city trials

Did I call this a three ring circus? I take it all back. I was pleasantly surprised at the skill Keith and Chris had at lighting the candles while balancing on the dining room table. To make it tougher they should have had them use box-stick matches. Plus anyone knows, when taking flowers out of the vase, you must use clean fresh water when putting the flowers back in the vase. They should have had them replace the water too. One more thing, next time, jump over chocolate cake. It has a higher drama factor.

Whoa Alan... Did you say Pat Smage challenged by the zero line? Can I sign him up.

Patrick Smages' last national title was 2004 when he won the Expert Sportman class. In 2005 he finished 3rd in the expert class and this year he's holding on to the number 7 slot, which would give him the number 7 plate next year. You know that plate number. Accordng to the Mich Lin trials rules, you should have been sporting this year, remember? As for losing the lucrative "Mich-Lin" sponsorship to Clive 'No Jive", all I have to say about that is... well looks like Patrick will just have to off-set this loss by entertaining the crowd at another Demo this weekend. I would like to point out to our readers, a Trials Central exclusive... ..... Patrick is currently doing his Demo's on a Sherco 125. Any chance Patrick may be running this Sherco 125 machine in competition? Stay tuned, if he does, you'll hear it here first.

I'm confused. When did the United States trials scene become a circus show? Here it's mid-summer and our pros are out entertaining the crowds like a bunch of half time cheerleaders at a football game. While other nations young and old riders are competing in competitions, our top pros like Geoff Aaron, Cody Webb, Keith Wineland and Patrick Smage are hanging out in the Supermoto pits gabbing with Doug Henry about a loose throttle cable - while drooling at Michael Jordan's Suzuki in Wisconsin or hopping over police cars in California. I can see our old washed up champion's of the sport doing these shows like this, that's what they are suppose to do. But our top pros?

Clive " No Jive" Belvoir is worth every penny he earns as a so called "senior national works rider." So does Curt Comer. Both wrapped up senior titles in only six rounds this year. Amazing stuff, these two are alway in my top 5 category when I compile the overall results. Their bikes they represent are the most popular brand rode at the Tennessee nationals.

Announcer asks....>"Hey Cody, You just won your first ever national, whatcha going to do?" Cody....> "I was going to Disneyland and ride over Donald Duck. Instead they sent me to do a demo and ride over a police car."

Bingo confuses me. Here he wants to marry Laia, yet I got an exclusive photo of him eyeing up David Chavez. Which is it Bingo, David or Laia?

For the man who pitched in two dollars to the cause, here is your trophy girl.

What are you talking about, quite a few what ishy? You weren't even there this weekend. Let's take a look see, the last world round at Donner was in 1997. Lampkin, Fugi, Aaron, Peters and Sweeten were the only one's who rode that event and were at Donner. Is that the few you were talking about? That hardly makes a consensus.

Glass half full Lane, Cody Webb earned 23 world championship points over the weekend placing him currently in 8th place in the Junior Championship. 16 riders have points.

The yellow card cost her 300 euro-dollars from what I heard. She should have gotten a spanking on top of it.

Cody had 91 on Saturday, not 92.

Laia Sanz said, "I suffered the excessive strictness of some zone judges." Cry me a river Laia. You were treating the observers so rude, you were lucky you weren't disqualified. You got treated like every other rider, no more, no less. Your act doesn't play in the United States anymore.

Laia's meltdown Part three.

Laia's meltdown. Part two.

Laia's meltdown. Part One.

Alexz "Wizz" Wigg couldn't make the podium so Ross Danby stood in and grabbed the hardware.

On behalf of Team Smage, we would like to thank the entire staff, crew, observers, medical staff, Ryan Young Products, David Chavez, the AMA, the NATC, the FIM, well... everyone but Jake Miller for hosting a world class event. It was a wonderful week in Sequatchie. We hope the TTC has the honor to host another round in the near future.

Maybe I should take over announcing duties?

Trialsurfer is the funniest dude I ever met! And yes Brian, I'm in Tennessee, even though the Republic of Jake Miller wants me evicted.

No one wears cowboy hats in Tennessee. What a bunch of phonies.

I'll have the hidden video cam ready for that action.

She crashed and took some stitches. Still, this lady is in the top 100. First class award is with-in her grasp.

Between you and the NATC, it's lucky anyone wants to follow trials.

Thanks for correcting the Isherwood brother I was talking about. One name I see missing on the TC chart is young girl sunt.