Reason For Being

As I sat on the folding chair trying to get the last buckle on my Alpinestars locked down, I sized up the other competitors in the press box/locker room. To my right was Willy Browning, longtime Ohio fast guy, already geared up. Next to him was young Carson Brown, one of the Northwest’s finest. And looking out the window and studying the supercross track was none other than Ryan Villopoto. I knew I was in over my head—and I wasn’t even racing these guys.