Monday, October 29, 2012

Motocross Arena Riders Take Time Out.


My cousin Pete built a moto-cross course on the Back 40 at his place in Chillicothe.  He invites professional riders like these two dare-devils to train for the big money pro circuit, and stir up a little Ross County (Ohio) dust.

Pete's got an "arena course," I learned - similar in shape and size, and same kind of dirt as the indoor venues where these boys compete each season in a break-neck, guts and glory sport fit just for the, well, fit.

Rider #6 competes with a broken leg and an air cast.  How he shifts gears and works the brakes is a mystery I have no particular interest in solving.

Oh, to be young again -- and astride 250cc 4-stroke bikes that regularly get thirty-plus feet of "air." 

Yipes!

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