Monsoon at Mercer.....

[clmintie]

Awesome day out for us... I've never seen a track so wet, but still quite ridable. Grace had her baptism of fire today at the Pukekohe MX club day and she not only had a ball, but I thought she looked pretty good. Thanks to all the people who made today happen, it can't have been a hell of a lot fun at times, standing in torrential rain, while being covered in large amounts of 'track'. I bet the cafe truck did well......

Below are pics of Grace... I'll put up a few more of other riders, when we've cleaned up a bit.....

[Boosted]

thats really good seeing her out there good on her and you..... won't see to many girls who would want to ride in conditions like that haha

[oldguy]

Well done Grace her group went out on the track during that big down pour, she did real well.
Looks like someone is going to become a mechanic/ coach/ sponsor, you wont get much time to take any pics, as you will be too busy.

[Danger]

Looks a bit like the Berm Buster this past weekend.

[oldguy]

Here some I took, I was Flagging on the mini track, but watching the action on the main track, a few bikes went down in this corner and a few got stuck just trying to make it to the corner, they would come charging though the mud coming up to the corner, you could see the bikes start to slow up. then all of a sudden stop, sometimes, the riders would just fall over, look so funny.

[clmintie]

Here are a few more, it really was a little damp.....

[clmintie]

More from the Jacques Cousteau school of MX....

[clmintie]

glub glub glub

[chr184]

hey du you have any foto's of me at merca im number 184 on a cr125
if you do could you please send them to mad_4_motox_125@hotmail.com


cheers

[clmintie]

hey du you have any foto's of me at merca im number 184 on a cr125
if you do could you please send them to mad_4_motox_125@hotmail.com


cheers

Yup, sent a couple, check your mail.....

Phil.

[takitimu]

More from the Jacques Cousteau school of MX....

That middle one is superb, great shot on what looks a pretty tough day on the track.

[ricey]

Hey clmintie, cheers for the pics of Ricey jnr. Pretty happy with the way he rode, Paxton and Carl had the top 5 fastest times for the day on 125's, only beaten by the 450's

After seeing your camera at the end of the day, I'm kind of glad I left mine at home. Come and grab one of my lenses next time we are at the same track.

BTW all you folks who moaned about the conditions should harden up, look at what Coops just did by learning in our conditions.

[scott411]

BTW all you folks who moaned about the conditions should harden up, look at what Coops just did by learning in our conditions.

i was moaning, my shoes got wrecked and i went though 2 sets of clothes,

[ricey]

i was moaning, my shoes got wrecked and i went though 2 sets of clothes,

you should take your gumboots out with you when you go out the night before you dirty little stop out!

[Ktmboy]

Ahhhh... yes wet sand.

Young Ricey junior is a regular at The Sandpit and has learn't to ride in a variety of conditions as well as regulars the likes of NZ junior champ Ethan Martens (remember the mud at Otorohanga).

I'm not saying that we are responsible for their success, infact far from it as that comes from their work ethic and the dedication from their families and sponsors. What is obvious is that if you train on knarly, shitty tracks then when you are confronted with such in a race situation then this becomes second nature.
What is also obvious is that probably 60% of the tracks in Europe have a fair amount of sand in them and the whoops, become huge. The people that practice on those and master them have a good chance of becoming a world champ.
Probably why our little MX track doesn't get groomed every week as the good riders love it like that. Three laps for me is enough though.

So, if you want to become better, practice on the hardest shitiest tracks you can find.