JOEY GOUGH - BMX Girl

I've been kind of slack here I know. I would write report about Braintree regional I did the other week but it's kinda been and gone now! I had some good races anyway, made the semis in 19+ and ended up in the B main, got pretty stuck in. I was 5th out of the first corner but as I jumped the double I almost landed on the Mangler! A fun day anyway, that's what it's all about. I was lined up for the B final with a gate almost full of my friends! At the end of the day we made plans for a big BBQ and session at our trails the following Sunday..

Normally our plans end up being ruined by bad weather, or people forget they had something else to do etc etc... but for once everything came together, Jay, Jonny, Joe and Paul from Bury, Ross from Ipswich and the locals - me, scobby, stiffler and tucker. It was a great day we had the trails running better than ever, with the dry weather they were rock solid but we had been watering the surface every time we rode so that it was silky smooth! They were running so fast you could pull up super high on every set. The backline got sessioned a lot, it's small but more tech, and since we made the bowls deeper last winter it's floaty and fun. We had some 6 man trains going on the mains, they were so fun, things were getting a bit close at times! Lots of laughing.. but that's when my days riding ended... I was following Ross through the mains with Jonny behind me, went to do a table on the 3rd set ( like I have done a hundred times before) but got my bars caught in my t-shirt straight away somehow, and they weren't coming out. Hence an " ohhh crap" from me, I landed with the bike still sideways and well that's all i remember until I got rudely awakened from a nice sleep I was having!! But really, thanks guys for taking good care of me. I was a bit confused and had a stinking headache for the rest of the day, couldn't even manage to take any more photos really. Still, I enjoyed the BBQ and watching everyone else rip up the trails. I had an ideal view of the third set, Ross pulled a perfect one foot table, tucker was over clicking turndowns and Scooby was just waaay up in the trees!

Anyway I had a bit of a chilled week this week after that, my body needed a rest...I'm so bored though! What do people do who have no hobbies? seriously??! I'll be back on my bike this weekend I reckon.

Photos: Top - Tucker, below - the run up


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