{"id":13811,"date":"2026-04-03T07:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=13811"},"modified":"2026-04-03T07:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:21:20","slug":"good-friday-april-3rd-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/04\/03\/good-friday-april-3rd-26\/","title":{"rendered":"GOOD FRIDAY April 3rd\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13813\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Easter to all our bloggers &#8211; we hope your weekend includes  some Trials riding &#8211; and a reminder that the Naramata Trial goes tomorrow in the south Okanagan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know a lot of you will be out, as we have been really busy this past week with parts and accessory orders &#8211; In fact we were still open at 9pm last night in order for an Alberta couple to pick up a Beta Evo 200. -They were headed to Naramata. &#8211;  Glad we were able to supply everything that was needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We heard from Roger Boothroyd that the VMC Joe Brown Trial went well, with about 50 riders &#8211; very encouraging to see this great turn out &#8211; the results are up on the VMC Website, but it was Brandon Volk who won Expert on the TRS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer to the last quiz &#8211; The AJS Rider was Mick Andrews &#8211; We heard it was Ralph Venables who got Mick his first factory ride as he was friends with the competition manager. &#8211; Did I mention that we shared a table at the Grand Hotel in Ft William back in 1972, with Mick&#8217;s Dad Tom and his buddy &#8211; that made for some good chat over the evening meals. &#8211; All our usual bloggers got that one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quiz today &#8211; Who is this Ossa rider?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Thor-Evertson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Thor-Evertson.jpg 526w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Thor-Evertson-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>======================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have heard from Walter to say they are still getting snow in the Edmonton region &#8211; and our late night customer last night said the Calgary area was pretty brutal, when they drove out yesterday. However although it&#8217;s cool here in the Valley, the forecast for the weekend looks good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>==========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is an interesting shot from the Scottish many years ago &#8211; it&#8217;s not only the bikes that have got smaller and lighter!! check out that camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Camera-and-bike-in-old-days.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Camera-and-bike-in-old-days.jpg 526w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Camera-and-bike-in-old-days-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Easter to all our bloggers &#8211; we hope your weekend includes some Trials riding &#8211; and a reminder that the Naramata Trial goes tomorrow in the south Okanagan. We know a lot of you will be out, as we have been really busy this past week with parts and accessory orders &#8211; In fact&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/04\/03\/good-friday-april-3rd-26\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GOOD FRIDAY April 3rd\/26<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13811"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13820,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13811\/revisions\/13820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}