FIRST SHOTS OF TOMMY SEARLE PRACTICING SUPERCROSS!!!

Ok some have probably been printed by now but these where taken back in October and i've had to keep them under wraps to help out Still-MX as he had a paid article coming out in DBR so take a look in there for some of his expert shooting skills.... in the meantime feast your eyes on Britains next big hope Tommy Searle out for the very first time on a SX track over in sunny California, we were lucky enough to have Race SoCal owner, Stephen Heighton take us over to the private KTM test track in the hills.... the heat was intense drunken

and Tommy was just about to put in some hot laps under the strict guidance of his new mechanic with the stopwatch.

The location..... a closely guarded secret...

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The boy.... out to prove hes the man...

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He was straight into the jumps with no fear...

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We caught him on his first attempt at the biggest jump on the track a 70ft tripple
afro

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For what was only a small track in comparrison to the big boys tracks over the hill KTM had put in some good flowing technical jumps and turns...

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Set in amongst these hills it was hard to believe such a beautiful landscape was host to our noisey sport..

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Tommy flicked the 2fiddy round with ease and made it look like he'd been brought up on a sx track posting times within 2 tenths of the track record afro

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Like I said.... flicking about
affraid

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We were baking in shorts, so after a 20 min session you'd think he might have been a bit hot.... bloody kids.. lol!

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Back out for another session shortly after and we were told to watch the tripple....right now to apprieciate this you really had to be there but the take off was within a few feet of landing a double and it shot you skywards to about 35 feet to get you across the span of the 3 jumps and the kid was pissing around for the camera...bloody kids... Evil or Very Mad

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The last one was from the takeoff(my lens was to big to get him all in from here)this one mid-flight Evil or Very Mad

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Our host looks on with fellow Tog Still-MX in the background as Tommy nails a rytham section

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The tripple from a distance...

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Tommy is hoping to get the first few rounds of the sx series under his belt with no mishaps and by the end of the series he hopes to have managed a few top 5 results.... fingers crossed he certainly looked smooth, but is he quick enough???