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INTERVIEW P116 2011 AMA NATIONAL ENDURO CHAMPION RUSSELL BOBBITT at the same time it's still more trail orientated. The ravine section that last section - was pretty tight and tough, and it's all a lot different from Texas. You actually came from behind and won it in that last section. That last section had some tight twisty stuff and I had a big push in that test, I greased it. That was the longest section of the day - 12 miles - and I think I ended up winning by 45 seconds. would still get sore, but it wasn't the same kind of pain. What was weird was the doctors were telling me I needed to surgery. I was like there's no way I'm going to get surgery right now 'cause it would put me out for the year. You took a big win in Wyoming, which put you back in the title chase. Did you have a cortisone shot before that race? I did have a cortisone shot for sure, but it wasn't in my wrist. The 110-117 Bobbit Interview.indd 116 funny thing was, the week before the race I slept on my shoulder wrong, and it was giving me so much trouble to where I wasn't even thinking about my wrist any more, and I had to go get a cortisone shot in that. But then I felt solid going into the race. You had a couple of bad races at back-to-back rounds in Pennsylvania and in Ohio. What was going on? A few of the guys switched over to two-strokes and they were starting to ride well, and I didn't really have the greatest suspension set up for the Pennsylvania round. It was kind of rocky, and it was almost like the Alligator [Enduro] in a sense, with a lot of the trail and was kind of covered by ferns, and you just couldn't see the trail, and I don't really like charging when I can't see what I'm riding over. And then in Ohio, it's not that different terrain from Indiana. It's hilly, the dirt was pretty good and I was just overriding my bike, and I was making mistakes, not linking things together. That was the determining factor for why I switched to the 300 before the last round. Wyoming was big for you because it was wide open like Texas, and many thought Mullins would have the upper So talk about your reasons for switching to the 300 for Inhand. It was a faster kind of pace but diana. 12/9/11 2:27 PM