Good times in the dirt park!

This is a hard feeling for me to describe. Everyone who rides a BMX knows that feeling of just hanging out and riding with your buddies, that feeling of wasting time, of goofing off, everybody just trying to either work on reaching a personal goal or maybe just pull something that will impress your buds. You're outside, you're young, the sun is shining, and nobody has anything on their minds except what they might try to do next as they wait ther turn to hit the jump. Now imagine fast forwarding 20 years into the future and enjoying that space of time with your kids.

My boys are 5 and 7 years old and it's a lot of fun to hang out and ride with them. The boys are just out there living in the moment, riding and having a good time. Progress doesn't always come easily though. Sometimes you fall. Sometimes you're nervous. As I keep at it I realize that it really is hard work. And I see the boys starting to try these things. They are working hard.



But we are all enjoying some sense of accomplishment. My 5 year old rode the dirt bowl for the first time. My 7 year old can actually catch a few inches of air. To be at this point in my life that I can ride with my kids is really, really cool.

Still working on getting the walls packed down harder so I can start getting higher out of the bowl. Since there isn't any vert, if you go any higher you hang up your rear tire.



I remembered that I used to be able to do can-cans. Here is a fuzzy memory of what those were like. I realize it is a bad representation, but hey, it's progress and I'll take it.



Here's another little video of the riding from the dirtpark. It won't be super exciting to anyone but it's just an awesome feeling to share riding with my kids.

Good times in the dirt park from slamigo on Vimeo.