{"id":8716,"date":"2025-05-21T00:49:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=8716"},"modified":"2025-05-21T00:49:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:49:24","slug":"wednesday-may-21st-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2025\/05\/21\/wednesday-may-21st-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday May 21st\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3692-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3692-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3692-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As we look back on the Outlaw Trial from last weekend &#8211; we remember all those great events from the past and the Banner the Alberta lads made up for the 2012 Trial. &#8211; It was signed by most of the riders that weekend and we had it hung over the trail going out of camp. &#8211; Hard to believe we started this 39 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Outlaw-25yr-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Outlaw-25yr-banner.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Outlaw-25yr-banner-300x76.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although only a few of the original riders were at the 2025 trial &#8211; it was great to catch up around the campfire, and also great to see some of the girls out there all doing well ( Emily is still nursing that damaged wrist so couldn&#8217;t make it) &#8211; A special Whoop to Katie, who lost only 3 points on the intermediate loop &#8211; ( She loves that new Beta Evo Factory)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also lets not forget that Ross and his Team took over running the event for so many years. in the Shuswap &#8211; We look forward to the next one hosted by Martin and Julie in the Fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While being back at Summerland, for the Outlaw, which brought back so many wonderful memories &#8211; It also brought a touch of sadness, when I remembered all the events that Peter Brown helped me with. Pete never complained about anything I asked him to do &#8211; including cutting down huge trees to build the &#8220;Heartbreak Hill&#8221; section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a few years ago, when I was putting a memorial plaque, to Pete on the tree stump half way up the section &#8211; It is still there, but few know how to find it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/putting-the-plaque-at-Petes-stump.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/putting-the-plaque-at-Petes-stump.jpg 480w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/putting-the-plaque-at-Petes-stump-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quiz Today &#8211; Who is this rider?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/John-Shirt-Snr.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/John-Shirt-Snr.jpg 493w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/John-Shirt-Snr-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>===================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somebody posted this pic of the Japanese Factory rider at the 1992 Scottish on the Prototype TYZ &#8211; If you look closely you can see our Outlaw Cross Bar pad that Mick Andrews put on it for a laugh &#8211; he said &#8221; Wait &#8217;till they see that back in Japan &#8220;- Dave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TYZ-Proto-in-Scotland.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TYZ-Proto-in-Scotland.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TYZ-Proto-in-Scotland-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"447\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3458-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3458-1.jpg 447w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3458-1-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>==========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we look back on the Outlaw Trial from last weekend &#8211; we remember all those great events from the past and the Banner the Alberta lads made up for the 2012 Trial. &#8211; It was signed by most of the riders that weekend and we had it hung over the trail going out of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2025\/05\/21\/wednesday-may-21st-25\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wednesday May 21st\/25<\/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\/8716"}],"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=8716"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8734,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716\/revisions\/8734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}