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August 27th, 2008 | Author: Griff Wigley

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Jim Winterer posted this to the UMTA discussion list yesterday. I thought he summarized the last weekend’s US Nationals at Duluth (Rounds 4, 5, 6) well so it’s now a blog post.

jim winterer Mr. Bear, how’s your back today?

For those on this list who weren’t able to make the nationals in Duluth this weekend, Mr. Bear had a most amazing adventure on “elephant rock” on the second day. It was a long, long way to fall, but somehow he didn’t get more hurt than quite a few extra-large ibuprophens couldn’t cure, and he came back to finish the third national event on Sunday.  Bear’s tumble was every bit as spectacular as Dougie Lampkin’s famous get-off during the ’05 world round.

Maybe we should rename “elephant rock” to “Bear’s rock,” like we have named the “my leg, it’s flopping” rock in honor of David McLuckie.

On Sunday, Ben, Brad and Bear wound up riding more or less as a group, with Bubba minding Bear and me minding Ben, and we had a major fun day. After the second loop on the third day, Brad was in a dead tie with another rider, not just for that day, but for the national title for the expert-support class. I never saw Brad ride that well; he pulled off some incredible rides for an amazing 10-point loop and won the national title with a few points to spare! Way to go Brad.

Despite riding in pain, and with a lot of heckling (including many “you idiot” and “you loser”) Bear had some great rides on what was a very challenging support line.  Gordy had a great weekend, too, and had a third-place podium finish on Sunday.

Ben found his groove on Sunday and moved up on several riders who had better scores on Friday and Saturday. There was one very large rock at the top of a hill Sunday (Section 8 where Will and Willie were scoring), which was on the expert and pro line. Ben got up it on the first loop, and we learned later he was the only rider (expert or pro) who did that all day.

The Kimmicks were well-represented on the podium for the youth trials!

Dale from Gas-Gas told me at the end of the day that the three-day national at Duluth was one of the best national events he has ever ridden, and Dale has ridden plenty. That is a major compliment. So congrats to Steve and Diane and Sara and all those who put in so much time and effort to make it happen. My brother Mark got a special award for all the time and effort he put into helping with the sections, and on top of that he and Laurie checked sections all three days.

Lots of UMTA members were up there helping or riding. All in all it was a pretty amazing weekend. The Aerostich company in Duluth celebrated its 25th anniversary with a rally that was held right at Spirit Mountain, so there was this very interesting mix of road riders and trials riders. There were hundreds of road riders at the rally (not sure exactly how many, but maybe 1,000 over the weekend), and many were camped up on the top of the ski hill. Some of them pitched tents like six inches from the loop trail. I didn’t hear that anyone got run over, so that was good.

The only gripe I had was that at the end of the national awards ceremony, Bear didn’t yell out: “It was another great day for (men, women, girls and boys) in tights.”

January 27th, 2008 | Author: Griff Wigley

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TrialsUSGP.com, the web site for the 2008 Wagner Cup, is now up.

The event, also known as the United States Grand Prix (USGP), World Trials Championship, will be held on April 26-27, at the Trials Training Center (TTC) in Sequatchie, Tennessee.

See the right sidebar on the site to subscribe to the Wagner Cup blog via RSS feed or email.

August 13th, 2007 | Author: Griff Wigley

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ben_winterer_donner.JPGUMTA club member Ben Winterer clinched 1st place for the 2007 season in the NATC Sportman Class yesterday in New Mexico. Click photos to enlarge. (Photo on right from album of 2007 NATC Round 7, Donner Ski Ranch, cropped from a photo taken by Vince at V-Mar Racing; used with permission.)

Ben’s two first-place and two second-place finishes during the season gave him the edge over 2nd place rival Kyle Wedgeworth in season points, 140 to 128.

He’s the 3rd member of the UMTA to claim an NATC championship. Andy Bowman and David Hofstrand both won High School titles.

July 02nd, 2007 | Author: Griff Wigley

Show #8 (June 2007) of the podcast, On the Pegs, Motorcycle Trials World Radio is now available. It includes:

  • 0-3:30: Opening remarks with show host, yours truly
  • 3:30-31:15: News with OTP managing editor Dan Brown and guest interviewer Brad Baumert
  • 31:15-52:10: Brad’s interviews at the Tennessee Nationals with pro riders Pat Smage, Chris Florin, Cody Webb, Will Ibsen, Keith Wineland, and Diego Ordonez.
  • 52:10-71:45: Brad’s interviews at the Ohio Nationals with pro riders Pat Smage, Chris Florin (and Chris’ minder Chad Kimbrell), Cody Webb, Bruce leRiche, and Will Ibsen
  • 71:45-78:55: Dan’s interview with Southeast Trials Riders Association (STRA) member Glenn McNeal.
  • Closing comments
June 06th, 2007 | Author: Griff Wigley

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Show #7 (May 2007) of the podcast, On the Pegs, Motorcycle Trials World Radio is now available. It includes:

  • 0-2:50: Opening remarks
  • 2:50-26:30: News with OTP managing editor Dan Brown and guest interviewer Brad Baumert
  • 26:30-76:30: Brad’s interviews at the Colorado Nationals with Adrian Lewis, Bruce LeRiche (day 1 and 2), Chris Florin (day 1 and 2), Cody Webb (day 1 and 2), Colton Haaker, Geoff Aaron, Kerry Williams, Louise Forsley (day 1 and 2), Nick Mantzoros (day 1 and 2), Pat Smage (day 1 and 2), Ron Commo, Ryan Young, Andrew Oldar, Andy Saum, Larry Lund, and the guys from MAV TV.
  • 76:30-78:14: Closing comments
April 29th, 2007 | Author: Griff Wigley

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Show #6 (Special Guatemala World Round Edition, April 2007) of the podcast, On the Pegs, Motorcycle Trials World Radio is now available. It includes:

  • 0-1:30: Opening remarks with show host, yours truly
  • 1:30-15:10: News with OTP managing editor Dan Brown
  • 15:10-39:45: Dan’s Guatemala World Round interviews including Pat and Noel Smage, Allajandro and Diego Ordonez, Alexz Wigg, Michael Brown, Bill Matheson, Martin Lampkin, and miscellaneous spectators, observers, and scorers.
  • 39:45-41:37: Closing comments
April 11th, 2007 | Author: Griff Wigley

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Show #5 (April 2007) of the podcast, On the Pegs, Motorcycle Trials World Radio is now available. It includes:

March 26th, 2007 | Author: Griff Wigley

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Show #4 (March 2007) of the podcast, On the Pegs, Motorcycle Trials World Radio is now available. It includes:

  • 0-4:45: Opening remarks with show host, yours truly
  • 4:45-17:30: News with OTP managing editor Dan Brown
  • 17:30-28:00: Local club interview with Cliff Tucker, Rocky Mountain Trials Association
  • 28:00-39:00: Pro rider interview: Chris Florin
  • 39:00-43:30: Pro rider interview: Keith Wineland
  • 43:30-49:30: Pro rider interview: Andrew Blane

See the blog post/shownotes for complete details.

February 21st, 2007 | Author: Griff Wigley

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Show #3 of the podcast, On the Pegs, Motorcycle Trials World Radio is now available. It includes:

  • News with OTP managing editor Dan Brown (World Outdoor, US World round in 2008, TTC classes, Youth Nationals, enduro riders & trials cross training, and more)
  • Pro rider interview with ‘92 outdoor world champion and ‘93 indoor world champion Tommi Ahvala, SuperTrial Team Extreme
  • Pro rider interview with US Ladies Trials des Nation team Louise Forsley and Sara Duke
  • Local club interview with Howard Galbreath, Sacramento PITS
January 25th, 2007 | Author: Griff Wigley

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Show #02 of the podcast On the Pegs: Motorcycle Trials World Radio is now available. It includes:

* News with OTP managing editor Dan Brown (US Indoor Nationals, AMA Rule Changes, and the US Regional Series

* Pro rider interview with Will Ibsen, US Scorpa team

* Local club interview with Jim Watson, Trials, Inc.;

* Interview with Brad Baumert about land acquisition and Saddleback East.

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