Australasian Dirt Bike — June 2017

http://www.a ma .com.au JUNE 2017

everyone

BUT TONI BOU

IT’S A SHAME trials

doesn’t get the same level

of recognition as

supercross and motocross

because while everyone’s

attention is on the AMA and

MXGP, a Spaniard named

Toni Bou is racking up world

title after world title and is

now up to 21 thanks to his

2017 X-Trial championship.

Since 2007 no one has

been able to beat Bou – it

is a title-winning streak not

only unseen in trials but in

any sport. He has won 10

consecutive outdoor world

titles, from 2007 to 2016,

and 11 indoor titles, from

2007 to this year.

Why can no one beat

him? The trials community

has failed to produce

another rider who can even

come close and it is

amazing competitors still

turn up to events. Chris

Birch reckons Bou is a

magician and Con Thermos

reckons if Bou races

extreme enduro (which has

been rumoured) everyone,

including Graham Jarvis,

should just retire.

At 31 he’s still got plenty

of years left in him, but will

anyone be able to beat the

crazy Spaniard?

BRING YOUR SNORKEL

MILNER DOWN

TOO FAST