Archive for the 'People' Category

Cody Webb: 2007 AMA Indoor Trials National Champion

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Here’s the press release by Dan Brown (click photos to enlarge):

Sherco-mounted Cody Webb rode with a combination of precision and daring to capture the 2007 AMA/NATC Indoor Trials National Championship.
With the retirement of Geoff Aaron, the field was wide open and unpredictable. Eight contenders tackled the Ted Gansberger-designed course of man-made blocks, pipes, […]

Geoff Aaron, TTC receive AMA awards

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

At the November AMA Sports Awards Banquet in Las Vegas, the Trials Training Center won Off Road Organizer of the Year. See Dan Brown’s blog post here for more.
And 10-time AMA/NATC Observed Trials Pro National Champion Geoff Aaron (ERE) was named AMA Sports Athlete of the Year. (Click photos to enlarge.)
See the AMA story: […]

Fred Belair, founder of the El Trial de Espana, dies

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

Fred Belair, father of US Montesa importer Martin Belair, died Monday in California. Fred was the founder of the El Trial de Espana.
“Created by Fred Belair, the ETdE event has helped promote trials in the United States and has even managed to draw international recognition. Belair’s dream was to ‘provide the basis for an […]

Good Luck, U.S. TDN Teams

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

Best wishes for our men’s and women’s U.S. Trials des Nations teams this year. (Above photo of men’s team is from last year. See this blog entry.) France is host country this year and the competition gets underway in Breal Sous Monfort on Oct. 28 for the ladies and Oct. 29 for the men. […]

WTC USGP People photo album

Sunday, May 21st, 2006

See more than five dozen miscellaneous “people” photos in the WTC USGP people photo album. All photos by Travis Johansen, TJsPhotography.

Wiltz Wagner, 2005 Hall of Fame inductee

Tuesday, September 6th, 2005

The Wagner Cup has been part of all world championship trials events held in North America since 1975. The cup is named for Wiltz Wagner, a founding member of the North American Trials Council (NATC) and one of this year’s inductees into the NATC Hall of Fame (see earlier blog post). Wiltz is widely considered […]

NATC Virtual Hall of Fame

Friday, September 2nd, 2005

On August 9, Brian Behling posted to the NATC website: "At the 2003 annual meeting, a committee was established to determine the process and recognition for selection as the most important trials persons in the United States."
The class of 2004:

Bill Brokaw
Bill Grapevine
Gary Jackson
Bernie Schreiber
Larry Wise

The […]

Photos wanted

Monday, July 25th, 2005

I’m looking for headshot-type photos of the USMTA board members to add to the About Us page… like this one of Dale Malasek and Geoff Aaron that I took at the US World Round in Duluth in 2004 (see the People album).
Contact me or attach a comment here.

Create a caption

Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

Who are these guys? (click the photo for a larger view)
What is the geezer on the left saying to the geezer on the right? What is the one on the right thinking?
Attach a comment to this blog post with your caption and you might win an all-expenses paid trip to learn how to attach […]