On The Pegs October 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 10 | Page 82

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On The Pegs
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IS THERE AN EVENT YOU WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND TAKE A
MULLIGAN ON?
RYAN YOUNG: Colorado, 1994. I basically lost the championship by a dab, but I
don’t think there was much I could do different, but there was. I stalled the bike. I
wasn’t quite up on the flat surface. I was hanging off the edge. I didn’t know I was
under-working the motor. I was just trying to stop to get lined up for the ledge,
and it stalled. I lost my point that day and I think that was the championship as well
to Geoff Aaron.
GEOFF AARON: I don’t think I really have one that I could think of. I have never
thought of that before, since you don’t get a do-over.
PAT SMAGE: Oregon 2016. It was just a mental breakdown. Hopefully get some
redemption next year.
IS THERE ONE PERSON WHO HAD A BIG INFLUENCE ON YOUR CAREER?
RYAN YOUNG: My dad. He taught me everything I knew, until I surpassed him.
GEOFF AARON: Definitely the early stages of my career it was my father. He was
the one that taught me about trials riding in the first place. Then kind of I would
say dangled the carrot in front of me and said, if you try hard and practice then
we’ll go to the events. So I always kind of had that feeling if I work at it then there’ll
be a light at the end of the tunnel.
PAT SMAGE: Ryan Young for sure. The support they give me has been huge. My
dad and Ryan Young are pretty close.
IF YOU COULD GIVE JUST ONE TIP TO ANYONE WANTING TO GET BETTER AT
TRIALS, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
RYAN YOUNG: Practice, practice, practice. That’s all you can do to get better in tri-
als is time on the bike, as much as you can and you will get better.
GEOFF AARON: Learn the basics. You can’t do what Geoff Aaron and Pat Smage
and those guys do without having a good grounding in the basics. It all builds on
that.
PAT SMAGE: Practice all you can.