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I added some recent photos.  I will be adding more so keep checking back.

Practice, Practice, Practice.  I have been working on corners with my trainer and I can feel the difference.  For the first time since I started riding, I feel in complete control of my bike in the corners.

I went to the Dr. for a check up two and a half weeks after I broke my arm and he told me that I had to have surgery to properly repair my arm.  The doctor inserted two rods in my arm and I have now been in a cast for 9 weeks.  I am going back to the Dr. next  Wednesday and hope to have the cast removed but Dr. said that I should not get my hopes up. 

Last Friday I was practicing for a race and I accidently down shifted right before I was launching a double.  The front end of my 85 hit the face of the double and I broke my arm in three places.  I had a double compound fracture breaking the radial and the alna twice.  The Doctor says that I will be out for about 6 weeks.  I am still hopeful that I will be able to go to Ponca this year. 

This past week I attended the 2006 Amateur Open.  I had great practice sessions and I was looking forward to the competition at the Amateur Open.  Unfortunately in my first moto I hit a kicker and went over the bars.  The result was a broken thumb, so I was not able to race the rest of the week.  The Dr. says it should take about six weeks to heal and I may need surgery.  I hope it will be sooner than that because i want to go riding. 

I am looking forward to the Amateur Open coming up in November.  I have been working hard and am expecing strong results.

We are building a new mod KTM65 for the World Mini. I have been training hard on both my 65 and 85 and I have had positive results. I am looking forward to meeting all of my sponsors in April at the World Mini in Las Vegas.

I practiced on my new 2006 RM85 for the first time today. TH Racing lowered the suspension 2 inches and my dad shaved the seat. The seat height is 31" and is still a little tall for me but I was able to ride it real well. I am looking forward to my first race on it on January 8th at Arizona Cycle Park.