Me Riding in Swingarm City, Near Caineville Utah April 2009

My KTM quit running this trip and we could never figure out why. We bought a brand new Yamaha TTR-110 after I had practiced on Brayden's Suzuki DRZ for the first few days. I really like the power of these bikes, but they are still a little bit big for me. Hopefully I will grow into my new bike pretty soon! I really liked going up the big hills and jumping. I went even higher on the hills than this video shows. I will have my dad post some pictures later of how high I went! Enjoy this video first then, Go to my dad's blog for even more pictures and video of the whole family! Blazeofgloryoffroad.com



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Dirt Bike Riding Five Mile Pass, Easter Weekend

This weekend we went out to Five Mile Pass ATV area for our Easter holiday and to ride dirt bikes. For whatever reason, I ended up cutting my head again just like last Easter! This time it was on my head and not my ear though. I know, these pictures look way too familiar, but trust me they are from this year. I really enjoyed riding my KTM dirt bike around. We adjusted the clutch to give it a little more punch and it really made it fun! My favorite part was the berms(where dad broke his arm a while ago). My dad even followed me through holding the video camera in one had to get the video footage of me and Brayden riding through them...of course he was going much slower. We had a fun Easter egg hunt outside too. Brayden and I got roller blades and Hannah got a new doll. It rained on us a little Saturday afternoon, and me and my dad even went for a ride in the rain! It was fun, I love to ride! My bike really worked great and we are all so excited to go to Caineville in a couple weeks! Check out my dad's blog for more pictures and a full trip report.

Homemade Halfpipe

This weekend we finally built our halfpipe! We bought our supplies at Lowe's Saturday morning and had it almost complete by Sunday afternoon. We had the radio on in the back yard so we could listen to conference. All the materials cost less than $250 and I think it turned out really good. We got the plans for a skateboard mini ramp on the internet and followed them almost exactly. We did move it closer to the deck by making the platform on that side only one foot instead of 2 feet so we will be able to drop off the deck and onto the pipe when the railing is modified. The platform on the other side will be larger at 3 feet so we'll be able to ride on top easier. The plans said you can use skatelite for the top layer and it would last longer, but for around $9 a sheet we can replace the masonite really easy if it wears out. We still need to make the platforms and then paint the whole thing with a spar urethane. We still need to cover it with a tarp if it looks like rain though. Here are a few sweet pictures and a video!