JOEY GOUGH - BMX Girl

Lots of trails action over the last couple of weeks since I've been home. They've been running real good, they often get too dry in summer but the excessive rain has seen to that. It's also meant we have still been able to dig a bit too which is nice. Although since building the new hip lip at the weekend it's not rained so I don't think that one will last! We are pretty lucky as a lot of trails have been underwater so far this year.


Got a bit of a gap from racing for a while, next up will be Fort William 4X World Champs. I might actually try and ride a mountain bike before then....bit pointless in Norfolk though. I've switched back to a hardtail for racing, cause I can just jump on it when I've been riding BMX all the time and feel right at home. Full sussers have quite a different feel...I go to pump of a lip like I do on a bmx and the suspension sucks all my efforts away! Saying that though maybe it's a good thing to keep me on the ground instead of wasting time in the air boosting it in a race!


The play track in Pilling Park, Norwich has recently had a face lift. It has 4 straights instead of 3 now and all the jumps have been re-done. It's only small but good fun, great for the local kids to get their jumping skills up and great for me to practice pick up manuals and stuff. There are some really rad local kids there, some not even on a suitable bike, but they are jumping stuff and whipping out with style. Real naturals.... they know who they are! Hope they stick with it and progress to the main Norwich track and race someday. 2 of the said rad kids >>>>>>

I've been getting back in the gym this week, but it's not all hard work, cause they have a heated outdoor pool so I've been chilling by that trying to get rid of my farmers tan!! And when I say heated, I don't mean they just took the chill of the water, it is actually like a bath.....not to mention the outdoor hot tub! God I love going to the gym!