On The Pegs January 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 1 | Page 53

On The Pegs
Well I feel like I bailed
on you guys. Not sure if
you even realized it, but I
completely failed on my
last article and forgot all
about it. Luckily, Shan
is a pretty understand-
ing guy and let it slide
without firing me. I have
no idea what we even
discussed last, so I fig-
ured we might as well
talk about the Enduro-
Cross series this year and
what’s to come in the
near future.
I’m currently sitting in
the lobby of a hotel in
Poland for the first round
of SuperEnduro. Hanging
out in the hallway in my
sweatpants since the
Wi-Fi has no connec-
tion in the room. But it
doesn’t matter because
I’m stoked to be back rac-
ing the FIM series again.
I got off track there,
trying not to skip ahead
too fast. This year’s Endu-
roCross series was nearly
perfect for me. Was al-
most like it came right
out of a textbook. We
did our homework with
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the KTM team this year
after just always looking
for more from the last
season. What we ended
up with was, in my mind,
the perfect EnduroCross
weapon. Confidence is
key at all levels of every
sport and when you’re
in tune with your equip-
ment, it sure makes the
job a whole lot easier. I
managed to be the fast-
est time qualifier at every
round this season and
finished it off by winning
6 of the 7 events taking
home my third champi-
onship.
Now we can move
forward again, now that I
caught you all up.
I re-signed with the
KTM team for another
two years, which I’m re-
ally excited about. Espe-
cially since I will be able
to get more races under
my belt. Can’t do this for-
ever, unless you’re Mike
Brown, so I’ve got to take
this opportunity while I
still can. I’m back in the
FIM SuperEnduro series
and will be competing
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in more international
events as well.
A new series was just
released consisting of
8 international events
that’s a mix of extreme
enduro, traditional en-
duro, and famous beach
races. I’m up for the
challenge and excited
to see what comes up.
One thing is for certain,
I will most likely be get-
ting some solid airline
miles in next season. We
also hope to hit more
extreme races here in the
states as well.
Basically I got too much
going on for next season
and going to do my best
to juggle it all. It will most
likely be tough, but for
sure it will be a blast and
I’m excited to see how it
all shapes up.
Happy Holidays every-
one and enjoy the New
Year! Also I apologize
now for the grammatical
errors since I typed this
on my phone. n