Another crazy week of the 2010 summer tour …. Put more miles in than a long haul trucker.

Did a demo in Tampa on Wed. then packed up and headed north on Thrs morning. 1250 miles later i was in Appleton Wisconsin for the Tractor Pull Nationals …. brrrrap !

Some insane diesel tractors and trucks … horsepower and black smoke was the theme of the weekend !

After that, i jumed back in the e350 and headed south … i have a vid session tomorrow for a fuel tv pilot and then im back in the van heading to michigan …fmx show and some pit sessions at scott murrays place.

Should be fun, but man i hate driving … anyone got one of them startrek tele-porters for sale ?

heres a link to a practice vid from this week and check out the new Kali add (see attachment)

http://www.facebook.com/paulsmithfmx?v=app_2392950137#!/video/video.php?v=419614763112

have a good one and stay safe !

It’s been a busy week in Florida ….
I was pumped to ride at the 97x Backyard BBQ last weekend, just outside Tampa at Vinoy Park. The weather was perfect, OK well i little hot for me, but sunny and even though we were right next to the ocean, the wind was calm. Great bands played all day and we did 3 “kik butt” FMX demos… some how, during the second show, I got a thumb tack in my front tire and had to pull off every 5 jumps and pump some air into it … ha ha.  This was the second year I rode for the BBQ and the croud was even bigger and louder than last year!
Spent the week practicing at Sunshine MX track in St.Pete … great facility and thx to Steve we have a sweet landing to jump to. I have started working on another new trick, an oxecutioner from the bars. Usually you do them from the seat grab position but i have been doing them right off the ramp, letting go with the throttle hand and reaching for my boot.
I will be back in St Pete this weekend, jumping at the Moto Jam!

An awesome weekend in Woodstock Georgia with some drastic extreme weather …

The FMG Monster Nationals started off friday on a perfect spring night. We had the crowd on their feet for the entire FMX demo. We also had an awesome dirt landing and i was pumped to have time to get all of my tricks off including some new ones i have been working on… one hand take of to one hand helicopter, and kod indy !

Then on saturday things got nasty … huge rain storm, and a postponed show till sunday.

Lucky we had the dozer handy, cause on sunday the weather was back to spring time in georgia … with a few hours of landing reconstruction we were able to put on a killer afternoon show and the fmx guys kicked butt again !

Props out to “X Factor” … one of the gnarliest monster trucks i have seen in a long time. He attempted a monster truck back flip and almost got all the way around … but a little to light on the gas, and he was on his roof. No injury, except to the truck, so all good !

Im jumping at the Monster jam in Ocala florida this weekend .. great to do a home town show.

hope everyone is having a great spring, and stay safe !

Paul Smith

Right from the horses mouth – NO FEAR FMX team rider Paul Smith talks about his last two weeks of riding

well its been a crazy 2 weeks of fmx …

things started out awesome in orlando last week, 75 000 crazy florida rednecks packed the Citrus Bowl for the 2010 monster jam.

the rain held off for practice, and i was pumped to flip the crazy set up they had for us in the middle of the monster truck course.

the fmx demo was going great, i did my run with a KOD, Oxicutioner, One hand Helicopter, no foot nac and a rock solid …. then things went bad, i went for the flip and between the head wind and me not pulling hard enough, i didnt get it around. I woke up in the ambulance with a head ache, cracked ribs and a bruised lung… “note to self” – if your flippin into a head wind pull extra hard !

Things got much better this week … started to heal up, still hurts to sneeze or cough, but we did an awesome fmx demop at the st louis dome on sat night for over 50 000 people and put on an great show !

going back to florida to work on getting the flip down… ill keep ya posted, till then, have a good one !

Well the last few weeks have just been a blur of long drives and different arenas… and this week is the same deal !

Had a blast up in Maine last weekend at the 2nd round of the Gravity Slashers tour in Portland. Shawn Connors and I took turns driving the 24 hour marathon, and I did a bit better than i did in Charlotte. I took 4th in FMX and won the Whip Contest again … super pumped on that !

After the event we jumped in the van and pinned it back to Florida, met up with Cody Cav, and Ed “MFin” Rossy for a three day flip fest practice !

Cav had to get used to a new bike (now he’s riding orange) and Rossy was getting used to a new yamaha … the Hard Rock fmx course was mint for the 3 days we rode and everyone did their share of upside-down tricks. Rossy was the first to flip the rhythm section, but took a hard crash on the 3 gear pinned step up right after the 75 foot ramp to dirt hit. He’s ok, but the bike had seen better days.

Living in the USA for the winters keeps me from seeing my family for a few months a year so i was pumped to hang out with my Moms for a few days … she was in orlando for the disney marathon (26 miles) and im proud to say she did complete the entire distance… at 64 years young !

Hope u all have a great week, im off to Nashville for a monster jam at the Summit Arena …. keep your stick on the ice !

FMX Paul Smith