THE SPOKESMAN • TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2022 A9
MX13 jump to benefit Central Oregon Veterans
RIDERS HIT SKY-
HIGH TRICKS
AND STUNTS
OVER WILD RIDE
Justin Homan performs a jump at
the MX13 Jump Show at Wild Ride
Brewing on August 25 in Redmond
BY NICK ROSENBERGER • Redmond Spokesman
he pop and buzz of two-stroke dirt bike engines filled
the Redmond air Thursday night as the MX13 Jump
Show came to life outside Wild Ride Brewing.
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Matt McCoy performs a jump
at the MX13 Jump Show at Wild
Ride Brewing on August 25 in
Redmond.
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Isaac “The Silent Assassin” Coffing performs
a jump at the MX13 Jump Show at Wild Ride
Brewing on August 25 in Redmond.
Nick Rosenberger/Spokesman
The jump show featured riders
flying off jumps while performing
tricks called nac-nacs and whips.
It was organized by Justin Homan,
a motocross athlete and former X
Games competitor, to benefit the
Central Oregon Veterans Ranch.
The event featured two perfor-
mances, one with adult riders and
another with youngsters as young
as seven years old.
“It’s kind of nerve-wracking,”
said Hadlie Hamrick, who was one
of the five youngsters to jump. “It
was a lot of fun.”
The August 25 MX13 Jump
show was the first time Hadlie and
her brother Jace had done an event
like this, said Brett Hamrick, their
father. He was nervous, he said,
but it was also exciting to watch
his kids attempt it.
As they were looking out at the
jumps, Jace said it helped to think
ahead about what he planned to
do on the ramp.
“It’s not about being fast,” said
Justin Gallacher, the emcee of the
event. “It’s about the position.”
“You get excited and nervous,”
said Matt McCoy, one of the three
adult riders.
To get himself over those
nerves, he said he turns his brain
off and has to put everything out
of his mind and concentrate solely
on the moment in front of him.
Trent Meyer, one of the adult
riders, laughed at this and said he
turns his brain on before he rides.
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Participants at the MX13 Jump Show at Wild Ride Brewing ride to their next jump on
August 25 in Redmond.
“I think everybody’s got their
own little tweaks that they do be-
fore they ride,” Meyer said. “My
main thing is just making sure
the bike is cleared out and that it’s
warmed up properly. As long as
the bike sounds fine then I’m good
to go.”
“You block out all the people,”
said Byron Homan, Justin’s son.
“That’ll make you less nervous.”
They all swore by the adrenaline
rush. As they’re flying through the
air, Jace said he can feel the breeze
across his face.
“(It’s) the best feeling ever,”
Meyer said. “It’s incomparable.”
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Reporter: nrosenberger@
redmondspokesman.com
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Participants at the MX13 Jump Show at Wild Ride Brewing ride to their next jump on
August 25 in Redmond.
Nick Rosenberger/Spokesman
Participants of the MX13 Jump Show line up before their jumps at Wild Ride Brewing on August 25 in Redmond.
Trent Meyer performs a jump at the MX13 Jump Show at Wild
Ride Brewing on August 25 in Redmond.
Nick Rosenberger/Spokesman
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