Kawasaki had me join them and a group of editors for a photo shoot on Friday the 5^th of February. We gathered at the world class riding area Ocotillo Wells in the Anza Borrego desert, just two hours east of San Diego. This was an intimate event because Jan Plessner of Kawasaki values the close relationships with their athletes so she offered the riders to bring out their families to come ride as well.

Destry Abbott is champion off road dirt bike racer (Hare n Hound Series) and Jason Britton is a very well know stunt bike rider from his show Superbikes on SPEED channel. Next season, starting in March, Jason and his crew have and new show titled Stealth Riders.

After shooting all day on Friday, Jason and I rallied a 2-hour session in the Teryx s (http://www.kawasakiteryx.com) and got some great material. Jason s son Christian was co-driving with me and for some reason thought I might be slow because he s been let down in the past. He had no fear and was saying, what s the worse that can happen? I guess I did all right because now he thinks I m a crazy. It s very impressive how those vehicles perform and much fun they are! I m looking forward to building a custom one someday!!

Saturday morning came with some light rain and the smell of bacon. Soon the sun came out and we headed out for a big group ride. I brought my Canon SX200 and I was wearing the GoPro Hero HD camera on my chest for some video-which will be on Kawasaki.com in the near future. It was amazing to see Jason do a wheelie standing on his (stunt bike trick) while charging down a sand wash He s a talented rider.

Destry grew up riding in the desert and it shows he was creating natural jumps and jibs as we rode along...it was fun to follow him - yet keeping up got a little sketchy at times.

Everyone made it back safe and just before it started to really rain.

Thanks to everyone at Kawasaki who supported this memorable event.

RVE

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