Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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otorcross tends to breed special kid Devoted enthusiasts dish out money, spend all their free time, risk injuries The refreshing breeze whistled through the oaks along a winding trail. Several birds chirped peacefully in the treetops while a rabbit scampered across a field. Suddenly the quiet was shattered by an increasing whine of engines. A high pitched roar of power broadcasted the arrival of two motor- cycles. Having leaped a small hill, each flew through the air with the rider nearly stan- ding. The bikes hit the ground roughly and caused a cloud of dust to engulf them and their surroundings. With balance regained, they roared down the trail. Except for rustl- ing wings of the startled birds, all became silent again. That could have been a scene from a motocross race at Mosier Valley, Burleson, Lake Whitney, or perhaps just good friends having fun on the trails in their area. Motor- cross could be considered the roughest com- petitive sport in the world and second only to soccer in physical demands. Some Taking a breather after an hour of fancy motor- cycle riding, sophomores Billy Carroll and Mark Borge discuss new methods of showing off. When not out riding, sophomore Travis Franklin stays up-to-date on the newest motorcycle equipment by reading his favorite motocross magazines. sr- 2:29 ft., ..-. 1 ' 2 , . ,,: .--- , I T if - K .. . .... ' X ff' if I If I ' T -- , Q - 'if'..f. i i -1ii' ' X . . . A - 1 i ' ----- I ' ...M As long as there is no danger of icy roads, junior Cecilia Couch depends upon her Suzuki to get her back and forth between school and her home. people have never considered motorcross an exciting sport, but, according to its fans, it can be as complicated as chess and rougher than any football game. If you want to be good, Sophomore Mark Borge emphasized, and I mean one of the best, it takes a whole lot of thinking and concentration. You lose that and you wreck, it's as simple as that. Precision, balance, and quick evaluation are needed to keep from having a spill. Every detail in the trail must receive the riderls full attention. A slight miscalculation can cause an accident. It does not take much to crash when going seventy miles per hour. For junior Cecilia Couch it did not take much to crash when going only twenty miles per hour. I was coming home one day and I decid- ed I didnit want to go over the curb like I usually do because I always hit it so hard, Cecilia said, blushing slightly. So I di' wheelie over the curb - and ended up 1 ning into the house! Finance is an important considerati Not only must the price of the motorcycle reckoned with, but the expenses of the sa ty gear too. I-Ielmets, face masks, glow knee pads, and special boots are a neces if costly months in a hospital are to avoided. I Travis Franklin, sophomore, found t out the hard way. I hurt my ankle because I had no bool was jumping six feet in the air and Iam with my foot under the footpeg. I didn't h, to go to the hospital, so I guess I was lu But I had trouble walking and couldn'tll my motorcycle for almost a month. Sophomore Jeff Hinds pretty mi summed up motorcross in three words, ' real dirty. l SOPI-IOMORES

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