On The Pegs Vol . 3 Issue 1 - January 2018 P 113
On The Pegs Vol . 3 Issue 1 - January 2018 P 113
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- RYAN YOUNG -
Pat ’ s always told me that slippery conditions were his weak spot , did you see a big improvement in his slippery riding skills ?
Yeah , in Rhode Island it was extremely slippery and he hit the marks perfectly . We did have fives , but again he didn ’ t give up . He stuck with it and kept fighting to the end . There were a few sections that were just incredible how you would need huge lift and land right on the apex of a rock because it ’ s basically as slippery as ice . If you ’ re not in the center it ’ s going to slide off . You have to shut all the power off immediately . Just things like that that you have to know from practice , how to keep that tire stuck and not spin off the top of a rock . It ’ s a very fine line and he was hitting it perfectly every time . So his winter slippery practice I think really paid off . Basically at the end of last year he knew he could beat Marc because of how close he was , and basically fiving the last section is the only difference why he lost . So I think he knew he could beat Marc . He had all winter to really try to up his game where he might have been coasting previous years in the national championships , or maybe not practicing 150 %. That little taste of victory towards the end of the season gave Pat a lot of drive to step up his practice . n