What a great weekend... Friday it was my little brother's birthday and for that he received a new mini bike which he was over the moon with. I came home early on Friday so we could take it for a ride at Bolehills. Mini bikes are really great fun. I think there are techniques that you can pickup on them that will definitely help you out on the big bikes! Daniel Clifford (world BMX contender) turned up to give it a go. I think he really wants one now.
Saturday was good. I finally managed to fly my radio controlled helicopter successfully, what an awesome hobby. It has been like a life coach over the last few weeks, teaching me valuable lessons in persistence, patience and staying positive. If there ever was a hobby to test your "positive mental attitude", this has got to be it.
Late Saturday afternoon we headed down to Bolehills bmx track once again for a quick squirt on the mini-bike. The tyres that came with it are terrible so we can't lay it down like it should be just yet. I did have a fun session though managing to clear all the jumps on the first straight at Bolehills.
Sunday was race time! Cooper and myself headed for Pilsworth track. It was really slippery to begin with but it got nice and tacky towards the end of the day. It must have been our day for starts as we both got top 3 starts in all 3 motos. Both of us were happy with that.
It was good to run with the leaders for a bit and get a feel for the sort of pace that they were running. In my last moto I was running fourth until I made a really stupid mistake halfway through the last lap. I was gutted! Unfortunately small mistakes and overall fitness would come into play and would end in me getting 7th overall for the day. Although I feel I could maybe have done better I was still stoked.
Sunday night I had an awesome time at church followed by watching the semi-final of the Rugby world cup between South Africa and Argentina. It was a great match and the South African boys did me proud.
Good times!
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