10/16/2017 8:41 PM
Edited Date/Time: 10/16/2017 8:41 PM
Johnny Depp wrote:
Another great job on the video, thanks! I can't believe I keep missing keeping up with you on the track. Great job, your ...more
Johnny Depp wrote:
Another great job on the video, thanks! I can't believe I keep missing keeping up with you on the track. Great job, your consistency and attendance is paying off. Do you feel like it gets any easier with experience like you are getting? Any new tricks you've picked up? That Yamaha clearing the matrix is crazy, this sport is going to the next level fast.
Thank you! It’s easy to miss me when I start at the back, they tend to only show the front of the pack in the support classes.
I definitely learn at every race. The biggest thing, by far, is that you just can’t stop. Unless it’s physically impossible for you to get through, just go. Momentum makes everything on the track easier. Of course, it takes quite a bit of confidence to just send it through a rock garden or matrix when you don’t know exactly how it’s going to turn out.
I also have to force myself to stand up even when it feels wrong and I’ve learned to ride through arm pump instead of just freezing up.
There are a couple of other little things, like figuring out which side of the gate to line up on during practice to go out first and have a clean track, what obstacles are likely to change by the time the night show comes around, practicing every line because I know somebody will be stuck in the best line, etc.