We got an email last week from Tim Pilg, marketing manager at American Beta, alerting us that they’d signed 2010 AMA/NATC MotoTrial champ Cody Webb to a two-year contract. "Cody will be competing on an Beta Evo 290 in the 2011 Trial Championship as well as a Beta RR in the 2011 Endurocross series."
The Nov. issue of Trials and Enduro News reports that Louise Forsley has signed with Sherco USA for 2011 and will compete in the AMA/NATC championship series. Louise was the Women’s National Trials Champion from 2006-09. She took the year off in 2010.
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 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.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at Oldham, Powell, & Roberts Funeral Home… Visitation will be from 5:00- 9:00 p.m. on Monday, August 23, 2010 at Oldham, Roberts & Powell.
Newly crowned AMA/NATC National Trials champion Cody Webb was featured on the cover of Cycle News last week. The cover story, by Shan Moore: Webb Captures Trials Title.
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:
2010 Logan Bolopue
2009 Bryan Roper
2008 Karl Davis
2007 Josiah Mizell
2006 Josiah Mizell
2005 Will Ibsen
2004 Louise Forsley
Do you know who won in years prior to 2004?
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.)
You’ll see their names at the top levels of the NATC year-end results for 2009. Likewise, these 2009 nationally-ranked riders were there that week (alas, no 2005 photos): Karl Davis Jr., Chase Harker, Louise Forsley.
Among them: left, Andrew Oldar and right, Eric Storz, now the stars of the Young Guns DVD available from Ryan Young Products. The catalog blurb reads:
Watch in dismay as the young teens, Andrew Oldar and Eric Storz, known as the YOUNG GUNS, thrill you with their uncanny riding ability as they hone their riding skills on their way to becoming two of the top PRO riders in the sport of Observed Trials.
Both these riders have already won Championships in their young careers but now they have their sights set on the big time. Filmed all around the USA, you will see not only these two outstanding riders, but also many of the top riders in Trials today. Watch them as they ride up huge walls and perfect their splatter technique on huge obstacles. Included in the Bonus Footage is the 2008 USA Indoor national, 2008 Tennessee FIM World round, and much more.
See Andrew’s and Eric’s recent YouTube videos below.
Chase Harker will be appearing at the Roll On Columbus on May 22, 2010! The Roll On Columbus is located at the LC Pavilion in the Arena District of Columbus, Ohio. The Roll On Columbus starts at 12:00 p.m. It is a family friendly event chocked full of Motorcycle shows! Including Trials, which is where Harker will come in. Harker is a young man of many talents. From being an Honor Student, to being a six consecutive AMA Youth National Observed Trials Champion, as well as the current AMA NATC National High School Trials Champion, Harker can do it all! Harker is sponsored by Sherco USA, Ryan Young Products, Zip Express, Dunlap Tires, and Ogio. So head on out if you can to watch him and his friends “defy the laws of gravity”. You can look up this event by clicking on this link.