Turkey Beach Trial - Day 2

Sunday 7th August

We got up at 6am... and Jade got dressed straight away (which is really unusual for her... she's generally quite happy to bum around in her PJ's in the caravan....) but she got her clothes on and her gear on...  as soon as I stepped out of the caravan she came bouncing out to ask if she could go off and ride her bike....  

Normally this would be a no.... but, her bike makes no noise - so she wasn't going to be bugging anyone else with it... so we let her go....

This is Blake's idea of a "smile"

Rob getting the fire started again so that he could cook bacon for him and Jade...

After breakfast it was time to start looking at setting Jade some sections to ride... as she's only "Intro Mini" at this stage - she doesn't ride the big sections.... once she's got some confidence and is able to ride through a rocky creek bed - then she can move up to Intro - which is a case of ride into the section and ride out of the section in the easiest way possible.. at this point - there are a few logs in intro that would stop her from being able to compete in that division...

The sections for Jade were just putting in a couple of tight'ish turns - this teaches her throttle/speed control

Jade then had to put her bike through scrutineering and then leave it with everyone else's bikes until the trial was ready to start....   we explained to Jade that she'd have to wait until the lunch break before she could ride her sections so that someone could watch her ride as I have to be down in the creek to take photos, mom's busy observing and Dad, Rob & Frank were all riding..  she accepted this without a single hesitation (which surprised me! - - - our little girl is GROWING up!)

Mac Hosking

Mac Hosking

Greg Paton

Greg Paton 

Rob

Frank

Frank

Brent Chivers

Dad

Frank

Tim Stone

Tim Stone

Dad

Brent Chivers

Brent Chivers

Rob

Mark Reed

Mick Casey

Nicole Casey

Nicole Casey

Nicole Casey

Brent Chivers

Brent Chivers

Dad

Tim Stone

Tim Stone

Peter Casey

Peter Casey

Michael Armitage

Jake Armitage

Jake Armitage

Dave MacDonald

Blake & Jade watching the riders... 

(for once my kids aren't totally dirty for a trials weekend photo!!!)

Frank

Nicole Casey

Nicole Casey

Brent Chivers

Mick Casey

Tim Stone

Rob

Rob

Jade gave me the "is it my turn yet??" look!

Jade's first entry to her first section (Section 6 and Section 7 were her two sections for the day)

Standing up

and back down again

(first corner and she sat down - which is ok... gotta start somewhere)

Section 7 - she fell over as soon as she entered....

the concentration on her face is priceless...

"Li'l Chix Ride Too"

They sure do!

Jade's score sheet... not completed at this point - but she'd got her first clean (which is a "0") - so Frank got a pic of it

Cuddles from Dad...  

(She didn't get a clean this time - although she didn't put her feet down, she rode outside the tapes - but Rob was proud of her all the same....)

Blake decided to go and ride the sections too...

Jade had finished riding the trial at this point - she was just refusing to stop riding (not that we were asking her to) - so she kept riding the sections...  when she fell off this time she was so exhausted that she just lay on the ground...

((Video))

Jade riding her first trial....