We are about ready to say goodbye to June and hello to July my friends and this usaully means two things to me. Hot weather which I love and youth summer riding camps wich are alot of fun. The camps are three days packed with riding and fundemental drills, and also swimming, bmx, and good food to keep the boys bellys full and there minds occupied with better riding. I have recently hired National Enduro Pro rider Paddy Halloway to help keep the kids learning and also having fun. Anyone who has met Paddy knows that he is a great youngster with a great personality and a nack for keeping things light, fun and positive. So I am pretty pumped on his addition to the RLR Schools team. We usually welcome campers here for the kids to stay in but it isnt mandatory, so once everyone is parked and signed up and ready to roll, we get our gear on and start with a brief intro to let them know what is planned and what is also expected from them. I will briefly talk about some riding techniques and such, but keep it fun so they stay interested. Then we will line up and start a small brief trailride to warm up then into some drills. Alot usually depends on the individual student but I will spend alot of time the first day pointing out the importance of balance and balance while standing to achieve better bike control and untimely a better sense of momentum, especially if they are a sit down rider. Actually alot can be told about a rider in the way he holds onto the bars. Such as a low, straight hand position usually means, a poor low arm position wich also hurts the riders stance not only sitting but standing especially. Check out the video here on arm position and you will understand what I mean. We will then break for lunch after some drills to practice this. The afternoon will be spent with a brief course set-up combining all drills then on to some trail riding. But slowly to reinforce what we have practiced. Repetition is the mother of skill. Then at end of day we get some food for dinner and usaully swimming in the river adjacent to the property and maybe even some bmx riding. This pretty much sums up the next two days. We have been doing camaps for over five years and been having the same kids and some new ones come back every year. We definately have a good time make some new friends and did I mention FUN at all...........Upcoming camps are July 11-12-13, and August 8-9-10. Contact us at rich@richlaffertyracing.com
Speaking of Paddy Halloway helping us out at our camps/schools. We used to have a young man come help us that has done pretty well for himself racing as of lately. He also has a really fun upbeat personality as well. He is factory Husky GNCC/National Enduro Rider Andrew Delong. How about his recent results. He has had some very head turning results in the GNCC and has had some decent rides wich he wants to improve on in National Enduro, and I know he can. We are proud of you Andrew, keep it up.
That being said I have to mention my brother Mike "Doogie" Lafferty for winning his 70th National Overall Victory. I believe he started riding for KTM team in 1995 and won his first race in 1997, so thats winning National Enduros in a fifteen year span. To have a carreer like that is amazing and I am definately not just saying this because he is my brother. I think that the most coolest thing is he still has the fire after all these years, he is not just trying to hang on to it and collect a paycheck. It is his job, but he still wants to win, not just ride his bike around and he finds ways to increase the fun factor and motivate himself year after year. Doogie has always been talented at alot of things and god blessed him with the ability to ride a dirt bike for sure, but to me its deeper than that. He cant stand to lose at anything, and you can be sure he will bust his ass to win and I think that is what motivates him. He is driven at anything he does. Hell just being around him drives and motivates me. I am not going to mention the other record he may possibly break this year in hopes that I dont jinx it (shhhh). But whatever happens was the way God meant it to happen, and yes God meant for my brother to be a off-road dirt bike racer. Furthermore, do you know anyone that actually accomplished what their future ambition was in their eigth grade yearbook..............well Doogies was "To be National Enduro Champion"!
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