Post by freerideco on Sept 13, 2009 22:59:59 GMT -5
Hello fellow trail riders. My name is Brad and I live in Boonville. I'm 30 yrs old and have a baby girl due in December. I know, I better ride my tail off before then! My wife was an avid trail rider also until..., you guessed it. I teach 8th grade science at Boonville Middle School and hope to start a bike club there soon.
Trail riding has always been my passion. High speeds through the trees never gets old. I grew up riding trails all over the mines around Boonville since I was about 13. Worked at Gilles for a couple of years in College (USI) and started racing XC a little bit. Racing kind of burned me out, so I pretty much just ride for the fun of it and to keep improving. Lived in Colorado for a couple of years and taught at an alternative high school near Vail. Friday gym classes consisted of snowboarding and dh mountain biking.
Why did I leave... good question. My wife got into grad school in Long Beach, CA so we moved to the west coast. I wasn't too happy about it at first, going from the best riding in the country to the dry, sandy trails of Socal. As always, meeting riding buddies made my stay there unforgettable. I've really taken to dh riding and dirt jumping, but never lost the urge to head out for an all-day epic on the trail bike.
We've been back about a month now, and I can already see that the Southern Indiana mountain biking scene is growing. I've only been riding at Scales Lake, but can't wait to see the new trails that have been built recently. Keep up the hard work guys, your work is definitely showing. See you on the trails. Bs
Trail riding has always been my passion. High speeds through the trees never gets old. I grew up riding trails all over the mines around Boonville since I was about 13. Worked at Gilles for a couple of years in College (USI) and started racing XC a little bit. Racing kind of burned me out, so I pretty much just ride for the fun of it and to keep improving. Lived in Colorado for a couple of years and taught at an alternative high school near Vail. Friday gym classes consisted of snowboarding and dh mountain biking.
Why did I leave... good question. My wife got into grad school in Long Beach, CA so we moved to the west coast. I wasn't too happy about it at first, going from the best riding in the country to the dry, sandy trails of Socal. As always, meeting riding buddies made my stay there unforgettable. I've really taken to dh riding and dirt jumping, but never lost the urge to head out for an all-day epic on the trail bike.
We've been back about a month now, and I can already see that the Southern Indiana mountain biking scene is growing. I've only been riding at Scales Lake, but can't wait to see the new trails that have been built recently. Keep up the hard work guys, your work is definitely showing. See you on the trails. Bs