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by Matt on May 30, 2008
ATV Source - Articles - 2008 - Off-Road Riders Association Assists in the Never-Ending Battle to Protect Black Hills Riders Off-Road Riders Association Assists in the Never-Ending Battle to Protect...
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Filed in archive Off-Road
by Matt on April 27, 2008
As we move from Winter to Spring, the OHV season is ending for some, and beginning for others. In the desert that is San Diego County, we ride mostly in the winter months because it's too hot...
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/> Restricting this 4 year old from riding is not fair, he's been riding for 2 years So yesterday I went off the deep end about the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee lying about what...
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Filed in archive Off-Road
by Matt on December 11, 2007
Brian, the ASA Chapter Chair, brings up a good point that we should consider when we're out at the desert with our kids, or even in local neighborhoods; off road vehicles, including ATVs,...
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As off road enthusiasts, we all know that we spend a lot of money on our hobbies. The cost to get started in motorcycles and ATVs can be substantial. New or used quads and bikes can cost from...
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As the duning season begins to ramp up here in California and the ISDRA (Imperial Sand Dune Recreation Area), I'd like to remind all you ATV parents out there to get certified, and if your kids...
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I recently wrote an article for ATV Source Magazine about a 30+ year old motocross track that is now facing opposition from home-owners in an area that is a relatively new housing project, built...
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Kunkletown Kids need safer recreational areas to ride ATVs, and they thought they had it. The Weekend Warroirs Motocross Club have an off road course off Silver Spring Boulevard that's opened on...
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by Matt on August 15, 2007
Jericho Mountain, (a State Park in Berlin, NH) will increase the number of available ATV trails from a total of 18 miles to 33 by next month, with more to come (50?) by year's end. They're...
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West Virginia is on pace to reduce significantly the number of deaths from ATV accidents. This means that while the overall number of accidents was declining as a percentage of the number of people...
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by Matt on July 23, 2007
Silver Hill Hospital donated the John Deere Gator ATV to go with their new mobile command center rig that they acquired from Homeland Security funds. They'll use it to access hard to get to places...
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A 6 year old Pennsylvania child is dead after he fell down 75 feet while not wearing a helmet. I don't know what size the ATV he was riding was, but I doubt it was appropriate for his size and......
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The recently opened 50 mile ATV trail in a 6,000 acre part of western PA saw hundreds of ATV enthusiasts recently. The Rock Run Rec Area, which I wrote about here at Under My Helmet a while ago, is...
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There is a growing amount of misinformation being spread about atv safety in an effort to attempt to close down this quickly growing off-road recreational activity. I keep reading (and now hearing on...
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The Shasta Trinity National Forest is doing a study on the impact of ATVs using national forest areas which are the home to spotted owl, a federally protected and endangered bird. The BlueRibbon...
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...And quite honestly, who could blame him? Bill Burgund is a retired cop who lost his left leg in the line of duty. He lives in Montana and hikes along Lost Horse Road near Lake Como regularly. On a...
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Even though the United States has reduced it's CO2 emissions by 1.4% last year, there are still those that think the US (Conservatives in particular, since it seems there are many more...
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In this image, you see a home owner attempting to measure ruts in the mud near his driveway which are claimed to be 18 inches deep by John Myers, reporter for the Duluth News Tribune. The article...
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Press Enterprise reports that a Riverside County California Sheriff shot at an un-armed fleeing ATV rider at Canyon Lake on May 12, 2007. Sheriff's claimed the person on the ATV (a Rhino side by...
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