New Zealand’s Jake Whitaker is once again the Australian moto trials champion.

It is the Wellington man’s third Australian national title, credentials that go neatly alongside his five New Zealand national moto trials titles.

“It’s a great feeling to finish the weekend on top in Perth,” said Whitaker.

“It was a very low scoring two days of riding between the top few riders, which made for a difficult event, making it tough to get a comfortable lead, however I managed to ride a pretty tidy couple of days with a lap of 12 on the first lap on Saturday, followed by a lap of zero giving me a 13-point lead over second-placed Kyle Middleton.

“Sunday morning I was feeling good but a shaky start on the first section resulted in a messy 3 points, didn’t take too long to get settled and only lost one more point on the first lap, Kyle was still right there on a lap of seven.

“My final lap started off really strong cleaning the first three sections before a big downpour of rain settled in.

“After that it was one of the wettest trials I have ridden in a long time.  The sections quickly got slippery I lost 5 points on section 10, not making one of the bigger rock slabs of the day.

“I didn’t lose any more points during the last lap and finished the day on a total of 9 points to Kyle’s 18.

“It’s an amazing feeling to have taken out another Australian title. Thanks to everyone that made it possible, Darryl and Estelle Boorer at team Kaos, my minder Nick, my girlfriend Georgina for making the trip over with me, along with dad.”