IN
THE
WIND
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clinch his sixth X-Games Gold
medal.
Next best with a 33.5-foot
leap was Bryce Hudson who
took home the Silver.
Libor Podmol grabbed the
Bronze with a clean 33-foot
jump.
Hanson was fourth at 32 feet.
In the Moto X Speed & Style
event, the gold match boiled
down to a Mike Mason/Blake
Williams duel, with Mason win-
ning out with an 83.50-point
score over Williams' 80.56 total,
which earned him a Silver Medal.
Jarryd McNeil edged out Kris
Foster for the Bronze medal.
Taddy Blazusiak and Kacy
Martinez earned Gold medals in
the Men's and Women's Enduro
X Finals (see page 88).
Wind forced the cancelation
the Moto X Freestyle event.
Mike Mason and
Blake Williams
went head to
head in the Moto
X Speed & Style
Gold Match.
KARL HARRIS, R.I.P.
F
or the second day in a row tragedy struck at the
Isle of Man TT on Tuesday, June 3 with three-
time British Supersport Champion Karl Harris, 34,
losing his life in the Superstock Race in an incident
at Joey's Corner on the second lap of the race.
That followed the loss of 64-year-old Bob Price in
the Supersport race the day before.
Harris made his TT debut in 2012, but first ap-
peared on the racetracks of England as a teenager
in the 1990s. Harris left the British scene and went
on to win the 1999 European Superstock 1000cc
Championship before spending a season in the
World Supersport Championship.
But Harris was best known for his career in the
British Championship. He was the dominant force
in the British Supersport Championship in the early
2000s and went on to win three-consecutive cham-
pionships in the class – between 2001 and 2004 -
the first for Crescent Suzuki and the remaining two
for Honda Racing. He progressed full time to the
Superbike category in 2005.
Harris was a prominent front-runner in the Super-
bike class for the factory Suzuki, Honda and Ya-
maha teams, and his best season in 2006 when
he finished in fifth in the championship with six po-
diums. In total, Harris notched up 12 British Super-
bike podiums.
The Twitter feed filled up with expressions of con-
dolences and feelings of loss for Harris. Including
one from one of his former competitors, MotoGP
racer Cal Crutchlow.
"Really sad to hear Karl Harris passed away at TT
British racer Karl
Harris was killed
at the Isle of Man
TT last week.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
GOLD
&
GOOSE
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