On The Pegs P110
On The Pegs P110
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KARL DAVIS JR .
KARL DAVIS JR . TURNED IN SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCES IN BOTH TEN- NESSEE AND ARKANSAS , WITH SECOND AND THIRD PLACE FINISHES AT BOTH VENUES . ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING IT WAS HIS FIRST NATIONAL EVENT IN NEARLY A YEAR . KARL SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME PERFORMING WITH MARVEL UNIVERSE LIVE , WHICH TRAVELS THE COUNTRY PEFFORM- ING IN MAJOR CITIES . WE SPOKE WITH KARL IN ARKANSAS ABOUT HIS RETURN TO THE US MOTOTRIALS SERIES .
Did you surprise yourself with your finishes the past two weeks ?
It felt really good . Did it surprise me ? Not really , because I always think that ’ s where I should be riding is right there with Alex and Daniel . I ’ ve been competing against them for years now . So I always expect to ride at their level or better . I never go in thinking that they can beat me . My goal is to beat them . Right now there ’ s no one really that close to Pat , so trying to fill that gap is where I want to be to try and get closer to Pat , he ’ s such an amazing rider . That ’ s what you want to shoot for .
How much practice have you been able to get in this year in-between your dates with Marvel Universe ?
Honestly , this year ’ s been the hardest to get practice in because the winter was so rough . We were up in the Northeast for the entire winter . We were in cities with snow until April . I wasn ’ t able to ride that much at all . I probably had four or five times in on the bike over the course of five or six months . It ’ s not that much . As soon as I got on break for the tour , I had a couple weeks to get ready for the nationals , so I immediately drove out to Phoenix to ride with Daniel and really just get my confidence back up on the big , grippy rocks and hitting stuff . I just trained really hard that way . The one other thing I did over the winter that helps a lot is just work out . I trained a lot in the gym , just lifting weights and doing a lot of cardio stuff . Cross fit is kind of what I ’ ve been trying to move more towards . It ’ s a really fun way to stay fit . Just trying to stay as fit as I can off the bike .