Marty Halmazna guest speaker
 

Marty Halmazna has agreed to be the guest speaker at our annual Trail Riders of Houston Family Enduro Series awards banquet.:D

We will be posting all the details soon at our web site. I think the banquet will be on Feb 9th 2008.
If anyone would like to attend, please do.

We plan on having a group ride the following day.

www.trh-cycle.org

Marty's taking you an a ride? Better start getting in shape! He is one animal of a rider. One of our club members here in Calgary too!

He wants to try out a Gasser!:D Cladoo does he have a factory ride with KTM? We are trying to get him hooked up with the right folks & machine.;)

We got to talk to him at LMS. Man what a great guy! I can't wait to try and catch him!:eek:

BTW we are taking him on a ride on our club property.

He does get support from KTM at Erzberg and LMS. I've been trying to get him on mine for over a year now. He is not the fastest rider around but he loves riding the toughest stuff. He is a real great guy!

Here's the details.
This years' Hall of Fame/Family Enduro Banquet honoring the 2006 and 2007 Hall of Fame inductees Lanette Hartzog and Lynn Bailey will be held on:

Feb. 8th at 7:00 PM, a BBQ style buffet dinner will be served at 7:30 PM

Location:
DAVE AND BUSTER'S (THE OLD JILLIAN LOCATION)
7620 KATY FREEWAY SUITE 100
HOUSTON, TX 77024
(Please note, this is not the same Dave and Buster's we usually attend)

TRH will have guest speaker Marty Halmazna in from Canada and as usual the silent auction will be going on during the banquet.

Banquet Tickets:

TRH MEMBER TICKETS

$15 adults

$10 children 12 and under

NON MEMBERS

$20 adults

$15 children 12 and under

One more day and we will be riding with "The Party" this is going to be an absolute blast!!!!:D :D :D

Here is a thread from our clubs' forum that Marty started about the Houston trip.
http://forums.rmdra.com/viewtopic.php?t=2827
He sounds excited about it.

That site wants a password and my hotmail account is not accepted.:mad:

Just got done with our banquet. Marty is a great guy.:D He has some great stories.

He wants me to take pictures of him on my Gasser on our ride Saturday.:D

From Marty "
Very Cool and I am very honored.The Trail Riders of Houston are flighing me down this weekend to be a guest speeker at there Hall of Fame Banquet.WOW!!! Me??? Applause Well my public speaking skills should really wow them that for sure. Blah blah This event happens only every two year and in the past speakers have been riders like Scott Summers and Guy Cooper and Randy Hawkins and Canadian wild man Guy Perrett. And now me OH God!!!!Don't worry I will represent the RMDRA well and even try to get some of them up here for some riding too.I will also try to get them maybe set up with us,the bigger the better. Banquet on Fri. and then Party and then two days of riding.They have a 300 there for me to ride and this club is putting on a enduro at the end of Feb. and they flaged a 30 mile loop that they want me to try and lay down some lap times.SWEET Goofy like a Banana And maybe even some FUN riding at the Last Man Standing race site.Cool will keep you all posted. They say that everything is bigger in Texas,well they haven't seen me ride for fun yet!!! "


Also this"Thanx alot.You all know that i will make us known and proud. I even took it one step further.I contacted all my sponsors and let them now about this and wanted them to maybe contribute.And they did Goofy like a Banana .So they are sending down door prizes and raffle prizes.Ogio sent a couple hydro packs,TRD some t-shirts,KTM CANADA some t-shirts and hats,AirCell Racing a couple complete kits,Munn Racing some swag,Dirt TV a load of DVDs and touques and Throttle Entertainment also a variety of vids and I got posters made for the kids. Canada I will fill you all in on how it went."

Claddo Marty is just plain crazy!!!!!!!:D :D

I took a few photos and some video of him play riding.:eek:

Somebody really needs to get this guy a Gas Gas deal. He is so personable. It was like he was one of my riding buddies. He was for sure a "Hoot" to be around. Poor guy was bitching about the humidty though.

I will write up a full "The Party" report here in a day or two. Right now I need to shake this hang over! :(

Marty represents what this sport is all about.

A simple conversation in the pits at LMS turned into an invitation by our club for Marty to be a guest speaker at our banquet.

Marty rode my MC 250 yesterday, I honestly did not think that bike would go that fast!
He came around a turn flat tracking in 6th gear wide open.:eek:

He did say that he wants to try a Gas Gas....hint,hint CLADOO.:D (MC250 w/ 300 top end)

I've be trying to get him to ride mine for over a year, guess I gotta push a little harder. The problem is KTm gives him a pretty good deal and GG is not that condusive to sponsoring anybody (at the level he needs) it seems.

That just plain sucks! He can take GG there or atleast put the brand in the spot light.

I was kind of sad when we dropped him off today.:( I felt like a good friend of mine just vanished. I know it sounds crazy but man he is such a nice guy.:) I have met many top racers over the years but they just really did not want to be approached if you will. Marty on the other hand was offering bike set up tips, work out regiments, etc. Like I said he was just as friendly as could be and seemed to have a really good time. I will get those photos up here in a day or two.

Cladoo he represented Canada great. This was the most fun I have had in years.

Great to hear Robby! I am glad you had a great time. I've met a few guys like Marty also and they are rare. I try to be like that also. I had a old journeyman once tell me that when I work with someone I should only remember the good stuff the taught me not the bad.