Adrenaline junkies

Driving fast (130+) always works for me. Having to focus and make so many decisions that quickly is where it's at


For the most, probably one of the few brawls I've been in

I do a fair amount of crazy shite, but highlining in Moab was the biggest and best rush

Started racing motocross in my mid-30s. Didn't race as a kid. I had a trail 70 and a 3 wheeler as a kid, but hadn't even ridden bikes with a clutch. Bought an XR200 to play with on the levee, then went full bore and bought a YZ426 and started going to the track. Went from barely even being able to ride to jumping 75 foot triples in a couple years. There's nothing like that feeling of staring down a huge jump for the first time, where coming up just a foot short means you're breaking bones. Broke my hand after casing a 60 ft. step up on race day and had to shut down my dental practice for a month. Wife wasn't happy. Sold the bike but got back into it a year later. Punctured my calf muscle and my wife literally staged an intervention - I walk in the door and she's sitting there with my parents (keep in mind I'm like 40 years old at this point). Still kept at it until my neck surgery.
A couple years later I bought a Yamaha R6 and started going to the roadracing track. Going 150mph or dragging a knee around a turn is quite a thrill in itself, but nothing compares to the arse-puckering moments of motocross. On one race night, out of 90 total riders at the track, 6 people left with broken bones. Watched a teenager get paralyzed on the smallest jump on the track (maybe 2 feet high) while my class was at the starting gate. I got back on a borrowed MX bike after not riding for a few years, and a relatively minor crash put me on disability.