On The Pegs July 2020 - Volume 5 - Issue 7 | Page 96

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5INDOOR TRIAL WIN
Probably the next one that really kind of sticks out in my
mind was AMA indoor in San Fransisco in 2003 in the Cow
Palace. So that one was the first time we ever really did a
legitimate American indoor and it was considered as a national
championship, but it was kind of a winner-take-all
situation. Top ten guys were invited to the thing, so it was
basically the best guys from the outdoor series. I remember
at that point in my career I was really close with Ryon Bell.
So Ryon and I were pretty even. Basically we came down to
the end because we ended up tying. Our score was tied, so we had to basically
race through the final section, which was not a super easy section. We had both
cleaned it and then it turned into basically who could clean it the fastest. I ended
up winning that on time and won the first ever indoor.
So that one sticks out just because it’s kind of different. It was cool to have an
indoor championship and to be in the record books as just kind of the first one
to ever win. So that was cool. It was definitely exciting to have a nail-biter finish
like that where you had to kind of race through this hard section and not screw
up and dab, and try to beat the other rider through it. It was tough. It was a lot of
pressure on that one ride.
BONUS WIN
Then the last one I remember was just my final win, which was in 2006 at TTC in
Tennessee. I had started off strong in 2006 so I had kind of a comfortable cushion
going into the last half of the season. Obviously the youngsters were starting to
kind of creep up on me at that point. It kind of looked like Cody Webb was going
to be the next guy, but it turned out to be Pat Smage who was really the next guy.
My last win was at TTC, and that marked 73 career wins. Going into the final weekend,
there was only one more weekend after that TTC round, and I just basically
had to finish somewhere in the top five or something. The pressure was completely
off me. Basically I feel like that last win at TTC sort of sealed the deal for me
as 10-time champ.