Hello, this is my first blog, ever, so here goes…
For those that don’t know me, I’m Jordan Rose, enduro’s my thing and I race for Electraction TM.
Up until about two years I used to be a full time motocross rider. I worked my way through the British scene, dabbled in some world events and back in the day I also used to race for TM UK. During 2010 I retired from motocross, originally I decided to pack it up for good but then later decided to give enduro a go in 2011. I had some interesting results and some good moments during my time with Husqvarna but for 2012 I’ve gone back to my roots and teamed up with my old friends in Electraction TM. Initially I thought this would be only part time but like anything the more you get into it the more there is to do. At the moment it’s basically a full time job and I’m loving every moment.
During the winter I spoke to Nick Craigie who owns Electraction TM about racing for him again. Luckily the timing was right and he set me up with a TM 250 two-stroke. I’m an old school rider at heart so I jumped at the chance to go back to riding two strokes. Straight away I felt at home on the bike. The best bit about riding a TM is that they come pretty much tricked up out of the crate. Aside from getting the suspension set up I was ready to go for the first British Sprint Enduro Championship in Aldershot.
Going into the race I didn’t set any goals as it was my first race and there was some serious talent at it. The first day was gong well and I was pushing for a top five result against guys like Johnny Aubert, Taddy Blazusiak and David Knight. Unfortunately half way through the day I hit a rock and de-railed my chain. It ruined my day but when I managed to set the third fastest time in the last test of the day I knew I could get a good result the following day.
With Aubert and Blazusiak not riding at round two I had a crack at going for the win.. and it worked out for a bit too! Straight away I set the fastest time in the first two tests but as I jumped into a sandy bombhole I got pitched over the bars and crashed hard. I lost a lot of time but was able to end the day in third behind Knight and Tom Sagar, which I was chuffed with.
Jordan's been on a fast track to BSEC success
When I saw the track for round three of the BSEC in Llangrove I was confident of a good result, though I knew it would also suit a lot of other guys. Taddy’s was too fast for us at round three and he won it well but I managed to finish second by beating Ricky Dietrich in the final test of the day. Round four was close all day and after losing out with a couple of mistakes I finished fourth to end the weekend third overall.
At rounds five and six of the BSEC we headed to Saints Well in Wales. On the first day I had a great battle with Daryl Bolter. After the lunch break I began to pull a gap on him and held on to take my first win of the BSEC. It felt so good to get a result like that and my confidence was at an all time high. I pushed hard at round six and came away with another win after a fierce battle with my good mate Tom Church. It was great to reward the team with a result like that as both Nick and Adrian Lappin worked really hard to help me win.
The following weekend we were straight back to work for round two of the British Enduro Championship at Hemsley. I was flying solo for this one though as Nick had to stay at home and walk his dog!
It was ok as the event was close to my parent’s home so it was local enough for me, we also had Jonny Walker staying with us so it was a bit of fun. On day one I had a good ride to finish fourth but the day didn’t end there. Jonny had a nasty crash that result in a concussion and needed to go to the local hospital in Scarbourgh. We were there until 2am getting him sorted and making sure he was ok. And this was after we’d slogged our way through the forest for about seven hours!
I think he owes me some extreme enduro tuition for that act of kindness. After getting up again at 6am it was back in the saddle for another good day to finish fourth. I was tired but damn happy with my results. Maybe I need all nighters more often!
Right now I’m at the EWC is Spain after an eventful and choppy 33-hour ferry from Portsmouth to Spain. The team’s got a busy few weeks ahead with this race and next weekend in Portugal before getting back for the BSEC. I’m really excited to get the chance to race in the EWC and hope with a bit of luck I’ll have a good result.
That’s about it for now but I’ll keep you posted about how I get on. Check me out on Facebook and the twitter thing!
Gracias!
Jordan
@jordanrose40