Hey all, how’s it goin?
Since the end of the Thirst For Destruction Crusty tour in 2010 where I hurt my back a little by going long while flipping the Harley, I’m glad to say I healed up really quick and riding within a couple of weeks.
I rode my Husqvarnas as much as I could and had a lot of fun on them. It was pretty cool that no-one thought a Husky could be used for freestyle and it brought me a lot of attention, which I love.
After Christmas and New Years (which was a massive four weeks straight) Ben Foster the editor of Freeider MX Magazine called me and asked if I wanted to ride their Kawasaki KX250F project bike for the year. That was really nice of him because now he doesn’t have a bike to ride haha (top bloke).
Now being a Kawi rider I got the opportunity to ride with the Monster Kawasaki Showtime FMX team again, which I couldn’t pass up. Showtime helped kick off my career about six years ago and with them riding the 2011 Kawasakis it looks like it's going to be a good year.
I hadn’t even ridden a Kawi before, then Gary Reid called and asked me to do a show at Mulwala, which is always fun. Brad (The Cuddler) Burch and I had to detour every way we could just to get through all the floods in and around Queensland; a 13-hour trip took us 18 hours, and we were glad that was over.
It was Thursday and raining heavily, I ended up getting 20 minutes to ride the bike and get used to it, which wasn’t really enough time as I was feeling sketchy.
Show day was on Friday and it was straight into it. I was really worried about not being able to do my normal tricks, but it turns out I can do that stuff straight up. Yeeww!
Now I’m in Mildura with Trials Jack doing crazy things on Harley Davidsons. Yesterday we were jumping 80 feet off a 120ft ramp, which is a damn big jump on a Harley! Check out me mad Heelclicker photo.
My next show is at the St Kilda fest in Melbourne and I’m just practising my ass off for the EXFMX tour in Europe that starts in May and goes for three months.
Time to get out of bed and go riding.
Seeeyyupp!
Source: http://www.unitriders.com/united-states/news-and-culture/blog/2011/1/24/sauly-checks-in/index.htm
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