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Speaker 2: welcome to the show. Peter.

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Speaker 3: Hey, thanks Rod for having me here.

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Speaker 4: It's a pleasure and I'm excited to spread the word

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Speaker 2: Right. And so this may just be like, where did

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Speaker 2: And at what point in your life did you feel like, oh,

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Speaker 4: And after SOI, they actually were like, you know we

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Speaker 4: So it's a pretty decent sized vehicle. It's bigger than

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Speaker 4: Once I got to done with that, they were like, Okay,

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Speaker 3: So again I just went and did. I did what

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Speaker 2: Yes, yes, and uh I am looking at it. It's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, press press, I'm pressing on it. Let's see what

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Speaker 2: See and around it here at soft rep dot com,

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Speaker 2: Brandon Webb runs the place. He has this mantra, it's

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00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:32,040
Speaker 2: thrills before pills, you know, so whether he likes to

432
00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:36,320
Speaker 2: ski and fly airplanes and surf and skateboard and you know,

433
00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,879
Speaker 2: just thrills before the pills, right, And so it's like,

434
00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:41,400
Speaker 2: you know, when you go to the VA and they're

435
00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,840
Speaker 2: telling you, oh, here, let me just prescribe some lithium

436
00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,600
Speaker 2: for you. Let me just prescribe some you know, of

437
00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,399
Speaker 2: this stuff, some zole off, whatever the case is, all

438
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,359
Speaker 2: these different meds, and you know, I believe in. I

439
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,320
Speaker 2: do believe in science, and I do believe in medical

440
00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,080
Speaker 2: prescriptions for certain things like my cholesterol. I take a

441
00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:00,880
Speaker 2: statin from my heart already, Okay, I'm on a pill.

442
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,520
Speaker 2: But ninety nine percent of the time I'm either in

443
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,720
Speaker 2: the gym trying to beat up a boxing bag or

444
00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,480
Speaker 2: trying to get that like life threatening skill down, or

445
00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:12,720
Speaker 2: we're snowboarding. My wife and I are in the mountain

446
00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,879
Speaker 2: snowboarding trying to stay alive right through the trees and

447
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,159
Speaker 2: stuff like hardcore and just like my buddy, and like

448
00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,720
Speaker 2: you riding a motorcycle, you're in the motocross. So that's

449
00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,960
Speaker 2: a lot more where you have like, oh, I think

450
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,040
Speaker 2: of the nineteen eighty six game where you had to

451
00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:32,800
Speaker 2: like excite excite bike. Yeah, that's you. You're excite bike.

452
00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:34,720
Speaker 2: You know, You're like.

453
00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:41,200
Speaker 4: It's you know, I used to do the single trails,

454
00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,840
Speaker 4: and I used to do a lot of just off

455
00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,359
Speaker 4: road racing through the woods for you know, you go

456
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,760
Speaker 4: for an hour with a g NCC series on the

457
00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,720
Speaker 4: East Coast is what I used to race. And then

458
00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,520
Speaker 4: after my injury and got back into it, I decided

459
00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:01,159
Speaker 4: I want to get back onto racing the tracks because

460
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:05,080
Speaker 4: actually I was racing GNC out in North Carolina and

461
00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,840
Speaker 4: wrapped myself around a tree pretty good and realize that

462
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:10,520
Speaker 4: they don't have trees on.

463
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,240
Speaker 2: The tracks, and trees don't move.

464
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, so I went back to racing on the tracks.

465
00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 4: And then when i'd moved out to California about eight

466
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:23,200
Speaker 4: years ago and just been racing motocross on all different

467
00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:24,639
Speaker 4: kinds of tracks all.

468
00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:28,080
Speaker 3: Up and down the state. Here in Nevada, Arizona.

469
00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:29,840
Speaker 2: It'd be cool to ride it on the beach. I see, like,

470
00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,600
Speaker 2: you know, videos of people on their motorcycles on the beach,

471
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,600
Speaker 2: things like with the wakes coming up yet boom. You know,

472
00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,720
Speaker 2: I've not experienced that. I'm only like, you know, that

473
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,399
Speaker 2: would be cool in Cali.

474
00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's some good spots out here.

475
00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,960
Speaker 4: I definitely don't live here for the politics or the

476
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:46,680
Speaker 4: cost of living.

477
00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:50,040
Speaker 2: That's oh yeah, No, I get it. You're there for Hollywood.

478
00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:50,280
Speaker 3: I know.

479
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,639
Speaker 2: I know what it's all about. Yeah, he's just looking

480
00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,119
Speaker 2: for your star on the Walk of Fame. You're working

481
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,920
Speaker 2: at it. We all are. It's okay. Once it's there,

482
00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:01,920
Speaker 2: we'll be like it's cool, it's cool. My fans want it.

483
00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 4: Yeah, So I got I got back into riding. And

484
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,520
Speaker 4: then when I moved out here, so I was actually

485
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:13,320
Speaker 4: riding a lot with another disabled VET who has had

486
00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:16,240
Speaker 4: a lot of time on his hands also, So we

487
00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,720
Speaker 4: were doing a lot of riding in North Carolina. And

488
00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,639
Speaker 4: then when I moved out to California, I was still riding.

489
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,600
Speaker 4: Had a group of guys I was riding.

490
00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:27,440
Speaker 3: With, but none of them were veterans, and it was different.

491
00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:32,719
Speaker 4: I love being able to share that that moto lingo,

492
00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:37,320
Speaker 4: but with that military banter. And once I found the

493
00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:41,520
Speaker 4: Veteran MX Foundation and came on board with these guys,

494
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,440
Speaker 4: it was a life changing experience.

495
00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:43,720
Speaker 3: Man.

496
00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:49,840
Speaker 2: Now, the Veteran MX Foundation you specifically work with veterans

497
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,160
Speaker 2: to get into the motocross and you know, to help

498
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,959
Speaker 2: them get better at the skill, whether they're you know,

499
00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:01,399
Speaker 2: meeting some type of like an adapt to adapt did system.

500
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 2: Is there adapted writers.

501
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:08,280
Speaker 4: Better in that next foundation we hote, we host ride days.

502
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,479
Speaker 4: We're a nationwide foundation. We right now I think have

503
00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:16,959
Speaker 4: like twelve or thirteen hundred members around the nation overseas

504
00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:21,440
Speaker 4: and we and everybody that's a part of our foundation

505
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 4: is an owner of the foundation. And you get in

506
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,879
Speaker 4: what you you get out of it what you put in,

507
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:33,160
Speaker 4: meaning that you know, we're constantly raising money and doing

508
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,639
Speaker 4: other things. And so one of our big things is

509
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,760
Speaker 4: we do ride days where we bring in, you know,

510
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,159
Speaker 4: all the vets that are in the area. If you

511
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:47,439
Speaker 4: have new friends, bring them in, and normally another person

512
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:48,399
Speaker 4: has an extra.

513
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:49,600
Speaker 2: Bike or something, bring a friend.

514
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:54,639
Speaker 4: Yeah, And it's really not even so much the riding aspect,

515
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 4: but more about just hanging out in the pits and

516
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:02,760
Speaker 4: sharing our stories and just that camaraderie. But we do

517
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:06,400
Speaker 4: ride days, we host clinics where we'll bring in pro

518
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:11,439
Speaker 4: riders to help us with techniques and getting better on

519
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:15,800
Speaker 4: the bike. And then we also do a big championship

520
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,280
Speaker 4: which I'm actually the director of, and that's out in

521
00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 4: mas Kansas at Bar to Bar MX, and that's a

522
00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:24,840
Speaker 4: week long event that.

523
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,760
Speaker 3: Is completely free for our veterans.

524
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:32,440
Speaker 4: We raise enough money where we provide breakfast and dinner,

525
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:36,320
Speaker 4: all the camping fees, race entry fee. We have three

526
00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:41,960
Speaker 4: different race entry fees that we pay for, and out

527
00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:45,440
Speaker 4: of those race entry fees, we have twenty i think

528
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 4: it's like twenty three, twenty four different classes that are

529
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:53,920
Speaker 4: military only, so you're on the gate with all military

530
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:58,480
Speaker 4: guys and it's it's a lot of a lot of

531
00:28:58,480 --> 00:28:59,960
Speaker 4: snacktok going on there.

532
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,080
Speaker 2: It's like eat my dust, sir.

533
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,640
Speaker 4: And one of the best races we have is called

534
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 4: the Battle of the Branches race, and that's the Marines

535
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:14,120
Speaker 4: against the you know, it's all the different.

536
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,000
Speaker 2: Everybody against the Marines pretty much.

537
00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,479
Speaker 5: Well, we won it last year and we plan on

538
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:23,200
Speaker 5: retaining that title, yes, and so yeah, if you want

539
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:28,239
Speaker 5: to come get it. But yeah, that's it's one of

540
00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:31,040
Speaker 5: my favorite races just because it's.

541
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,440
Speaker 3: Everybody is out there, no matter your skill set. You know.

542
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,200
Speaker 3: We do several gate drops to.

543
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:42,280
Speaker 4: Make it safe as safe as possible, and it's just

544
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:46,480
Speaker 4: an amazing experience to look up and down these roads

545
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:48,680
Speaker 4: and or.

546
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 3: Down the gate and see all.

547
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,880
Speaker 4: These different guys from you know, all different type, different

548
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:59,920
Speaker 4: errors in the service and different branches and it's amazing.

549
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:04,200
Speaker 4: And we also with that event team up with another

550
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:10,320
Speaker 4: nonprofit called Motodemption who has the adaptive bikes, have the

551
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:16,680
Speaker 4: roll cage. They're all hand controls, so we get paraplegics

552
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,160
Speaker 4: on there and.

553
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,880
Speaker 2: I like a double amputee can still operate it because

554
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:23,760
Speaker 2: it's been configured. Yeah.

555
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 3: Absolutely, that's spotters that go around with them.

556
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:29,520
Speaker 4: So when they're ready to stop, we're off our bikes

557
00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:31,720
Speaker 4: ready to catch them, so they're not falling over.

558
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:32,680
Speaker 2: I love that.

559
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:37,400
Speaker 3: And I'll tell you what, man like, when those guys

560
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 3: get on.

561
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 4: That bike for the first time, and even if they're

562
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 4: just going around the field and they come back to

563
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 4: the pits, the tears of happiness in their eyes. There

564
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:52,960
Speaker 4: is nothing like that. Those guys think about it. They

565
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:54,640
Speaker 4: can't go that fast in the wheelchair.

566
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:56,840
Speaker 2: No, I mean they want that to be their wheelchair.

567
00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,320
Speaker 2: They're like, bro, yeah, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, can

568
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:04,760
Speaker 2: get me through the VA so quick. Those long tunnels done.

569
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 3: So.

570
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:09,800
Speaker 4: A funny thing is we actually built a sidecar one

571
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 4: of the dirt bikes and we debuted it at I

572
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:18,560
Speaker 4: want to say, is in Tampa Bay for the Supercross

573
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 4: that they hosted out there, and the veteran that came

574
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:26,640
Speaker 4: out was looking at the sidecar, looking at the bike.

575
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:28,840
Speaker 3: He was like, I don't want to be in the sidecar.

576
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 3: I want to ride the bike. Yeah, And we told him, hey,

577
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:34,440
Speaker 3: get on the bike, let's do this.

578
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:39,000
Speaker 4: And it was awesome, man Like, just the like again,

579
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 4: just the happiness and everything that comes out of it.

580
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 3: It makes everything so worth it.

581
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 2: I think we should like Key in Black Rifle Coffee

582
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:52,000
Speaker 2: right about now, and like some sponsorships and like Travis Pastrana,

583
00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:53,960
Speaker 2: because what you're talking to me, I just, for some

584
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:57,280
Speaker 2: reason envision a ramp at the end of the jump

585
00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,600
Speaker 2: that this guy's riding a motorcycle with a sidecar on,

586
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 2: like nitrol circus or something just like going off of it.

587
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 2: That's the first thing I think of. And then I

588
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 2: think of my buddy in California who's a part of

589
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:11,360
Speaker 2: the Sidecar Club, and he has like the vintage style

590
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 2: World War Two looking sidecar motorcycle. And there's a whole

591
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:16,680
Speaker 2: bunch of them that are in so Cow that are

592
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,680
Speaker 2: the Sidecar Club, And so they go driving around on

593
00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:21,880
Speaker 2: that same type of thing, you know, like what you're saying.

594
00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:26,080
Speaker 2: They get together, they go drive their side cars. He

595
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 2: has this dog in his sidecar with the goggles. He

596
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:32,320
Speaker 2: has like a like a bulldog, just tongue hanging out.

597
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 3: I have three of them minutes because they are the

598
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 3: Marine Corps mask guy, you know what I mean?

599
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:38,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, I do know.

600
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:41,880
Speaker 3: And they snore in part just like any.

601
00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:47,160
Speaker 2: Other Marine I know, their tongues exactly. It's like, what

602
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 2: are you gonna go eat what anything you want, right, dude,

603
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:52,600
Speaker 2: that's awesome.

604
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 3: What we do is awesome.

605
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:55,360
Speaker 2: You know.

606
00:32:55,480 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 4: We're again about the camaraderie being able to share those

607
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 4: stories together, because when you're out doing something like this

608
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 4: and you come together like that, it really does allow

609
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:12,440
Speaker 4: you to maybe talk about something you've been holding in

610
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 4: for a long time. And now you're around all these

611
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 4: guys that share that passion for motocross but also have

612
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:25,760
Speaker 4: that military banter and understand because as a lot of

613
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:31,400
Speaker 4: that's we'll tell you, nobody understands and we can't expect

614
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,160
Speaker 4: any civilian to understand what.

615
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 3: We go through.

616
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:40,760
Speaker 4: We live a totally different life than those that don't serve,

617
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 4: and we carry a lot of that with us throughout

618
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:51,000
Speaker 4: our lives, when the good and the bad, and so

619
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 4: it's really important to be able to have a group

620
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:58,560
Speaker 4: that you can't share something that may be bothering you

621
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:03,240
Speaker 4: and it's just you know, it's it's that's what we do.

622
00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:07,080
Speaker 2: No, I love it. And who are you looking for

623
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:11,600
Speaker 2: to reach out to? You? You know, like, what's that typical? Hey?

624
00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:16,480
Speaker 2: Uh this you know veterans mx I motocross. I'm a veteran,

625
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 2: you know, forty percent disability or maybe no disability. Just

626
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 2: I'm a veteran. You know what, what's the path for them? What?

627
00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:25,319
Speaker 2: Who are you looking for? Who comes to you?

628
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,040
Speaker 3: So not just not just veterans.

629
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:31,319
Speaker 4: We have active duty members that are there, you know,

630
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:31,839
Speaker 4: part of.

631
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 3: Our foundation and members of ours.

632
00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:40,480
Speaker 4: And you know, anybody, anybody that if you're even interested

633
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:44,200
Speaker 4: in and getting on a bike and seeing what it

634
00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:49,120
Speaker 4: does for you, hit us up on Veteran mx dot com.

635
00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:49,799
Speaker 3: Come on out.

636
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 4: We'll get you to h you know, try to set

637
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:55,120
Speaker 4: you up with a local event that we have going

638
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 4: on again because we have we have bride days and

639
00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,240
Speaker 4: clinics all over the nation.

640
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 3: Come out to Kansas for the week. Well, you know,

641
00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:04,759
Speaker 3: just because.

642
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,359
Speaker 4: You're not on a bike and just want to hang

643
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:11,920
Speaker 4: out with us, come out. We'll provide, you know, a

644
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 4: place for a safe environment for you to come and

645
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,279
Speaker 4: just be with other veterans that get it.

646
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:22,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, one hundred percent, you know, and boy, what veteran

647
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,760
Speaker 2: All of a sudden, I'm just thinking of Rambo okay

648
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:29,160
Speaker 2: on his motorcycle and Rambo First Blood Part one, Okay,

649
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,319
Speaker 2: where he's like getting away from the sheriff on his

650
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,160
Speaker 2: Honda going up the rocks on the mountain. I mean,

651
00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 2: like you know, I mean veterans on motorcycles. There's one

652
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:40,920
Speaker 2: right there, okay, Rambo, let's go okay. Another veteran a

653
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:46,160
Speaker 2: motorcycle right here, Peter aka Rambo, let's go okay. You

654
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,160
Speaker 2: guys are all rambos, right, you all encompass that to me,

655
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:53,279
Speaker 2: you know. And the name is for men and women, okay,

656
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,400
Speaker 2: because there's women Rambos, men Rambos. I just see them

657
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,800
Speaker 2: all just hardcore and you got ladies riding.

658
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:03,360
Speaker 4: We have a couple of female veterans that are racers

659
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:09,319
Speaker 4: and our group and I can't beat them, right, they.

660
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:09,439
Speaker 3: Are hardcore man.

661
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:13,640
Speaker 4: So I you know, no matter what you are, who

662
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:17,840
Speaker 4: you are, if you're a veteran, come out be a

663
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:18,279
Speaker 4: part of.

664
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:20,480
Speaker 3: This because it's just it's amazing.

665
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:24,040
Speaker 2: It's it's so what are you writing like a Yamaha

666
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,880
Speaker 2: for fifty or five hundred or what? What are you writing?

667
00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 2: What do you do? Two fifty Kawasaki water cool green?

668
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:30,920
Speaker 2: What do you write?

669
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,800
Speaker 3: So I'm part of the green machine.

670
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:39,360
Speaker 4: I got Kawasaki four fifties that I rip, looking someday

671
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:42,960
Speaker 4: to maybe get a stark bar because the that's the

672
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 4: do electric bikes not that I would ever sell my

673
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:47,360
Speaker 4: gas bikes.

674
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 3: I love the smell of the exhaust. I love the

675
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:50,759
Speaker 3: vibration of them.

676
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 4: Sure, but those electric bikes nowadays, the torque on those,

677
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,360
Speaker 4: you you know, you just rip it.

678
00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 3: You're heading one hundred and he put over that jump man.

679
00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 2: Oh, immediately, see my buddy that does ride a lot

680
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:07,440
Speaker 2: of trails out here. He has a talaria, you know,

681
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:11,400
Speaker 2: like the electric bike that's like almost a motorcycle. But

682
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,959
Speaker 2: then another colleague of mine has what you're talking about,

683
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:18,920
Speaker 2: and that's his commuter and yeah, yeah, yeah, he writes

684
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 2: to work on it all the time. It's licensed and

685
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:22,720
Speaker 2: all that. He's got his plate and he wears his helmet.

686
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:26,480
Speaker 2: Thank you. But when he leaves, he's just like, You're

687
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:30,080
Speaker 2: like hello, Yeah, Like I thought loud pipes save lives.

688
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:31,440
Speaker 2: I thought I was supposed to hear the blah blah blah

689
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:32,800
Speaker 2: blah blah blah blah next to my car, so I

690
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,400
Speaker 2: don't run you over. But you're just like, just so

691
00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:38,480
Speaker 2: the quietest sound you could possibly think of, and he's

692
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 2: just gone into traffic.

693
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm an engine guy.

694
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 4: I actually even have a check oh you check engine

695
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:48,880
Speaker 4: light tattoo on my wrist, and that's to help me

696
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:53,840
Speaker 4: regulate myself and my emotions when my PTSD might be

697
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,400
Speaker 4: getting a little blared up and I just need to

698
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 4: check myself. You know.

699
00:37:57,640 --> 00:37:59,719
Speaker 2: I always to say I don't have a check engine light,

700
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 2: so I have to go get my heart checked on

701
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 2: my own. It's like no one's telling me. And here

702
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,120
Speaker 2: that's why I'm even on that that pill I was

703
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,160
Speaker 2: telling you about, because I want to get pre checked

704
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 2: because nothing's like dinging on me. I don't got a

705
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:13,880
Speaker 2: washer fluid empty, I don't got blinker fluid empty, I

706
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:16,720
Speaker 2: don't have a check engine light on my wrist.

707
00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:18,800
Speaker 3: I'll definitely be going.

708
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 2: Yo, bro, dude, it would be cool if it was

709
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,800
Speaker 2: made with that glow in the dark, right, yeah, and

710
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:27,799
Speaker 2: you can like pick it. Maybe I can do that

711
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,839
Speaker 2: a little later. You could have to go over it.

712
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 2: You just have to go over it, right, and then

713
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:33,959
Speaker 2: you can like put the UV light over it. You're like, oh, yeah,

714
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 2: that's what's up, bro. You're so cool, dude. And so

715
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:42,080
Speaker 2: your goal is just to make others feel comfortable in

716
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 2: their own skin doing something that they may not be

717
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 2: used to doing, or that they loved to do that

718
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:50,439
Speaker 2: they stopped doing because maybe they did get injured, maybe

719
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:52,520
Speaker 2: they did think like, oh, I got to stop riding

720
00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 2: my motorcycle because you know, I don't want to hurt

721
00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:56,799
Speaker 2: myself because my job requires me to be healthy. But

722
00:38:56,840 --> 00:39:00,000
Speaker 2: I'm out now, or you know all these different things. Uh,

723
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:01,799
Speaker 2: you're just there to make sure they have a good time.

724
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,799
Speaker 4: Yeah, And our our three main peers of the our

725
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:11,920
Speaker 4: pillars of the foundation is therapy, community, and accessibility. And

726
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:15,200
Speaker 4: as a member of our foundation, we make sure accessibility

727
00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 4: is a big thing. So we have a ton of

728
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:22,040
Speaker 4: sponsors throughout the motocross industry to help you.

729
00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 3: You know, motocross is not a cheap sport, so if

730
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:27,040
Speaker 3: we if we can help you.

731
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:34,960
Speaker 4: Make it more feasible than we you know, we have

732
00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:38,680
Speaker 4: tons of discount codes with other with all kinds of

733
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:46,960
Speaker 4: different companies, Fly Racing, sixty Helmets, Hintson, Clutch Hintson is

734
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,560
Speaker 4: like fifty percent off right there. So like there's we

735
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:52,880
Speaker 4: try to make it accessible for everybody.

736
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,000
Speaker 3: And that's one.

737
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 4: Thing we do at the championship is we actually rent.

738
00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 4: And this is the championship out in Maze, Kansas. We

739
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:04,319
Speaker 4: you rant twenty two campers from McConnell Air Force, base

740
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 4: and bring them out there to house guys that don't

741
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:09,919
Speaker 4: have a camper or sleeping in its head and don't

742
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:13,320
Speaker 4: want to do that or whatever. So it's it's really

743
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:17,120
Speaker 4: about the community, the therapy and accessibility.

744
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:19,920
Speaker 2: That's really cool, bro. And you know I'm on your

745
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 2: I'm on your app right now or on the website.

746
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:25,080
Speaker 2: You know, it's really easy to thumb scroll and you

747
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:26,840
Speaker 2: know it's almost like you thought about it being on

748
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:29,160
Speaker 2: a phone as well. So I mean, you know, it

749
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:33,320
Speaker 2: says that's the thing, Hello, what happened to the typewriter?

750
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 2: You know? And it's just and what I like. It

751
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:37,680
Speaker 2: probably says it in reverse here because I'm backwards, but

752
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 2: it says that others may ride, and that right there

753
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:43,719
Speaker 2: just says a lot. You know. You know, the Pair

754
00:40:43,719 --> 00:40:46,480
Speaker 2: of Rescue has that others may live as a mantra.

755
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:48,839
Speaker 2: You know, you guys have that others may ride as

756
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:52,680
Speaker 2: a mantra. A Veteran Motocross Foundation empowers veterans struggling with

757
00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:55,319
Speaker 2: the physical and mental scars of service to leverage the

758
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,759
Speaker 2: benefits of motocross. And uh let me let me just

759
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:02,000
Speaker 2: read the y US. At Veteran Motocross Foundation, we offer

760
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:05,400
Speaker 2: a unique blend of lifestyle, enrichment and recovery for veterans.

761
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:08,440
Speaker 2: Through the exhilaration of motocross, we empower veterans to overcome

762
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:11,400
Speaker 2: physical and mental challenges that they may face. Our expert

763
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,800
Speaker 2: instructors guide veterans through the process of learning a new skill,

764
00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:18,960
Speaker 2: fostering discipline, resilience, and healing. Join us to discover the

765
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:21,759
Speaker 2: transformative power of motocross today, and you can just go

766
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 2: hit the about us on your web page, Community Therapy, Accessibility,

767
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:30,840
Speaker 2: the gallery. I think that's you. That is you in

768
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 2: the gallery, bro, And you know there's memberships and benefits,

769
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,799
Speaker 2: and you know I would encourage you to go check

770
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 2: out VETERANMX dot com. Veteran MX. I say it like

771
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:49,759
Speaker 2: I'm in Utah veteran. It's veteran MX dot com right

772
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:51,480
Speaker 2: And I did it while I'm just sitting here talking

773
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:55,120
Speaker 2: with Peter. So you can easily while you're listening right now,

774
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:56,920
Speaker 2: just say, oh, let me open a new window and

775
00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:59,200
Speaker 2: just check it out while we're while you're listening to

776
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:01,600
Speaker 2: the show. I mean really, and you might be interested

777
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 2: in And again, like he said, everybody from all walks

778
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,759
Speaker 2: of life can participate in this. Let's say that you

779
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:09,879
Speaker 2: had asthma as a young man and you could never join,

780
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 2: but you have, you would have been the best, but

781
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 2: you have asthma, but no one let you. And then

782
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,000
Speaker 2: there's this guy that's an empty shell. Next year, you're like,

783
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:18,360
Speaker 2: how did you get here? I don't rather have the

784
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,120
Speaker 2: kid with asthma. Okay, So it's like that kid with

785
00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 2: asthma can still help participate in your culture, right, he

786
00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:28,640
Speaker 2: could still like be like on the on the the

787
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:32,840
Speaker 2: course as like safety or something like that, Right, I

788
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:33,560
Speaker 2: mean you're looking for.

789
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,759
Speaker 3: We're always looking for for help and volunteers.

790
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:43,400
Speaker 4: You know, it's anybody any help, any kind.

791
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 3: Of support is support. And yes, that's what we appreciate.

792
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:50,239
Speaker 4: We you know, we're we're just trying out there, trying

793
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 4: to have a good time and bring some happiness. Put

794
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:56,520
Speaker 4: some smiles on some guy's face or girl's face that

795
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:57,880
Speaker 4: really deserved to smile.

796
00:42:58,000 --> 00:42:58,239
Speaker 3: Man.

797
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:01,839
Speaker 2: And my friend is that kid who had asthma who

798
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 2: wanted to join the military, And they were like, you

799
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:07,360
Speaker 2: got asthma, but you would never think he had asthma

800
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,000
Speaker 2: with the way he operates in his daily life. You're like,

801
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:13,279
Speaker 2: he could totally be in the military. Dude, but there's

802
00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:16,319
Speaker 2: this like, you know thing I'm just saying, so we

803
00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:18,680
Speaker 2: just want to include everyone, and he would be that

804
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:20,960
Speaker 2: exact person who I'm thinking of, who'd be like, Oh,

805
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:23,279
Speaker 2: there's a group that needs some assistance, where can I

806
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:26,279
Speaker 2: go help out at you know that boy scout mentality

807
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:30,680
Speaker 2: And so, boy, bro, the Marine Corps bleeds through you.

808
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:34,160
Speaker 2: I feel it. And you know you got three bulldogs.

809
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:39,040
Speaker 2: That's even doper and you know your motocross ness. Can

810
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:41,759
Speaker 2: I ask you just to kind of piggyback on what

811
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:43,880
Speaker 2: you were saying about your injury. You said you had

812
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:47,280
Speaker 2: to overcome your injury to ride. What was your injury

813
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:50,120
Speaker 2: that you sustained in that hum or that vehicle?

814
00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:55,920
Speaker 4: So obviously my whole back's messed up, hips feet, I've

815
00:43:55,960 --> 00:44:00,480
Speaker 4: had several surgeries on ankles, reconstructive surgery, stuff like that,

816
00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:04,200
Speaker 4: but probably one of the biggest ones was my TBI

817
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:08,960
Speaker 4: brain injury, and that I've kind of had to relearn

818
00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:12,600
Speaker 4: how to do a lot of different things and that's

819
00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 4: been a big one.

820
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:17,120
Speaker 3: But also PTSD, you.

821
00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:23,960
Speaker 4: Know what I mean, like just just not wanting to PTSDs.

822
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:26,960
Speaker 3: It can really just overtake your life.

823
00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:30,840
Speaker 4: There was you know, years that went by that I

824
00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:33,359
Speaker 4: didn't get off my couch. I would sleep all day,

825
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:39,359
Speaker 4: I would be on guard all night. Like it's the

826
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:45,960
Speaker 4: mental health is just as damaging and important as your

827
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 4: physical health. And twenty years later, I'm still doing the

828
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:56,600
Speaker 4: work to keep my mental health there. I actually last

829
00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:58,520
Speaker 4: about a week ago.

830
00:44:58,960 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 3: For two weeks.

831
00:44:59,719 --> 00:45:03,080
Speaker 4: I spent two weeks in a program called Operation Men

832
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:06,920
Speaker 4: that's through the Wounded Warrior Project.

833
00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:12,680
Speaker 3: Down at U c l A. Go Bruins. And but

834
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:17,759
Speaker 3: it came to a point where you know, I needed to.

835
00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:22,440
Speaker 4: It's it's easy, easier to help others than it is

836
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:26,080
Speaker 4: to help yourself. Yeah, but isn't it not taking care

837
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:30,839
Speaker 4: of yourself, you can't really help others. So I had

838
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:33,960
Speaker 4: to take some time away and go put myself in check.

839
00:45:34,040 --> 00:45:37,719
Speaker 4: And I'm glad I did because now I'm back here

840
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:40,440
Speaker 4: rocking and rolling and ready to make a difference in

841
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:40,960
Speaker 4: this world.

842
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:43,399
Speaker 2: That's right, dude, And you you're a giver, and that's

843
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:45,479
Speaker 2: what you're kind of saying. It's hard to be someone

844
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 2: who wants to take something when you're such a giver. So, like,

845
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:52,000
Speaker 2: I use this analogy all the time, and it's when

846
00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:53,719
Speaker 2: you get on the plane and they say, put your

847
00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:57,120
Speaker 2: mask on you first, and they then help the person

848
00:45:57,200 --> 00:45:59,400
Speaker 2: or the kid next to you, because you do no

849
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:02,200
Speaker 2: good without you your own oxygen on, and you know,

850
00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:05,319
Speaker 2: and so you know you want to fix everybody, but

851
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 2: you need to have it on too, right, Your oxygen

852
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:09,960
Speaker 2: needs to be on. So as a giver myself, I

853
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,439
Speaker 2: feel i'm a very much like, oh, I'm good, here,

854
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:14,759
Speaker 2: you can have my water. I'm good. No, it's good.

855
00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:16,279
Speaker 2: I should probably have some of that water.

856
00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:18,879
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a.

857
00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:22,160
Speaker 4: Lot of people are, you know, especially service members, because

858
00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 4: that's one of the big reasons we join is we

859
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:29,680
Speaker 4: want to help others and we want to be able

860
00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:34,920
Speaker 4: to protect others. And yeah, it's it's again like you've

861
00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:36,960
Speaker 4: got to make sure you're taking care of yourself.

862
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:38,719
Speaker 3: But I also.

863
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 4: Wanted to add with our event in Kansas, and that

864
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:47,279
Speaker 4: is in September. It's September fourteenth through the twenty first.

865
00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 4: Not only is it open to veterans, veterans and active military,

866
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:56,000
Speaker 4: let's just say military. From Monday through.

867
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,720
Speaker 3: Thursday, it's military only.

868
00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:00,799
Speaker 4: But if you want to come out and support in

869
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:03,200
Speaker 4: some kind of way, help us out as a civilian.

870
00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:04,480
Speaker 3: We're always looking for help.

871
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:07,640
Speaker 2: Photographers, maybe somebody that could take a snappy picture of

872
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:12,440
Speaker 2: these vets as they're busting yeah dirt, big whips. Yeah,

873
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:15,680
Speaker 2: I'm saying, you know. Yeah.

874
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:19,640
Speaker 4: On Thursday evening they open it up to the public

875
00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:23,880
Speaker 4: and then so we race Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

876
00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:26,399
Speaker 3: We have a class for everybody.

877
00:47:27,160 --> 00:47:30,239
Speaker 4: And not only are we doing our racing, but this

878
00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 4: event is in conjunction with the Kansas State Motocross Championship,

879
00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:40,440
Speaker 4: so you can anybody can come and race that race,

880
00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:45,280
Speaker 4: and not just race that race, but really enjoy seeing

881
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:49,440
Speaker 4: what we're doing as veterans get to see the adaptive

882
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:54,880
Speaker 4: guys out with one leg probably yeah, vendors, all that stuff.

883
00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:58,200
Speaker 4: And I tell you a quick story, real quick.

884
00:47:58,239 --> 00:48:00,920
Speaker 3: I was, yeah, please, I was racing with one of.

885
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:05,480
Speaker 4: My adaptive guys chants clearly, and we were going over

886
00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:06,000
Speaker 4: a jump.

887
00:48:06,080 --> 00:48:07,600
Speaker 3: He's got a prosthetic.

888
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:09,359
Speaker 2: Leg, oh boy, And we.

889
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:11,800
Speaker 4: Were going over a jump, this is in a race,

890
00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:16,320
Speaker 4: and I look over and his leg came off and

891
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:19,880
Speaker 4: so he wrecked when he landed because he's, you know,

892
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:20,440
Speaker 4: trying to.

893
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:22,120
Speaker 3: Balance on only one leg.

894
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:24,960
Speaker 4: And I come around the turn like I start to

895
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:27,879
Speaker 4: stop because I'm like, do I stop and help him out?

896
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:31,960
Speaker 4: Like I keep going, We're in a race, and he's.

897
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:34,800
Speaker 3: Like, oh, go go.

898
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:37,440
Speaker 4: And then next I see him hopping, like, you know,

899
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:39,080
Speaker 4: hopping around, grab his leg.

900
00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:41,680
Speaker 3: He put it back on. But it's just it's such

901
00:48:41,719 --> 00:48:43,800
Speaker 3: an amazing event. It's so much fun.

902
00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:48,200
Speaker 4: It's it's just this whole foundation has just brought so

903
00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:54,400
Speaker 4: much joy to me, not only to help myself because

904
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:56,640
Speaker 4: of all the guys and girls that are a part

905
00:48:56,680 --> 00:48:59,000
Speaker 4: of it, but to be able to help others too,

906
00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:01,320
Speaker 4: Like it's it's it's amazing.

907
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:04,960
Speaker 2: That's awesome. I love that that story. I love the

908
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:06,759
Speaker 2: fact that in my mind I just see his leg

909
00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:09,799
Speaker 2: kind of like probably like up there with him, you know,

910
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:12,160
Speaker 2: like he's like looking over, It's like is that my leg?

911
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:14,120
Speaker 2: You're like, is that your leg?

912
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:17,719
Speaker 3: Is not expecting that? Like I was like, oh shit,

913
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:19,880
Speaker 3: his leg just fell off, dude.

914
00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:22,560
Speaker 2: I mean you know, and sometimes those legs have like

915
00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:25,759
Speaker 2: to be charged or else they like will stiffen up

916
00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:27,480
Speaker 2: and then they're walking like the pirate all the time.

917
00:49:27,480 --> 00:49:30,239
Speaker 2: It doesn't have that kink in it, so bro and

918
00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:32,440
Speaker 2: I could only imagine what a prosthetic would have to

919
00:49:32,480 --> 00:49:34,320
Speaker 2: be like for motocross. It it's got to be a

920
00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:36,680
Speaker 2: little bit more like carbon fiber industrial.

921
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:40,840
Speaker 4: I don't know if he's got like a specific one.

922
00:49:40,719 --> 00:49:45,560
Speaker 2: For motocross now he does, yeah, he should.

923
00:49:46,080 --> 00:49:49,520
Speaker 3: But again we have we teamed up with Moto Damption.

924
00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:53,680
Speaker 4: They're they're an awesome nonprofit also that have the adaptive bikes.

925
00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:55,680
Speaker 3: They they come out to Kansas.

926
00:49:55,800 --> 00:50:00,239
Speaker 4: We do clinics with those guys also, and it just

927
00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:04,520
Speaker 4: to see all all these people coming together for one

928
00:50:04,600 --> 00:50:08,920
Speaker 4: big cause and that's just to put happiness into others lines.

929
00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:13,120
Speaker 2: I love it. And if you want to experience the

930
00:50:13,239 --> 00:50:17,000
Speaker 2: Veteran MX way, you can visit the website at Veteran

931
00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:19,680
Speaker 2: ms dot com and you can learn all about the

932
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:24,080
Speaker 2: Kansas Ride that's going down in September, and you can

933
00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:26,799
Speaker 2: you know, reach out through email and say hey, I'm

934
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:30,399
Speaker 2: in Kansas a big Chiefs fan or Royals fan or

935
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:31,719
Speaker 2: whatever's in Kansas.

936
00:50:32,080 --> 00:50:33,960
Speaker 3: You know, start September event.

937
00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:38,480
Speaker 4: We've got this September that go on throughout the you know,

938
00:50:38,600 --> 00:50:39,359
Speaker 4: throughout the year.

939
00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:41,080
Speaker 3: We're set up.

940
00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:42,879
Speaker 4: We have a boost set up at all the pro

941
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:46,120
Speaker 4: races for Supercross and outdoor series.

942
00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:48,680
Speaker 3: So if you're at one of those races.

943
00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:51,399
Speaker 4: Come find our booth either in vendor row or down

944
00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:54,080
Speaker 4: in the pits and come say hi and.

945
00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:56,239
Speaker 2: Let me bring this up. Now? Is there I think

946
00:50:56,280 --> 00:50:59,080
Speaker 2: I saw like a member like ranking, like you can

947
00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:01,600
Speaker 2: join as a member for like twenty dollars or there's

948
00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:03,960
Speaker 2: like a fee to be a member, like anybody can

949
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:06,960
Speaker 2: kind of be a member and support Veterans MX.

950
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:10,400
Speaker 4: Right, So the way it works is members are going

951
00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:14,759
Speaker 4: to be military only, okay, and that's that membership. That

952
00:51:14,840 --> 00:51:20,000
Speaker 4: twenty dollars is to allow us to be able to

953
00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:24,160
Speaker 4: keep our mission going without relying on a lot of donations.

954
00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:32,000
Speaker 4: So if you're a civilian donating, is that's what we need.

955
00:51:32,239 --> 00:51:33,760
Speaker 3: That's how we keep our mission.

956
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:36,879
Speaker 2: An endowment, bro, you need an endowment to come your

957
00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:39,080
Speaker 2: way and be like here, this should help keep you

958
00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:40,879
Speaker 2: going for three to five years.

959
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:42,360
Speaker 3: That would be That would be awesome.

960
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:45,160
Speaker 2: And if there's someone out there that can write up

961
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:49,040
Speaker 2: an endowment for him for Veterans MX, just let him

962
00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:51,120
Speaker 2: know that you did it because of soft REP and

963
00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:54,080
Speaker 2: this conversation and you heard it here and you're like, hey,

964
00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:56,279
Speaker 2: you know what, you guys, this was really moving me.

965
00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:58,799
Speaker 2: And I have money that I have to get rid

966
00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:03,319
Speaker 2: of because of taxes and five so it's I'm just

967
00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:06,040
Speaker 2: saying for everybody, either pay it off to the man,

968
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:08,840
Speaker 2: or you can give it and be the man. Okay,

969
00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:10,919
Speaker 2: So there is a way that you know you're still

970
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:13,360
Speaker 2: spending it even though it's got to go somewhere. So

971
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:15,000
Speaker 2: you either spend it in a place where you want

972
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:18,040
Speaker 2: it to go, or it's gonna get taken from you exactay,

973
00:52:18,480 --> 00:52:19,880
Speaker 2: because you have to file all that at the end

974
00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:22,319
Speaker 2: of the year. So I'm just I'm plugging you for that.

975
00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:24,000
Speaker 2: You're not doing it. You didn't say that. That's me.

976
00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:27,760
Speaker 2: This is Rad saying it. Okay, that Rad's a rat. Dude,

977
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:30,640
Speaker 2: that's dude, that's what You're a radical datical? How about that?

978
00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:33,359
Speaker 4: Huh, that's hilarious.

979
00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:34,680
Speaker 2: Yeah.

980
00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:37,640
Speaker 4: So but we we do do a membership fee, and

981
00:52:37,680 --> 00:52:39,880
Speaker 4: that's twenty It's twenty dollars a year.

982
00:52:39,719 --> 00:52:41,879
Speaker 3: For the VET to pay or the active duty guide

983
00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:42,239
Speaker 3: to pay.

984
00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:45,760
Speaker 4: But I'll tell you what, with all the discount codes

985
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:48,400
Speaker 4: we have, you're gonna need a new pair of boots,

986
00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:51,960
Speaker 4: you're gonna need a new helmet, you're gonna need you

987
00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:56,240
Speaker 4: buy one thing, and that twenty dollars is already paid

988
00:52:56,280 --> 00:52:59,680
Speaker 4: for itself. So yeah, it's twenty dollars out of the

989
00:52:59,719 --> 00:53:03,960
Speaker 4: vetter in his pocket. But you use any of our services,

990
00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:07,279
Speaker 4: and believe me, it's you get it's well worth the

991
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:08,160
Speaker 4: twenty dollars.

992
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:10,640
Speaker 2: And it's like, how many veterans out there buy bottled water?

993
00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:13,279
Speaker 2: Just stop buying bottled water and put twenty bucks into

994
00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:15,640
Speaker 2: the Veterans MX and then go back to buying your

995
00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:18,200
Speaker 2: bottled water. Just, you know, hold off on that. You

996
00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:19,840
Speaker 2: got water in the tap, you can drink out of

997
00:53:19,840 --> 00:53:22,400
Speaker 2: the tap. Drink the water out of the tap. You

998
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:26,399
Speaker 2: don't need razor water. You don't need it anymore. Calm down,

999
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:27,840
Speaker 2: it's okay, it's okay.

1000
00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:31,120
Speaker 3: Now they have the water and the beer. Looking can

1001
00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:34,240
Speaker 3: liquid death or something and you're like, will you drinking?

1002
00:53:34,280 --> 00:53:34,440
Speaker 2: Man?

1003
00:53:34,800 --> 00:53:35,680
Speaker 3: Drinking and driving?

1004
00:53:35,719 --> 00:53:37,840
Speaker 2: And you're like no, it's what it tastes like a

1005
00:53:37,840 --> 00:53:40,360
Speaker 2: coarse life, but it doesn't have any alcohol. I just

1006
00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:43,640
Speaker 2: don't understand. They got root beer. Now I have root

1007
00:53:43,680 --> 00:53:46,839
Speaker 2: beer and Doctor Death, which is supposed to be their

1008
00:53:46,920 --> 00:53:49,920
Speaker 2: version of the doctor version of the pepper, and like,

1009
00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:52,440
Speaker 2: I mean, hey, two grams of sugar if you're not

1010
00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:56,960
Speaker 2: if you're diabetic, it's like diet. It's actually pretty good. Okay,

1011
00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:59,880
Speaker 2: Liquid death get involved with Veterans MX. How about that.

1012
00:54:00,040 --> 00:54:02,440
Speaker 2: Let me shout you out liquid death right there. I

1013
00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:04,680
Speaker 2: like liquid death. Actually, I quite love liquid death. I

1014
00:54:04,719 --> 00:54:09,320
Speaker 2: have it in my house. Stop, Brad, I'll stop right now. Okay,

1015
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:10,760
Speaker 2: sending that money.

1016
00:54:10,520 --> 00:54:13,480
Speaker 3: On Liquid Death. Man, Let's get a twenty dollars membership.

1017
00:54:13,680 --> 00:54:15,920
Speaker 2: I should do it. I should do it donation. And

1018
00:54:16,520 --> 00:54:19,040
Speaker 2: I got you, I got you, I got you. Don't

1019
00:54:19,080 --> 00:54:21,520
Speaker 2: you worry about it. I'll get something squared away. I

1020
00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:24,040
Speaker 2: will do that. Yeah. Just let me get some time

1021
00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:25,799
Speaker 2: later today and I'll go on your website and figure

1022
00:54:25,800 --> 00:54:28,440
Speaker 2: out how to do a twenty dollars donation. No problem,

1023
00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:29,120
Speaker 2: I got you.

1024
00:54:29,080 --> 00:54:33,520
Speaker 4: You have the big button up there for donating, and yeah,

1025
00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:36,359
Speaker 4: it goes even just a little bit, goes a far,

1026
00:54:36,600 --> 00:54:40,040
Speaker 4: far away, a long way with us, just to keep

1027
00:54:40,080 --> 00:54:44,600
Speaker 4: our mission moving forward and keeping that therapy community and

1028
00:54:44,719 --> 00:54:49,520
Speaker 4: accessibility for all our veterans and active duty members perfect.

1029
00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:51,920
Speaker 2: And when I see you guys completing this in Kansas,

1030
00:54:51,960 --> 00:54:54,680
Speaker 2: I'm gonna say my twenty dollars was the tipping iceberg

1031
00:54:54,719 --> 00:54:57,719
Speaker 2: that completed all of this. Okay, Yes, And I will

1032
00:54:57,760 --> 00:55:02,040
Speaker 2: have that sense of like ownership and pride of you

1033
00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:04,279
Speaker 2: doing this. I think that goes a long way too

1034
00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:06,759
Speaker 2: on the inside. So you know you've been You've been

1035
00:55:06,760 --> 00:55:10,040
Speaker 2: a wonderful uh uh interview and person to have on

1036
00:55:10,080 --> 00:55:12,440
Speaker 2: the show and a guest. You know, I want to say, friend,

1037
00:55:12,719 --> 00:55:16,040
Speaker 2: you know, I want to let my one hundred percent

1038
00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:17,760
Speaker 2: Peter and I just want to let my my listener

1039
00:55:17,760 --> 00:55:20,040
Speaker 2: and my viewer know that we just met today, Like

1040
00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:21,960
Speaker 2: you and I didn't have any I didn't send you

1041
00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:25,360
Speaker 2: any questions. We just seriously just had a real.

1042
00:55:26,160 --> 00:55:27,439
Speaker 3: Link just so we can see.

1043
00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:30,359
Speaker 2: Yes, But I was like, no problem, dude, It's like

1044
00:55:30,680 --> 00:55:32,480
Speaker 2: we just wanted to have a conversation. And I want

1045
00:55:32,520 --> 00:55:34,280
Speaker 2: to show you that you can have a normal conversation

1046
00:55:34,320 --> 00:55:36,719
Speaker 2: with somebody and not get at each other's throats. In

1047
00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:39,360
Speaker 2: this day and age, right, we can actually communicate with

1048
00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:43,240
Speaker 2: one another another about something common. Right. Uh. You notice

1049
00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:48,560
Speaker 2: we just said, hey, motocross. That can just bring everybody together. Okay,

1050
00:55:48,840 --> 00:55:51,719
Speaker 2: So remember that when you look at our military servicemen

1051
00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:55,040
Speaker 2: and women, they have something all in common that lets

1052
00:55:55,080 --> 00:55:58,200
Speaker 2: them think about one thing, and that is the US

1053
00:55:58,239 --> 00:56:02,040
Speaker 2: before the Army, before the Marines, before the coast Guard US.

1054
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:06,719
Speaker 2: It says US right there, and so that is that's

1055
00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:09,759
Speaker 2: the team we're all on here, okay, And to my

1056
00:56:09,880 --> 00:56:13,000
Speaker 2: coalition of friends that are around the world, we love

1057
00:56:13,040 --> 00:56:15,600
Speaker 2: you and we're here for you as well. And so

1058
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:19,719
Speaker 2: just you know, look into Veteran Motocross if you're out there.

1059
00:56:19,760 --> 00:56:24,600
Speaker 4: You know, actually have other countries that guys from that

1060
00:56:24,640 --> 00:56:27,400
Speaker 4: have served in other countries. And we always say this,

1061
00:56:27,520 --> 00:56:32,840
Speaker 4: as long as you're one of our allies, right our group, and.

1062
00:56:32,920 --> 00:56:39,440
Speaker 2: If you show yourself, show yourself now step forward.

1063
00:56:41,000 --> 00:56:44,160
Speaker 4: But yeah, man, it's all about love and respect for

1064
00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:47,239
Speaker 4: each other and this world needs a lot more of

1065
00:56:47,239 --> 00:56:47,920
Speaker 4: that nowadays.

1066
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:50,360
Speaker 2: I agree. I agree, and I think that this is

1067
00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:52,480
Speaker 2: the perfect way to wind down our show. I've had

1068
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:56,000
Speaker 2: you for an hour and captivated our audience with motocross

1069
00:56:56,040 --> 00:57:01,919
Speaker 2: and your your humbling story of trials and tribulations and

1070
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:06,960
Speaker 2: sadness and all in the name of you know, of America.

1071
00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:10,800
Speaker 2: So thank you. I appreciate that. I know our listener

1072
00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:14,279
Speaker 2: does and on behalf of everybody here at soft Rep

1073
00:57:14,960 --> 00:57:20,040
Speaker 2: Peterlinquist of Veterans MX dot com five oh one c

1074
00:57:20,240 --> 00:57:22,720
Speaker 2: three looking for any endowment you might want to bestow

1075
00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:25,160
Speaker 2: upon him, or if you just want to enlist in

1076
00:57:25,200 --> 00:57:28,400
Speaker 2: the ranks of the Veterans MX for twenty dollars. You

1077
00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:31,720
Speaker 2: can go donate as a military personnel to help others

1078
00:57:31,840 --> 00:57:37,120
Speaker 2: out there achieve a sense of freedom again, okay, because

1079
00:57:37,120 --> 00:57:39,160
Speaker 2: that's what it is. When I go out snowboarding, I'm

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Speaker 2: just like, it's me and not dying. My wife follows,

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Speaker 2: she's not dying. It's just it's us. Trees, trees don't move,

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Speaker 2: trees don't move. You got to move around the trees,

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Speaker 2: So be careful out there. And check out our book

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Speaker 2: club at soft rep dot com, Forward Slash Book, hyphen Club,

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Speaker 2: check out the merch store and please, again, if you're

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Speaker 2: considering joining the military, take a step to the recruiter's

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Speaker 2: office and just say, hey, how's it going. What can

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Speaker 2: you do for me? Just say what can you do

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Speaker 2: for me? Because it's about you at the end of

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Speaker 2: the day. And that's what makes us the best military

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Speaker 2: in the world is we're volunteer, Okay, So let's keep

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Speaker 2: it that way. And if you're on the fence, check

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Speaker 2: it out and if you have any questions, hit me

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Speaker 2: up on Instagram. I'm sure that you can reach out

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Speaker 2: to Peter at Veteran MX dot com and say hey,

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Speaker 2: I saw you on soft Rep. I have a question

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Speaker 2: about your organization, feel free to do so. And thanks

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Speaker 2: again Peter for being on the show.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, thank you for having me.

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Speaker 2: You're welcome pleasure. It's been wonderful. And again I just

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Speaker 2: want to say thanks to everybody that listens. And this

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Speaker 2: is Rad saying peace.

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Speaker 1: You've been listening to self. Rep.

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Speaker 2: Ladi