P106
CN
III CROSS-RUTTED
BY JEAN TURNER
E
nduroCross was still
relatively new in the world
of off-road in 2007. Each
year there seemed to be a new
surprise winner in the young
sport that no one had quite
mastered yet. David Knight was
emerging as the hero so far, but
as I made my way through the
pits of the Las Vegas Enduro-
Cross in 2007, word of a new
kid named "Taddy" was floating
around. I made my way to the
KTM rig to meet this Polish won-
der kid, and began chatting with
a mechanic.
"I heard he's pretty good," I
casually remarked.
"Yeah, just ask him," was the
reply.
Taddy was a beanpole of a kid
at the time, all too willing to tell
me all about himself. I was skep-
tical, of course, thinking, "How
good could this guy really be?"
After all, he was about half the
size of Knight, who would mus-
cle his way through the course,
at times practically lifting the bike
through obstacles. But that night
we witnessed an entirely new
style of riding as we watched
Taddy flick his KTM around like
a trials bike. Arms flailing, legs
off the bike, he whipped around
the course, relentlessly hound-
ing Knight throughout the main
event, infamously stealing the
win in the end, much to Knight's
exasperation. It wasn't just the
race Knight lost—it was the
$50,000 triple crown prize that
DO WIDZENIA, TADDY
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
SCOTT
COX/RESMARKET
INC.
