The Nubbie

photo by the Capt.

Oh god. Where should we start with this......

There was mention made of Scott's misfortune HERE on another blog a few months back.

To recap, Our buddy Scott had a slight tip-over at about one mile-an-hour in a fairly difficult section. He stuck his hand out on the way to the ground and placed it on a rock and the left handlebar caught his thumb between rock and handlebar end and severed off the tip of his thumb. OUCH!

Now, if you don't think we got some major mileage out of his misfortune then you just don't know us very well. And, if we didn't like him we definitely wouldn't mess with him about it. And, trust us, we did mess with him about it!

So......we have decided here at ITSA Headquarters to make "The Nubbie" an annual award in honor of Scott's nubbie thumb (or lack thereof). "The Nubbie" will be awarded based on some unforgettable event during a trials endeavor. It is not going to be neccesary for the occurence to be laden with misfortune or the loss of an appendage. It will however have to be unforgettable and worthy of mention many times over your favorite libation.

Of course Scott had already had the honor of winning the Alice Conklin Loop Riding Award for a really amazing crash on the loop on his TL125 that looked like a train wreck.

Scott, you've definitely done your part and we'd like to Thank You and also to Congratulate You on the dubious honor of being the recipient of the inaugural Nubbie! Thanks for the inspiriation of the award and also Thanks for taking all our harrasment over the year.

One-and-a-half Thumbs Up!