Mason at 2 1/2 Years old now and Rocking DH!!!!

Mason is now rocking his Glider everywhere!!!!! I never thought this day would come this fast, with him only being 2 ½ years old. All he asks for now is to ride his bike and go downhill!!!!! Well, very small downhill?s to us. He has only been Gliding (Picking his feet up) for about 2 weeks tops and already gliding about 20? to 30? at a time. He is also already doing complete circles both ways too. I am so proud!!!!! Pictures are about a week old.

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Him riding the Board Wall up in Sea Side Hights NJ with his Mother. You sould have seen all the people watching him:


Little Video:
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Cecil

Two new video's of Mason riding today. I have been taking him riding every night. Will be taking him to the indoor skate park as soon as we can afford it..... I think he will have a blast there.

DH in the front yard. The hill is a lot bigger than it looks..
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Him going down our street.
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Cecil

trailrider1 said:

it has no pedals? or brakes?
oh btw tell me the secret to finding a wife that looks that hott even after having a kid!!!!!!!!

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Yah, no pedals or brakes. The problem is now he just let's it go on just about any hill. Meaning the hills that are really to big for him. Our street is steep and he just fly’s out of the drive thinking he will get down with no problem. I had to catch him today. I am going to try to come up with some Road bike brakes for it soon. I think they will fit.

As for my wife. She is a gift from God and I am very lucky. I guess it's his way of rewarding me for trying to be a good person.

Cecil

Biffff said:

Strict 30 day pound-off program????????

on topic: crazy to see a 2 year old on a bike with no trainning wheels. My 5 year old daughter tries to rip it on her Dora bike but the trainers keep her form leaning into the corners..........they gotta go.

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Training wheels are just another crutch in life&#8230;. If they never see or use them, they will never need them. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, some do. You understand what I am saying.

I think the Glider is one of the best ideas brought out of the bike industry in the last few years. I know they have been around a little longer than that, but it's been about 2 years main stream now.

Cecil

BKQuill said:

Agreed

Awesome stuff Cecil. Doesn't it just make you feel so proud, it almost brings a tear to your eyes!

My wife wasn't convinced about the balance/glider bikes at first, but after seeing how quickly they have learned to "glide", lean while turning, and then trying to rail the pump track berms like daddy. She admited that I was right.

The boys just made their first trip to a skatepark last weekend on their balance/glide/push/etc bikes. Both impressed me, but one actually went down the 4' 1/4 ramp. They are offically ready for pedal bikes, Santa is bringing a pair of micro-mini's.

You know what that means, we'll be hitting the BMX tracks soon, you better dust off that cruiser Cecil.

Brian

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I would love to get them all at the Skate park soon. I am sure if Mason see's your sons doing it he will try it without thinking to hard about it.

As for the BMX track, I do plan to have him out there soon. The Mini will be here in Jan for his 3rd Birthday. We will have new matching BMX bikes....

Already working on sponsorship for him!!!! You know me...

Cecil

Arkayne said:

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Ha Ha!!!!

New shots of Mason at his first day at the local Skate Park. Over all he did very well. The other Groms there were tripping on him and thought it was so cool to see him there at his age. The highest box he road down was the 4 foot boxes. I got him in the Bowl and he started to pump around in it really good until he fell over after about 2 mins of riding in it. He was done by that time. We plan to start going there throughout the winter on Wed nights.




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Cecil

the diner said:

dude that is so awesome, major props
hope all is well with u since we last met man
glory is riding beautifully and has survived a few races now - LOVE IT
good to see another young rider getting introduced to biking

- Andrew Mills

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Doing ok man. Still no bike right now. Living my cycling through my son right now. I am glad to hear you are enjoying the bike.

Cecil

yuroshek said:

cecil! awesome to see mason rippin it up!

cecil if you dont have a DH bike by massanutten ill have a 2nd glory with a dorado for you to race on.

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Thanks bro!!!!

Mason had his first real big crash today. We started the day with a hike up at Paris Mt and after seeing all the bikes up there he wanted to go ride. I took him down to the big Park here in Greenville. There are lots of paved bike paths to ride on there. There is also a long grass hill that runs down to a big grassy field. We go there to practice DHing. After a few runs down the hill with big smiles on his face and all the people clapping for him he wanted to head back to the play ground there. We were on the way back getting ready to cross a bridge over what’s called the Reedy River (very dirty river that runs through all of Greenville downtown). Now the bike/walk path is about 1 foot away from about a 15 foot 60 degree drop to the river. He was riding close to the edge and I looked at him and asked him to get away from the side, well he took one look at the edge and water below him and lost focus and went straight of the edge into the river. He was on the bike about 85% of the way down the hill then went over the bars face first into the muddy river. Thank God the muddy water was a softer hit than a Rock or the ground. He did have his half shell helmet on. I jumped off my bike and then jumped 15 feet down into the water to pull him out because him feet were above his head. After making sure he had no water in his lungs I started to look him over to see how back he was. There was blood and mud all over his face and his cloths were muddy from head to toe. After people stopped to help us out of the river and get his bike out too, I carried him back to the car that was about ¼ mile away. He cried the whole way back. I don’t blame him. The nice couple took both of our bikes back for us. Was very thankful for them to stop and help. Well after a long story he is ok and just had a little bloody nose and mainly scared. I took a shot of him when we got back to the car. He made me proud because about 4 hours later he asked to go ride his bike again. What a trooper!!!!
I will be calling the County Park first thing Monday and ask them to put a rail along the 100 yards of this path next to the river. It’s really a big drop and there should be on there to protect everyone.



Cecil

yuroshek said:

cecil sorry to hear about the little guy, you should def take him to some kind of doctor to check him out if the water is that dirty.

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Thanks bro!!! Talked to the Doctor and they said if he was up to date on all his shoots he should be ok. They said to watch him for the next few days and if he gets sick to bring him in then.

Cecil

- seb said:

Haha, good lad! Well done for getting a photo of him before you cleaned him up too much, one to keep!

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I felt bad for taking the time to take the pic, but knew he would want it one day!!!!!

Cecil