INTERVIEW
ANSEEUW
CROSS-COUNTRY IN HIS BLOOD
W
hile Cale Anseeuw started off his racing career in snocross, he eventually gravitated to crosscountry. A few runs down the ditch and he was hooked. It’s no surprise since his dad Danny and uncles Jamie and Willie are all former Pro cross-country racers. In a few short years Cale has risen to the top of the USXC Semi-Pro pack. This year he’s switching from Ski-Doo to Yamaha and we caught up with him to see what might be in store for him in 2015.
like my program was going to go that way. But it wasn’t until the second week in November we finalized the deal. I’m excited to be hopping on a new sled. I’ve only rode Ski-Doo so I’m little bit nervous, but I think it will be a good change.
OSM: There were only a few guys racing Ski-doo last year, how did it go for you? Cale Anseeuw: Last year we did a lot of work to get the sled working good. I really liked the sled and I felt pretty fast on it.
OSM: Why cross-country? Anseeuw: I started off in snocross and I liked it, but I had an opportunity to race a cross-country race with Cory Grant and after that I just fell in love with the sport. My dad backed me and it was a lot of fun so we stuck with it.
OSM: What’s the plan for 2015? Anseeuw: This year I’m planning to ride a Yamaha. OSM: How did you get hooked up with Yamaha? Anseeuw: We talked with them throughout the summer and it seemed 22
OSM: What do you do when you’re not racing? Anseeuw: I go to college and I’m in my second year going for an agriculture diploma.
OSM: Your dad and uncles raced crosscountry so your family has some history there. Anseeuw: Yeah. I always wanted to do snocross because that’s what I was brought into. My dad worked with Blair
Morgan Racing Team, so he was always at the snocross races while I was growing up. OSM: Any expectations for the Winnipeg to Willmar race? Anseeuw: My goal is to finish that race. I think it will be fun to bring it back and I think it will help get a lot of people involved. It will be nice for me, I will have a hometown start. The starting line is about four miles from my house. OSM: New sled, any expectations or goals for the season? Anseeuw: I want to pick up where I left off last season. I want to keep progressing. A lot of it is just getting used to cross-country racing, it’s a whole different game. It’s pretty hard to wrap your mind around going wide open down a ditch for miles at a time. My goal for the season is to finish Top 3 or at least Top 5 the entire season. Getting used to the new sled will be key to that, but once I get used to it I think I can be one of the top riders in Semi-Pro.