On The Pegs April 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 4 | Page 53

On The Pegs
Vol. 2 Issue 4 - April 2018
P 53
SImilar to the path that Bernie Schreiber took
back in the late 70’s which led to the young Cali-
fornian becoming the only American World Trials
Champion, current Women’s Pro champ Mad-
eleine Hoover is on a fast track to success since
deciding the only way to be competitive at the
World level is to go to Europe and train. Maddie
has spent two months in Europe competing and
training during the last half of 2017 and was in
Spain when we spoke to her for this interview.
Here’s what the North Carolina native has been
up to:
Tell us what you’ve been up to this past year.
I have been riding quite a lot in Europe the past
months, starting last August when I had the oppor-
tunity to ride the European Championship in Italy.
Over the years I’ve made so many great friends and
connections through the World Championships and
was invited to travel all of August with some of my
best Norwegian friends. After the European Cham-
pionship, the rest of August, we competed in two
Norwegian Championships and stayed and trained at
the Motorsport School (which many of the top Nor-
wegian Trials riders attend and teach at). In Septem-
ber we had two more World Championship rounds,
one in Czech Republic and one in Italy, and then the
Trials des Nations in Spain. I had been in Europe a
total of two months and decided to head home for
the month of October. While at home in October I
made the decision to join and train at the Motors-
port School in Norway, in order to further my train-
ing and try to be competitive at a World level. After
having a ‘not so good’ season in the Women’s Trial2
class I knew I needed to change something to get
the results I was looking for. I am currently in Spain
now getting ready for the season and feeling more
ready than ever. Being away from home for months
at a time can be really hard on me, it’s quite different
from living at home for 18 years with mom and dad.
I’ve really had to do a lot of work keeping myself on a
schedule and making sure I’m making the most out of