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<blockquote data-quote="ossagp" data-source="post: 192944" data-attributes="member: 1650">I have a polaroid of Bob Hannah sitting in my old boxvan with a friend of mine's jacket on (it was pretty cold for a So Cal boy).&nbsp; He had just pissed off a bunch of parents who brought there kids to a riding school Bob agreed to host.&nbsp;&nbsp; He did his best to be nice about telling the parents that they were welcome to stay,&nbsp; but that he didnt personally believe that kids who were 80cc and below sized riders should even be racing.&nbsp; He added that he didn't even know how to ride something that size to begin with.&nbsp;&nbsp; He went on to express that he didnt feel it would have helped him if he had.&nbsp; So he was sitting on the back of my truck,&nbsp; explaining to my 5 year old son how to elevate a little more over stick sized jumps with a bmx bike.&nbsp; Something he felt the other kids there should have been riding. The point being that he is the kind of guy we all have in us,&nbsp; in our unrestrained persona.&nbsp; He was as sincere as I have ever heard someone be and be villainized.&nbsp; I heard mothers and fathers who took a lot of offense at what he said,&nbsp; thinking he was trying to tell them how to raise their kids,&nbsp; rather than them trying to convince him to give a riding school he hadn't the heart for.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ossagp, post: 192944, member: 1650"] I have a polaroid of Bob Hannah sitting in my old boxvan with a friend of mine's jacket on (it was pretty cold for a So Cal boy). He had just pissed off a bunch of parents who brought there kids to a riding school Bob agreed to host. He did his best to be nice about telling the parents that they were welcome to stay, but that he didnt personally believe that kids who were 80cc and below sized riders should even be racing. He added that he didn't even know how to ride something that size to begin with. He went on to express that he didnt feel it would have helped him if he had. So he was sitting on the back of my truck, explaining to my 5 year old son how to elevate a little more over stick sized jumps with a bmx bike. Something he felt the other kids there should have been riding. The point being that he is the kind of guy we all have in us, in our unrestrained persona. He was as sincere as I have ever heard someone be and be villainized. I heard mothers and fathers who took a lot of offense at what he said, thinking he was trying to tell them how to raise their kids, rather than them trying to convince him to give a riding school he hadn't the heart for. [/QUOTE]

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