firstgear Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Sorry to hear that Pat will not be able to be part of the U.S. team, His experience will be missed. Good luck to Pat for a speedy and 100% recovery. Congratulations to Ronnie Commo for stepping up to help the team and fill in for Pat. Best of luck to the U.S. team, Just keep your feet on the pegs and it will be easy. Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 "experience" what would that be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringo Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Hey now, my knee has fine for awhile. Why didn't you guys call me??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstgear Posted September 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Nigel Are you happier if I say skills? Pat was a very strong part of the our U.S.A. team as I am sure you are aware. I am sure his "skills" will be missed. Ringo I didn't get a call either? Guess the role of over sized beer drinking trials rider was not needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Yep thats more like it, AMA two time champ will be missed............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no jive Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Kip said he would send me updates from the TDN. I will post as they show up. Good to hear that Ronnie made it. It was short notice and then they had to find someone with an FIM liscence. They knew Ringo didnt have one so they called Ronnie. Kips e-mail: So far so good, really steep area but alot of cool stuff. Did practice today and the girls rode the world round. They start tomorrow at 10.15. Been hectic but now seems under controll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringo Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 Dawgonit, I knew I shouldn't have let my FIM license expire. Kip is already well trained to save my bike: http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee299/j...ent=poster5.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no jive Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 Ringo who is the guy below you trying grab your Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copemech Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 Ringo who is the guy below you trying grab your Are you kidding? That guy lost his glove! All that BS about Ringo's knee was two years ago. It is the hemmoroid surgury he is recovering from! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copemech Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 Bottom line, Dabster. Without TWO of our top guys, Will and Patrick, it will be a tough outing when attempting team scores! It will be good experience for Ronnie Commo, yet I think the course will take its toll on him. He will do his best, as always. Kip is a good team manager, he has a large boot! Best of luck to them! MC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringo Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 Ringo who is the guy below you trying grab your That would be our President Capt. Paul Oswald. You see we do things a little differently here in So CA. While Kip holds my bike, Paul tosses me up to it. The idea is that I land on the pegs and ride the rest of the way up! Of course you guys can come up with your own descriptions of this one and yes, I'm leaving myself waaaay open. Picture was taken by Mark Kariya [sorry for mispelling] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no jive Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 (edited) Another E-mail from our USA Team Manager Kip Webb Hey all, Hello from Andorra. The girls finished 7th today out of 13. Barely missing out to 6th by 3 points and 5th by 8. So we can do it, just going to take a little more effort and practice. Louise was feeling a little down and they slipped a bit. But next year will be better with Caroline Allen who I am sure will be getting much better, she tried everything and is a tough little gal. Sarah came thru when they needed. The girls looked real good in their matching outfits and I think we were the only ones who actually had matching gear. They were easy to distinguish from the other riders that was for sure. We were dressed to kill in our matching shirts & jackets at the opening ceremonies in a large auditorium. There are 22 teams represented in the mens category from all the continents for the first time ever. It was funny though, when Andrew Blaine and the South Africans went up on the podium the poor guys looked like they just got off work. But our whole team looked great and professional. I was real surprised to see Diego Ordonez here as well with the boys from Guatemala and his Dad Alex leading the charge for them. They barley put it together a week or so from the event. They got their bikes from Diego Bosis from Italy, all Shercos. I tried to get Alex to pay our entry for riding for me helping out Diego all those times and the beating I took (Ha) but could not convince him. (maybe the 224 euro fee scared him off??) Overall the cost for stuff here is pretty expensive $$$ The loop tomorrow is 10 miles and the boys said the sections were "sick" We are taking extra gas with us just in case as some ran out just riding the loop. It is real rocky an super steep. I did not go out today as too much to do and we did not have a bike at the time. We only grabbed the 4 strokes from Sherco, I did not see any reason to run an extra bike if not needed. GasGas took back one of our bikes today as they said it was for the first 2 days only, we were able to borrow one from the Canadians so Louise can carry some extra stuff for us. Other than that been going good. According to Cody we are in for a workout. Wish us luck. Steve Forsley bailed on the road yesterday and got his side pretty good, but he is in it for for the long run, when I asked him if was good for tomorrow he said "I wouldn't miss it for anything" I like this guy. One small detail though, I lost my passport yesterday, I remembered where I left it about 4 hours later and Steve Forsley made a beeline to the store and thank god the manager had it. Talk about stressed out!!! I had envisions of having to start a RYP products Spain division > now that's a nightmare. Hope everyone is good, I got to tell you though we miss home for sure. Dorthy & Toto had it right, There's no place like home. Will try to get an update to you tomorrow, will see how things go after the event. Thanks Edited September 27, 2008 by No Jive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axulsuv Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 Ronnie will make us proud ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copemech Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Good job Clive, keep it up! Kip is rather full of it when he starts pecking on the puter, is'nt he! Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 I wonder where them girls came from that beat the USA team by a massive 3 marks. oui, oui, oui, Aussie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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