Itchy Boots

This is the first episode of this new season! Unfortunately, traveling across the world is simply not possible yet with too many countries closing borders and enforcing lockdowns. That means I have to spent this winter in The Netherlands. I am using this time to create a video series for you where I am going to show you every aspect of the Dutch Moto Scene!! And today the season kicks off with a day at the junior training at TT Assen. What a fantastic day and start of this new season!!

Unfortunately, my travel plans all went into the bin because of new lockdowns and second waves everywhere. So, I've decided to make a video series about the motorcycle scene in The Netherlands. In this episode, I got the extreme luck to ride on an empty TT Assen race track, while getting race lessons from race legend Barry Veneman himself!! Despite the typical dutch weather, it was an awesome day and great way to get a peak behind the scenes of the Dutch motoGP.

This day, a real Ducati dream came true when Ducati Zaltbommel lent me 3 bikes to ride for the day. Starting out with the Streetfighter 848, followed by the Monster 1200 S and finally the Panigale V2 from this year. What a fantastic day!!

It's time to go back to school! What better way to improve my motorcycle skills then to learn from the best and by riding a trial bike for 4 hours, at www.trialschool.nl !!

In this episode, Marcel van Drunen from www.supermotoschool.nl is teaching me how to motocross. What an absolute blast!! I also got to race with Jayson van Drunen - find him on his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/JaysonvanDr...

In this episode I am trying flattrack for the first time: exciting!! I am first practising and riding on a Mash 125 and later I get to race on the Mash 650 too! What a great motorsports, atmosphere and dirt fun :D I was actually the first student of the brand-new Flattrack School: MD 58 x Mash Flat Track Academy, run by Maikel Dijkstra. If you want to try this out - check out his academy on instagram: @flattrackacademy or Facebook: @Flat Track Academy

In this episode I am riding a Zero DSR, 2021 model electric bike. It's my first time on an electric bike, and what a totally different experience! No gear, no clutch, no sound, no vibrations, but huge acceleration and riding this quiet bike through a nature reserve was such a great experience!

In this episode I get to join the training programme of the Police Academy for a day! What an incredible opportunity and I did and learned so much today that it didn't even fit in one episode!! So this is just part 1, in which I get acquainted with two different police bike and try out the first exercise: braking in the corner at higher speeds! EXCITING!

Part 2 of my training at the Dutch Police Academy. Besides riding on pavement and doing my best (and failing) at lots of low speed handling exercises, we also take to cross! Part of the police academy training is riding in the dirt, and well.. I think it's obvious I LOVED it!!

In this episode, I am trying the ultimate king of the off-road motorcycle sports: ENDURO! And well, was that a bit more difficult than I anticipated. The tall, aggressive enduro bike threw me off a few times, so I switched to an electric KTM Freeride. With that lower and easier bike, it was still technical and difficult but a lot more manageable! For this episode I went to Belgium, and met up with Thierry Klutz, who has been riding enduro for 37 years and competed in all the major world championships. It was amazing to get taught by such a legend in this motorsports!! He also brought Tim Louis with him, a young talent who just switched from motocross to enduro and starts riding enduro championships this year. The two of them really pulled me through this! If you want to know more about Thierry - check out https://www.fmwb.be/stages-moto-pour-... or http://www.sport-adeps.be/index.php?i... (both in French!). This is also the last episode of season 4 (FOR NOW!)...