Tea With George

Keep Your Eyes on the Goal

• George Caylor, Diane Gruber, Steve Putney • Season 5 • Episode 181

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Keep Your Eyes on the Goal

Back in the 90’s, I needed some new thrills and decided to get a Honda XR200 dirtbike.  We have some National Forest ATV trails and I wanted to ride them with some of my friends.
One riding buddy, Zane, was vastly more experienced.  He was a sport bike racer and I knew when he gave advice to take that to heart.  One tip he gave me for trail riding was to be aware that wherever my eyes were focused is where the bike would go.  If you saw a rock you wanted to avoid, focus your EYES on the trail BESIDE the rock.
One weekend, we were riding and the trail was somewhat wet.  I approached a berm, spotted a washed-out area in the landing zone, goosed the bike, jumped the berm and landed squarely on the side of the wash out right where my eyes were fixated.  That lack of awareness cost me two cracked ribs and some scrapes and bruises, but it proved to me that your focus in life really does affect your landing…

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