Polaris sponsors Caleb Kesterke
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yes he switched from cat to poo last season
It'll be interesting to see how the poo holds up under Caleb, he's definitely not easy on sleds. To bad we'll never see the failures.
When theres a better deal on the table you take it.. I really hate saying that but it is what it is.. AC done alot of odd things to its riders this season... it's just odd..
I saw Caleb's Axys in the bull pen at Kurt's Polaris back in that 2016-17 season, before he jumped over to cat.
That sled was taco'd out and in horrible shape (both tunnel and bulkhead). It wasn't rideable. No wonder it was at the shop.
Seemed logical, based on the fantastic videos he was posting.
I also saw Caleb's posts about it too.
Ya, I seen a few of his old posts on Facebook. After seeing his videos and what I've seen with my buddies polaris's I don't doubt he'd do a number on one.
The biggest thing that I noticed about Caleb (that Cat missed) is his social media presence, he posted great content, was humble, & showed you that he also has to work for a living in the off season. I liked following him just because you see so few riders ripping on Cats now a days, I will likely unfollow him now after he starts reciting the all the Polaris/Burandt marketing lines. He won't affect what I ride one bit but Im sure someone will, same as all the Burandt followers.
Gabrielle was riding cat as well and had left and now on team Polaris, it's said klim wants their sponsored riders on polaris's. Maybe that's a reason too. Also cat/textron is digging a hole and even for the racers they are treating them poorly.
We'll, pretty sure Polaris owns klim so that's understandable.
Stings a bit...
You never saw the failures on the cats as well. We ride together a LOT and I've spent many days wrenching on his busted cats and towing them out of the hills too. He has made a very large point of using his social accounts to highlight his athletic ability and sleds/builds etc are a ways down the list. Whining about broken parts when you ride like that doesn't make the cut for posts, there is a reason he has had 2 sleds for the last 3 seasons... Doesn't matter what your riding, rallying like he does any sled is a 500 mile sled.
I am beyond stoked for him with the Polaris deal. He was AC's salesman and was doing it out of his own pocket and its gets exhausting and frustrating to be in that position. I have never met anyone with even 1/2 the dedication and passion for the sport. This newfound support will just allow that to shine even more as it means less time working like a dog to pay for things and more time honing skills.
The AC team is draining like a popped balloon. Curious who even will be there for their photo shoot days to ride sleds....
Oh, I have no doubt he did damage to his cats, I've seen his videos, wasn't implying cats are unbreakable. My personal experience is the poos tend to be a bit more fragile though so as I said it'll be interesting to see how they hold up, at least to me. I'm happy for him and have nothing against him. If poo wanted to pay me to ride there sleds id be all over it to.
I was making more of a point regarding the general use of social. In his previous time on polaris he definately was a lot more vocal about that stuff and less focused on fitness and riding technique.
I will also be the first to agree that the cats are a bit more robust, you just ride them a little different! lol. Polaris requires less sidepanel landings, more focus on skis down all the time.
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