Once Kammy’s brother saw her riding the bike, he was next and he took off like a champ, he was surprised at how easily it came to him. I’m not sure if they are going to be “Lifers” but they both want Fox shirts to wear to school now. Winning hearts and young minds!
TRAVAILS WITH CHARLIE Much To-Do About Nothing By Charlie Williams
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very year we have Ride Day at Big Johns. It’s more of a family day and admission is you have to bring a kid who wants to ride. It’s hardly a GNCC or Supercross — I think we had 10 riders this year — but it is a winner! The most important thing is we had two first-time riders, enjoying their very first ride. They will remember it forever. My new friend Kammy, 12, stomped around with me in below freezing temperatures driving stakes in the ground and tying up ribbon marking our course. She even passed up the chance to go to a Colts game to be here! The next day she rode a quad for hours in the cold then on Ride Day she stepped up and rode a regulation dirtbike! Truly a strong effort for a young girl.
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We are limited because we are in Big John’s backyard, but we have been riding here since Junior High. Hidden under the carpet of lawn are some sweet sweeping berms and a great little track naturally built over years of use. Perfect for little kids and perfecter for us bigger kids, too. Plus, the grass always seems to grow back after the roots are properly aerated by knobbies!