crazybond700 Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 What an increadible rider. Does skill really come with age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasgas249uk Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 (edited) The guy is incredible. Gra is such a hard worker and so chilled out. A true professional with many more years under his belt.In hard enduro skill wins over effort. All those years working his ass off for MR earning shirt buttons is now paying off on the enduro scene. Poor old Taddy has had his day up against these boys. Gra is in a league of his own. Edited May 30, 2016 by gasgas249uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heffergm Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Too bad Johnny was laid up this year. I'd also like to see Cody come in having actually prepped for Erzberg (he did not real training and finished second, being busy with engineering exams at university). In any event, Graham is amazing. I hope he keeps going for a good while... he certainly seems up to it physically, which is quite the inspiration for 40-somethings like me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin008 Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Imagine Billy Bolt's skill level with a few years experience..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heffergm Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Yeah, that was quite the surprise performance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedracer Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 So glad Graham is getting the recognition and rewards, he justly deserves. I always thought he didn't get the true recognition, when he was doing trials, as Dougie was getting it all. Well done Graham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj65 Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Congrats to Grimbo, really pleased he's kicking butt and earning a proper wage too (I hope). He was my favourite rider in trials, never had the best of anything, but just got on with it and got some fantastic results and deserveredly so. I remember when he snapped his Cruciate ligament at Hawstone park wtc, he was in extreme pain (anyone who has snapped it will know what it's like) he put a knee brace on and kept going. I was at the SSDT when he won It for the final time in 2006, really deserved it. I think he'd be a worthy candidate for an MBE with what he's achieved. Really nice guy and deserves to get the glory of his success. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Think he could have won hawkstone that year.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazybond700 Posted May 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 (edited) Too bad Johnny was laid up this year. I'd also like to see Cody come in having actually prepped for Erzberg (he did not real training and finished second, being busy with engineering exams at university). In any event, Graham is amazing. I hope he keeps going for a good while... he certainly seems up to it physically, which is quite the inspiration for 40-somethings like me I think his relaxed style and methal hardness makes him able to use less physicall power. This is why he can win from the youngsters. Watch carls dinner and his style. Relaxed, sitting down, using some feet left an right. Others look way more tired and (too) agressive on some parts. His pace is so amazing. http://www.redbull.tv/video/AP-1NFAJFW112111/finals Wonder how extreme enduro guys would do at e.g an ssdt. Surely they are not used to not use their feet (well a lot are trials riders so they would). I quess those extreme enduro's have way better media coverage, and money can be earned with it, and pro teams ride there etc. Edited May 31, 2016 by crazybond700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heffergm Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Wonder how extreme enduro guys would do at e.g an ssdt. Surely they are not used to not use their feet (well a lot are trials riders so they would). I quess those extreme enduro's have way better media coverage, and money can be earned with it, and pro teams ride there etc. Every top extreme rider bar one or two that are coming up now (Wade Young springs to mind) has a trials background, or they're outright trials champions at some level. Cody Webb was NATC trials champion I don't know how many times, Graham obviously competed at the world level (and has already won the SSDT more than once), etc. etc. The list goes on. I'm sure they'd give good showings at the SSDT... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasgas249uk Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 To my mind Graham is becoming a legend akin with the likes of Malcolm Smith. I don't use that word lightly. The guy is a winner , a worker. He is not normal or typical one little bit. We're so lucky to have a guy like this representing us on the World stage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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