On The Pegs July 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 7 | Page 112

On The Pegs
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DEBRIEFED
KARL DAVIS JR.
Does this kind of get you excited
about making a comeback?
Yeah. I always get excited just to
come back to trials. I think that the
tour I’m on right now, I kind of see the
light at the end of the tunnel. I want to
do one more year with it and then be
done. I’m really motivated to train hard
this next year and get my mind ready
and my body ready. I really want to put
in 100% effort into it like I haven’t been
able to do before. I just want to attack
it and see what I can do. Pat’s an amaz-
ing rider and it would be so cool just to
get close to him and try and give him
a challenge. I know he sits up there
pretty high and almost alone. Trying to
fill that gap is what I want to do.
I’m wondering if maybe it helped
you a little bit being away because
sometimes you can take a break
and come back and then something
clicks.
For sure. Sometimes I’ll find when
I do come back from tour I’m almost
stronger in some aspects of my riding.
It’s just like the riding fitness you have
to get back up to, time on the bike. So
breaks do help.
Does performing with Marvel Uni-
verse help with your mental focus?
Yeah, it keeps you a little sharp, but
we do them so many times it’s like I’m
on autopilot. I don’t remember cer-
tain shows that I do because I’ve done
probably close to 1,000 shows now of
the same thing. I don’t think about it.
I just go through the motions and do
it. As far as that, the mental focus, that
honestly was the hardest thing getting
back into last weekend was focusing on
trials and having a minute and a half in
the section.
Does the travel get old?
Sometimes it does when we’re in
crappy areas. All in all, I still enjoy
traveling. It’s just a fun way to see the
world and I’m getting paid to do it. I’ve
love my Life right now. I can’t complain
about it. I’m making money riding a
motorcycle, traveling, seeing things
that I’ll probably never get to see when
I’m older. It’s an amazing experience to
be able to have. I’ve made some really
good relationships and have life-long
friends on the show that I love and care
for. The travel getting old, sometimes,
but I’m still enjoying it. n