On The Pegs April 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 4 | Page 55

On The Pegs
Vol. 2 Issue 4 - April 2018
P 55
my days, but it’s all worth it. I will be heading home
in early April, before the beginning of the National
Season in the USA, right after the first European
Championship in Spain. This year I will be competing
in the USA Nationals, the World Championship, and
the European Championship... it’s going to be a busy
year!
How was your experience at the World Round in
Arizona?
The Arizona World Championship was spectacular!
I could tell it was a lot of work for the organizers and
Sport7 but they pulled off a great event with a fan-
tastic crowd! A big thank you to GasGas North Amer-
ica for having such a great set up and keeping every-
one overly satisfied the whole weekend, I couldn’t do
it without them! I knew at the beginning of last year
that I was trying to focus a lot on the world champi-
onships again by riding the entire series for the sec-
ond time and to place well. The first day in Arizona
I was confident and had a good feeling about the
event, pulling off my best finish for the year in 3rd.
The second day was very slick for me and I couldn’t
quite get my confidence up to finish any better that
4th. The sections were the hardest we had the whole
season and I think it was an advantage for me and
my style of riding. I think it was so great America had
the opportunity to host a World Championship, es-
pecially the first Women’s round to be out of Europe,
ever.
What is the difference between competing at
the World level vs. our National series?
A major difference between Nationals and World
Championships is the non-stop rules. The sections at
our nationals are set up for a lot of moving the bike
within the section, while the World sections are set
up for less hopping and more flow throughout the
section, usually with harder obstacles. Time is an-
other factor that comes into play a lot in the World
Championships. We have five and a half hours to ride
15 sections 2 times in the TrialGP’s, while at the Na-