"I started off-roading and riding at age 7, quickly falling in love with anything that involved dirt. As life went on, I put aside my dream of motocross and off-roading, always telling myself, 'I'll come back to this.' But after 10 years of saying that, I forgot all about it.

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Another six years passed, and I met my wife and her daughter. When her daughter introduced herself, she said, 'Hi, I'm Alina, and I want to be a pro Supercross rider.'

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That moment reignited my passion. My wife and I bought bikes for all of us, and I quickly realized how fragile and short life is.

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We started riding every weekend, and I noticed that many of my colleagues, despite owning bikes, kayaks, side-by-sides, fishing gear, and more, spent all their time working. They weren't making time for their passions.

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It struck me that many people were making the same mistake I had—letting life happen to them instead of truly living.

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That’s why we started Dirt Pirates: to encourage people to chase adventure and truly live life."