RIP: John McWilliams, Sr

We received a notice from Tim Cody over the weekend:

I am saddened to inform the trials community of the passing of John McWilliams Sr.  John was an avid rider and major national trials events organizer in the 1980′s in KY.

John’s obituary reads in part:

John McWilliams John was a boy scout leader for several years. He had many passions, including music, animals, and motorcycles.

John spent time competing in motorcycle trials competition with his sons.

Visitation will be from 5:00- 9:00 p.m. on Monday, August 23, 2010 at Oldham, Powell, & Roberts Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 24, 2010.

EnduroTrial 2010 registration now available

EnduroTrial 2010

Rider registration for this fall’s EnduroTrial at the TTC is now available. See the EnduroTrial 2010 website for details.

Playlists added to TTC YouTube Channel

We’ve added 4 instructor playlists to the TTC YouTube Channel:

And we’ve added a playlist of American Youth Trials Riders.  Let us know other videos to add to the latter.

You can see all the TTC Videos on the Trials Training Center YouTube Channel or scroll through them here and watch them in a smaller video player:

Andrew Oldar video: 2010 American Trials Teen Camp

Andrew OldarAndrew Oldar 2Andrew Oldar alerted me to a new video he just put together.

It features clips of the some of the best youth trials riders in the USA practicing (and crashing) at the TTC earlier this summer at the invitation-only American Trials Teen Camp. Among those featured:

Karl Davis, Jr.
Daniel Blane-Gonnet
Seth Gray
Chase Harker
Nathan Hassler
Homer Hensley
Andrew Oldar
Bryan Roper
Josh Roper

For more, see:

And you might want to friend Andrew (if he lets you) on Facebook.

FYI, Andrew finished 6th in the Pro class of the 2010 AMA/NATC National Championship Trials Series that just wrapped up last weekend. He finished 3rd in the Expert Class in 2009.

Photo album by Sheldon Hefler: 2010 Family Youth Camp, Youth Nationals, Women’s Open

Sheldon Hefler - photobucketSheldon Hefler contacted us a week ago to let us know he had put up all his photos from this year’s 2010 Family Youth Camp, Youth Nationals, Women’s Open in an album on Photobucket. See Sheldon’s album of all 310 photos or the slideshow.

He has a business called Spot-on-Event Photography but he generously gave us his permission to do whatever we wanted with the TTC photos. So I combed through them and picked those that I thought best represented the activities of the week. Thanks, Sheldon!

See the album of 53 photos, the large slideshow, or this small slideshow:

Cody Webb, 2010 AMA/NATC National Trials champion

Kip and Cody Webb; photo by Lewisport USANATC Rounds 9 & 10 were held in California this weekend. See the NATC Results page for the scores of all the classes and the year-end results. With a 1st place finish on Saturday, Cody Webb (Gas Gas) secured his first-ever national title.

He’s pictured on the right with his father and minder, Kip Webb.  See the full-sized photo at the bottom of the Lewisport USA home page.

Shan Moore at Trials and Enduro News has the details on his blog:

After finishing runner-up in the series standings for four straight years, Webb picked up his game in 2010, winning eight of the 10 rounds to easily capture the championship. At Donner, Webb handled the huge granite walls and drops with precision, topping three-time and defending Champ Patrick Smage by 26 points on Saturday and 38 on Sunday.

See Cody Webb’s Facebook profile wall and this message thread on Trials Central for all the congratulatory messages.

Results: NATC Rounds 7 & 8

NATC Rounds 7 & 8 were held in Colorado this weekend.

See the NATC Results page for the scores of all the classes.

Cody Webb airborn By taking first place both days in Colorado over the weekend, Cody Webb (GasGas) has all but clinched first place in the 2010 AMA/NATC National Championship Trials Series. With 6 wins (including one in Oklahoma, one in Rhode Island, and two in New York), Webb will likely have his first-ever National Championship next week in California, beating out four-time AMA/NATC National Trials Champion Pat Smage (Sherco).

Dan Williams wrote in the Trials Central forum: "I calculate Cody only needs a fifth place (16 points) finish either day in California to clinch."

Toni Bou, 2010 FIM Trial World Champion

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Trials Central has a report up today announcing that Toni Bou has clinched the 2010 FIM Trial World Championship after today’s Italian Grand Prix.

In front of a huge Italian crowd Bou sealed his fourth successive outdoor title thanks to an almost perfect closing lap. Adam Raga – Gas Gas did his best to spoil Bou’s party with a good early showing, but in the end had to settle for second place as Toni turned up the heat. Bou has now won a total of eight FIM Trial World titles, four indoors and four outdoors, and all since signing for Montesa back in 2007.

Trials and Enduro News: now up to Lesson 19 in the Ryan Young tutorial series

ry-lesson1-sshotTandEnews-logoI got the Aug, 2010 issue of Trials and Enduro News this week and it contains the Ryan Young tutorial series, Lesson 19, clearing gaps, on Page 34, with the drop-off turn coming next month.

See our blurb about the series on the bottom of our TTC How To Ride/Tutorials page.

Help needed: names and photos of past Youth Nationals champs

We’d like to create a photo collage of all the overall winners of the Youth Nationals held here at the TTC in the past decade or more.  We’ve researched our blog archives and thus far, have these champs:

Josiah Mizell 2006 Youth Nationals Champ 2010 Logan Bolopue

2009 Bryan Roper 

2008 Karl Davis

2007 Josiah Mizell 

2006 Josiah Mizell

2005 Will Ibsen

2004 Louise Forsley

  1. Do you know who won in years prior to 2004?
  2. Do you have photos of any of the champs from the year they won? (Photos of them on a trials bike or on a podium would be best.)

If so, please Contact Us. (That page has an upload form that you can use to send us any photos.)

New blogsite for EnduroTrial 2010

EnduroTrial USA 
We’re teaming up with Trials and Enduro News to present the AMA EnduroTrial Championship this fall here at the TTC, Oct. 16 & 17.

The EnduroTrial is an off-road competition which is designed to test the rider’s overall off-road riding ability by incorporating some of the technical riding skills associated with observed trials into an enduro racing format.

We’ve set up a separate blog site for the event and will be distributing this EnduroTrial 2010 flyer (PDF) at this weekend’s Southeastern Enduro & Trail Riders Association (SE&TRA) annual awards banquet in Columbia, SC.

EnduroTrial 2010 Flyer SETRA

Help us spread the word!

Photo album: International Twinshock Association Rounds 5 & 6

The International Twinshock Association (ITSA) held Rounds 5 and 6 of its North American Championship here at the TTC this past weekend. Liz Thompson took photos.

See her album of 29 photos, the large slideshow, or this small slideshow:

Liz also took some photos of kids goofing off:

Nathan Glinski Alex Bedley Alex Bedley Nathan Glinski, Alex Bedley, Sadie Thompson Nathan Glinski & Dan Brown

Bicycle trials results/photos: July 3 North American Trials Series (NATS) and Worlds Qualifier

Neil Willey, 1st Place Pro Class Michael Friddell has posted a summary and the results from last weekend’s North American Trials Series (NATS) and Worlds Qualifier at the TTC.

Photo at right: Neil Willey, 1st Place Pro Class

See the NATS album of 34 photos of the event.

Overall scores: 2010 East Coast Youth Nationals, Women’s Open

Results: 2010 East Coast Youth Nationals Overall Results: 2010 Women's Open Overall

Left: Results – 2010 East Coast Youth Nationals Overall (PDF)

Right: Results – 2010 Women’s Open Overall

Photo album: Youth Nationals, Women’s Open, Day 3

Liz Thompson continues to be the TTC official photographer for this year’s Youth Nationals and Women’s Open.

See her album of 20 photos of Day 3 competition, the large slideshow, or this small slideshow:

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