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Monday, April 13, 2009
1st and 2nd Round of European Champs at Zwolle 4/4/09
This weekend was the first round of the series i have never been able to race these yet as you have to be 9 years old to race in the 9/10 boys class .
I was a little bit nervous as i would be the youngest ,we set off on friday at 0500 and still managed to miss practise on friday night cause of those stupid traffic jams !!!
The track looked ok so i cant wait to practise tomorow .
Sat Race day because there were loads of riders i only managed to get 2 laps practise but i felt good.
At the moment i am testing a new Haro with the chance to ride for Haro in the UK (thanks Adam/Ryan/Lauren)i really like the frame it feels good to jump and manual which im learning to do .
There was about 6o riders in my group so it was going to be tough because i was having to race an age up. In my motos i had my good friend Tino Popma on his new gunslinger ride (it looks like my old bike so much i nearly got it out the pens to race lol).
My motos went well with 3-1-1 so i felt good next round was quarters no mistakes now ,i got a decent start but somebody fell on me and i was down in 7th at the first turn a hit the turbos and got back to 3rd .Semi time it was stacked again i got out ok and was 3rd till the last straight and bobbled and got 5th gutted .well done to Tino who made the main on sat but crashed on the first jump .(the youngest in the final )!!!
Sundays race Day
My dad hade made a few changes to my bike but you get no practise on sunday so here come the motos ,i couldnt believe it i had Tino again but i rode well and the bike felt faster today so i was up for it. My motos were good with a 1-1-8 (i went over the bars on the gate dont ask)
Quarters now this was stacked i had 4 riders from saturdays final my dad told me he couldnt watch !!! so he said just go and have a go and dont back off!!
I was flying and ended up 3rd so thru to semis again ,this was going to be mine i had missed it by one place yesterday i just went for it big time jumped the little doubles at the bottom of the hill and finished 3rd i was in the main!!!!bad news for Tino he was in my semi and got 5th or 6th not sure but he said he would be shouting for me in the main.
In the pens my dad just said go and have fun and dont come last as it will on the internet later and my mom would see it !!
Martijn Scherpen came over and gave me some top secret tips and just told me to pedal as fast as i could ,
Main time
I didnt get the perfect gate but i just span as fast as i could and got back to the front by the first turn i went high in the turn and dropped back in with so much speed i was in 3rd i just kept on the gas and got a solid 3rd at the line fantastic my dad was going mad and came running over to give me a hug i couldnt believe i just got 3rd against all the older boys.
I made my dad miss the ferry so i could stand on the podium lol
i will get my dad to post some pics asap .
But thanks to adam at Haro for my ride and Martijn for the secret tips and well done on winning the Elite main i was shouting for you .
I just hope i can keep my Haro for a bit longer as we are not planning on racing the Uk nationals this year due to me wanting to race over in Europe and the worlds in Australia i want a W plate back .
This weekend was the first round of the series i have never been able to race these yet as you have to be 9 years old to race in the 9/10 boys class .
I was a little bit nervous as i would be the youngest ,we set off on friday at 0500 and still managed to miss practise on friday night cause of those stupid traffic jams !!!
The track looked ok so i cant wait to practise tomorow .
Sat Race day because there were loads of riders i only managed to get 2 laps practise but i felt good.
At the moment i am testing a new Haro with the chance to ride for Haro in the UK (thanks Adam/Ryan/Lauren)i really like the frame it feels good to jump and manual which im learning to do .
There was about 6o riders in my group so it was going to be tough because i was having to race an age up. In my motos i had my good friend Tino Popma on his new gunslinger ride (it looks like my old bike so much i nearly got it out the pens to race lol).
My motos went well with 3-1-1 so i felt good next round was quarters no mistakes now ,i got a decent start but somebody fell on me and i was down in 7th at the first turn a hit the turbos and got back to 3rd .Semi time it was stacked again i got out ok and was 3rd till the last straight and bobbled and got 5th gutted .well done to Tino who made the main on sat but crashed on the first jump .(the youngest in the final )!!!
Sundays race Day
My dad hade made a few changes to my bike but you get no practise on sunday so here come the motos ,i couldnt believe it i had Tino again but i rode well and the bike felt faster today so i was up for it. My motos were good with a 1-1-8 (i went over the bars on the gate dont ask)
Quarters now this was stacked i had 4 riders from saturdays final my dad told me he couldnt watch !!! so he said just go and have a go and dont back off!!
I was flying and ended up 3rd so thru to semis again ,this was going to be mine i had missed it by one place yesterday i just went for it big time jumped the little doubles at the bottom of the hill and finished 3rd i was in the main!!!!bad news for Tino he was in my semi and got 5th or 6th not sure but he said he would be shouting for me in the main.
In the pens my dad just said go and have fun and dont come last as it will on the internet later and my mom would see it !!
Martijn Scherpen came over and gave me some top secret tips and just told me to pedal as fast as i could ,
Main time
I didnt get the perfect gate but i just span as fast as i could and got back to the front by the first turn i went high in the turn and dropped back in with so much speed i was in 3rd i just kept on the gas and got a solid 3rd at the line fantastic my dad was going mad and came running over to give me a hug i couldnt believe i just got 3rd against all the older boys.
I made my dad miss the ferry so i could stand on the podium lol
i will get my dad to post some pics asap .
But thanks to adam at Haro for my ride and Martijn for the secret tips and well done on winning the Elite main i was shouting for you .
I just hope i can keep my Haro for a bit longer as we are not planning on racing the Uk nationals this year due to me wanting to race over in Europe and the worlds in Australia i want a W plate back .
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