Hello everyone and welcome to the new Transworld Website. Donn and the crew kindly asked me if I would like to come on here and write a blog to keep some of you up to date on things that are going on with us, whether its in the industry with racing or just at home hanging out and relaxing.

First off I will give everyone a little background of where I have come from and what has gone on in the past few years. I started out racing at around 8 years old and just always wanted more from there. I won a few Amateur titles, moved up to the Pros in 2000 and went to Canada and won the West title there, also went back and raced in 01. Then 2002 I got a huge break that many say was nearly impossible, I got a deal with Factory Suzuki that lasted through 2004 with them and couldn?t thank them enough for all that they had done for me. 05 got started a bit late for me and I struggled a bit and decided to try out the Lites in 06 with Rockstar Suzuki, things did not go to well there with issues all year things just never were right for anyone on the team. So after I had had 2 bad years here in the states I decided to pack up home and move to the UK to race the British Championship and also the GP?s. Things went a bit better than the previous years but not exactly where I wanted them. I had a few issues at the end of my stay there and packed up and moved back to Cali. I got home a bit late to try and get anything going for SX, so lucky for me one of my great friends Grant Langston wanted me to go with him to Florida to ride and train so he bought me a bike and off we went. I lived there for a little over 2 months to get ready for the outdoors with the help of Andy Stacy at Tuf Powersports and Active8. I did the first few outdoors as a privateer this year and then got a break again with Factory Yamaha! Yeah I guess lightning does strike twice. I am very fortunate to have GL do what he did for me otherwise I would not have had any opportunities that have come along this year!! Let that be a lesson??always have great people surrounding you and good things will come. So now here we are halfway through the 08 MX season and its been a bit up and down but overall its been one of my best so far, especially coming back from obscurity as some call it and being competitive again after being out of the mix for a while.

Overall I don?t think that I would change much in how things have happened these past 6 or so years because its made me stronger and more determined now . Hope this is just enough to get you guys by for now and I hope to be writing these Blogs nearly every week.

Thanks to Donn and Transworld for the opportunity and also to all those that read and send in questions. Until next time keep it rubber side down!!

SH 105