Motorcyclist USA — September-October 2017

(Chris Devlin) #1
8 | sePtemBer | octoBer 2017

American trials standout Pat
Smage was locked in a heated
battle with 2016 US National
MotoTrials Champion Marc
Freixa of Spain, both riders
trading wins and grasping for
each precious point in the race
for this year’s title. After eight
grueling rounds of competi-
tion, Smage clinched his ninth
national title at the Exeter,
Rhode Island, season finale, but
it was at this event a week prior
in Garrettsville, Ohio, where the
Sherco USA rider threw down
the gauntlet and made it all but
impossible for the defending
champ to repeat.

FRAMED

ROCK STAR
PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHAN MOORE

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