YOU CAN BE MORE THAN JUST A CYCLIST

I'VE ALWAYS HAD A LOVE FOR SPORTS, starting with the usual team ones such as football and baseball. But that faded in favor of more individual pursuits. Watching my dad roll down the driveway to go for a ride, I wanted to do the same. The bike was my first taste of freedom, a freedom to do it my way.

- TREVOR RAAB

It wasn't always about going from point A to point B; sometimes it was simply meeting up with friends and going nowhere, seeing who could skid the farthest or jump off a higher pile of dirt. Bikes offered me something organized sports never could.

The same could be said when I found skateboarding by watching my neighbor and cousin messing around in our driveways. I wanted to do what they were doing. Skateboarding consumed much of my youth. I spent hours learning how to land a kickflip or ollie another foot higher, all followed by meeting up with friends to share the excitement.