On The Pegs February 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 2 | Page 69

On The Pegs
Vol. 3 Issue 1 - January 2018
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nlike Supercross, there’s not a lot of money to be made
competing in Trials, even at the ro level. However, pro
Trials riders Karl Davis Jr. and Louise Forsley have found
a way to put their “feet up” skills to good use when comes to
earning a living. For the past four years, Karl and Louise have
been working for FELD Entertainment, performing in FELD’s
production of Marvel Universe Live.
Karl and Louise were recently in Oklahoma City preparing for
a show when On The Pegs spoke to the two current and former
pro Trials riders. The two spend about nine months a year on
the road traveling from show to show, living out of suit cases
like gypsies.
OTP: Have you adapted to this gypsy lifestyle?
KARL: It’s almost like a rock and roll kind of lifestyle. A differ-
ent city every week. Everything is really fast-paced. Everything
is new every week everywhere you go, so it’s just like a rock and
roll, gypsy lifestyle. Really fun and interesting.
LOUISE: . We travel every single week, so we’re constantly
moving city to city. That gets tiring after a while, just always out
of a suitcase. But we get to stay in pretty nice hotels, so that
makes it easier.
OTP: Do you guys travel on a bus?
LOUISE: We used to the first year we traveled with the tour,
but now I travel in my van so I can carry my own trials bike and
my own mountain bike. Then on our off days, which is Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday we can go find places to ride, which
makes it more sustainable. Being able to still ride on our off
days and live a normal life besides just being stuck on the tour.
KARL: All the motorcycle riders on tour, we all drive our cars
to bring our own equipment, our own bikes to go ride on our
off days. It’s awesome because we actually get freedom on tour.
On our off days we can go ride in amazing areas all over the
country. It just gives us that little bit of freedom. We get to go
explore. I’ve pretty much ridden every area of the US just be-
cause of this tour and my off days on it.