December 2020 - Volume 4 - Issue 12 December 2020 | Page 60

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On The Pegs 60

Oregon ’ s Daniel Blanc-Gonnet has stepped away from his job in Arizona for the time being and has planned to live the “ van life ” in 2021 ( By the way , Daniel has been working for the Roper family business , a very prominent family in US Trials ). The GasGas USA rider will be travelling the country , staying with friends , camping and training in every type of challenging terrain he can find .
On The Pegs caught up with Daniel while he was driving from Arizona to Oregon here ’ s what he told us about his plans .
OTP : We basically didn ’ t have a season this year , other than the California Invitational Trial , so tell us what you have been doing so far .
DBG : Well , I ’ ve been living in Arizona , so I ’ ve been doing a lot of riding with Josh Roper and Nigel Parker . Just really trying to keep up with the momentum , it ’ s been