Olympic gold medal BMX racer Maris Strombergs was recently offered the opportunity to spend some time at Cole Canyon Elementary School in Murrieta, Calif., to tell the students about himself, BMX and how he progressed through the sport to become one of the top pros today.
A friend of Strombergs whose wife teaches at the school invited him in to do the speaking engagement, with the main message of the visit being to “Believe in yourself, work hard and surround yourself with good people,” says Stromberg. From there … More