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2008 Journal [view past months]

December 15
Finals week.  End of the season.  Plan to revamp the site and add some argyle before the end of the year.

December 9
I have been riding A LOT lately.  So much I don't even have time to update! rawr!  First of all, CONGRATS to all of the people who went to the ABA Grands.  Nic Long of course brought the Amateur Title back to San Diego, so a special thanks to him.  And a few weeks back, Kahlen Young made a trip down to San Diego and Kearny Moto Park, and at the Grands, he took home the AA Pro Title.  So I like to think that without his trip to KMP, he would not have been able to win the title (obviously just my opinion.).  Kearny has been pretty decent to finish out the year.  On Friday, I raced and it was a stacked local moto.  We had Nic Long (amateur number 1 and doubled at grands) Rusty Nesvig (NAG 1 and doubled at grands) Bryce Hocking (ROC 1 and multiple podiums at Grands) and then me.  It was a pretty gnarly race, but of course Nic Long ended up winning.  Saturday went Dirt Jumping with Rusty, Bryce, Justin Morgan and pROy Winkelman.   Went to Miracle trails, but they were muddy and sketchy, so we decided to go up to San Marcos.  DB44 was there styling it out, along with a lot of people I haven't seen since the fabulous days of the Encinitas Jumps.  Betcher has some sweet shots of the San Marcos Jumps on his site.  Sunday I went up to Orange Y for the double pointer, and it was pretty crazy.  First of all, a local from up there named Kyle Cox, got the same exact frame as me a .38 Special (yellow.).  I was pretty bummed about that, so I am going to have to do something new for next year or something.  First round I was winning, and came unclipped in the 3rd straight, and couldn't get clipped back in, so I did a one footer and almost kicked Kyle Cox.  It was a complete accident, but I guess it looked cool.  Second Round I won hands down.  In the main, I had 8 and Cox had 1, so I came out of the gate and got over to about gate 2, and into the first turn Cox bumped me so I swung outside and he swooped under.  I wasn't going to back down, so I kept going, and my front tire ended up getting stuck inbetween his crank arm and his frame.  He couldn't pedal, I couldn't move, and we were both slowing down.... SO I JUMP OFF MY BIKE AND START RUNNING!  It was really funny.  Boozer got film of it, and I will see if I can get a copy of it, because it was pretty funny.

Nov 28
Sean Gaian ROC1
Thomas Vallejo ROC1
Bryce Hocking ROC1
Erin Schaefer 2nd Place
Kristen Long 2nd Place
Shelbi Long 4th NAG 5 Challenge
Tyler Schaefer 6th NAG 5 Challenge
 

November 26
So I put the pics of from the sesh at Wal-Mart on Sunday, and the videos can be seen either on the home page or on youtube or in the video section.  All kinds of ways to check it!  I never did land a 360... its all good... I tried.  I am ok by the way.  It is a little but troubling to eat and when I talk a lot, my tongue gets a little sore, but no pain, and it seems to be healing up just fine.  I said I was going to have an inventory check for the slomoe shirts, and here it is.
Size                         quantity                     price
girls                             3                           $15.00
Adult Small                 2                           $12.00
Adult Medium             8                           $12.00
Adult Large                5                            $12.00
These will make a great holiday gift, and don't wait too long, because as you can see, they are running out fast, and I only have limited sizes available.  I am willing to send them, as long as you pay shipping.  Other than that, grands practice is tomorrow, so I will try to get some feedback on how the track is and who is looking fast and such up asap!  E-mail me at bikamoe1011@aol.com if you are interested in buying a shirt.

November 24
So my server people for slomoe.com (ehostpros.com) just upgraded their service, and the program that I use didn't go with the new upgrade-age.  So that is where I have been.  I have since fixed the problem.  Many people are going to the ABA Grand Nationals this week.  So I would like to wish them all good luck.  I am going to have a little something everyday this week, (no promises lol).  But today your gift is a video of some footage, most notably a crash that I had this weekend at the Wal-Mart trails.  Check it.  Tomorrow it will be pictures from that exact same sesh, then an inventory count of slo moe shirts that I have left.  Only 18 left!  Then maybe some grands info.  Then I will try to keep as up to date as possible on "The greatest race on earth."

November 10
This past week has been really awesome. There is really no other way to explain it. Wednesday and Friday at Kearny had the most talent that I had ever seen there for gate practice. We had almost a full gate of AA pros which included Jason Richardson, Derek Betcher, joe Szurek, Mike Day, Denzel Stein, other top riders included Greg Romero, Nic Long, Lee Lewis, Thomas Vallejo, Vance Wiesndanger, Rusty Nesvig, pROy Winkleman, Bryce Hocking, jake Kinney, the Abbe brothers.... The list can go on and on. It was a good time, both Friday and Wednesday. 
 
You think I was in good company there... With Olympic Silver medalist, Dew Tour Winners, World Champions and many more, Yesterday I think I was in better company. If you have followed my journal, you have heard of the skatepark that I am trying to get built in my community of Tierrasanta. Tony Hawk, who grew up in Tierrasanta, has a findraiser for the Tony Hawk Foundation in which he helps hundreds of skateparks. But at this event, he honored our skatepark effort. We raised $86000 solely for our skatepark, and hundreds of thousands more during the auctions and such. Top talent there included Big Black, Bam Bam, Shawn white, Buckey Lasek, Andy McDonald, dennis McCoy, Rick Thorne, Mat Hoffman, Jaime lee Curtis, Bam Margera and of course Tony Hawk. I took pictures with many of them, and have pictures up in the photos section. Check em out. 
PS. LOTS of new photos.

November 1
It is November 1st.  The day after Halloween, so check out my costume on the homepage.  Last week was the NBL Silver State National in Las Vegas (Nellis), Nevada.  This has historically been one of my favorite/ one of the BEST tracks in the country.  However, this year, it kinda let me down.  It used to be a track where you would have to jump, because that was the fastest way around the track.  This year, there was 1, maybe 2 jumps on the track that the fastest line was to jump.  DISAPPOINTING!  The good news is that it was my first race as a 19 year old.  New class, 19-25 Expert in the NBL.  I thought that the guys I normally races would still be in 17-18 X, but I was still racing the same guys that I always do at NBL races!  I made all 3 mains, yes THREE, because on Saturday we had a double header with the Regional Championships as the second race in the day.  I did good in moto's, and in the mains, I got 6th, 4th, 2nd.  A little bit better every time.  I was definitely stoked on my performance, because I cannot remember the last time I made the main both days at a National.  Well if I think about it, it was Boulder City last year, which was an entire year ago!  The most notable race of the weekend was my Semi on Saturday, the first race.  In the gate, I was looking around, not really paying attention, and the gate was more slick than Kearny's, and my feet came off the pedals.  I guess, when I was rushing to get my balance back, I did not clip in all the way, because on my first pedal out of the gate, MY FOOT WENT OFF THE PEDALS.  It was a Semi, so I needed top 4, but when I looked up to see how far away they were, I had almost lost hope.  I remembered back 2 years ago, when I slammed the gate and was still able to make it out of the semi at the Nellis National.  So I got on it.  In the 4th corner, I was setting up a high-low.  The thing was, the guy in 5th was setting up the same move for the guy in 4th!  I almost lost hope again, but as the guy in 5th performed the high low, he finished it with a bump into the guy in 4th, and that slowed them both down enough for me to get past them!  I was so stoked, and finished out the lap to make the main!   I got many compliments with that race, and it definitely made it worth the extra effort. 
Shayne Lewis (KMP Local) won both days in the 8X class.
Stan Horton got a 4th and a 2nd in 51-55 cruiser.

October 22
Today was supposed to be an awesome day.  In N Out Burger was supposed to have 30 cent Cheeseburgers in honor of its 60th Anniversary.  That was all a rumor, and therefore ruined my day.  As if Wednesdays weren't bad enough.  I have every single one of my classes at school.  Starting at 9 and ending sometime between 3 and 4.  Then I get to relax for a little bit, and then go to the track.  Tonight at the track was a good one.  In one gate, we had Lee Lewis, Thomas Vallejo, Derek Betcher, Roy Winkleman, Me, Nic Long, Bryce Hocking and Rusty Nesvig.  So we all got some good practice.  This weekend is the NBL race in Las Vegas, NV.  Not many people are going there from San Diego, and it will probably end up being a really small race.  Nevertheless, it is always an awesome track and should be fun.  In conclusion, check out the video on the home page.  SKYDIVING!

October 14
I had an AMAZING weekend.  On Thursday I went to Club Aubergine to celebrate my brother's birthday.  It just so happens that Shia Lebouf was there also!  He wouldn't allow us to take pictures, but we got to see him, and my friends talked to him.  If my gf was 21, she would have been able to go up in the VIP space with him, but the bouncer wouldn't let her through w/o ID.  Later that night, I heard he got caught smoking pot (in the bathroom?) and got kicked out of the club.
Friday night, I raced.  It was my last race as a 17-18 expert.  It was fun.  I don't think I have mentioned this on here yet, but Greg Romero has became an SD local.  Him and his wife(?) moved down here, and he has been out to the track a few times.  I haven't seen Derek Betcher around lately.
Anyways! Saturday was my BIRTHDAY!  I spent the morning doing homework (LAME!) but later was excited and thrilled to go SKYDIVING!  Pictures are in the photo's section, or you can click here.  It was awesome.  I am pretty sure that my guy, Larry, was the most nervous person on the plane, and that when he opened our shoot, it was twisted.  But, we landed just fine, and got to see the ocean and Otay Lake, while falling 13,000 feet, so I didn't complain, and didn't ask any questions.  Later, I went to P F Changs with my family and friends, and then went to Barona Casino and doubled my birthday money! WHoo! It was a good day.
But the weekend didn't end there.  On Sunday, we went out to the track for a Sunday afternoon ride.  It just so happened that Jill Kintner, 2008 BMX Olympic competitor was there.  She was signing autographs, giving out posters and taking pictures, all while showing off her Bronze Medal.  That was really cool of her to do, and for that I thank her.
PS. SLOMOE shirts are in.  E-Mail, Myspace, Call, Visit, See me at the track, See me at school, ANYTHING to get one.  only 12 dollars and they look REAL good.

October 6
YUP! its October!  I haven't been to any races, I haven't been to MLR, and I haven't been to the skatepark since the last time I updated!  And still haven't done any of that, but I didn't want to keep my viewers waiting, so I decided to do a quick update.  The shirt design has been finalized, and I am 80 percent sure that I am going to get them made on Thursday. 

This is not the exact design, but it is going to end up being very similar to this.  I have been seeing SO many people wearing argyle at school that I am going to have to get these shirts out fast before they go out of style! 
I did a little mountain biking on Saturday while everyone was up in Lancaster in the rain.  I went with pro mountain biker Jake Kinney and Girl Pro mountain biker Kayla Meadows.  Danny Meadows and Jeremy Tooker were there also.  It was pretty fun I guess, but I like to roll on 20" not 26'. 
School is good, I need to start studying more!

Sept. 17
So a lot of new stuff has been going down.  This past weekend had a lot of important events.  Saturday was the Southern California State Championships.  I was sitting number 1 with 60 points going into the race, and Marc Estep was sitting number 2 with 59 points.  In the main, I bonked the first jump, and that allowed me to get pushed up high in the first corner because I had gate 8.  Marc, with his home field advantage took off, and took the State Championship title with him.  I ended up number 2.  :(  Home track advantage was key at this race, because some other San Diego locals were beat by people who were locals of Orange Y, where the race was held.  Bryce Hocking, Tyler Schaefer and Erin Schaefer all got the State Championship title to their name.  But in bigger news, in Salt Lake City this weekend was the AST Dew Tour BMX Supercross race.  18 year old Nic Long from Lakeside, high-lowed Kyle Bennett and Mike Day in the first corner, and took his first ever Supercross win.  He is the youngest person to ever win a supercross race, and also the first amateur to do so.  Big congratulations to him, and hopefully I can get him to do a second interview for SLOMOE.com.  On Sunday, Roy W, Rusty N and Bryce H. went to Clairemont skatepark to shred before going to see the US Gymnastic Olympic Team perform at the iPayone center.  That is the picture of the week. 
PS. I found a T-shirt vendor, so be on the lookout for SLOMOE shirts real soon! NO JOKING THIS TIME!

SEPTEMBER 6
Today was a good day.  I went to the Clairemont skatepark for the first time in what seems like forever!  They have changed up the park completely and now there is 6,000 people there!  There was a few collisions and a couple of mad people for kids getting in their way, but other than that it was ORGANIZED chaos!  One of the sickest shredders at the park is Chad Kerley, former bmx racer.  Formula made him a one of a kind park bike, and he does some sick stuff.  360's, tailwhips, nosepicks, etc. I haven't seen him ride in a long time, and he tore it up.  Also to join the SD shredders was Connor Fields.  He came down this weekend to practice the OTC track in preparation for Salt Lake City AST Dew Tour next weekend.  After we were there for a while, Connor, Rusty Nesvig and I headed over to Miracle Trails or Dirt Jumps.  The kids at the park kept asking if they were dirt jumps or trails.  And apparently there is a difference?  I don't know what the answer to that is, but if somebody does, please enlighten me.  We rode there for a while, and then called it a day. 
PS. Sorry for no RENO update, but real quick, I got 3rd both days in open, and Roy Winkelman turned pro! Congrats to him.

Aug 27
This past weekend was the SCQ's in San Diego.  I needed one more win so that I could max out in points going into the State Championships.  On Saturday, I had to race 19-27 expert (I'm in 17-18).  I won the first moto with ease.  In the main, I was racing Kyle Cox and I was winning into the first corner, and trying not to get taken out by him, I took the corner too low and slid out.  Another crash in the last turn allowed me to get 2nd overall.  But I needed a win!  On Sunday, I got to race my own class, and got the win with ease. I raced the Pro-Am, and ended up 5th or 6th. I even smiled for a picture:

Aug 20
So I have a lot of work to do and catch up on.  I is now 3am, so I am not going to do a super long update, but I am going to give an agenda on what I need to update on.  First of all, I would like to Congratulate Team USA with 3/4 riders medaling in the debut Olympics.  Mike Day with the Silver medal, and Donny Robinson and Jill Kintner with the Bronze medals.  Maris Strombergs won the Gold in the mens.  Hopefully Maris Horton could be there for the 2012 olympics!  haha
In other news, I have a lot to update on:
-Oregon trip (with pictures)
-Miracle sessions
-Meadows Land Sessions
-Riding with Jason Richardson
-Being on the news
-Riding at the local skatepark
-Olympics
-School starting
I've got a lot to catch up on, so keep on checking back, and keep me on top of my game!

July 28
Sunday was a good day of riding.  A lot of people were at the ABA National in Salt Lake City, Utah.  I hit up Jake Kinney, and we went and rode the Miracle Dirt Jumps in Clairemont.  Rusty Nesvig showed up for about 4 runs and then went to the skatepark with his buddy.  The weather was perfect, kinda cold, but not too cold, with a slight breeze, it was nice.  Jake has some big plans for the miracle trails when the rain season comes in.  It is going to be sick.  After we got bored of jumping, we went to Mission Bay to do a curved wall ride.  It was frickin insane!  Jake was doing it all easy, but I just couldn't figure it out... maybe next time.....  Then to finish off the day, we went to Kearny Moto Park to do some gates.  It was an awesome day.  I am going to Oregon next week for 12 days, I think I am going to take my bike, so I need to figure out some places to ride and keep up my skills!

July 21
Yes, it really has been almost a week since I rode my bike!  On Wednesday, I went to see the Batman movie (yes, before it came out).  My dad took my bike to the track to give to Josh Graham for the weekend, so I didn't have a bike to ride on Thursday or Friday. 
On Saturday, I woke up at 8:30 and remembered that I had left my wallet at my girlfriends house, and Jake Kinney was going to be picking me up at 9:00.  So I got dressed and rode over to my girlfriends house, picked up my wallet, came home and ate, all before Jake showed up to my house.  After he picked me up, his mom took us to the train station to begin our journey.  The train ride was fun, we played games on my iPhone, watched bike videos on the DVD player and watched all kinds of people get drunk on the train before we stopped in Anaheim.  (The Angels were playing the Red Socks).  Then we cruised on up to Camarillo BMX for the State Championship Qualifier, which before I got there already had a bad rep, but turned out to be a pretty sweet track, short, but still very fun.  Jake won his cruiser class, Josh won his cruiser class and then the pressure was on for me to win my class!  I also took the win,  It was a good day.  We then headed to Semi Valley and got a hotel to stay the night.
Sunday was the SCQ at Semi, a completely different track than the day before.  Camarillo was 800 feet long, and Semi was 1400 feet!  They had a pro-am sign up, which was put together (*ahem*rigged) by Sean Storms.  I went to sign up, and the entry fee for it was $20.  I didn't have the cash to pay for it so I was like "forget it" and some guy came up and payed my entry fee... I had no idea who he was, I had never seen him before or anything, I told him he didn't have to, but he insisted, and Sean took the money.  There was a $340 dollar pot, and they were only paying top 4.  The kid I was racing (Mark Estep) told me he was focused on the Pro-am and wasn't going to try in the class race.  I took the win in class, and got 4th in the Pro-am (Estep got 5th).  Once again after winning money in the Pro-am I tried to give the guy who payed my entry fee his money back, but he wouldn't take it, so thank you to him!  Jake and Josh both took 2nd place.  It was an amazing weekend of racing, I had a blast, and now I am going to need one more win in order to take the State Championship.  (Cactus and Kearny next month.) 

July 15
I didn't really finish that last update, but I have devised a new plan.  It seems quite simple, but it is going to be a challenge, at least for me.  Every time I ride, I am going to write about it on here.  Simple because that is what this site was made for in the first place, but hard because I find it lame to write about an hour or 2 of riding, but I figure, something is better than nothing, and an hour of riding can actually be quite interesting.  I am going to start fresh with today, even though I have missed writing about some great sessions with Jake Kinney, and also at Meadows Land.  Today was Tuesday, so if you have checked out my clinic flyer (which was pretty broken, but has been fixed), you would know that it is Clinic night at Cactus Park.  I have been personally training a 7 year old for the past 2 weeks, so I got him some training beforehand, and then did the clinic afterwards.  I rode flat pedals so that I can begin to learn the art of manualing.  I have been wanting to learn this for a long while, but have never really become successful.  I worked on it in the parking lot, and also on the track, and feel pretty good, especially for my first focused day.  I need to thank Danny and Buffy Meadows publicly for the newest bike part on my wonderful S&M bicycle.  I would like to thank them for my new Bombshell Revolution BMX wheels.  They have allowed me to move up from my "expert" rims and become a big boy with the "Pro" wheels.  Might I add that they look super nice, and they ride great.  Expect more great updates, more often, from slomoe.com.

July 11
I have been working out and riding a lot lately.  I am pretty proud of myself actually.  On Tuesday I did 3 workouts in one day!

JULY 1
This is going to be a double update, so lets start with part 1:
Today I went up to S&M bikes to pick up my dirt jumper.  I got a clear LTF frame, and almost everything else for that bike.  I will have pictures as soon as I get most of it together.  I think all that I need is hubs and spokes.  It is pretty awesome thanks to Chris and all of the "special" people that work with him.  After that me and my dad went to Orange Y BMX to get some practice.  Practice up there is pretty crazy.  There is a lot of pros, but they don't all get in the same gate like we do/try at Kearny.  Pros including Tyler Brown, Kris Fox, Mike Brabant, Leo Garcia, Chad Roberts and Willie Suarez along with top amateurs Matt Tishler and Kory Cook (who shreds it up there.)  The 41 and over cruiser class up there was pretty good.  Larry Miamoto, Stan Horton and Rob (Nag1) Raymonde all battled it out, but the local Larry took the win.
Part 2
After the National at Manzanita BMX, I stayed with Al Roybal, and he showed me around the best of NorCal, and the best riding spots.  On Monday, we went and rode a bike park by the beach in Santa Cruz.  This park was pretty fun, had some fun little box jumps, and a wall ride.  I tried to wall ride to the right my first lap, but quickly learned that I wall ride to the left.  After that, we went to the Watsonville jumps.  These jumps are beautiful, you have to have a key to go there, and they said they hadn't been taking very good care of them lately, but they were still amazing.  The jumps were very big and intimidating, but after you hit a few of them, you realized that they were pretty easy.  You can look at pictures of them in the Photos section.  The next day, we went to a skatepark in Hollister, and all of the kids there were shredders, so that was pretty cool.  We went to Watsonville later that day (again) and then we went to the track for some gate practice.  On Wednesday, we went to the Polo Grounds, and there was some pretty sweet jumps there.  They weren't much compared to Watsonville, but they were fun to mess around on, there are some pics of us jumping there too.  Stay tuned for the next leg of my adventure.... SUPERCAMP.

June 26
The past couple days I have spent in NorCal.  But we will start out with the good stuff down in San Diego.  "The Dutch were in SD riding at Kearny and the training center.  Lieke Klaus, Rob Van Den Wildenberg and Raymon Van Der Biezen"  Thats pretty cool, especially because they got to ride the awesome track on KMP.  I guess a lot of country's are going to be coming here and riding the training center, because last Friday I was driving up to Prunedale with Javier Colombo and Christine Becerene (Becerene who made the Olympic Team for Argentina, and Colombo who is the alternate, [even though he was the world champion 2 years ago??]), They told me that they get to go ride the training center also.  I practiced at Manzanita Park BMX.  Friday practice at NBL races is always small.  Saturday was actually a really good day.  I ended up 2nd Place in the Main Event.  Something that I was very PROUD of.  On Sunday I was a SCHMUCK and got passed by 2 people at the line in my SEMI!  AHH!  You can watch both of those races on GO211.com.  Also, you can watch Kyle Bennett winning both days, pure POWER!  Getting ready for the Olympics starting pretty soon.  In other news! DR Donny Robinson has announced that he has made the Olympic Team as the coaches pick.  Stay tuned on how the rest of my week went and more of my adventures in NOr-CAL.

June 18
The biggest news in BMX lately is of couse Mike Day earning his spot on the 2008 BMX Olympic Team.  I have known Mike Day for a very long time.  Since these Time Trial Events have been going on, Mike has been a star in all of them, but on Saturday he proved that he can beat the best riders in the US not only in the time trial, but also in 2 out of 3 rounds.  If you don't know what I am talking about, then I guess you should know that there was a Olympic Trials race in Chula Vista, and the winner of that was chosen to be on the Olympic Team.  Congrats to him.  I have a picture of me and him after the race, but I haven't been able to get the camera from my Mom, so I figured I was just due for an UPDATE! 
I never heard back from Vikkie Stiles, so I am going to need to find someone else to make some shirts for me! 
I have a busy schedule sneaking up on me real quick.  I am going to go up and race at the NBL National in Prundale, CA this weekend, and then SuperCamp is the Thursday after that, and so I figure I can just stay up there with Al Roybal and do the NorCal thing country style!

June 5
Just a heads up, tomorrow June 6 is SloMoe shirt day, so get your shirts ready and represent!  There was no practice today, because it decided to rain today, that came out of nowhere.  A little moisture is always good for the dirt around here.  I have been pretty busy lately.  I went to Colorado for my cousins graduation, congratulations to him.  During that time, my parents went to China for the 2008 BMX World Championships.  They were in need of an announcer, and my dad Stan Horton stepped up to the plate and did a pretty good job.  He did so good, they invited him back for next year in Australia.  In the race, he crashed in his first round, and had trouble making the points up to make it out of rounds.  The USA is only allowed to send one woman to the Olympics, and Jill Kitner made it to the main placed 6th, and made the Olympic spot by 1 point.  The US is allowed to send 3 men, and Kyle Bennett is the only for sure person to go.  The Coaches pick will either go to Cisar or Robinson, and if one of them wins the race in Chula Vista on June 14, it should make the decision very easy for them.  It is pretty crazy with all of the politics involved in it though, so who knows!  New pic on the homepage is from 6 Flags last Thursday.

May 22
Last night at Kearny Moto Park was a pretty slow night.  There was a few people there for practice, but for racing, the oldest class was 14expert.  Jason Richardson, Jason Alstatt and Kiyomi Waller were the Pro's that were out practicing.  It seems that a lot of people are going to New Mexico this weekend for the spring National, so good luck to them.  I will be heading out to Colorado to see my cousin graduate, and then he is coming to hang out in SD for about a month!  I need to show him how to have a good time.  So today I have a lot to do: clean the house, pack some clothes, get my cousins room ready, work out, (already went to the dentist), and that is about it...  I haven't heard back from the T-Shirt lady, but when I do,  I will let you know, because I am excited to get them out with all of the positive feedback I am getting on them.

May19
Saturday was a pretty fun day.  Al Roybal came down from NorCal to hang out with some of his Marine Buddies and Erika Short.  He wanted to ride some trails, so I took him and Erika to the Miracle Trails.  It was pretty fun, but they were kinda scared of them, so I decided to take them to San Marcos trails.  They had a good time there, both of them jumped the left(big) side, and had some fun.  I threw some decent tuck no-handers, so I was pretty excited about that.  Al decided that he didn't want to go to Mexico with his buddies, so he wanted to go to an 18+ club with Erika and I.  My parents also came, and we went up to the country club Stampede in Temecula.  They have a mechanical bull, and Al and I rode it:

I jammed my thumb the first time, and the second time I jammed my hand in my nuts and fell off.  It was really fun, and I had a great time.  Check out www.jump2jump.com if you are in the Nor-Cal area and have any connections with schools.  Al runs a great program on Alcohol and Drug prevention that incorporates BMX.  Good stuff.

May 15th
I am officially done with my first year of college! (whooo!!)  To celebrate, last night I participated in the 2008 spring semester SDSUndie Run!  It was super fun, and super intense.  There were so many half naked people... it was ridiculous.  This is a picture of a SMALL portion of us running though the library.. you can see me in the cowboy hat on the bottom right.

Before I went to the undie run, I went to KMP for a pretty good night of racing and practicing.  In my main event, we combined motos with Rusty's moto, and it went Rusty Nesvig, Nic Long, Me, and then a mixture of Shelbi Long, Bryce Hocking, Garret Rose, and 2 other people.  It was all good and fun.  Yesterday was a really good day: last day of school, BMX and Undie Run, what a good start to summer!

6th of May
2 updates in a row? what??? yeah, that's right.  I don't really have anything too intense to write about, but I do have a few pictures that I would like to talk about.  First of all, on the home-page, you can check out the new t-shirt design.  E-mail me your thoughts on if you like it, or what I can do to improve it.  And if you do like it, tell me your size, and I should be able to get you one shortly.  But the other picture I would like to talk about is from 1994.  I had just turned 5 years old, went to the ABA Grand Nationals (the only ABA Grands that I have been to).  I had a broken elbow, and I got 6th place in 5 and under Novice.  And I would like to compare it to a pic taken just this weekend.  I am 18 years old, and I made the 17 and over open main, and got 3rd place.

haha.

Cinco de Drink-o
I really wasn't feeling the vibe of Tulare, and actually told people that I didn't want to go to the race.  I had a tough week in school, with a paper (yes Danny, with writing on it), a Calculus test (88%) and a Chemistry Test (95%).  The Chemistry test was on friday, so Iwasn't able to go up to Tulare and practice, so instead I just went with my Girlfriend to the beach and relaxed, and left on Saturday Morning.  Saturday was a good day.  My first moto, I snapped out of the gate and was in 1st!  I was stoked on that, so by the end of my first race, I had already made a main.  In quarters, I tried to take out LeAndre Parker, and that didn't work out too well, so thats where my class day ended.  In my open main, I ended up 3rd behind Vallejo and Shankel.  LaSaan Kobza made his pro Debut, and got balled up in his semi.  On Sunday he also made the main, and was tied for second going into 3rd round, but got balled up in the first corner with Ohrazda, and ended up 6th.  Good luck to him in his pro Career.  Bryce Hocking was killing it all weekend, even leading the main event on Sunday.  Rusty Nesvig was getting some competition, and didn't win Open either day, but was able to turn it on in Class and win that both days.  Vallejo doubled on Saturday, and Double Doubled on Sunday (two 2nd places.).  Lee Lewis who lives in Oceanside, won 17-18 X on Saturday.  My dad made the main both days finishing 4th and 5th.  Tyler Schaefer, Nate Abbe, Jacob Abbe, Erin Schaefer, Shelbi Long, Sean Gaian, Deak Brown and Shayne Lewis all did really good also, SAN DIEGO REPRESENT!  Oh, and how could I forget, I made my FIRST expert main event, EVER at an A national.  Ever!  I could understand in a long time, but I mean EVER!  If you can prove me wrong, you get a free t-shirt.  It was pretty nervous, but I ended up 5th!  Stoked on that, and can't wait until Prunedale!
And believe it or not, I have some new pictures posted. Hit it up!

April 25
I haven't really been doing much lately.  I went out to Danny's house yesterday.  My dad wanted to jump something to get ready for China.  He was having trouble with the tight turns at Danny's house though.  It was prettty much just me and my dad, so it was nothing too intense.  Kris Fox showed up to switch out his frame.  That's about all that happened. 

April 9
This past weekend was the much hyped Pacific Nationals in Whittier, CA.  It was a pro Race, and there were plenty of Pro's there.  On Saturday, Kyle Bennet raced and killed it like always.  Many people assumed that he would be in Australia for the big supercross race, but in a www.go211.com interview he said that he just needs a break.  Nic Long and Kris Fox also showed up on Saturday, and flew out that night to Australia.  My dad's welcome home party was on Saturday, so he didn't show up on Saturday, and I asked Jason if he was going to go down to San Diego at 4 for the party, and he said, I expect to be on the podium at 4:00, and sure enough he was!  Congrats to him on a 3rd place finish.  Rusty Nesvig killed it all weekend, Bryce Hocking ended up with a pair of 3rds,  I got a 4th, 6th, and crashed and got and an 8th.  Nic Long killed it in class and open, Kris Fox got 2nd in Super-Ex, Shelbi Long killed her class (pumping the whole last straight), Kiristen Long killed it, Shayne Lewis also won.  It was a good Saturday for San Diego.  On Sunday, my dad raced, and tried to pimp Scott Angus in the last corner, and ended up losing all of his momentum.
PS. Jake McCurdy and I are now doing clinics on Tuesday nights at Cactus Park.  For more information CLICK HERE.

March 27
I don't know why I haven't updated in a while... I have been doing soo much!  I am actually heading to Vegas in the morning, and I still haven't packed, but over 2 weeks without an update is ridiculous.  I think I am just going to put everything I have done lately in bullet form because I have done so much and have such little time.

• Phoenix National, I made a main! Which I haven't done in quite some time! YAY!
• The17-21 was the most hectic week of school I have ever had!  I had 3 exams, a quiz, and a paper due! One each day! It was ridiculous!
• Saturday 22- Sesh at Meadows land with a lot of people, INCLUDING my dad Stan Horton, on his first day back from IRAQ! (Welcome Home).  He was going crazy and jumping on his first day back!
• 23- Easter!  Happy Easter to all of you!
• 24- race at cactus!  I was beating Rusty Nesvig the whole way around the track, and he beat me by an inch at the line! ahhh!  Good race though.
• 25- Clinic at Cactus!  ($10 every Tuesday at Cactus 6-8:30... be there!)
• 26-Kearny sesh.  Jumping the second jump into the sun was sick, there was like 4-5 new people jumping the second jump, it was awesome.
• 27- went to cactus and Barona... came out even!  Pretty legit!
• TODAY! I'm Going to class for an hour and then heading to Vegas for the weekend.

A lot of people are in Desoto, Texas for the weekend, so I will be updating you with that throughout the weekend.  Good luck to all!
 

March 12
I thought tonight was going to be a big night at KMP, because it is the Wednesday before a National!  Phoenix's Winter Nationals are this weekend.  I think many of the people have already left?  I really am not sure.  Roy Winkleman, LaSaan Kobza (who is on the cover of the new BMXer about to eat crap), Bryce Hocking, Jake Kinny, Jason Allstat, Tommy Vallejo, Chris Schaefer and Tyler Schaefer were about the only people there.  We had a special guest appearance by Kyle Murf Dog Murphy, who is from NorCal, but has spent a few days down here with Roy.  Mike Warner was out at the track giving out all of the secrets to the Phoenix track.  Him and his son Chachi Warner went out there this weekend for a SuperCamp, so they got to see the newly rebuilt track before anyone else.  It was a pretty slow night, but I hope everyone does well this weekend in PHOENIX, AZ!
PS. New pic is of me up at real ride this weekend.
PPS. The MLR Invitational has been rescheduled for some time in September.  I have been meaning to put that up on this site, but I always forget!  Can't WAIT!

March 9th
Today I woke up at 7:30 AM (Which was really like 6:30 because of the time change.)  I went up to Real Ride, (aka DaCompound?) with Jake Kinny, Garret Rose, Bryce Hocking, Josh Graham and a few other guys that I met for the first time today.  The dirt jumps there are really fun, Garret found a cool transfer line that made it even more fun.  The park was alright, but I found out that I really am just not a park rider.  It was superfun, and I will see if I am able to get some pics from Josh, because it was a super fun day.

March 8th
So, every Wednesday and Friday at KMP, there is going to be an intense Pro-Am open class.  On Wednesday, I was not able to stay for the race, but RoyW.44 said it went down like this, "Vallejo won, Nic got 2nd, Kris with 3rd, and the rest was a bundle up of Rusty, Deak, Lahsaan, Tischler, and Bryce. Even though Bryce didnt make it and Joe Szurek did, and Joe didnt wanna race and let Bryce race for him."  On Friday night, it was another crazy open.  In the main, Vallejo got 1st, and then LaSaan Kobza, Matt Tishler, Kris Fox, Bryce Hocking,  SLOMOE, RoyW44 and Nic Long flipped the gate.  2 wins in a row for Vallejo is pretty awesome, props to him.  Afterwards, it was Jake McCurdy's Birthday, so there was a lot of motor-homes, and a lot of people stayed the night and rode the track 'til the wee hours of the night.

March 1st.
SLOMOE was down for a month.  I guess i needed a break.  It is now March.  That is why the site has gone green.  Not because I am for the environment or anything like that!  Because quite frankly... I could care less.  I do not want to bore you with a whole month of news, so I will start fresh with what happened on the extra day of 2008, February 29th.  My mom got out of the hospital today!  She had surgery on Wednesday, and she is already back home and walking around!  Thanks to all of you whom sent your prayers and hopes to her, I really appreciate it.  I went to Kearny Moto Park which has been really awesome lately.  Tonight we had a pro/am, and it was rough:
 

I felt pretty good.  But to finish this update I would like to wish my dad, Stan Horton, a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Jan 31st
Last weekend was the race in Phoenix/Goodyear, AZ.  You can see the track and all of the UCI races at http://www.linkd.tv/2%20bmx.html. thats the new Linkd.tv... I'm not really sure what the deal with it is... but they have every moto and every quarter, so its pretty legit.  On Saturday everyone else raced.  A whopping 75 motos, which was apparently a shock because the NBL was expecting around 40.  On Sunday the rain came and the race was cancelled. 
With the Olympic Training Center now open, I have seen many top pros hanging around at Kearny Moto Park.  Some of which include Erica Short, Ariell Martin, Liam Phillips, Mike Day, Greg Romero the list will keep on growing.  Liam Phillips? what he is not American, I'm not really sure what his deal is, but apparently he is staying with the Longs? I'm not really sure.
And uh... Super Bowl this weekend... I'm calling the Patriots.

Jan 23rd
This weekend is the race in Goodyear, AZ.  But from the weather reports, it is supposed to be really rainy!  I am not scared though, and I am going anyways!  The super bowl is in Glendale in 2 weekends, and they are neighboring cities, so that should be interesting if the race gets done early or something.  It is raining here in San Diego too, so the track was closed tonight!  I drove all the way out there to find the lights off and people just hanging out in the dark.  I am excited for this weekend.  I actually just checked the rain report, and it says that it isn't supposed to rain until Sunday!  The NBL's rule is that if a race is finished on Saturday, and it rains on Sunday, then you get the same place and points as the day before!  So I better do good on SATURDAY!

Jan 21st.
Today was the grand opening of the Olympic Training Center for BMX in Chula Vista.  Well, its not an Olympic Training Center for BMX... its just a new part of the Olympic Training Center which already existed.  It was really neat.  It was like the official Ribbon Cutting of the track and some riders rode the track and showed what its all about.  Afterwards a lot of the camera crews conducted interviews of the people who are involved in it.  I have pictures of the track and stuff in my pictures section.  If you don't know how to get there just click here and it will take you straight to them.

Jan 14th.
Back from Reno today!  It was a real good time.  I flew out on Friday morning.  Practice went real well.  The first jump was really long and I don't know if there was a real consistent way to get over it.  Unless you were Denzel Stein and were 2 bikes ahead by the first jump.  He killed it in A Pro this weekend winning every single main event.  He said he wants to earn his way to AA and he isn't going to turn himself AA right away.  In my class, Nic Long killed it all weekend, winning class and open both days.  I made quarters and semis, but no main events for me...  Maybe a little bit more effort in the next couple weeks and I can do something in Goodyear, AZ.  Vance Wiesndanger turned pro this weekend, along with Jim Brown, Denzel Stein, Willy Suarez, Deak Brown along with a few others who did exceptionally well in the A pro class.  And Jason Alstat from San Diego turned Vet PRo this weekend and made some mains, but got hurt in main number 1 on Sunday.  Sunday night is supposed to be party night at Reno's GSR formerly the Hilton, but this year it was empty!  Not completely empty, but from the people who were there, they were all disapointed!  I flew home this morning, and the airline left my bag in Reno.  Well, they left my "golf clubs."  But I got them back around 7 PM, and made 50 bucks for them not having to deliver them.  Pretty fun weekend!

January 4th 2008
First of all, Happy New Year to all of my viewers!
Second, Today is the first slomoe shirt Friday of 2008! So if you don't have a slomoe shirt on right now, you better go to your closet and get one on!
And lastly, yesterday was a pretty good day!  I woke up at 9 am and got all registered for my spring semester classes!  That was intense... because it was at 9am, I know... horrible!  So after that I went back to sleep.  At 3, I headed out to Meadows Land for a really quite large sesh!  There was a lot of people there, from Jake Kinney, Vance Wiesndanger, Brian Otten, Kevin Jones, Nic Long, Rooooooy Winkelman, Deak Brown, and some others!  It was good!  They made some changes, and its still super fun!  After that, some people headed out to Cactus for the newly redesigned Cactus.  I didn't see it, but apparently, they changed the first jump... it used to be a camelback, and now its a table top...  I'm not really sure, I will have to go out there and check it out first hand... 
Reno is in a week.  People are getting ready for that, and so am I!  I'll see you there!