My boy, "Hayden Flipper"
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 11:57 pm
Well, I got my first scare last night. I must first say that my 8 year old is really starting to speed up. For the past few years, I have hauled him all over to races, only to have him joy ride, or sometimes not even ride at all. I have always supported him, whether is last or first. But, it gets my adreniline going when he is on the gas.
So, last night we are at a supercross track, he is running around 3rd place. He hits the face of a tabletop, and I take my eyes off of him to root on one of his friends(Mathew) about 1/4 lap back. Then, when I turn around I see this little bike flipping through the air. Once, Twice, and SLAM to the ground with the seat hanging off of it. The first thing through my mind: "Ouch, that's gonna hurt"
Then it hit me, about midway through the second flip: "391"
****, that's Hayden, so I take off running over there. I about ran over a little guy going down the track (sorry, although I know you'll never read this). Mathew's dad beat me to him, and Hayden was standing up when I got there, so I talked to him for a second while Steve picked up the bike, and put the seat back on, then cleaned out all of the mud around the handlebars.
Hayden showed my his hand, and said it hurt alittle, then asked to get back on the bike. I was shocked! I have always been one to preach about making them get back on the bike after a crash, but this time, I was not even thinking about him getting right back on, so I started it, and off he went!
I guess what happened, he was pinning it going down a straight away, and hit a soft spot, and the front end just stuck, spitting him over the bars, and the bike flipping.
He got nothing more than a scuff on his side (probably handlebars) and a sore wrist. He rode the second moto to a solid 5th place, with a couple of top 10 Lorretta's riders taking the top 2 spots.
Anyway, he is fine, and I have now had my first "shock" with him crashing. He has crashed before, but nothing that looked like that, so it caught me off guard alittle.
So, last night we are at a supercross track, he is running around 3rd place. He hits the face of a tabletop, and I take my eyes off of him to root on one of his friends(Mathew) about 1/4 lap back. Then, when I turn around I see this little bike flipping through the air. Once, Twice, and SLAM to the ground with the seat hanging off of it. The first thing through my mind: "Ouch, that's gonna hurt"
Then it hit me, about midway through the second flip: "391"
****, that's Hayden, so I take off running over there. I about ran over a little guy going down the track (sorry, although I know you'll never read this). Mathew's dad beat me to him, and Hayden was standing up when I got there, so I talked to him for a second while Steve picked up the bike, and put the seat back on, then cleaned out all of the mud around the handlebars.
Hayden showed my his hand, and said it hurt alittle, then asked to get back on the bike. I was shocked! I have always been one to preach about making them get back on the bike after a crash, but this time, I was not even thinking about him getting right back on, so I started it, and off he went!
I guess what happened, he was pinning it going down a straight away, and hit a soft spot, and the front end just stuck, spitting him over the bars, and the bike flipping.
He got nothing more than a scuff on his side (probably handlebars) and a sore wrist. He rode the second moto to a solid 5th place, with a couple of top 10 Lorretta's riders taking the top 2 spots.
Anyway, he is fine, and I have now had my first "shock" with him crashing. He has crashed before, but nothing that looked like that, so it caught me off guard alittle.