On The Pegs February 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 2 | Page 73

On The Pegs
Vol. 3 Issue 1 - January 2018
P 73
OTP: Do you miss competing in trials?
LOUISE: .Yeah, definitely. I miss the atmosphere and the
fun weekends that they are and the people. I definitely
miss that. I do miss the competitive side of it too, training.
I always loved training for competitions more than maybe
sometimes riding the competitions too. Yeah, I do miss it.
OTP: What do you guys dislike most about travelling with
the show?
KARL: . Toughest part is the travel. It does wear on you
sometimes. You’re stuck at a hotel. You don’t really have
a place that’s homey. You’re always moving to a differ-
ent home. There’s nothing really consistent to it, which is
the hardest part I guess is the consistency. You’ve got two
bags. You got to load those up and unpack them every
single week. Cooking is hard. Trying to cook in the rooms.
LOUISE: . I would say traveling in cities is the hardest. Just
the routine of packing a suitcase every single Sunday. We
bring stuff to cook with. We have a lot of stuff to pack in
and out. We do dishes in a sink or a bathtub or whatever.
We literally live out of the hotel rooms.
OTP: What do you guys like most about travelling with
the show?
KARL: I would say it is also the travel. Just the experience
of traveling every week. I enjoy it. It keeps everything fresh.
It’s a good way to see the world and get paid for it. That’s
definitely the coolest thing about it. Not many jobs you can
get where you’re paid to ride, and then travel and see every
corner of the world, which is awesome.
LOUISE: . I guess it would be the fact that I’m riding a tri-
als bike in this big show and that tons of people are coming
to see. The fact that I’m able to show my skills doing that.
It’s a blast.