7th October 2007

A surprise race in Holland


My dad and Tony Howard are taking me and Cameron to Holland to race i cant wait they tell me i will be going on a train under the sea .
Our journey starts on Saturday morning at 4am yes thats what i said 4am we have to go to Tonys house and then go down to the train.
We finally get to the track on saturday afternoon it looks ace bouncy castles everywhere loads of people the track looked well good.
Practise started at 630 in the evening which is weird as England you practise in the day .
I loved the track it was really fast we practised for about an hour then i was too tired i had to go to bed .
Sunday race day it was so cold in the morning my hands were frozen i had to keep them in my dads coat.
My first lap in practise i was flying out in front when i went over the big doubles in the first berm and went flying over my bars.(my dad told me to take it steady as id only just woke up)
the ambulance people we speaking a strange language i couldnt understand them i was asking for my dad .
I was checked out in the medic centre i really cut my side bad and couldnt do my race pants up.
I didnt want to do anymore so i went back to the van,after my breakfast and the sun came out and i warmed up i said to my dad i still want to race .
He changed my race pants and top so it wasnt rubbing my bad side and i went out for my first moto.
Its always strange when i race in different countries as i dont know any of the riders.
I won all my motos and the final it felt really good my starts were really good for a change and i just felt so fast.
The lad who finished 2nd to me was the National Champ and a top International rider so i was well pleased .
Check out his website my dad said he was jumping the first set of doubles he was really good his name is Tino Popma his site is http://www.tinopopma.com/ (you may have to translate it as its in Dutch).
He has emailed me and has got some good pics of us so as soon as i get them i will post them up.
Check out the video of the race on http://www.schijfbmx.nl/ the redline round 6 and we are in 7 boys .
My mate Cameron came 4th in 12 boys well done Cam .
Next race is the Disney Cup in America cant wait ill keep you posted my dad said i can have a rest for a bit so im fresh and ready to race that will be tough as my dad said i will be in 7x (aaaarrrgh)they are so fast in America.

I have been sent some pics off Tino Popma look above (thanks Tino)

Pics: 8 boys and sporting me USA jersey

end of August up to middle of September

26th August 2007
Total rest for me !!!!!

My dad has said no more training till next year now so i can rest he thinks hes pushed me too hard great news!!that means i can just sit and watch spongebob on tv.
I have hardly been on my bike it feels weird my dad still takes me to a few races but only on the day so i can have fun with my mates .
10-09-2007

Harworth regional was great fun i went in to the first berm 4th and swooped 2 riders and came out 2nd that felt ace .
I had been watching the speedway on tv the night before so i just copied them lol.
Now the series has finished there are not many races on ,my friends Aaron and Ted Dalleywater have said i can stay at there house for the East Anglia Champs great cant wait.

29-09-2007

East Anglia Champs my dad dropped me off on friday night and left me at Aarons and Teds we practised on saturday and had fun.
Race day my dad turned up just before the first moto so that was good i was racing in my own age against one of my main rivals Ethan Vernon the first moto i holeshotted to the first berm and Ethan took me on the inside so i was gutted (it is his home track so i should of expected that).
I wanted to go home as im not enjoying my racing at the moment ,my dad talked to me and told me i could win and to just enjoy myself .
2nd moto i powered out the gate and won ,3rd moto the same and the final again i won so my dad was right i could do it .
He later told me he had put a hard gear on my bike as i hadnt trained for weeks to try and get my legs strong again ,,DAD thanks for that .
I won a trophy and £10 for holeshotting the final woww!!!! new toy for me .
After the race we all went down the pub for something to eat to celebrate .
Ill post some pics when my dad gets chance .

August 2007

The British Champs

Dont want to talk about this race as i nearly quit bmx this weekend it was a disaster i wanted to race up an age in the 8s but my dad kept me in my own age group, i just didnt want to race cut a long story short i did pants rode awful fell off twice and fell in the final .My dad said that was the worst race he had ever seen me do even worse than Canada and that was bad .lol

A few pics from the Worlds

The next to bottom is me with T Rex W1 8 boys and Lucas Howes W3 9 boys and the bottom one is all of us wrecking the cafe.

30th July 2007

Canada World Champs:
Bit of a let down i felt pretty quick the days before the race my mom and dad took me training on a track next to the worlds track.
I practised with 2 lads from Zimbabwe ,,Brock and Ezra they had raced the pre worlds the week before ,Brock won and Ezra came 3rd so i kept going round with them and secretly i thought yeh i could beat them .
Come race day i woke up and felt a bit sick ,it could of been nerves i dont know but as the day went on i felt worse so not a good start to my biggest race of the year.

In my motos i had a tough one with a top American rider Colby Bowman who my dad told me hadnt lost a race all year ,also the old W3 from Argentina and W6 another fast American Deshaun Harvey and my mate Ezra .

I felt bad and told my dad i didnt want to race i was crying with a bad belly.

I managed to get out of my motos and make the semi ,the way the system runs meant i had 3 riders from my motos and some other fast riders from the other it was well stacked .

I ended up 6th i rode one of the worst races i have ever had ,the 3 riders in my moto and semi ended up W1 W2 and W5 so you can see it was tough .
Well done to Brock who rode ace and ended upW4 .
My mate T Rex won the 8 boys thats the 3rd W1 for him hes sooo fast.
After the race Ezras dad found me in the crowd and gave me Ezras Zimbabwe race top so that was cool .
One of the nights we went out with T Rex and his family for something to eat and trashed the place (sorry).

T Rexs dad gave me one of Tylers USA race shirts after tea . How cool is that !!!!!

He might come over to England next year and stop at my house to race some of our Nationals .

After Racing my mom took me to a water park to cheer me we went twice, it was ace i went down all the slides and it cooled me down but OMG it took forever to get to the top i lost count how many times i did it but my feet hurt, Just across the carpark from the waterpark there was a karting track which my dad took me on, it had 2 seats wow and i steered and we overtook someone it was really fast( oh and Dad my steering wheel never worked it was fake).

Overall Canada was good but I just wish I could change the outcome but hey I learn by my mistakes and come back better and strong. Sorry Kelv I knew it hurt you to watch me with all the hard work you did with me, and Dad I am and I will get better just leave me too it, I will discover my own path but your my Number one fan,sponser and trainer and the best Dad ever

Im Back !!!!!!!!!

updating site 11/10/07 oops
Where shall i start the English National Series are over i ended up 6th so not too bad really being as i raced up an age in the 8s

JULY:

Peterbro National was the first race on my new supercross bike and it felt good i won some motos and the semi so i felt good for the final but going down the first straight i fell off with Ben Turner (the new no 1 well done Ben ).

Peterbro was a double header so at least i had another go again i won some motos and 2nd in semi but as usual my gate sucked and i came 5th.

JULY:

Coppull National again i won some motos and felt fast no semi this time i made the cut for the A final and came another close 5th.

AUGUST:
Wales was double points so i had to make the final to secure my ranking again i felt good winning motos and nearly winning my semi but my famous bad gate let me down and i nearly fell in the first berm and ended up 7th not very good but i kept in 6th place for the rankings so alls good.