RAD's First Rodeo
Despite the smokey air that July weekend, a bunch of die-hard dirtbike fans showed up to giddy up and kick up some dust out at Moon Rocks.
Your Rodeo MC's Richie Burr and Matt Lee
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Lacey Barnett and Rachel Roen on scoring and causing trouble
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Richie and Matt organized seven unique games and a grand finale event to challenge everyone's handle on bike control with speed, cornering and static balance and put on a good show. It was hard to tell who was having more fun, the riders or the spectators.
Nevada makes good riders and competition was tough with very tight time scores in the barrel races. Spectators had access to an arsenal of water balloons and squirt guns and were instructed to assault the riders during the tricky slow speed competitions such as the balance beam and the "boxed in" game.
Nevada makes good riders and competition was tough with very tight time scores in the barrel races. Spectators had access to an arsenal of water balloons and squirt guns and were instructed to assault the riders during the tricky slow speed competitions such as the balance beam and the "boxed in" game.
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Included with the recent updates to the BLM's management of the Moon Rocks area is a new policy making firewood containing nails illegal. And for good reason. The concept game of Tetanus Roulette was veto'd, so we used our magnetic sweepers supplied by a grant from the Nevada OHV Program to pick up probably 30+ pounds of nails from the area. Everyone made it through the whole day without a flat tire or new implant in their bare foot from the boot pile race.... all without sacrificing spectator entertainment. |
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RAD's favorite BLM Ranger Garrett Sarcinella was there and armed with water guns
to ensure that anyone having not having enough fun was shot on scene.
to ensure that anyone having not having enough fun was shot on scene.
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This silly event was also about honoring someone... RAD's unofficial mascot and everyone's favorite goon, Dominick Johnston. Dominick has always been the class clown of the RAD Facebook Community, and for the past few years, thousands of the gentle and intelligent people of the internet have answered all his questions about what kind of oil to run and trouble shooting his blown up 125 with the upmost compassion. Now our little squid has just graduated from high school with perhaps the most useful skill to have in this day in age: a remarkably high tolerance to cyberbullying. When we learned he was soon leaving the area to move to North Carolina, we were bummed. But Dominick promises us that he will keep up the shenanigans on the page as he terrorizes the east coast for a while with his hot pink hand guards and wheelies. We can only hope that we've raised him well. VP Richie Burr crafted a bizarre looking trophy out of old broken parts -- probably something Dom will eventually use to try to fix a bike on day -- to present to our "Facebook Member of the Year." Then we got him a "Get Better" card -- not because he's sick... we just think he needs to get better. Shortly thereafter, tons of water balloons made their way to his head. |
Thank you to all the RAD riders who showed up for a fun day. We hope to see all of you (and more) at next year's RAD Rodeo!
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