I had my knee surgery about a week ago, on October 24th, and I can't move very much. This knee machine does most of my movements of my day for me! Tough life, I know..
I'll be back in action next summer or fall. In the meantime, I'm going to continue watching a bunch of youtube videos of pogo sticking and skateboarding. I might learn something in college, too, who knows?
See ya!
-Greg
Friday, November 2, 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
My Summer Part 2
This is a little video I threw together while laying on the couch, unable to really do anything. My summer was going pretty good until I tore my ACL. The surgery I had to repair it also didn't go well, as my meniscus pieces in there caused too much inflammation for the doctor to perform the procedure. My meniscus was all cleaned up, though.
Since the summer's pretty much over, I'm going to start college and see how that goes.
Later! Enjoy the video, which features Elis Sassi and Shane Cobb.
-Greg
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Lena Trials
Hey everybody! This weekend I went out to Lena, IL to do some trials! Despite my injured knee, I felt that I could safely ride trials because of the low speeds and low impacts. So there we went, barely getting there in time for sign up on Saturday.
Saturday didn't go as well as Sunday for me. I don't really ride any trials other than at the events, so Saturday could be considered my warm-up day. Saturday's sections were pretty tough, as they always are. Between riding, I would be one of the scorers, so I got some experience in that. I ended off the day with 39 points in 6th place. But it was fun riding all day! My knee did give out twice, though, one of them being while I got over confident and ran and jumped a little. Oops.
We slept in Shane's pick-up truck overnight. That was quite an experience, for sure. Lucky for me, I didn't have seat-belt buckles poking out at me like my dad did. :P
Sunday went well. I don't know if the sections were that much easier, but I finished the day with 23 points and in 3rd place, 1 point behind 2nd! It was pretty cool.
Later gators.
-Greg
Saturday didn't go as well as Sunday for me. I don't really ride any trials other than at the events, so Saturday could be considered my warm-up day. Saturday's sections were pretty tough, as they always are. Between riding, I would be one of the scorers, so I got some experience in that. I ended off the day with 39 points in 6th place. But it was fun riding all day! My knee did give out twice, though, one of them being while I got over confident and ran and jumped a little. Oops.
We slept in Shane's pick-up truck overnight. That was quite an experience, for sure. Lucky for me, I didn't have seat-belt buckles poking out at me like my dad did. :P
Sunday went well. I don't know if the sections were that much easier, but I finished the day with 23 points and in 3rd place, 1 point behind 2nd! It was pretty cool.
Later gators.
-Greg
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Some trials pics
Here are some pictures from the trials events I've done this year. Some are from Byron, and the others are from the 2 day event at Polo. Check out more trials pictures at
http://www.nitrotrials.com/Nitro/Home.html
That's where I got these from!
-Greg
http://www.nitrotrials.com/Nitro/Home.html
That's where I got these from!
-Greg
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Ponca City: Day 1
Today was the commencement of the racing at the Ponca City national. Some good racing has gone on for sure. My buddy Shane Cobb had the fourth moto of the day, in which he got 15th or so. Ponca has some pretty long motos going on for every class. 10 lap motos in 100 degree heat is not easy.
My first Collegeboy moto was today, race number 13. It's safe to say that I was a bit nervous, but once the gate dropped it was just another race. I spun like crap off the concrete start. The last time I practiced concrete starts was at MTF a couple years ago. After my start I just tried picking people off and keeping it on two-wheels.
I passed some people and was in 11th place. My favorite pass was when I jumped past someone on the huge triple. Yeah!!
It seemed like the race was never going to end. My dad showed me that I had two laps left, so I knew I just had to keep focused for about 4 more minutes. There's this one jump that's a single-tabletop. I was jumping all the way over it and railing the berm afterwards. There was some mud between the landing and the turn.
Luck would have it that I jumped a little bit too wide and lost traction with my front wheel in the mud, which caused me to lose control and do a superman on my bike! I crashed like that in the superman position...
It took me a couple kicks to get the bike going again, and I was feeling soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooohot!!!
My crash caused me to get lapped, and all I had to do was finish off the lap to finish. When I got off the track the officials pulled off the first 10 bikes, and I was one of them. I got the VIP treatment with cold water and wet towels. Oh my god, I needed that so badly...
I finished 16th in that moto.
I don't have any more motos today because they're only going up to moto 26, which is what you get when every moto is 10 laps long!
Shane's getting a good workout today, doing three motos. I'm going to have the same privilege tomorrow!
Later. -Greg
My first Collegeboy moto was today, race number 13. It's safe to say that I was a bit nervous, but once the gate dropped it was just another race. I spun like crap off the concrete start. The last time I practiced concrete starts was at MTF a couple years ago. After my start I just tried picking people off and keeping it on two-wheels.
I passed some people and was in 11th place. My favorite pass was when I jumped past someone on the huge triple. Yeah!!
It seemed like the race was never going to end. My dad showed me that I had two laps left, so I knew I just had to keep focused for about 4 more minutes. There's this one jump that's a single-tabletop. I was jumping all the way over it and railing the berm afterwards. There was some mud between the landing and the turn.
Luck would have it that I jumped a little bit too wide and lost traction with my front wheel in the mud, which caused me to lose control and do a superman on my bike! I crashed like that in the superman position...
It took me a couple kicks to get the bike going again, and I was feeling soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooohot!!!
My crash caused me to get lapped, and all I had to do was finish off the lap to finish. When I got off the track the officials pulled off the first 10 bikes, and I was one of them. I got the VIP treatment with cold water and wet towels. Oh my god, I needed that so badly...
I finished 16th in that moto.
I don't have any more motos today because they're only going up to moto 26, which is what you get when every moto is 10 laps long!
Shane's getting a good workout today, doing three motos. I'm going to have the same privilege tomorrow!
Later. -Greg
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Ponca City: practice day
Today was the practice day at Ponca City, and it was a hot one! Every class got 20 minutes of practice, and it went all day because there are so many classes. I had three.
In my first practice I noticed how fun the track is! Some big jumps, coupled with fun turns, make the track awesome. The whoops are pretty tough, too.
With the temperature being about 105 everyday, it's really hard to ride after being out there for a little while. Just gotta push through it. Luckily there's a nice, cold shower right by where we're parked. Yayyyy!
Looks like I'm going to have one moto tomorrow. And I won't wear black gear like I did today!
Oh, we ate some chicken CobbNuggets, as well. They're CobbNuggets because they're in Shane's freezer, boo ya.
-Greg Sassi Sassinator #43
In my first practice I noticed how fun the track is! Some big jumps, coupled with fun turns, make the track awesome. The whoops are pretty tough, too.
With the temperature being about 105 everyday, it's really hard to ride after being out there for a little while. Just gotta push through it. Luckily there's a nice, cold shower right by where we're parked. Yayyyy!
Looks like I'm going to have one moto tomorrow. And I won't wear black gear like I did today!
Oh, we ate some chicken CobbNuggets, as well. They're CobbNuggets because they're in Shane's freezer, boo ya.
-Greg Sassi Sassinator #43
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Ponca City trip
This year I got another opportunity that I just couldn't pass up. After several long days at work, my dad and I are going to Ponca City! We're going down to Georgia first and picking up Shane Cobb. Actually, we're gonna basically empty the Sassinator van and pile our stuff into Shane's fun mover.
It's 1000 miles down to Shane's house. We're tackling that drive right now. Then we have another 1000 mile drive back up to Oklahoma. Fun stuff!
I've never been to a big race like that in the middle of the summer, so I don't know how I'm going to do in the heat, but I'm assuming I'll be ok, as long as there's a kiddy pool available!
I'm currently signed up to do 450 B stock, Collegeboy, and 4-stroke open. My 450 is gonna get plenty of action this week, which I'm pumped for! Oh, and I'm going to be number 43 once again, instead of the big ol' number 1.
From videos I've seen, it looks like Ponca is hard-packed and rough, almost like where I practice every week, so I'm feeling pretty confident in that aspect. But I won't know what it's like until I'm there actually riding.
Unfortunately Ponca Is during the same time as the Lake County Fair. That means I won't be racing At the fair this year. I really like that race, but I have to try out Ponca as well. Oh well!
Catcha later. I'll be watching the monotonous road pass by for the next couple of days!
It's 1000 miles down to Shane's house. We're tackling that drive right now. Then we have another 1000 mile drive back up to Oklahoma. Fun stuff!
I've never been to a big race like that in the middle of the summer, so I don't know how I'm going to do in the heat, but I'm assuming I'll be ok, as long as there's a kiddy pool available!
I'm currently signed up to do 450 B stock, Collegeboy, and 4-stroke open. My 450 is gonna get plenty of action this week, which I'm pumped for! Oh, and I'm going to be number 43 once again, instead of the big ol' number 1.
From videos I've seen, it looks like Ponca is hard-packed and rough, almost like where I practice every week, so I'm feeling pretty confident in that aspect. But I won't know what it's like until I'm there actually riding.
Unfortunately Ponca Is during the same time as the Lake County Fair. That means I won't be racing At the fair this year. I really like that race, but I have to try out Ponca as well. Oh well!
Catcha later. I'll be watching the monotonous road pass by for the next couple of days!
Saturday, July 7, 2012
My Sassi Summer 2012 video
Here's a little video I made of my summer so far this year. Check it out! Includes trials, mx, RedBud, skateboarding, and all sorts of randomness. It's kind of a chill song, so just sit back and relax. Yeahhhhhh.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Polo Trials Day 2
Today was my third time trying a trials event. And it went better than yesterday! It seemed like I was going to have a tough day after I scored a 5 on the first section, but things started rolling along pretty good.
There was one section where I crashed on two of my attempts, which wasn't so good. Aside from that negative, I had some really good positives by saving my scores several times. The hills were very loose, so once I got stuck, I thought it was pretty much impossible to get up it. But I used some technique I learned to just barely get up! I never thought I'd be so happy to get a 3...
With 73 points, I ended up getting 2nd place out of 8 guys! I'm pumped on that! The advanced class sections are rewarding to get through for sure.
I'll try to get some cool pics from the event up soon! I saw some that looked awesome.
See ya! -Greg
There was one section where I crashed on two of my attempts, which wasn't so good. Aside from that negative, I had some really good positives by saving my scores several times. The hills were very loose, so once I got stuck, I thought it was pretty much impossible to get up it. But I used some technique I learned to just barely get up! I never thought I'd be so happy to get a 3...
With 73 points, I ended up getting 2nd place out of 8 guys! I'm pumped on that! The advanced class sections are rewarding to get through for sure.
I'll try to get some cool pics from the event up soon! I saw some that looked awesome.
See ya! -Greg
Polo Trials Day 1
Hey everybody! This weekend I'm giving another go at trials. So far so good! I entered the advanced class and hoped for the best.
The first sections we went over seemed so difficult! I had to take some 5 scores... On the second section we did I looped out on a steep uphill. Fun! Another one had three really big logs we had to go over, and the real challenging one was the last one. I was pumped that I jumped on top of it and made it without crashing!
The riding turned out pretty awesome, and we had a bunch of free time afterwards. Almost too much free time! Apart from the cool riding, I thought the best part of this place is that it has a shower with warm water. Yes, warm water!
This place, pretty much right next to Ki Tracks, is almost paradise. Another day left tomorrow!
-Greg
The first sections we went over seemed so difficult! I had to take some 5 scores... On the second section we did I looped out on a steep uphill. Fun! Another one had three really big logs we had to go over, and the real challenging one was the last one. I was pumped that I jumped on top of it and made it without crashing!
The riding turned out pretty awesome, and we had a bunch of free time afterwards. Almost too much free time! Apart from the cool riding, I thought the best part of this place is that it has a shower with warm water. Yes, warm water!
This place, pretty much right next to Ki Tracks, is almost paradise. Another day left tomorrow!
-Greg
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Red Bud Regional: Sunday
Hey everybody! Today was the second and final day of the regional at Red Bud. There's good news and bad news. The good news is that I didn't crash at all! The bad news is that I also didn't ride that good all the time.
I had four motos. The first one was a Collegeboy moto. In that one I stalled my bike off the start (don't ask me how) and charged back up. I felt awesome riding in that one! I caught up to 29th, I think. I was happy with my ride, even though I didn't finish too good. The second moto was 450 B Mod. Mid-pack start, got passed by a bunch of guys. Finished 35th. For some reason I ride quite a bit better when nobody's by me. In that race I probably didn't ride too good because I saw at least two people get run over and at least five crash in the first four turns.
My sister and I rode bikes around and went to watch some of the other races in my free time. It's beautiful up on the hill!
My third Collegeboy moto didn't go that good, either. I thought I rode all right, but I guess not. Idk. Last race started from the back and passed some guys in the end.
Congrats to all the qualifiers!
Bye bye. -Greg
I had four motos. The first one was a Collegeboy moto. In that one I stalled my bike off the start (don't ask me how) and charged back up. I felt awesome riding in that one! I caught up to 29th, I think. I was happy with my ride, even though I didn't finish too good. The second moto was 450 B Mod. Mid-pack start, got passed by a bunch of guys. Finished 35th. For some reason I ride quite a bit better when nobody's by me. In that race I probably didn't ride too good because I saw at least two people get run over and at least five crash in the first four turns.
My sister and I rode bikes around and went to watch some of the other races in my free time. It's beautiful up on the hill!
My third Collegeboy moto didn't go that good, either. I thought I rode all right, but I guess not. Idk. Last race started from the back and passed some guys in the end.
Congrats to all the qualifiers!
Bye bye. -Greg
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Red Bud Regional: Saturday
This weekend is the weekend of the Loretta Lynn's regional qualifier at Red Bud! Some things have happened, mannn, some things have happened.
The track was super rough today, as usual. This roughness caused some action, for sure! I had the later motos of the day, so I got to just ride a bike around with my sister for half the day. When my first moto came up in the Collegeboy class, I raced a totally average mid-pack race! Well, almost totally average. I guess I was in 13th when it happened. By "it" I mean when I got kicked off my bike a little, whiskey throttled, and jumped a bunch of feet down a hill, almost to a tree. Oh, and I just crashed off my bike and was totally fine at the end of it! Oh boy, if anyone was watching, they sure got a cool show! So I finished 24th in that...
My 450 B Mod went a lot more averagely. Ya know, the average mid-pack start, the average racing, to a 14th place. Wheeeee, I made it to the other motos of 450 B!
Because of the crazy crash and finish I had in Collegeboy, I had to go to the last chance qualifier to make it to the next motos. But a second place start and a third in the race was pretty good! I got into the next races from it.
I had a lot of time to kill today, kind of. Thank goodness for bikes! That's everything exciting that happened today. More action tomorrow!
The track was super rough today, as usual. This roughness caused some action, for sure! I had the later motos of the day, so I got to just ride a bike around with my sister for half the day. When my first moto came up in the Collegeboy class, I raced a totally average mid-pack race! Well, almost totally average. I guess I was in 13th when it happened. By "it" I mean when I got kicked off my bike a little, whiskey throttled, and jumped a bunch of feet down a hill, almost to a tree. Oh, and I just crashed off my bike and was totally fine at the end of it! Oh boy, if anyone was watching, they sure got a cool show! So I finished 24th in that...
My 450 B Mod went a lot more averagely. Ya know, the average mid-pack start, the average racing, to a 14th place. Wheeeee, I made it to the other motos of 450 B!
Because of the crazy crash and finish I had in Collegeboy, I had to go to the last chance qualifier to make it to the next motos. But a second place start and a third in the race was pretty good! I got into the next races from it.
I had a lot of time to kill today, kind of. Thank goodness for bikes! That's everything exciting that happened today. More action tomorrow!
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Limestone 100 GNCC
Hello! This weekend, the last weekend of high school, I went to the Limestone 100 GNCC in Indiana. It was just a slight 5 hour drive down there. I didn't really know what I was going to do until Saturday night. It was between going to the Red Bud amateur race, or going to the GNCC.
I raced the 250 B class hoping to beat my finish from last time. My goal was to just not crash! And I almost did it, too! I got a mid-pack start and just tried keeping it on two wheels. I had a couple close calls, but I managed to stay up for the first 2 hours! The only bad thing that happened in the beginning was my camel-bak mouth piece coming off in the start. I just felt water pouring out of there... Luckily, physics was on my side and kept almost enough water in there for the whole race. Yay for physics!
I got kind of unraveled in the last two laps. I fell once in each lap and was just losing my flow. I started cramping up pretty badly. My right leg just wanted to stay! To compensate for that, I just stood up everywhere. The last lap was even worse with my arms, legs, and neck cramping up quite a bit.
I ended up getting 7th out of 14 in my class, which is better than last time! But just like last time, I don't feel so good..
See ya later, alligator! -Greg
I raced the 250 B class hoping to beat my finish from last time. My goal was to just not crash! And I almost did it, too! I got a mid-pack start and just tried keeping it on two wheels. I had a couple close calls, but I managed to stay up for the first 2 hours! The only bad thing that happened in the beginning was my camel-bak mouth piece coming off in the start. I just felt water pouring out of there... Luckily, physics was on my side and kept almost enough water in there for the whole race. Yay for physics!
I got kind of unraveled in the last two laps. I fell once in each lap and was just losing my flow. I started cramping up pretty badly. My right leg just wanted to stay! To compensate for that, I just stood up everywhere. The last lap was even worse with my arms, legs, and neck cramping up quite a bit.
I ended up getting 7th out of 14 in my class, which is better than last time! But just like last time, I don't feel so good..
See ya later, alligator! -Greg
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Dutch Mx qualifier
Hola! I had a jam-packed weekend and am pretty tired now. I had prom on Friday night, math team state on Saturday, and Dutch Mx Loretta Lynn's area qualifier on Sunday. This is accompanied by a lot of traveling! Total, I've been on the road for about 800 miles from Friday through Sunday.
After watching supercross on tv on saturday night, we left for Dutch Sports Park with Cody VanBuskirk. Cody and I got to sleep the whole way there, of course. Yet for some reason I don't feel bad for our dads. Hehe
I went there because I wanted to qualify for the regional at Red Bud. I tried in the Collegeboy and 450 B modified classes.
Dutch is a sandy and hard pack track. There were a lot of different lines to take, too. I think it's the ideal track for being able to pass people. This fact worked to my disadvantage a little, too.
My Collegeboy motos went all right. In the first moto I got a mid-pack start and rode to an 11th place. On the last lap I did a kind of banzai pass down a straight to get my 11th back! That was the highlight of that race for me. The second moto went very similarly, as I raced to a 12th overall. That was a more difficult class.
My 450 B mod motos went quite a bit better. The first one started with me almost getting the holeshot! I got an awesome jump on the gate and just pinned it. I stayed in second place for a while, but eventually got passed. So I got 5th! The second moto went almost as good, with a 7th. You wouldn't think it, but I got a 4th overall! I'm pumped on that!
Here are several fun facts from the weekend:
-There was lightning and was supposed to be rain (but thankfully didn't!).
-an almost dead bug was on the front of our van.
-a random guy came up to us and talked about his cinco de mayo party.
-the average rut count per turn = 4.
-an unfortunate 65cc kid crashed pretty hard while we were watching. Awwww.
-the best line is the inside line.
-did I mention ruts?
-number of cheeseburgers eaten: 1.5
-the choice of shower was the bike wash station.
-the water was cold. 8|
-number of crashes: 0!
-number of Motos I beat Cody: 1
-number of Motos Cody beat me: 3
-my bike is awesome!
-there were no fun facts beside the bug-almost-dead thing.
Thanks for reading my pointless fun facts! Next weekend: GNCC time!
See ya. -Greg
After watching supercross on tv on saturday night, we left for Dutch Sports Park with Cody VanBuskirk. Cody and I got to sleep the whole way there, of course. Yet for some reason I don't feel bad for our dads. Hehe
I went there because I wanted to qualify for the regional at Red Bud. I tried in the Collegeboy and 450 B modified classes.
Dutch is a sandy and hard pack track. There were a lot of different lines to take, too. I think it's the ideal track for being able to pass people. This fact worked to my disadvantage a little, too.
My Collegeboy motos went all right. In the first moto I got a mid-pack start and rode to an 11th place. On the last lap I did a kind of banzai pass down a straight to get my 11th back! That was the highlight of that race for me. The second moto went very similarly, as I raced to a 12th overall. That was a more difficult class.
My 450 B mod motos went quite a bit better. The first one started with me almost getting the holeshot! I got an awesome jump on the gate and just pinned it. I stayed in second place for a while, but eventually got passed. So I got 5th! The second moto went almost as good, with a 7th. You wouldn't think it, but I got a 4th overall! I'm pumped on that!
Here are several fun facts from the weekend:
-There was lightning and was supposed to be rain (but thankfully didn't!).
-an almost dead bug was on the front of our van.
-a random guy came up to us and talked about his cinco de mayo party.
-the average rut count per turn = 4.
-an unfortunate 65cc kid crashed pretty hard while we were watching. Awwww.
-the best line is the inside line.
-did I mention ruts?
-number of cheeseburgers eaten: 1.5
-the choice of shower was the bike wash station.
-the water was cold. 8|
-number of crashes: 0!
-number of Motos I beat Cody: 1
-number of Motos Cody beat me: 3
-my bike is awesome!
-there were no fun facts beside the bug-almost-dead thing.
Thanks for reading my pointless fun facts! Next weekend: GNCC time!
See ya. -Greg
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Byron Trials
Hey everybody! Today I competed in my first observed trials event! It was kind of a last minute decision. And it turned out to be a good one! One of the nice things about trials is that I don't have to get up as early to get there on time. So I got enough sleep and got to the course with perfect timing!
Everybody was really friendly there and the rules were easy to follow. There were 51 riders total with all the classes, which is a big turnout for trials, I guess! Soon my group and I were on our way.
In the first section I dabbed my foot three times going up this tricky hill-turn. It ended up being the most points I got in any single section! There was a line every time we got to a new section, which kind of sucked. But there wasn't anything to do about it, since we had to do all of the sections in order.
I ended up getting through most of the sections without much difficulty. Halfway through the third, and final, time through the sections it started raining. I'm not a weatherman, but any time rain starts hitting the ground means mud! And mud means limited traction, which means foot dabs and crashes! Uh oh. I was kind of getting worried. But I ended up being worried about nothing, since I actually had fewer faults in the muddy conditions! Just call me lucky. Or skilled. *ahem* ;)
Riding the trails out of the woods was also really fun. Just back and forth flowing everywhere! Doing that in the rain got me really muddy, though.
After I finished, I went back to a section and helped clean up everything. Another guy and I ended up cleaning two sections. It seemed like it was harder to get it out of there than riding over it was! But I wasn't complaining.
I ended up getting 3rd place out of 18 guys in the intermediate class. That's with only 9 points. I'm pumped on that! The day was a success!
-Greg
Everybody was really friendly there and the rules were easy to follow. There were 51 riders total with all the classes, which is a big turnout for trials, I guess! Soon my group and I were on our way.
In the first section I dabbed my foot three times going up this tricky hill-turn. It ended up being the most points I got in any single section! There was a line every time we got to a new section, which kind of sucked. But there wasn't anything to do about it, since we had to do all of the sections in order.
I ended up getting through most of the sections without much difficulty. Halfway through the third, and final, time through the sections it started raining. I'm not a weatherman, but any time rain starts hitting the ground means mud! And mud means limited traction, which means foot dabs and crashes! Uh oh. I was kind of getting worried. But I ended up being worried about nothing, since I actually had fewer faults in the muddy conditions! Just call me lucky. Or skilled. *ahem* ;)
Riding the trails out of the woods was also really fun. Just back and forth flowing everywhere! Doing that in the rain got me really muddy, though.
After I finished, I went back to a section and helped clean up everything. Another guy and I ended up cleaning two sections. It seemed like it was harder to get it out of there than riding over it was! But I wasn't complaining.
I ended up getting 3rd place out of 18 guys in the intermediate class. That's with only 9 points. I'm pumped on that! The day was a success!
-Greg
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Plainview Hare Scramble
Hola amigos! Today I was at the Plainview Hare Scramble, ran by WFO Promotions. It's a five hour drive down there from my house, so we left Saturday afternoon, after some sick mountain biking with Alec Denecke!
We arrived at about midnight, which seems to always be the worst time to arrive anywhere. Everything looks haunted and unstable at that time of day. There's a wooden bridge there that looks so old, but we didn't crash through it, so I guess it's fine.
It rained a little overnight, but I wasn't really worried. I thought the track would be fine by the time I got out there.
There I was, lined up with the other AA class riders, waiting for the rifle shot. Yes, I entered the AA class, hoping to win some $$$ back. As you will read, some circumstances prevented that from happening.
The start went ok. I think I was midpack, or a little toward the back. I wasn't getting dropped too bad, so I was happy! Well, happy until a little bit after the start. Ha. I crashed into a tree and pretty much ruined my front fender. And I hit my thigh pretty good in that crash (it still hurts to walk).
I got going from that and had another mishap on the first lap. I lost control and went into a bunch of smaller trees. Somehow I had one tree stuck between my front fender and wheel, and another tree stuck between my rear fender and wheel. It took me a while to get out of that one... Tugging and pulling.
And I couldn't just end the first lap without crashing another time! Ha.
Second lap: mindset of a new man. I now know the track. But not really.. I got to a creek crossing that was pretty deep in the middle. And where do you think I went? Yep, into the middle. I got stuck so bad. It felt impossible to get out. I pulled my bike up into a wheelie and tried pulling to the side with all my body weight. No cigar.
I could just leave the bike in a permanent wheelie at that time. Somehow I got the rear wheel free! Man, I didn't want to get stuck anymore. My hopes of an ok finishing position were out the window.
I got through the third lap without any major problems, so I was pumped on that! The fourth lap went almost as good, if it wouldn't have been for a tree rooted hill. I was stuck there for a little bit with another guy nearby stuck as well. When I got free I felt bad for leaving the other guy. Oh well.
So I finished 12th out of 14. Somehow two people had more mishaps than me!
The drive out of there was way more pleasant in the daylight. We drove through a town that had a brick road, so that was pretty cool.
Man, hare scramble's aren't that easy. But the fun part is finishing! Or is it the ride? Both. If you don't crash too much, that is.
See ya! -Greg
We arrived at about midnight, which seems to always be the worst time to arrive anywhere. Everything looks haunted and unstable at that time of day. There's a wooden bridge there that looks so old, but we didn't crash through it, so I guess it's fine.
It rained a little overnight, but I wasn't really worried. I thought the track would be fine by the time I got out there.
There I was, lined up with the other AA class riders, waiting for the rifle shot. Yes, I entered the AA class, hoping to win some $$$ back. As you will read, some circumstances prevented that from happening.
The start went ok. I think I was midpack, or a little toward the back. I wasn't getting dropped too bad, so I was happy! Well, happy until a little bit after the start. Ha. I crashed into a tree and pretty much ruined my front fender. And I hit my thigh pretty good in that crash (it still hurts to walk).
I got going from that and had another mishap on the first lap. I lost control and went into a bunch of smaller trees. Somehow I had one tree stuck between my front fender and wheel, and another tree stuck between my rear fender and wheel. It took me a while to get out of that one... Tugging and pulling.
And I couldn't just end the first lap without crashing another time! Ha.
Second lap: mindset of a new man. I now know the track. But not really.. I got to a creek crossing that was pretty deep in the middle. And where do you think I went? Yep, into the middle. I got stuck so bad. It felt impossible to get out. I pulled my bike up into a wheelie and tried pulling to the side with all my body weight. No cigar.
I could just leave the bike in a permanent wheelie at that time. Somehow I got the rear wheel free! Man, I didn't want to get stuck anymore. My hopes of an ok finishing position were out the window.
I got through the third lap without any major problems, so I was pumped on that! The fourth lap went almost as good, if it wouldn't have been for a tree rooted hill. I was stuck there for a little bit with another guy nearby stuck as well. When I got free I felt bad for leaving the other guy. Oh well.
So I finished 12th out of 14. Somehow two people had more mishaps than me!
The drive out of there was way more pleasant in the daylight. We drove through a town that had a brick road, so that was pretty cool.
Man, hare scramble's aren't that easy. But the fun part is finishing! Or is it the ride? Both. If you don't crash too much, that is.
See ya! -Greg
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Brodhead
Check out this video I did at Brodhead! There's a little bit of Cody VanBuskirk in there, too. Enjoy!
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Helmet cams from Byron and Mount Carroll
Hey everybody! These are some of the recent helmet cams I've done.
^ This one's from my 450 B race at Byron. Check out the start from the inside!
^ This one's from riding at MC Motopark with Norman Madiberg. We tried some different mounting options and angles. No music to this one. I tried to just keep it simple riding. Enjoy!
-Greg
^ This one's from my 450 B race at Byron. Check out the start from the inside!
^ This one's from riding at MC Motopark with Norman Madiberg. We tried some different mounting options and angles. No music to this one. I tried to just keep it simple riding. Enjoy!
-Greg
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Nuclear Series Round 1
Hey everybody and Brandon! I had a great Easter Subday at Byron today, with some solid results and fun trials riding. Originally I wasn't planning on going racing this weekend, but last night my dad got the idea to go see what would happen. It ended up being a good decision.
We got to the track right as the rider's meeting was starting. Perfect timing! I was wearing my 100% hat, you know, representin'. :P it felt weird cause I never wear hats usually.
All right, time for some race action. After the slick practice, I was in the first moto of the day. 14-24. Running the #1 again. Solid start with my beautiful 450 (I love that bike). I just put in solid laps and was trying to pass some A class guy. 4th place.
After that race I had some time 'til the next one. So what do you think I did? I broke out the trials bike and hopped some logs! :) Byron has a bunch of cool stuff to ride on with a trials bike. Yeahhhhhhh!
After all that fun, it was time for my 450 B moto. I had a bad gate pick. But I somehow got the gate all the way on the inside. I like that gate at Byron! Good jump, leading into the turn. Cody VanBuskirk swept around the outside and got the holeshot right in front of me. The rest of the moto went in that exact same order. So I got 2nd.
The second 14-24 moto was right up after the 450 B one. I picked that awesome inside gate again. Holeshot!! Boom, more solid laps, getting pressured a lot on the last lap by Cody Williams. But nope! I won! I was pumped with that. 2nd overall in 14-24!
Guess what gate I chose in the last 450 B moto. Yeppppp, the one allllll the way on the inside. The crooked perfectness gate. Unfortunately I didn't get the holeshot. BUT, I made some passes in the second turn and got into third. I was going for the pass on second place, but the guy squeezed me off in a slick turn. That's how it ended, too. With me in 3rd and Derek Whitcomb right behind me. I was happy with another 2nd overall!
Well, that was my day. Good ol' local Mx. Who knows, maybe I'll go to the trials competition there in a few weeks??
See ya- Greg
We got to the track right as the rider's meeting was starting. Perfect timing! I was wearing my 100% hat, you know, representin'. :P it felt weird cause I never wear hats usually.
All right, time for some race action. After the slick practice, I was in the first moto of the day. 14-24. Running the #1 again. Solid start with my beautiful 450 (I love that bike). I just put in solid laps and was trying to pass some A class guy. 4th place.
After that race I had some time 'til the next one. So what do you think I did? I broke out the trials bike and hopped some logs! :) Byron has a bunch of cool stuff to ride on with a trials bike. Yeahhhhhhh!
After all that fun, it was time for my 450 B moto. I had a bad gate pick. But I somehow got the gate all the way on the inside. I like that gate at Byron! Good jump, leading into the turn. Cody VanBuskirk swept around the outside and got the holeshot right in front of me. The rest of the moto went in that exact same order. So I got 2nd.
The second 14-24 moto was right up after the 450 B one. I picked that awesome inside gate again. Holeshot!! Boom, more solid laps, getting pressured a lot on the last lap by Cody Williams. But nope! I won! I was pumped with that. 2nd overall in 14-24!
Guess what gate I chose in the last 450 B moto. Yeppppp, the one allllll the way on the inside. The crooked perfectness gate. Unfortunately I didn't get the holeshot. BUT, I made some passes in the second turn and got into third. I was going for the pass on second place, but the guy squeezed me off in a slick turn. That's how it ended, too. With me in 3rd and Derek Whitcomb right behind me. I was happy with another 2nd overall!
Well, that was my day. Good ol' local Mx. Who knows, maybe I'll go to the trials competition there in a few weeks??
See ya- Greg
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Steele Creek GNCC race
Hey everybody! Today on April fools I raced my first GNCC race. It wasn't so easy, let me tell you. It was actually really hard!
The day before, Saturday, we finished preparing the bikes to endure the massacre that is GNCC racing. A 13 hour drive awaited us. Actually, it wasn't so bad for me and Norman: we got to sleep!
In the middle of the night we stopped at a sketchy place in Kentucky to get some waffle house food. Let me just say WOW. The girl who served us looked soooo tired and beat up. At the gas station there was a super obvious drug deal going on. Like so obvious that I even knew about it. That's Kentucky for ya...
We arrived at the track in the morning. Or should I say we arrived at the mountainous woods! There sure were a lot of people around. It was really beautiful, too.
Norman was leading his class for the first 40 minutes of the 2 hour race until bike problems left him walking back. Oh well.
My race started at 2 PM. That was interesting...
First turn: crash. A couple turns later: somehow my petcock was turned off. Bike died. Ok, not the best of starts. But I had a whole 3 hours left to go.
I caught back up to some guys and started passing. It was fun dicing in the woods! They take one line, I find a different line and get right in front of them. That aspect was really fun!
I also enjoyed the water crossing sections. We got to go under a low bridge during the race as well. It was weird seeing cars driving over the bridge as we rode under it.
The not so fun parts of the race were the crashes. I had five or six crashes... Oops. One into a mud puddle. One going up a tree-rooted hill. One going down a hill. One trying to squeeze through two close together trees (thank god for bark busters!).
I ended up somehow getting 8th in my class, 250 B. overall I'm pretty happy with that considering all my crashes. But it wasn't that good.
This race really made me enjoy water a lot more, especially during the race. Water was basically an energy drink!
Well, that's it from here in North Carolina. Our GPS says that we'll be home at around 6 AM.. Just in time for school! Yayyyy.
Ruts, bumps, logs, awesome uphills, Downhills, water, bridges, trees, falling off fork guard, DIRT.
-Greg
The day before, Saturday, we finished preparing the bikes to endure the massacre that is GNCC racing. A 13 hour drive awaited us. Actually, it wasn't so bad for me and Norman: we got to sleep!
In the middle of the night we stopped at a sketchy place in Kentucky to get some waffle house food. Let me just say WOW. The girl who served us looked soooo tired and beat up. At the gas station there was a super obvious drug deal going on. Like so obvious that I even knew about it. That's Kentucky for ya...
We arrived at the track in the morning. Or should I say we arrived at the mountainous woods! There sure were a lot of people around. It was really beautiful, too.
Norman was leading his class for the first 40 minutes of the 2 hour race until bike problems left him walking back. Oh well.
My race started at 2 PM. That was interesting...
First turn: crash. A couple turns later: somehow my petcock was turned off. Bike died. Ok, not the best of starts. But I had a whole 3 hours left to go.
I caught back up to some guys and started passing. It was fun dicing in the woods! They take one line, I find a different line and get right in front of them. That aspect was really fun!
I also enjoyed the water crossing sections. We got to go under a low bridge during the race as well. It was weird seeing cars driving over the bridge as we rode under it.
The not so fun parts of the race were the crashes. I had five or six crashes... Oops. One into a mud puddle. One going up a tree-rooted hill. One going down a hill. One trying to squeeze through two close together trees (thank god for bark busters!).
I ended up somehow getting 8th in my class, 250 B. overall I'm pretty happy with that considering all my crashes. But it wasn't that good.
This race really made me enjoy water a lot more, especially during the race. Water was basically an energy drink!
Well, that's it from here in North Carolina. Our GPS says that we'll be home at around 6 AM.. Just in time for school! Yayyyy.
Ruts, bumps, logs, awesome uphills, Downhills, water, bridges, trees, falling off fork guard, DIRT.
-Greg
Sunday, March 25, 2012
The trip that changed into another trip
Hey everybody! This is a blog about a trip that changed into another trip. No, not a fall over kind of trip. I'm talking about a drive-around-in-a-van trip.
On Saturday, Norman and I went to shred at Mount Carroll. It turned out to be awesome! I saw some other friends there, and I got to try out some different settings on my new 450. We borrowed a GYTR power tuner and I messed around with that a little bit. I think it's pretty awesome how the power delivery can be moved around.
Anyway, after that riding day we had to get back home and pack for "the trip.". We had to wash the bikes, change some tires, pack everything, and not forget anything. We had supercross recording at the same time.
When we got done we watched the action from Toronto and tried getting the momentum to get off the couch and start driving to Wildcat Creek. Area qualifier!
Fast forward 8 hours: our dad's were tired from driving through the night. Norman and I were getting ready to ride. Practice was good for me. It's the Motos that should've gone better...
The track was rutty and bumpy. My arch-enemies. Both my 2-stroke Motos involved ok starts and then tip-overs. Not that good.
The collegeboy Motos went a little better. I rode my new 450 in that class! We didn't have numbers for it yet, so I decided to just run the #1. Yes, I was ready to get the holeshot, whip it off the jump, pull a tear off, and fist pump to the thousands of fans cheering me on.
Unfortunately that was all in my imagination. 12-12 for 10th overall. What to do..
Norman had a day that involved crashing into a group of downed riders and cracking his radiator. Fun!
I somehow felt more relaxed at this race than at past qualifiers. That's a good thing in my book!
What was I talking about again? Oh, right. The trip that turned into another trip. Our plan was to go down south for the week and then hit the GNCC in north carolina next weekend. After getting some delicious chili's food,(Philly cheesesteak sandwich OMG) we made the decision to stick back in the land of Lincoln for the week and ride near home.
But we're still doing the GNCC!
See ya. -Greg
On Saturday, Norman and I went to shred at Mount Carroll. It turned out to be awesome! I saw some other friends there, and I got to try out some different settings on my new 450. We borrowed a GYTR power tuner and I messed around with that a little bit. I think it's pretty awesome how the power delivery can be moved around.
Anyway, after that riding day we had to get back home and pack for "the trip.". We had to wash the bikes, change some tires, pack everything, and not forget anything. We had supercross recording at the same time.
When we got done we watched the action from Toronto and tried getting the momentum to get off the couch and start driving to Wildcat Creek. Area qualifier!
Fast forward 8 hours: our dad's were tired from driving through the night. Norman and I were getting ready to ride. Practice was good for me. It's the Motos that should've gone better...
The track was rutty and bumpy. My arch-enemies. Both my 2-stroke Motos involved ok starts and then tip-overs. Not that good.
The collegeboy Motos went a little better. I rode my new 450 in that class! We didn't have numbers for it yet, so I decided to just run the #1. Yes, I was ready to get the holeshot, whip it off the jump, pull a tear off, and fist pump to the thousands of fans cheering me on.
Unfortunately that was all in my imagination. 12-12 for 10th overall. What to do..
Norman had a day that involved crashing into a group of downed riders and cracking his radiator. Fun!
I somehow felt more relaxed at this race than at past qualifiers. That's a good thing in my book!
What was I talking about again? Oh, right. The trip that turned into another trip. Our plan was to go down south for the week and then hit the GNCC in north carolina next weekend. After getting some delicious chili's food,(Philly cheesesteak sandwich OMG) we made the decision to stick back in the land of Lincoln for the week and ride near home.
But we're still doing the GNCC!
See ya. -Greg
Friday, March 23, 2012
Joliet Mx Helmet Cam
Hey guys! A week ago Norman Madiberg came here from Estonia to ride some mx. Here's a little video I made from our first day riding at Joliet. Check it out!
Since then we've gone shredding at Kody Kamm's track, which was sick! Riding until dark for two days was epic. I also got a new 450, which I rode out at Kamm's. Maybe another video will be coming next week with some 450 action from Georgia. ;)
See ya! -Greg
Since then we've gone shredding at Kody Kamm's track, which was sick! Riding until dark for two days was epic. I also got a new 450, which I rode out at Kamm's. Maybe another video will be coming next week with some 450 action from Georgia. ;)
See ya! -Greg
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Joliet Mx practice
Hey everybody! Today is the day of the Indianapolis supercross. Norman Madiberg and his dad arrived in the US last night. A good way to start the trip, right?
So anyway, after finishing my homework and getting about 6 hours of sleep, I was expecting to just go straight to the supercross. But my dad came up with this idea to go ride somewhere before going to watch!
We packed up and left for Joliet Mx. I had never ridden there before. I've only been there once before, but it was just when my dad was riding around there.
We arrived and started shredding soon after. The track was super hard packed with quite a lot of jumps. There were two tabletops that you could actually double over, too! That was kind of scary.
While there I got some helmet cam footage, rode with "mad" max malatia, and just plain shredded.
Since we're going to a place with a lot of people now, we had to get a little cleaner. Nothing a little dip in the lake couldn't fix.
That's it for now. Indianapolis sx, here we come! -Greg
So anyway, after finishing my homework and getting about 6 hours of sleep, I was expecting to just go straight to the supercross. But my dad came up with this idea to go ride somewhere before going to watch!
We packed up and left for Joliet Mx. I had never ridden there before. I've only been there once before, but it was just when my dad was riding around there.
We arrived and started shredding soon after. The track was super hard packed with quite a lot of jumps. There were two tabletops that you could actually double over, too! That was kind of scary.
While there I got some helmet cam footage, rode with "mad" max malatia, and just plain shredded.
Since we're going to a place with a lot of people now, we had to get a little cleaner. Nothing a little dip in the lake couldn't fix.
That's it for now. Indianapolis sx, here we come! -Greg
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Keithsburg Hare Scramble hell, in a good way
Hey everybody! Today I did my first race of the spring, and it couldn't have gone better. After watching James Stewart destroy everyone at Daytona, my dad and I decided to leave right then at midnight.
We were off, and I was sleeping in the back of the van. I woke up when we were driving through some sand bumps. I knew the track was supposed to be sandy, so I thought we were close. It turns out that there isn't really an address to the track, so I actually just picked it out on the map on our gps. We went a little off course... We were almost getting stuck in some of the deepish sand. Uh oh! Luckily we got out of there and back onto some real roads. We got to the track at about 4:30 AM.
The morning was filled with observing how everything was run. Dead engine start. And then banzai for the rest of the time! Except for the checkpoint, of course.
My start was at 11:45 AM. I was all geared up, camelbak ready, gas to the brim. I was in the third start of the 11:45 race. 201-Open B. In front of me were AA and A.
Start, holeshot, go! I didn't even see anyone in my class for the whole race, except for when I was lapping people. In the second lap I fell over twice after getting past some A guys. That wasn't fun.. But I got back up, passed them, and kept chugging along.
I ended up falling a third time, as well. Up to the gas fill-up at about 50 minutes (which I had to do because I was running a stock tank), I hadn't found my camelbak tube. Oh boy. I found it later on, though. The last couple laps were pretty much hell. It's just sand bump after sand bump there. Before the last lap I came in at 1 hour 43 minutes. If I would've been just 2 minutes slower I would've finished!
So the last lap was filled with thoughts of finishing and battling the leader of the A class, who I caught up to. I passed him, felt dead, he passed me back. Going through the last section I caught up to him. We were side by side in the last turn! He ended up edging me out to the check point line. Yes, a check point line. All I wanted to do was go lay down at that point...
I couldn't lift my arms at all anymore at the end. The constant whoops had killed me. I felt almost as bad as when I had heat exhaustion last summer. These races are tough!
My 100% goggles were just awesome. Somehow I didn't even pull a tear-off. My AXO gear stayed strong, my AGV helmet kept my noggin safe from the trees, and my TZR tuned suspension worked awesome. A lot of my passes happened through the deep sand whoops sections.
My dad actually spent all last week rebuilding my bike with Tom Zont at his garage. Thanks guys! Like Tom said, it would've meant that I sucked if I didn't win with the totally rebuilt bike. Luckily I didn't suck. :D
So my experience at the Keithsburg hare scramble was really good up to the riding part! I need to work on my fitness some more.
Last week I jogged for 1.5 hours. I thought that meant that I could do this race fine. It's so different trying to push all the time in a race...
Later guys! -Greg
We were off, and I was sleeping in the back of the van. I woke up when we were driving through some sand bumps. I knew the track was supposed to be sandy, so I thought we were close. It turns out that there isn't really an address to the track, so I actually just picked it out on the map on our gps. We went a little off course... We were almost getting stuck in some of the deepish sand. Uh oh! Luckily we got out of there and back onto some real roads. We got to the track at about 4:30 AM.
The morning was filled with observing how everything was run. Dead engine start. And then banzai for the rest of the time! Except for the checkpoint, of course.
My start was at 11:45 AM. I was all geared up, camelbak ready, gas to the brim. I was in the third start of the 11:45 race. 201-Open B. In front of me were AA and A.
Start, holeshot, go! I didn't even see anyone in my class for the whole race, except for when I was lapping people. In the second lap I fell over twice after getting past some A guys. That wasn't fun.. But I got back up, passed them, and kept chugging along.
I ended up falling a third time, as well. Up to the gas fill-up at about 50 minutes (which I had to do because I was running a stock tank), I hadn't found my camelbak tube. Oh boy. I found it later on, though. The last couple laps were pretty much hell. It's just sand bump after sand bump there. Before the last lap I came in at 1 hour 43 minutes. If I would've been just 2 minutes slower I would've finished!
So the last lap was filled with thoughts of finishing and battling the leader of the A class, who I caught up to. I passed him, felt dead, he passed me back. Going through the last section I caught up to him. We were side by side in the last turn! He ended up edging me out to the check point line. Yes, a check point line. All I wanted to do was go lay down at that point...
I couldn't lift my arms at all anymore at the end. The constant whoops had killed me. I felt almost as bad as when I had heat exhaustion last summer. These races are tough!
My 100% goggles were just awesome. Somehow I didn't even pull a tear-off. My AXO gear stayed strong, my AGV helmet kept my noggin safe from the trees, and my TZR tuned suspension worked awesome. A lot of my passes happened through the deep sand whoops sections.
My dad actually spent all last week rebuilding my bike with Tom Zont at his garage. Thanks guys! Like Tom said, it would've meant that I sucked if I didn't win with the totally rebuilt bike. Luckily I didn't suck. :D
So my experience at the Keithsburg hare scramble was really good up to the riding part! I need to work on my fitness some more.
Last week I jogged for 1.5 hours. I thought that meant that I could do this race fine. It's so different trying to push all the time in a race...
Later guys! -Greg
Friday, March 2, 2012
Fred Bud Helmet Cam
Last weekend I ventured out to an awesome sand track in Illinois for some practice. I also wanted to do a helmet cam of it after my last attempt failed with the camera crashing to the sand following an incident with a tree branch. The track at Fred Bud is roughhhhh. Believe it or not, it was actually groomed a week before this ride. Check it out! There's a little bit of trail riding on the track as well. :D
-Greg
-Greg
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Fred Bud... 3 hours
Hey everybody! Today I'm just getting to posting about my riding at Fred Bud on Saturday. It may be because of two things: I'm just lazy, or I just got done recovering from it.
I went to the sand track and kind of just started riding around, checking out the track and everything. After about 10 minutes I was like, all right, let's recuperate a little before doing some Motos. But no, that was not the case.
I ended up going out right away again, not knowing what I was getting into. Somehow I ended up going on a 3 hour moto...
During the first hour I was just kind of focusing on riding, getting the lines good, flowing. After the first fill up I was still feeling good, pushing pretty good. I started feeling some numbness in my feet from the vibration of the bike.
Almost 2 hours in I ran out of gas! I thought I blew the bike up because it was making weird noises and was starting to bog like a blown up bike does. So I started pushing the bike back to the van. My dad ran over with a gas can, though, so I got back riding pretty much right away.
The last hour seemed the longest. There's a lot of thinking going on during a 3 hour ride compared to a 15 minute ride. I guess one of the benefits of all that thinking was that I started thinking about my riding technique more. I was gripping more with my knees, putting my hands in a tennis style grip to reduce blisters, and looking ahead more. I was even trying out a technique of kind of tilting my head to the inside in turns to turn sharper. I think they all helped.
At the end of the ride I was pretty fricken tired. But somehow not as tired as I thought I would be. Maybe I saved some energy by trying to just ride smoothly. Sounds like a positive to me!
As for video, there isn't really anything. In the early part of my ride the clip broke off... (dang tree branches). My dad tried taking some video, but I'm just not gonna use it. Yep, just not gonna use it yet.
See ya! It's almost time for some riding again tomorrow! -Greg
I went to the sand track and kind of just started riding around, checking out the track and everything. After about 10 minutes I was like, all right, let's recuperate a little before doing some Motos. But no, that was not the case.
I ended up going out right away again, not knowing what I was getting into. Somehow I ended up going on a 3 hour moto...
During the first hour I was just kind of focusing on riding, getting the lines good, flowing. After the first fill up I was still feeling good, pushing pretty good. I started feeling some numbness in my feet from the vibration of the bike.
Almost 2 hours in I ran out of gas! I thought I blew the bike up because it was making weird noises and was starting to bog like a blown up bike does. So I started pushing the bike back to the van. My dad ran over with a gas can, though, so I got back riding pretty much right away.
The last hour seemed the longest. There's a lot of thinking going on during a 3 hour ride compared to a 15 minute ride. I guess one of the benefits of all that thinking was that I started thinking about my riding technique more. I was gripping more with my knees, putting my hands in a tennis style grip to reduce blisters, and looking ahead more. I was even trying out a technique of kind of tilting my head to the inside in turns to turn sharper. I think they all helped.
At the end of the ride I was pretty fricken tired. But somehow not as tired as I thought I would be. Maybe I saved some energy by trying to just ride smoothly. Sounds like a positive to me!
As for video, there isn't really anything. In the early part of my ride the clip broke off... (dang tree branches). My dad tried taking some video, but I'm just not gonna use it. Yep, just not gonna use it yet.
See ya! It's almost time for some riding again tomorrow! -Greg
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Racine GoPro Fun
Hey everybody! Here's another video I made. Looking back, the last video I made was way too monotonous. So to add some flavor, I got video from a bunch of different angles! I think this one came out well. That's probably because I did this instead of my lab report.
I think that's enough video from Racine... The great outdoors are just around the corner.
See ya! -Greg
I think that's enough video from Racine... The great outdoors are just around the corner.
See ya! -Greg
Friday, February 10, 2012
What I do on Wednesday nights
Hey everybody! I now finished my first GoPro video after a half a year off! This is about what I do on Wednesdays. No, not the boring stuff, like eat lunch. I'm talking about the more exciting stuff! More exciting stuff can only mean one thing: dirtbiking. So check out this video!
I spent pretty much my whole time at home Thursday making it... So I guess from this you can deduce what I do on Thursdays as well.
This was shot entirely with a GoPro HD Hero 2 camera. I wasn't sure what video quality I should've used, so I just used the default 960p 30 fps. I think it came out awesome!
Watch in HD if you want some HDness.
See ya! -Greg
I spent pretty much my whole time at home Thursday making it... So I guess from this you can deduce what I do on Thursdays as well.
This was shot entirely with a GoPro HD Hero 2 camera. I wasn't sure what video quality I should've used, so I just used the default 960p 30 fps. I think it came out awesome!
Watch in HD if you want some HDness.
See ya! -Greg
Monday, January 30, 2012
Upcoming videos
Hola!
Notice I'm mixing it up a bit with that spanish intro. There's obviously a reason for that. Coming in the beginning of this year you'll be seeing some more of my awesome-super-fantastic GoPro videos! As one might remember, in the midst of the July heat last year I crashed hard at the Red Bud amateur race following the pro day. A byproduct of that crash was the loss of my beautiful GoPro. Sadly, it was never to be seen again...
But I couldn't let all of my millions of followers down. I bought a new GoPro! Get ready for some sort-of-high-speed, sort-of-awesomely edited masterpieces coming sometime within the next couple months! Braaaaap. My windows movie maker was getting lonely..
-Greg :D
Notice I'm mixing it up a bit with that spanish intro. There's obviously a reason for that. Coming in the beginning of this year you'll be seeing some more of my awesome-super-fantastic GoPro videos! As one might remember, in the midst of the July heat last year I crashed hard at the Red Bud amateur race following the pro day. A byproduct of that crash was the loss of my beautiful GoPro. Sadly, it was never to be seen again...
But I couldn't let all of my millions of followers down. I bought a new GoPro! Get ready for some sort-of-high-speed, sort-of-awesomely edited masterpieces coming sometime within the next couple months! Braaaaap. My windows movie maker was getting lonely..
-Greg :D
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Start of CB 200 project
Hey everybody! All of January was mostly just school for me, but a few things started happening as well. Supercross started and is as crazy as ever. Equally as exciting, my dad and I finally started our CB 200 project!
I have this 1974 CB200T. It's pretty low on power, has pretty much the worst front brake ever, and has a frame as straight as something that's not very straight. Before this so called "winter" started, we said that we would customize this bike over the cold season.
Up until last weekend, we had done nothing. Lazy, I know. But we finally took it all apart. First step: straighten the frame or just get a new frame. I hope it comes out all right.
I've also been riding every Wednesday at the friendly neighborhood indoor motocross track. When my back brake is working normally, it's awesome to ride there. I mean, I gotta work on my scrub somewhere! *cough*
Later. -Greg
I have this 1974 CB200T. It's pretty low on power, has pretty much the worst front brake ever, and has a frame as straight as something that's not very straight. Before this so called "winter" started, we said that we would customize this bike over the cold season.
Up until last weekend, we had done nothing. Lazy, I know. But we finally took it all apart. First step: straighten the frame or just get a new frame. I hope it comes out all right.
I've also been riding every Wednesday at the friendly neighborhood indoor motocross track. When my back brake is working normally, it's awesome to ride there. I mean, I gotta work on my scrub somewhere! *cough*
Later. -Greg
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Super Duper New Years MX Bonanza: Sunday
Well, this is the end of the super duper new years Mx bonanza. The weather was perfect everyday, including Sunday. Only now when we're driving home did it start raining a little.
I thought I would be tired this morning from staying up past midnight to watch new Year No Limits. Well, I was, but I kind of willed myself to get up. Ok ok... It might've been half an hour after the alarm. But whatever. The night before we actually had a weird adventure trying to figure out how we were going to do laundry. My gear was just a tad super dirty..
First there was no detergent at the hotel. Then the laundromat and supermarket that we drove to just closed. Eventually we got what we needed, so it was all good. If you consider white gear still looking like it got pelted by mud and rocks good..
We got to the track on time this morning. Wheeee. The fog was really bad, too. I had the second moto again, and it was still foggy at that time. Oh well. So here are some results:
250 B moto 2: pretty bad start again. I got past some people, though. Some of the battles were pretty cool. This was the race where me and Shane kind of had a friendly rivalry. He's been living and riding down south now, so our speeds are pretty even now. He may be a little faster, but race conditions were I guess a little more beneficial for me. So I got 17th. That's 18-17 for 17th overall.
450 B moto 2: in this one I tried to start wayyyyy on the outside. I was hoping to just keep it pinned and get around everyone. It didn't quite work out that way.. I almost crashed all by myself in the first turn. Oh, and everybody was already there. Oh well. I then battled a little bit with some guys. I was putting some good pressure on them, so on the second to last lap two guys just pretty much let me by. They must've gotten tired. So I started pushing some more to get away from them. But then I crashed after a step-up leading into a turn. I was pretty surprised by that. My effort was lost.. So I got back up and attempted to ride good again. For some reason my front end was pushing like crazy, though. I found out on the last lap that my front tire was flat. Great. One more crash, cruise to the finish. 12-18 for 16th.
2-stroke moto 2: I win! (by default of being the only guy. Whatever, I still get to say #1). Even though I won, I still had to battle with the guys in the other class on the same gate drop. That didn't end up well because I got stuck behind some guy again. I feel like I should've just stopped and let him go so I could just ride by myself. No bueno.
So that's all folks. This was a pretty good trip. Now we just have to endure the 15 hour drive back home. Hopefully it won't be snowy at home. It's nice not having any snow.
Have a happy 2012! See ya. -Greg
I thought I would be tired this morning from staying up past midnight to watch new Year No Limits. Well, I was, but I kind of willed myself to get up. Ok ok... It might've been half an hour after the alarm. But whatever. The night before we actually had a weird adventure trying to figure out how we were going to do laundry. My gear was just a tad super dirty..
First there was no detergent at the hotel. Then the laundromat and supermarket that we drove to just closed. Eventually we got what we needed, so it was all good. If you consider white gear still looking like it got pelted by mud and rocks good..
We got to the track on time this morning. Wheeee. The fog was really bad, too. I had the second moto again, and it was still foggy at that time. Oh well. So here are some results:
250 B moto 2: pretty bad start again. I got past some people, though. Some of the battles were pretty cool. This was the race where me and Shane kind of had a friendly rivalry. He's been living and riding down south now, so our speeds are pretty even now. He may be a little faster, but race conditions were I guess a little more beneficial for me. So I got 17th. That's 18-17 for 17th overall.
450 B moto 2: in this one I tried to start wayyyyy on the outside. I was hoping to just keep it pinned and get around everyone. It didn't quite work out that way.. I almost crashed all by myself in the first turn. Oh, and everybody was already there. Oh well. I then battled a little bit with some guys. I was putting some good pressure on them, so on the second to last lap two guys just pretty much let me by. They must've gotten tired. So I started pushing some more to get away from them. But then I crashed after a step-up leading into a turn. I was pretty surprised by that. My effort was lost.. So I got back up and attempted to ride good again. For some reason my front end was pushing like crazy, though. I found out on the last lap that my front tire was flat. Great. One more crash, cruise to the finish. 12-18 for 16th.
2-stroke moto 2: I win! (by default of being the only guy. Whatever, I still get to say #1). Even though I won, I still had to battle with the guys in the other class on the same gate drop. That didn't end up well because I got stuck behind some guy again. I feel like I should've just stopped and let him go so I could just ride by myself. No bueno.
So that's all folks. This was a pretty good trip. Now we just have to endure the 15 hour drive back home. Hopefully it won't be snowy at home. It's nice not having any snow.
Have a happy 2012! See ya. -Greg
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