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able . Especially since the sections were more like an indoor event . I mean , it was good to get out there , but it was definitely not my best performance .
OTP : Talk about your plans for next year .
DBG : Well , I quit my job with the Ropers , and I ’ ll be riding for GasGas again , and just travelling all year and training full time . I want to put in as much work as I can to make 2021 a good season .
OTP : Logistically , how with your version of the “ van life ” work ?
DBG : So as I travel I will stop at cool riding sports around the country and hopefully meet up with some of the club members in different areas . Obviously , over the year ’ s I have accumulated a good group of friends and acquaintances around the country that I can visit and stay with . I would also like to enjoy camping out in some really beautiful places . The western part of the United States is particularly beautiful this time of year . I ’ m also planning on spending some time at the Trials Training Center in Tennessee .
The first two national rounds of 2021 at slick , east coast rounds , so getting to train at TTC will be a big help for that . So , after El Trial de Espana , here in Caalifornia , I want to head to TTC to get some slick riding in .
OTP : The final national is scheduled for your home state of Oregon , so you ’ ve got to be excited about that .
DBG : Yes , that ’ s going to be fun , but I ’ m not sure exactly what it ’ s going to be like because they are holding it in a totally new place . It ’ s actually on the other side of the mountain from the place they held the last two rounds . It ’ s still in the Tillamook Forest , but the terrain is a little bit different , actually . There aren ’ t as many creeks and the rocks have a little bit more grip in them , so there will be bigger obstacles than they had at the last Oregon round .
OTP : It ’ s scheduled for the first weekend of October , so what is the weather usually like that time of year ?
DBG : Well , it ’ s going to be a crapshoot . It could be nice Fall weather , or it could be pouring rain . But the reason they chose that time of year is because they are