Peoples Perspective

Dirtbiking is viewed as dangerous by most people. It is indeed dangerous but also very fun and entertaining to do and watch. People get hurt everyday riding dirtbikes but as long as you dont do anything stupid and reckless you more then likely wont get hurt. This sport really shouldnt be viewed as dangerous and reckless because its not. There are many different type of skill levels when it comes to dirtbiking. Pro and amataure are the two main types of skill levels so amataure riders shouldnt do stuff out of their skill level but pro riders can do whatever they want because they are just awesome like that. Peoples view on this sport just vary widely and it just depends on the person.

Guest Write by Breanna Hazel (breathe-in-the-air.blogspot.com)

When it comes to sports, generally I'm not much of a fan, but with dirt biking, it's a different story. It is something I can actually watch, the tricks, the moves, the thrill of landing it just right. I have a special appreciation for sports like this, most likely coming from my grand love of skateboarding. Street or bowl, skateboarding is a love of mine, and when I watch dirt biking, I can connect the feeling of dropping in to the moment the bikers go down the first hill, the rush of being mid air on tour trick, to the thrill of turning a back flip on the bike, and the perfect moment of landing the trick, the universal feeling of accomplishment, landing that one immaculate trick.

Bret Harte's writing

The Luck of Roaring Camp

Published under Special Arrangement with The Houghton, Mifflin Company Copyright 1892 and 1899 by Bret Harte. All rights reserved. THERE was commotion in Roaring Camp. It could not have been a fight, for in 1805 that was not novel enough to have called together the entire settlement. The ditches and claims were not only deserted, but “Tuttle’s grocery” had contributed its gamblers, who, it will be remembered, calmly continued their game the day that French Pete and Kanaka Joe shot each other to death over the bar in the front room. The whole camp was collected before a rude cabin on the outer edge of the clearing. Conversation was carried on in a low tone, but the name of a woman was frequently repeated. It was a name familiar enough in the camp,—“Cherokee Sal.”

Bret Harte (1836-1902)

Francis Bret Harte was born in Albany New York on August 25, 1839. In 1854, his mother, a widow, moved him to California. In California Harte worked as a miner, school teacher, express messenger, printer, and journalist. While in San Francisco writing for The Californian he worked with Mark Twain, Charles Warren Stoddard, Prentice Mulford  and  the editor, Henry Webb. He contributed many poems and prose pieces to the paper. Bret Harte was appointed Secretary of the United States Branch Mint at San Francisco. He held that office until 1870.
Harte became the first editor of the Overland Monthly. "The Luck of Roaring Camp" published in the Overland Monthly brought him instant and wide fame. He was thereafter requested to contribute poems and articles to a number of publications. His stories of the American West were much in demand in the eastern United States. In 1871 he moved to New York. He later moved to Boston. Harte continued to write poetry and prose, and enjoyed wide popularity.
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Ridiculous by Norm MacDonald and Will Ferrell