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competition can be eliminated through various forms of legal pushing.
"If someone gets squirrely,he can take out four or five people at one time," Jones said. "When you wreck,bike parts and spinning wheels are flying everywhere. It's dangerous stuff."
Jones said crashing was expected in BMX racing, and the unexpected nature of a crash was what allowed him to keep racing.
"It's scary to see a wreck coming," Jones said. "But it doesn't hurt until all the commotion stops and you're laying there."
Now, he said, he realizes the pain is the part of the race because it pumps his adrenaline and keeps his body moving. Even though he can remember individual
scars, he can't remember individual accidents.
"All wrecks find a connection to each other," Jones said. "They're all the same. They're all flashbacks."
Ben Friesen, Minneapolis, Minn., sophomore, will spend two months this summer fighting against unpredictable weather, harassment from automobiles and a sore butt as he and a friend bike from Minneapolis to Yellowstone National Park, the Bad Lands and the Grand Canyon.
Friesen said he was not trying to get fit for the trip because the first few weeks of the tour will be his training.
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Josh Lock, Stanley sophomore, rides his mountain bike along a trail at Clinton Lake. "Everyone crashes, unless you're Superman," Lock said. "It's to be expected." Alternative Sports 5
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