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Third Annual Laugh-in Tri~- -- '" " . ; ~ C> C1. N r-- from those friendly folks at Norton-Villiers and Cycle World who were also guilty of Versions One & Two .. m N ,,; " 0 V> ;:: W Z W ..J U >- U -Paul Hunt (DKW) deserves extra credit for being the only rider to make this section without putting his wheels down, even if he had to use his feet a li.ttle. by Pigman With some pictures by the usual camera-carrying supersquids ORA 'CE, CAL., Nov. 29, 1972 Returning from the continent to dominate the third annual running of the Laugh·ln Trials was none other than Norton-Villiers' Mike "The Bike" Jackson. He was sort of the games director (for as much direction as there was for this strictly one of a kind even t) and everybody did what he said. sort of, so the domination was very real in an unreal way. After Hammy Maxsted did the organizing. What this was all about was a bunch of desk-bound motorcyclists and some luminaries such as itinerant National numbers, movie guys and the like were aU invited by NorVil to participate in any easy Observed Trials for which Joe Parkhurst made most of Saddleback available. Fifteen easy sections beckoned the motley crew, who were mounted on everything from 400 motocrossers to B A Coldstars to Real Honest-to-Coodness trials bikes, but that last bunch was obviously taking unfair advantage of the situation. The riders scaltered to the far corners of Saddleback and some of them even managed to find the trials sections. Observing all this brouhaha were some of the top European and American international motocross stars who did some scoring, sort of, based on age. J occupation, national origin, and vintage of motorcycle. They were tolerantly amused by a lot of Sunday cow-trailers who dabbed, fell off and got stuck a lot. It showed great foresight to have the European sidehackers uscoring" the mudhole section as only these guys were probably strong enough to drag the bikes and riders ou t of the knee-deep muck. One guy ruined a pair of nice Cucci loafers. Myself, 1 only dabbed once, about up to my waist. I came across Dave Aldana and asked him if he saw a good line through the next section. "There's no line. Just go through ," he came back sharp as a tack. I did it and was the only section I cleaned. He must know something. It was Malcolm Smith's second time 'on a bike since he complicated h is leg and he was motoring around performing wondrous feats, as usual. He chatted with Mick Andrews for a while who was scoring a section in company with some lovely ladies and his arm in a sling. Rolf TiI5blin finished early and climbed the Matterhorn three times. After falling through the final section, most folks motored on back to the buffet catered by the Refried Bean and did two of the things that once-a-week bikers do best: eat and drink a lot. The results speak for themselves, even if it is with a forked tongue. Rogues' Gallery - - -....- - - - - - ................... , ~~ ~ Feets Minert IBSA, of course) was one of the few riders to make it through this section, at all. <4oldstars must like mud. Famous motocrosser: Doug Grant; famous journalist: David Swift; famous commentator and parts ped~ler: Bruce Flanders. I n attendance, was famous National number: Dave Aldana. Famous surfer: Bruce Brown. . Famous movie star: Malcolm Smith. Famous four-stroker: Jim Hunter.