Once a biker always a biker. This is a mantra Jesse James lives by. Even with a handful of hit TV shows, larger-than-life personality and movie star wife, James still shows up at his Long Beach, California, motorcycle shop, West Coast Choppers, getting his hands dirty every day. How many other celebrities do you think can say that?
“I’m still here every morning ready to work. I think if I ever get to the point where I don’t work I’ll just get rid of the place. I think TV and everything else takes me away from what I really should be doing, and that’s working, and I feel cheated if I’m not welding something everyday,†says James, looking every bit as sinister as always; tattooed arms draped over the front of an evil looking chrome, black and red chopper.
The thing is, James is far from sinister. An extremely smart businessman and an even …Â Details
Science was never my strong suit. So when Garry Ingram, Track Manager at Blokart Heaven in Papamoa, tells me that what I’m about to do is “all about physicsâ€, I instantly panic.
Suiting up with a helmet and weathered fingerless gloves, my trepidation and I follow Garry to our waiting blokart.
Blokarting (pronounced blow-karting) is a form of land sailing, invented here in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand’s North Island. The blokart is a three-wheeled, steel-framed buggy with an enormous triangular sail shooting skywards. The user nestles into a canvas cradle at near ground level, from where they steer and control the sail with ropes… Details
Automobile Off-road ATV – Quadcross – quads racing and riding mx tracks. Big air, crashes, mud bogs, and more Tracks included: Englishtown, Dutchmen, Breezewood Proving Grounds, New Jesey Off Road Vehicle Park