Riding with the boys
April 5, 2008
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I went for a ride on my wr 450 this afternoon to “HARPER TOWN” to see what Lincoln and the boys were up to. I havn’t ridden much the last three months due to a broken thumb and having the wind taken out of my sails after the last crash I had.
It was great to see Linc, Scott, Glen, Luke, Tom and the other guys tearing up the supercross track. I met Lincoln’s cosin. A really nice guy and bloody good rider too. I was merely a spectator and am looking forward to the guys teaching me how to rip up their back yard. I feel sorry for anyone living in the city, sucking up smoke and having to battle traffic. We have it so good here.
I spoke with Luke about our concept show. He is from Western Australia. A very interesting guy with a very interesting family. Without going in too much detail Luke is about as full on as you can get motorsports-wise. He rides a Kawasaki KX450 and drives an EVOLUTION 8 MItsubishi. His partner is just as full-on. Come on girls….. You all need to learn something from women like this. Ssshe is also a demon on a quad bike and is one of the fastest people in a go-kart I was told. Faster than most guys on a track. I want to see this…….I will organise a kart race and will post the results in weeks to come with a sall video. I will put the video probably on the GONE website when it is up in a few weeks.
Lincon will be the mountain and downhill biking host on the show and will take us on some amazing tracks: man made and natural. He has a group of equally talented riders that will push their bodies and levels of indurance to breaking point. I have been getting fit so I can at least keep up part of the way.
It was a bit surreal at the track, standing taiking to the guys about stuff while Glen Clarke was jumping not 2 metres away 20 foot in the air, nailing the landing and then powering out. The best part was seeing Mt Feathertop in the background amongst the flurry of dirt. In his day Clarkie was the most promising junior rider in the country. His family are awesome people. He has two othe brothers; one is now an A Grade motorcross contender. With the right training he will be the best in Australia and could be world class.
Brendon and Mitch are racing an enduro near Warrigul this weekend. I wonder how they are going?
JUst got a text from Troy Bondini and King LLoydy thinking of names for the show. You guys are mad. After the four day enduro we get into filming the motorbike and downhill bike part of the pilot. Linc and his team have made a track in a secret location and will take us through their paces. Can’t wait to get that on film.
Got some great footage of Brendon and Doctor Feltrin tearing up the bitumen on their Aprilia motards. Brendon left the road on a 40 km corner, got the aprilia back wheel completely perpendicular and powered up speedway-styles at 100 km/h through the corner throwing stones all over me and Mark. Such a good rider. So much control and total lack of personal welfare. I love it. We should all live our lives out on the edge but it is just as well you don’t otherwise we wouldn’t be making this show.
Laura and I are going to a factory that makes parachutes and we are going to be taught how to skydive. She doesn’t know it yet so when she reads this she will either be really happy or smething else. I hope she feels like me and relishes the thought of pushing the absolute limit of mental strenght. A walk in the park I say. It will make good tv as both of us are nearly fearless. HAHAHAH ( Not completely)
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