It’s time to signup for the upcoming NETA season. The 2020 NETA Membership Application has been updated to reflect recent rule changes:
Three classes have changed names and two classes have been eliminated. Click for details.
Starting in 2021, a rider’s number plate background must match the color of the line ridden (red for “A”, blue for “B” and green for “C”).
To assist bringing everyone’s plate in sync with the class changes for 2020 and the background color requirement for 2021, NETA is including with your membership a number plate decal with a colored background and improved legibility.
Please print, complete the application and mail it along with a check made out to NETA to the address at the bottom. Check the appropriate box and include the decal request if you want an updated decal for your number plate. Contact David Scarbro if you are unable to print the application and would like to have one mailed to you.
As in past years, the membership fee is $30.00 for individual renewals mailed before April 15th and $50.00 for those mailed after April 15th.
Every spring, the Rhode Island Trials Club gets the season rolling with a day long trials school. You can find it and the rest of the season’s trials events in the Event Schedule. If you’ve never attended, here’s a quick look at what you can expect.
The Venue
Rhode Island Trials Club offers some of the best trials terrain in the country. If you want to learn how to ride a specific obstacle, you can find it here to practice on.
RITC has hosted both NATC National and TrialGP rounds throughout the years, with the last world round being hosted here in 2015.
Morning Instruction
The day will start off around 9am, and you’ll be assigned to a group of riders with a similar skillset. Your group will spend the day with one of our RITC instructors, all of whom ride NETA events at various levels in the Expert sections.
You’ll spend the first part of the day in the woods working on skills the instructor feels will challenge your group. If there’s something you want to work on, let the instructor know. They’ll be happy to help with any specific techniques you’d like to practice.
Lunch
Head back to the paddock and enjoy some pizza provided by RITC. Converse with your fellow trials riders, maybe buff a few new scratches out of your bike if you’ve tested your limits a bit. Generally, local trials bike/parts vendors will be on site as well, so it’s a good time to stock up on spares, get some maintenance advice and maybe try on a new helmet. Don’t get too close to the new bikes or you might find yourself going home with one!
Afternoon Instruction
After lunch it’s back into the woods with your group. This time you’ll get to practice some ribboned and gated sections, exactly as you’d find in a NETA Championship event. Walk and ride them with your instructor who can point out things you should be looking for, what you may be missing, how to read the terrain and techniques to work on with your riding. Can you get through clean?
Heading Home
After a day in the woods, it’ll be time to pack up and head home at around 4pm. We’re sure you’ll have enjoyed the day and will be headed out with a lot of things on your mind to practice. Keep riding, and we look forward to seeing you at the first championship event of the season when you can put all your new skills to the test!
The getting started guide has been migrated from PDF to the web. This allows for quick navigation to specific sections of the document, the ability to quickly and easily direct viewers to links both within and outside the NETA website (such as to additional documentation, forums, the AMA, etc) and provides the ability to easily modify and update as changes require.
