https://www.rickbergen.net Help Plant 1,000 Churches Fri, 07 Nov 2025 23:01:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 169531157 https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=173 https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=173#respond Sat, 08 Sep 2012 20:47:00 +0000 Rick Bergen http://www.rickbergen.net/2012/09/08/the-jumpers/ “Hey, my friends and I like to jump with our bikes. Could we come and do some bike jumping before your races?” A neighbour who I had never met was at our gate asking me about the BiciCross.  He got involved. He helped us set up our race track. We got a two extra dump-truck loads of fill donated for the jumps. These guys eyeballed it up, “Put one here, put the other one there…”. They took out the biggest rocks and lumps, and packed it down by whacking their shovels on it. They dumped on a bit of water, and whacked some more with their shovels. And they were off, riding at full speed, doing incredible stunts with inexpensive bikes and equipment. And they knew how to fall well. I was thinking, “This is a good lesson in life. Learn how to fall well. And keep getting up. You’ll get better at what you are doing.”

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