Arguably the hardest working man in motocross, high flying Axell Hodges has been busy being out and about this winter.
On the road and up in the air with his Slay’s World Tour program as well holding it all down at his SLAYGROUND riding facility in Southern California, Hodges has been keeping busy airing out his Monster Energy-powered Kawasaki KX450 and creating media content for millions of moto fans the world over.
A rider and motocross athlete with his own way of doing things, Hodges has amassed massive social media numbers, millions of wide-eyed moto enthusiasts the word over who eat up absolutely everything the California daredevil posts up.
Having recently performed FMX demonstrations at the Southern California Monster Energy AMA Supercross rounds, Hodges is now back stationed at the SLAYGROUND compound and dreaming and scheming up his next big air Slay’s World high adventure.
Hodges recently took a break from his day-to-day high adventures to bring us up to speed on his antics and frequent flayer travels Take it away Axell.
“I’m actually at home right now,” pointed out Hodges from the SLAYGROUND compound outside of San Diego. “I recently did Anaheim 2 demos and went riding at some local dirt bike tracks and then I went to Twitch’s (Jeremy Stenberg)house. I’ve also been having some disk problems in my back these last couple of weeks. I’ve been trying to kind of resolve that and get my back better. I’m 29 years old and my back is hurting.
“We ended off the year pretty heavy with that Slay’s World Tour and just being on the road riding for fans all over. Then there was all the editing we did for that and there was just constant work out at my property at the SLAYGROUND. Yeah, if it’s not one thing, it’s another thing. I’m constantly on the move and it’s taken a toll on my body. I think it’s all even come from driving. I ride all day and then I drive home and I’m sitting a slouch. I need to fix my posture.”
Hodges’ riding, creativity and even jump building is ceaseless.
“Yeah, it never really stops either,” explained Hodges of his around the clock high adventures. “I’m trying to ride and then I’ve been working on my YouTube channel a lot lately. Just for my personal channel and then it is just constant editing work. I come home and edit and then try to stay on top of everything. I’m maintaining the SLAYGROUND property and keeping everything running there and working on jumps. Then we’re traveling and doing shows.
“There is always something going on. I’ve done a little bit of stunt work lately, too. I just did a Harry Styles music video that’s coming up. I got to do a stunt double scene for that. I’m always constantly trying to do things that are different and are fun and I can make money while doing it. I just love all aspects of dirt bike riding dirt bikes and filming.
“The Slay’s World is something we did last year and continued on into 2026,” continued Hodges. “We got our box trailer loaded up. I brought three mountain bikes, two 110s, a 230, my quad, three 450s and all of our snowboards. Honestly, we were in over our heads. We brought so much stuff.
“At the end of the day, though, I just wanted to ride my dirt bikes. We started off going snowboarding in Mount Hood, Oregon. We went to Washougal and went to the National and watched the races. We rode with Josh Hill and got the track private. We rode sand dunes in Oregon. They were incredible sand dunes. The dunes were so cool. It was kind of a bit harder to find big jumps up there, but the scenery and everything was so cool.”
“We got all the videos up from the road trip,” furthered Hodges. “The last video went up the last week of December of 2025. Yeah, that was the first time we did a road trip tour like that. I had myself, my two buddies plus my dad. I thought my dad was going to be the driver for the trip, but I ended up doing most of the driving because he was so sketchy behind the wheel.
“We all got in an RV and hit the West Coast. We started off up in Oregon and then made our way back down to Encinitas. We went riding and mountain biking and we snowboarded. It was just kind of the dream tour I’ve always wanted to do since I was a little kid. I got to do it with my two buddies and my dad.”
And Axell Hodges just keeps right on moving.
“Next week I’m working with this guy Barry Keoghan,” said Hodges. “He’s a movie star and they’ve got some movie coming out called Crime 101. I got linked up with him because he wanted to learn how to ride dirt bikes for this movie. He’s like a biker bank robber in the movie. He also wanted me to do some videos for him to help promote the Crime 101 movie they have coming out. It’s Hollywood stuff. I might go to that premiere next week.
“We’re talking to them right now. He can’t go, so they want me wear a helmet and kind of show up at the premiere and act like I’m him. I like doing the stunt work. I’ve got my SAG card now. I’ve been doing some stunt work with Dave Castillo. He’s always kind of had my back and got me a couple of jobs here and there to do some stunt work.”
