SAMPLING THE GASGAS TRIALS LINEUP
P94
Feature
bikes and proceed to dissect each
segment. Riders in the queue can
watch on and hopefully pick up any
tips and tricks along the way. Then
they proceed to the next section and
do it all over again. After completion
the competitors are given an overall
score based on how many times they
put a foot down, aka "dab," over the
course of the competition. The basic
scoring of observed trials is pretty
simple. The rider is penalized one
point for each dab up to three dabs
per section. Technically, you can dab
100 times in a section, but you will only
be penalized three points. However,
you will be given a five-point penalty
for falling (handlebars touching the
ground), stalling the engine or riding
out of bounds, among other things,
Youngsters Murphy
and Beckett Aaron are
already expert trials
riders. They learned
from a 10-time national
trials champion, their
dad, Geoff Aaron.
