On The Pegs August - 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 8 | Page 133

On The Pegs
Vol. 4 Issue 8 - August 2019
133
D 09 and Under Novice Class and the E4 Youth D 07 and Under
Championship Class, were afforded the opportunity to start the
day first. These classes only had to complete 16 sections (a total
of two loops) on the day; beginning first allowed many of them
to complete Sunday’s competition before the upper skill classes
began the day. Will Loer ended up taking the top podium spot
in the D4 Youth D 09 and Under Novice class with 16 cleans and a
completely clean day, while Bronson Dorman took top podium in
the E4 Youth D 07 and Under Championship Class, with 15 cleans
and only one single point. Standing next to Bronson were Owen
Fields in second place, with 14 cleans and three points, and Ad-
die Fox in third place, with 14 cleans and four points. It should be
noted that Addie ended up placing first in the WOMENS 4 Wom-
en’s Novice Class with this day’s score.
Section #7 was one of the more difficult sections for the upper
classes, more so on technicality than on actual obstacle difficulty.
Riders entered the section and immediately had a series of logs to
cross; after the logs, they navigated up the steep hillside, rolling
over a rock as they did so. Once at the top, riders descended the
hill, crossed another set of logs only to be sent back up the hill for
another gate. The part of this section that was the most techni-
cal was the first descent; riders had to ensure a tight path close to
their climb in order to be sure they did not cross their tracks on
the second climb. One rider, A0 Youth A 15 and Under Champion-
ship Class rider Dylan Lozano, found himself in this very situation
and ended up taking a full five points on the section for crossing
his tire tracks. He learned from the first loop and improved the
next loop for a cleaner ride.
Working to add a bonus challenge to the weekend, Will Myers in
the A0 class, rode the event as a no-stop trials. This meant that he
would not allow himself to stop to balance or stop too long with
a foot down. Friday cost him the most dabs, ending the day with
14 points (still enough to take a first-place finish), but he ended
up getting his riding back on track with the help of his minder/
brother/fellow adult Pro-class rider Alex. He ended up dropping
only a single point on Saturday as well as Sunday, ending the East
Coast series with 16 points overall.