3/16/08- My BMX season is really cruising along now. Since December, I've raced in Ohio, Coral Springs, Alabama, and Florida. Click on the pictures below for more race results and pictures.
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Racing at my home track, Okeeheelee BMX, I won all my races in 9 Expert 20 inch and cruiser, and I got the state championship in 20 inch and 2nd in cruiser.
Oops! I overcleared this jump a little bit and landed with a thump.
Florida State Championships
West Palm Beach, Florida
May 12, 2007
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| The 2007 State Championships were held at the Okeeheelee BMX track in W. Palm Beach, FL. |
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| That's my dad, Raul racing his 20 inch. |
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| Coming off one of the jumps, I caught some air. |
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| I ride at full speed for the whole race. It's a real sprint from start to finish line. |
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| Preston and I were hanging out at the Yamaha tent a lot, dreaming of winning this dirt bike in the raffle. |
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| I always try to get out of the starting gate first so that I don't take a chance of someone wrecking me in as they all bunch up. |
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| Taking the high road around the first turn. |
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| I manual the bike over some of the small jumps trying to keep the back tire still on the ground while I'm pedaling. |
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| Coming around the last turn and heading for the finish line, I still have to get through the rhythm section of bumps. |
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| That's Papi, Abuelita, my mom and me. |
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| Chris got us cool jerseys. |
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| This is the boss, Chris Stage, owner of Stage Battery in Pompano Beach and SBR. |
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| My mom is getting interviewed by the Sun Sentinel reporter. |
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| That's Jason and Madison who is one of the best girl riders in the state. |
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| Karina, Vanessa, and Talbot. |
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| Me and Preston who always beats me in Cruiser. |
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| Karina, Dad, me, Raul Jr., and Vanessa. |
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| This is my dad's number plate. He loves to get all the stickers on there just right. |
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| That's my mom and dad hanging over the rail, yelling at me to go faster in the cruiser main event. |
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| Preston is ahead of me as we race toward the finish. I have never beaten Preston. |
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| Getting closer to the finish, I've gained on him a little bit. |
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| At the finish line, I pulled ahead and won. I still can't believe it. Preston was ahead of me in points, so he still won the cruiser class state championship. |
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| Mom wishes she had a chopper like Raul's. |
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| Raul Jr., Captain, me and Brian after the races just chillin'. |
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| Turned out to be an even better day than I could have imagined. Besides winning the 9 Expert State Championship, Raul Jr. and I also won this Yamaha dirt bike in the raffle. |
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NBL National Championships
Louisville, Kentucky
September 2006
The BMX National Championship was held on September 1st -3rd in Louisville, KY. And because of Hurricane Ernesto heading towards Florida, Mom, Dad, and I caught a flight out a day early. I was so excited that this happened because I got to stay at my Grandma Nancy’s house and see my Aunts and cousins before I the races began. This year at the Grands I raced in both the 8 Expert and 9 & Under Cruiser class. I ended up being 5th in the country for the 8 Expert Class and 11th in the country for the Cruiser class.
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| I took Madee for a ride in her Jeep in GranNan’s backyard |
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| Madeline, Michael, and I chillin’ on the front porch swing |
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| Here’s the whole gang. My Aunt Courtney, Aunt Amy, Emma Grace, Katherine Anne, Madee, Madeline, Mom, Michael, and Me. |
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| It’s become an annual tradition at the BMX Grands to go to the Japanese Steakhouse on Sunday night. My favorite part of the meal is when the cook makes a volcano and the flames go really high |
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| These are my friends Aaron, Bryan, and Dawson with our CRAZY cook |
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| Dawson and I get to travel all over the country together to race…We have a lot of fun!!!! |
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| In 3rd place at the beginning of one of my motos. The competition was tough this year. |
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| That’s me watching my friends race. |
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Florida State Championships
May 20, 2006 |
| Stage Battery Racing qualified to ride in the State Championship parade lap by placing 2nd in the Punta Gorda State Qualifier race. The parade lap takes place during the playing of the National Anthem. |
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| I won the 2006 State Championship in the 8 Expert class. That is my friend Blake who got 2nd. |
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| These are my crazy friends that race in the 9 and under Cruiser class. |
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| Raul Jr. got 7th in his first state season. He did AWESOME in the 12 Rookie class. On Sunday, there is a big awards banquet where we get our trophies. |
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| The SBR team dominated the 9 and under cruiser class. My teammates Preston got 1st and Richie got 8th. |
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Punta Gorda State Qualifier
May 8-9, 2006 |
| Here is a video of my Cruiser class main event at Punta Gorda |
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Tallahassee State Qualifier
January 20-22, 2006
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| Raul Jr. and I acting crazy after dinner. |
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| Mom and Raul waiting to watch us race. |
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| Playing video games between motos. |
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| On Saturday night in the hotel, Richie fell and hit a garbage can and had to get 5 stitches in his chin. |
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| These are some of my friends' dads. From left to right: Will, Richie, Mitch, and Chris. |
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| Watching the races with my friends Josh and Dean. |
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| Waiting to do the parade lap when they sing the National Anthem. |
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| Nena, Jenny, and Chris came from Miami to watch us race. |
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| We celebrated Tyler and Richie's birthdays. |
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Miami South Local Race
January 8, 2006
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| I ride for Stage Battery Racing. That's Connor and Dawson Stage on either side of me at Miami South. |
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| Richie Dey has this cool 4 wheeler that we rode all day. It was fun. That's Dawson behind me. |
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| There weren't enough 8 experts, so I raced against 9 novices. I got a perfect (won all 3 of my motos and the main event) in both of the races they held. |
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| These are some BMX friends of mine, Justin Pharao, Trevor Davis, and Justin Davis. |
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January 2006 Cape Coral State Qualifier |
| January 1, 2006, we went over to Cape Coral to enter the 1st Florida state qualifier race. |
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| Racing takes all day so sometimes I just chill out between motos. |
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| That's my friend Raul Gomez, Jr. in his state qualifier. |
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| I'm waiting for the start at the gate. |
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| My back tire is catching a little bit of air coming over this bump. |
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| Going through the rhythm section. I won all my motos at Cape Coral. |
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2005 Ohio Christmas Classic and President's Cup |
| We flew up to Ohio on Christmas day, 2005 for the President's Cup. I don't know what I'm doing here but I'm tired. |
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| I'm stylin' in my new Fly racing jersey and pants that I got for Christmas. |
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| In the President's Cup I represented Florida, so I got this cool Florida jersey to race in. My team beat all the other states. |
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| That's my backend racing through the rhythm section. |
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| My friend Raul Gomez raced in the Pro division. |
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| Ohio was freezing so luckily, our race was in an indoor arena. |
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| That's me out in front of the pack in the white. I love BMX! |
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2005 National Championships, Louisville, Ky |
| This is my main event at the Nationals. The gate slammed down and we were off. I always try to get a fast start so that I'm in front by the first turn. |
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| Ahead at the first jump. I'm not really sitting down, it just looks like it. |
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| I'm a few bike lengths ahead at this point. |
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| The biggest trophy on the right is mine. That's my friend Raul. He won first place too. |
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| After winning, they have to interview you for SportsTV. |
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That's my friend Harlan. We are relaxing after a long day of racing.
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