The Mid Michigan MOTA club hosted a 2 day Saturday & Sunday trials on May 16 and 17. The Saturday event is a Vintage/Recreational one with no MOTA championship points awarded. I skipped it and instead attended the Sunday event. I entered the Senior B class since I was "recovering" from a wipeout suffered the previous Sunday at the Ryan Young Trials School.

The loop is long and after 2 of them I decided I was done. One take-away is to always wait to watch someone else in my class to attempt a section because on section #3 I ran through the wrong gate an scored a 5.

Loop 1: 0, 0, 5, 1, 0, 0, 3, 2, 0, 0 = 11
Loop 2: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0 = 2

I competed in the first 2026 MOTA event hosted by the Michiana Club held on Saturday April 25th, 2026. There were 8 sections with 5 loops. 

Section 1: This up and down hills side section started with an uphill off camber 8 inch log then straight uphill with a much bigger log at the top. After that the line traveled downhill with a tight turn right then left through a tight log on the left with a tree on the right. One dab the first loop with 4 cleans after that.

Section 2: The start of this section was a right hand turn then dropped downhill left. Then there were some small logs to go over then a left turn over a nasty roots bounded by a small log then a bigger log to the exit. The first loop I mistakingly went through the beginner gate and took a five but cleaned it the rest of the day.

Section 3: This section was a down hill, tight left/right/left turn through 3 trees, then up then down then up to the exit. One dab the first loop then 2 dabs the 4th and 5th loop. Basically the tight turn through the trees through me off.

Section 4: This section started with a slight uphill off camber right urn then tight left to a medium log the turn right to another medium log to the exit. All cleans here.

Section 5: This section was more of a challenge featuring a steep loose left hand uphill climb that took some dabs until I finally cleaned it on the last loop. 

Section 6: I cleaned this section each time that started with a side hill traverse then dropped right followed by 2 medium logs to the exit.

Section 7: One dab the first loop then 4 cleans in this section that started with a sharp tight uphill left turn then dropped down near the water then thread up between 2 trees and a root. After that 2 turns then a little rocky exit.

Section 8: This section is highlighted in the video that featured a matrix of logs then some tight loose turns. 2 cleans with a dab on one loop and 2 dabs on 2 other loops.

Overall: The Michiana CLub hosted a 2 day event but after competing in the Saturday event I was exhausted and decided to skip the Sunday event. Also the drive is over 3 hours and that was also part of the decision not to go back. In the future I would be better to take the RV and campout for the weekend. 

This was the first Senior A event which competes over the Intermediate line and I ended up 4th out of 6 competitors basically due to the 5 on section 2. Mental mistake.