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In 1997 just before thanksgiving i went with my buddies family to glamis.my friend and I were out cruising the dunes during the day and I ceased my 1996 cr 80 expert.i was stuck at the bottom between a couple dunes and nobody stopped to ask if we needed help.
Over the top of one of the dunes appears a group of about a dozen riders.one of them in shift gear riding a kawi scoped out the dunes as if he was going to make a massive leap.im sittin there a kid with a broken mini thinking,is that fro daddy?! the rider goes ahead and makes this awesome dune jump and then rides up to me with a 1 plate on his bike.nobody but Jeff emig came to see if I needed help.i did but was too nervous to say so.i was in shock,it was an awesome day and if somehow emig gets wind of this i just want to say thanks!
Over the top of one of the dunes appears a group of about a dozen riders.one of them in shift gear riding a kawi scoped out the dunes as if he was going to make a massive leap.im sittin there a kid with a broken mini thinking,is that fro daddy?! the rider goes ahead and makes this awesome dune jump and then rides up to me with a 1 plate on his bike.nobody but Jeff emig came to see if I needed help.i did but was too nervous to say so.i was in shock,it was an awesome day and if somehow emig gets wind of this i just want to say thanks!
a couple years back I cracked my kneecap and tore my PCL playing hockey (Canada eh?) The doc put me in a leg brace that ran from my thigh to my ankle. 2 days later myself and a few others shipped out to Indy to check out the motorcycle expo. I was crutching around the show for 3 days, so when i saw the O'Gio booth had a couch I made a beeline for it, i didnt really look around until i sat down. I looked up and there are Travis Pastrana and Jeremy Rawle looking at me, Jeremy on crutches and wearing the same brace as me! we sat and talked about how we had gotten ourselves injured and all the various injuries we'd had and the stupid ways we had gotten them, Travis won by a longshot. The coolest thing about it was that Travis and Jeremy had no problem just sitting and shooting the shit with some random kid who had crutched his way into their booth. They just talked to me like a riding buddy. If you didnt know who they were youd never know they were famous by the way they acted. Very cool guys.
It turned out Jeremy was wearing his brace after the Nitro Circus endurocross training clip with Taddy Baluziak. Turns out he was right about his ACL
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It was a couple days after the Binghamton race where he and Brownie had a couple bar banging episodes,I asked Grant what happened with him and Brown,he said Brown ran him wide a couple times so he just returned the favor. Later on they had a video presentation featuring Grant a lot of the time,it was cool watching the video with Grant sitting a couple seats away from me. I asked him if it was weird watching himself on the big screen,he said it took a while to get used to it.
I've talked to Grant a few times since then when I was at the races taking photos,he away's treats me and most people like old friends,I'm sure he doesn't remember our dinner together at the KTM meeting. lol
This has to be statistically significant.
Does anyone know if he has a bladder problem or something?
Just a Denver MT Ultracross event before they were major stars (88 I think), but pretty funny to look back on how casual things were back then. They went 1-2 at the race though, so even fast food did not slow them down.
Either 95 or 96, MC was "dating" a girl we all hung around at that time. I recall it was a 3 day weekend, maybe Redbud, he won both motos that weekend and flew into Phoenix for his girl of the moment. We knew MC was coming, so we had a little party at the house (ok, we had parties pretty much every night regardless).
He was the most laid back and cool person, he was just one of the regular crew hanging out. Everyone just casual, a couple of times he sat down on a couch and after a while would get up for a beer. He would always ask me and the others nearby if they wanted another, and would quickly return with another round for all. He won a national hours earlier, and now is just bullshitting and passing out beers like one of the guys.
Playing late 80's video ice racing games (Atari?) with Troy Blake (RIP) at my apartment. Me and my roommates would battle on that ancient TV video game for hours on a 12" TV screen in my room. Troy would get so pissed that we would kick his ass. Such a talent, he owned 81/82 minicycle racing.
Also, oddly enough, at X games a few years bike i ran into Ronnie "Kung Fu" Fiest. The guy had his arm taped up from taking a beating trying to do 360s but crashing time and time again. I always thought the guy was a bro and would act like many of the other mulisha guys i had seen before (you know the drill, too cool for skool! ANARCHY). Came up to him as he was walking back from the medical center and was honestly one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. Now, maybe it was the pain killers he may have had (because he took a beating trying 360 after 360) but they guy shook our hands and possed with us and had a nice chat. Kung Fu Fiest is A ok in my book.
Still though...nothing stands out more for me than Travis Pastrana. What can you say about that guy? At X games that year he blew out his knee and limped out of the Arena. We walk back hours after the event and there was Travis, siting with a huge ice pack on his blown out knee. The whole time he was apologizing to his fans for not giving a better show. He should of been long gone, but instead he sat for hours signing autographs and talking with whoever made their way to his pit area. Class act.
I was a huge Bradshaw fan and was completely starstruck when I got back to the truck. He started talking to me as I urinated myself a little. He was telling me to tell my bro to hold it on and don't let off ever this prejump and then he'd clear the table clean. Sure enough it worked.
Damon and Doug proceeded to put on an incredible show clearing quads etc. Then they focused on a big bowl turn. They backed up and pinned I towards the apex of the berm and launched about 40ft high and 100 feet accross a buge boulder wash flat landing the other side.
That was a great day. Had to be around 90/91
The cool part was my family members had gone to see him in the pits during the A2 supercross race and told them my story about the birthday deal 2 months back and he completely remembered and even remembered my younger brothers name without even meeting him! He said "Oh you must be Ryder." To have Davi know who he was without ever meeting him definitely shocked my bro. Not only did that make my younger brothers day but it made my family a HUGE supporter and fan of Millsaps. The guy is just super down to earth and real good with his fans. Class act for sure.
I would have rolled over for him but he prefered his Coach....or I should say Motorhome! before you Vitards go all viral.
Pit Row
I Ebrakes a RX7 at 90 with Johhny O'mara in the passenger seat.
I lived in a house on an island owned by the manager of Pantera, GNR sound guy and singer of BioHazard. The bands stayed with us on vacation and they even left a 911 in garage next to my 250 to share while they partied. Very crazy days.
Personally, I think just about every rider that grew up in Simi in that time period was just a bit loonier then most and had a closet full of skeletons.
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