21st May, Ana Akers, Awahaou South Road, off No 4 Line, Pohangina Valley East
When I helped set up on Saturday I thought it was going to be a fairly easy trial. Sunday wasn’t so easy and the worst sections were the ones I helped set. Steve Bird and I had set sections two, three, and four.
I cleaned every part of two, just never at the same time. I was terrified of three. At the top of the bank was a stump to ride over. On the first lap I bailed out and got a five but, by the end of the day I was cleaning it. On Sunday Kevin made some small alterations to four because the bank at the start was too difficult in the wet. Much to my annoyance I never cleaned it. On the last lap I got a five because I was going too fast and couldn’t stop myself from flying out of bounds.
Kevin also had to change the intermediate line on two. There was a difficult line to a log and a bank that was a bit more than intermediate.
I got through all the rest of the sections for less than a five and, on six of the eight sections, for less than a three.
The most annoying section of the day for me was five. The first lap I’d fought really hard for a three, got it, then completely forgot about the last small bank and got a five. It happens. You forget about flags and miss them. What shouldn’t happen is doing exactly the same thing on the third lap!
I rode with Kevin and Warwick. They are both miles ahead of me. Warwick got 16, Kevin got 34, and I got 81.
Phil Costello was riding A grade but wasn’t riding with us. He was racing around to finish quickly and only did three laps.
Hugo Neale was there on his Oset. It was cool to see him riding his first event.
I had a great day despite my score being a little high.