And on the 20th Try, we got take off!!!

I met a team mate and his 3 boys at the Jumps today. He and the boys have seen this blog, they boys have been asking to ride the JUMPs. When we first arrived, the jumps were a little overwhelming.
The cool thing, the boys were not intimidated at all. while they couldn't quite ride the jumps (never mind hitting them) they kept trying.... many, many fail attempts later. the oldest finally asked.
How do you do this?

so we started with a little tip here, and a tip there. "Dude some time it takes 100 tries to get your first air!"
he kept trying, and learning quickly. "put your pedals at 3 and 9 o'clock." "stand up centered over the bike", etc... etc...

 I didn't count but I think he finally felt air on his 20th try... it was sweet. you could hear it in his voice: pure JOY! I pulled out the camera. and told him do it again! i told him I wasn't ready to take the shot ( I was ready, but didn't want to put pressure on him) he did it again. The shot below! (Dad is standing in the background)
then I said "alright kid, I want big air! push on the bars, show me what you got!"

TP came in so hot and ready he got air alright, unfortunately he wasn't prepare for the landing!
he went home a little scratched up... but HE GOT AIR, and he KNOWS IT!

BMX racing - Billerica track

Went over to the BMX track in Billerica for the first time with my boy.
the racing was spectacular, the atmosphere was incredible! this kids are tough as nails

the 4-6 year old main event had a pile that took out every kid, every kid got up, got back on their bikes and kept on racing, NO WHINNING.... most awesome!

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The Ripper Jr

My boy's birthday is coming up, so we went over to see Brian at JRA cycles in Medford.
Brian's shop has a huge selection of BMX style bikes in stock. he has a ton of knowledge, he and his wife race BMX, and to top it all of, he is a good guy that races cross in the fall.

He hooked us up with a sweet ride, so the first thing we did was go to the jumps and Hit it!!!
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Rear Curtain

My boy and I hit the jumps tonight. I was experimenting with some Rear Curtain flashing.
I was trying to give the image a sense on movement and direction. I still need some work on this, but the image below is displayed as camera saw it no photoshop. Click here for the rest of the images

Meet Chris

headed over to the jumps, this is Chris, he is a street rider who just discovered the dirt!
he thought it was amazing! I have to agree. more images on our facebook page!