When Jake was two and a half he would go to the local dirt jump track with his dad with his Tonka trucks. He would play in the dirt while his dad raked and groomed the track for the local youth to ride. His dad, Mike, rode occassionally but usually left it to the younger generation to take over the track. Jake got his first BMX bike when he was in Senior Kindergarten. He must have been 4 and a half, it was March of 2005.
He has never looked back. Most of Jake's free time is spent at the local outdoor skate / bike park where he rides for hours on end in the summer. When he was younger he and Mike would go early on the weekends, before the teenagers rolled out of bed and took over the park. Now, at 13 he is one of the gang and rides with the older guys as well as the younger ones who look up to him. He can keep up with the 20 something boys, and gets invited to go to other parks with them when they do the park runs.
Sadly, this is how Jake got his first two concussions that were close together. He should not have been back on a bike as soon as we has, but at the time we did not know that. More about how it all happened soon, I will get there, but I know it is going to take time to write it all down!
So for now I wanted to share this video of Jake riding. This is what he does, he loves it and if we took it away from him I think we would have a depressed kid on our hands. We have been down that route and I do not want to go there again! So, we support him and are proud of him.....(as well as having the best helmet we can get, ensuring everyone knows he is not to push the limits and reminding him to take it easy).... And here he is!
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