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Brokaw Tops Tough Rocky M'ount Trials By Lark Walmsley and Steve Suess Bill Brokaw was the overall Expert Trials winner in Rocky Mountain Trials Association action at Colorado Springs. <.; DENVER, COLO., Oct. 28, 1970 - The Rocky Mountain Trials Assn. (RMTA) combined the necessary' ingredients for perfect trials competition at their monthly event held near Colorado. Springs last Sunday. Included in their formulae was cool weather, a mountain setting, a small stream, natural sections, triale,rs and spectators, in the exact proportions. Taking home the cake was Bill Brokaw (Mon) of Colorado Springs. Jerry Boggs (Mon) got the semi-expert icing and Don Stauffer (Mon) received the novice crumbs. The trials area was actually six miles southwest of the Springs in the foothills of the Rockies. Looking up the towering 200 foot cliffs of the canyon in which the event was situated, riders and spectators ooed and awed at the impossible "Trap of the Future." Placed on the rock walls by an experienced climber, the end gate of the trap was half way up the cliffs, lea\dng the future "super-rider" his choice of an exit to the right, left, or continuing on up. The morning novice event was held separately from the combined expert and semi-expert event in the afternoon. The RMTA, schedules even ts like this so the experts and novices can watch one another, giving the novices the chance for advice while they are riding and later, an opportunity to watch the experts. Only one rider failed to finish the six novice traps and that was due to a broken throttle cable. All the novice traps were hard so as to encourage the riders to have decent bikes and to prepare themselves for semi-expert competition. Slippery rocks under water, sharp turns, jumping logs, and an uphill mud bog dominated the novice obstacles. The one woman entrant almost beat her husband as she proved that trailing can be done by the "weaker" sex. The expert traps were laid out on the creek which had holes 18 inches deep and boulders four feet high. Sand, ledges, and logs over three feet in diameter complicated the sections. The most notable of the expert traps was "You'll Get A Bang Out Of This." The rider stopped in the trap with his motor running and shot for his score with a .22 pistol at a target 30 feet away. Trialsmasters Eliot Schultz and Ed Roderick laid ou t the traps and supervised the clean-up. The trials area was private property. (Thank you Mr. Landowner.) With the usual special clean-up the area was cleaner than before the trials. The next RMTA event will be held the third Sunday in November near Denver. The chairman of the RMT A steering committee expressed hope that one day invitations could be extended to some other trials organizations for a quasi-national event. (Results on page 32) HUSQVARNA Distributed by Med-International 4190 Palm Ave., La Mesa, Calif. 92103 a SACHS OSSA Parts & Accessories TRIUMPH SUZUKI MOTORS 1049 W. Mission. Pomona. Cal. 714-629-8642 "' N ~ "" o .... Ol ..... ~ w Z w ~ U >U