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
Sunday, June 24, 2012
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!
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