BMX Bike Show Encourages Northview High Students

February 9, 2016

“Bring Your ‘A Game’ to School” was the message Northview High School students heard Monday afternoon as a BMX performance team brought their high flying and flipping tricks to the school gym.

The positive-message, high energy program encouraged students to pay attention to their “A Game” — with the  “A” in “A Game” standing for alliance, attitude, authentic, ability, active, anti-bullying and achieve.

The program featured BMX riders with daring leaps and stunts and a message about the hard work and courage it takes to be successful in life.

Five students were chosen from the audience to demonstrate their courage as they were asked to lay side-by-side on the gym floor as a BMX biker jumped over them.  They were offered a free t-shirt if the biker’s attempt failed.

The most cr0wd-pleasing stunt came with the assistance and courage of Northview Principal Gayle Weaver who was asked to sit in a chair, arms outstretched, as one of the riders jumped his bike and back-flipped over her. In a “test” run with only the chair, the biker crashed into the chair. Students were asked, thumbs up or thumbs down, if Weaver should go ahead with the stut. She received an overwhelming thumbs up.

Weaver was told to sit in the chair, keep her eyes open, and, of course, not stand up.

Students cheered wildly as the wheel of the bicycle came with a few feet of Weaver’s face. She was uninjured and seemingly not bothered by the stunt.

The event was sponsored as a recruiting tool by the National Guard.

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Pictured top and inset: A BMX biker jumps over Northview Principal Gayle Weaver Monday afternoon. Pictured below: Jumping over five students plus two others. Pictured below: BMX stunt show at Northview High School. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

Comments

2 Responses to “BMX Bike Show Encourages Northview High Students”

  1. Pasty Slater on February 9th, 2016 1:22 pm

    It would have been nice to know who the bikers were. Kudos to them. My youngest son used to ride BMX in competitions. It is very neat to watch.

  2. Kevin enfinger on February 9th, 2016 7:54 am

    Man i woulda loved to seen all this.

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