In this episode we catch up with South African rider turned Aussie: Bruce le Riche.   It's worth going back and listening to episode 58 with his brother Brent as well.   We hear about Bruce's time in South Africa, before a false start at riding in the UK, before eventually making it to the USA and riding the NATC championships.   We hear about Bruce building upon his early success to finish 2nd in the 2005 NATC season and how he worked as a coach at the Trials Training Centre in Tennessee.   We discuss the world round in Duluth and we are trying something new with this epis ..read more

Today we focus on trials coaching with Stu Day.   Stu has had a broad range of experience, first in trials then with a move to enduro before eventually ending up running his own coaching and experience business.   You can hear the passion for it all in his voice as we discuss the skill set of coaching and drill down into what some of most common advice is for new riders. If you are new to trials, this one is a must listen.   We go on to discuss the popularity of trials at the moment in the UK.   Ladies and gentleman I give you my chat with Stu Day.   Contact the Podcas ..read more

Today we are flying high with the Birdman. Sean Bird is Canada's current champion also does a lot of freestyle work with shows and previous work with the Marvel Universe live & Freestyle Kings.   We chat with Sean about where it all started, and he opens up about the pitfalls of going up a grade before you were really ready.   Sean then had a break from the sport while he focused on his career, but as so often is the story we hear about how he came back and the generosity of a rider to simply give him his bike to ride to help Sean recapture the bug.   Since then Sean has bee ..read more

I was really pleased to get to speak with German rider Theresa Bäuml on this episode of the podcast. It's been too long since last chatting with a German rider and this was also an opportunity to get into the women's trials scene with a successful rider across German Championships, European Championships and Winner of a Trial GP event.   And I'm not kidding about that success, Theresa is the winner of the German Championship from 2015 to 2019. She won the European Championships 2015 & 2016 And she was the winner of the Italian Trial GP in 2017.   Theresa opens up on why her res ..read more

Today we speak with Bill de Garis. Bill (Billy d) de Garis was born in England, grew up in New Zealand and spent several years travelling around the world. First on a 250cc Jawa motorbike from Sydney, Australia through India, Afghanistan and Iran to England; then an epic journey in an old Morris Isis shooting-brake (running mostly on bald tyres salvaged from rubbish dumps around London) together with two New Zealand friends on their honeymoon. The journey started in London, went across the Sahara desert and darkest Africa and ended up in Kenya. He now lives in Port Moody, a city-suburb of Vanc ..read more

  Today we speak with Emile Matthueews from Belgium. He is the current Belgium Champion, and rides in the Trial 2 class of Trial GP. Emile scored his first Trial 2 points earlier this year at the Cahors round in France, and has represented Belgium at the TdN 4 times previously.   We discuss what it was like having one of your first international competitive experiences be the TdN, and why his super power is his infections smile.   Emile gives us a tour of local Belgium competition, and how he trains in preparation for World Rounds.   We discuss his plans for 2022 and h ..read more

Today we speak with Michael Lois. This is the amazing story of how a promising footballer suffered a life changing injury that turned his life upside down. Michael was the 2nd person in his class to commit to a college on a full football scholarship, which for the initiated, means he was pretty good and his talent was recognised early.   Only 5 days after committing and while still in high school Michael suffered a life changing injury which he was brave enough to discuss in some detail.   Michael was no stranger to bikes, but his passion was football however when this was taken away ..read more

Today we speak with Paul Arnott, the man behind The Hell Team. Having spoken to Paul about this interview a long while back it was good to finally get around to do it. Paul was our first sponsor for this podcast and had absolutely no hesitation in signing up.   I've dealt with Paul a bit as a consumer from the Hell Team but pretty much everyone in trials I know has dealt with him as well.   We hear about how the Hell Team got started, and the various false starts with being importing thanks to brands not surviving of events life the GFC.   We discuss the hectic life of an import ..read more

Today we continue our conversation with John Hulme. John would be most well known today among the trials family for being the English arm of Trial Magazine and the creator of Classic Trial Magazine.   In Ep 96 which was part 1 we talked with John about his background in the sport and how he spent his early years rubbing shoulders with the who's who of trials.   In part 2, we talk more about the formation of the magazine and what the realities are of getting a print publication going. We circle back to the grow of classic trials as well.   Without any further delay, Ladies & ..read more

Today we speak with John Hulme. John would be most well known today among the trials family for being the English arm of Trial Magazine and the creator of Classic Trial Magazine.   In part 1 we talk with John about his background in the sport and how he spent his early years rubbing shoulders with the who's who of trials.   We talk about John entire family were completely immersed in the sport and how he was encouraged early on to maintain his bikes by his Father.   We take a chronological journey through John's early years in the sport and touch on his career choices as well du ..read more