, I
already knew this would happen. It’s painful. I could never do
another 15 races in this state. What will be the treatment? It will have to be operated on. If we put in a small
screw to tighten the bone, it won’t be able to move. Think a spike is the solution? I think it’s the only option in his case. If we don’t stabilize the fracture, the flow of blood to the bone is
in serious danger of being cut. There are two problems with
this: the fracture will not heal and the damaged area will die. It’s a serious injury. Well, we have no alternative. My season is over. It was perhaps the year
when I was better prepared and we ended up with an
injury in the second race. We can’t take another summer off.
Last year was a drought. If it were up to me, I’d
be competing right now. Screw my wrist. I don’t give a damn. – Gotta practice, man. – No, you can’t. You’ve waited too long.
Have a little more patience, son. When James suffers an injury like this, he likes to let all the sponsors know, give them news about his pulse and an estimate of when
he will return to racing. I broke the navicular bone. That’s not what I wanted to hear. This injury has already ended the
careers of many Motocross riders. People don’t understand, man. I am a pilot and that
was the education I had. – What are you doing? – Changing plates. – I’m still number one. – How long? Those few weeks turned into long months. It could take between three and six months or we could be fixed forever. Yes, I’m James Stewart. I am myself. Here it is in front of you.
I will be the next n.1. I don’t think Malcolm accepts the fact that he won’t be James Stewart. He’s the best athlete
in our sport right now. Sometimes James doesn’t
know what to do anymore. A doctor says, ‘You can compete’.
Another says: ‘Can’t’. Yet another says, ‘Maybe…’ You weren’t expecting this, right? Put on your gear so we can practice, but you won’t be sitting down today. Did you give him some flight instructions? Not many. Try to put yourself more in the center. I just want to silence a lot of people. I train a lot and work harder than anyone and that’s what frustrates me. It’s hard to say, but
we are no longer nn.1. Ryan Dungey did it.
The rookie is the champion! Whatever it takes. Now we are doing well. To be continued. You are always looking for a
reason to motivate yourself. Let’s see. James Stewart is not finished.
He’s starting. Never give up on your dream. He is always willing to win. Well, James, this is the final step. They know what works.
James knows what works. Many people doubt me.
I have to prove them. My brother’s career may be over. Translation and subtitling
Vanda Rosário / DIALECTUS