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Andy, head honcho at Trials Central, has graciously given us permission to display this video of Marc Freixa, Adam Raga and Toni Bou in an informal back wheel hopping competition. He took the video at the TTC campsite practice area back in May at the World Round. Click play to watch. See the original article, all his reports from the 2006 Outdoor events, and his multimedia page.
“Created by Fred Belair, the ETdE event has helped promote trials in the United States and has even managed to draw international recognition. Belair’s dream was to ‘provide the basis for an American to become World Trials Champion,’ and that hope was realized at the hands of American Bernie Schreiber in 1979. To this day, Schreiber remains the only American to have ever reached the sport’s pinnacle. But the El Trial de Espana event continues to live on.” I spoke to Martin this afternoon. People can contact him via email. Here’s the info sent out by the Belair family.
Faribault Club Grounds 9/17&18/06 (big thanks to Willy Gruette for his recent photo work!) (posted by TravisJ) On September 14, the UMTA received a letter from Evelyn Piper, who is the landowner of the Faribault club ground, in which she informed us of her decision not to renew our lease at the end of the 2006 season. We will be able to hold our final event of the season (Oct. 22) and we will have access to the property for recreational use through December 31, 2006. The UMTA was established in 1969 and has operated continuously from the same location we enjoy today. Though we may feel sorrow in leaving this wonderful property, we must also express out heart-felt gratitude to the Piper family for allowing us to call their land our home. In the interest of leaving the land as we found it, we will announce a date for a club ground clean up to remove the tires and logs from the pit area and ride the land to remove any debris we may have overlooked in the past. This will be an opportunity to have a final club fun day, camp out and tell stories about the generations of great times we have enjoyed through the goodwill of the Piper family. County 29, the road to the Club Grounds from Hwy 3, closes this week. Here’s the news from Rice County. Best alternate from the north: Hwy 3 to County 20, just south of Northfield/Dundas (near Menards). Follow that all the way to the little unincorporated town of Cannon City. (Watch your speed, as it’s frequent hiding spot for Rice County deputies.) You can catch Cty 29 to the east as you enter Cannon City (you’ll go by the road to Storm’s Ranch) and then take it all the way to Cabot, then left (south) to the grounds. But a better way is go into Cannon Cith and take a right (east) at the church on Crystal Lake Trail and follow it to Coe Trail. Take a right and follow that till you get to the Club Grounds. Here’s a mostly accurate Google Map and here’s the satellite version.
As we all look forward to the next event in Theilman on September 2nd & 3rd I would like to urge everyone to come out and meet a new group of riders who will be visiting from other Midwest clubs. Our discussions about a regional club competition have produced the “North Central US Regionals”. The UMTA will be hosting the first round 9/2 & 9/3. We will ride it as a regular club event and anyone who chooses to compete in the regional event will pay an extra $10.00 that will go toward end of season awards for the regional series. Those who choose to ride the regional series can look forward to participating in events hosted by the Mid America Trials Team (MATT) in Missouri and the Midwest Trials Association (MWTA) later this year. There is a possibility that other clubs may join the group as time goes on. Please be at the Theilman event with enough time to learn about this new and exciting opportunity at the riders meeting. Mike Hendrickson
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Fred Belair, father of US Montesa importer Martin Belair, died Monday in California. Fred was the founder of the 
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