Urban dirt bike riding has its roots in predominantly African American, low-income neighbourhoods of US cities with few recreation facilities. Dirt bikes saved my life, and gave me a reason to want to live and go on.”Baltimore police supervise the road. Baltimore’s Dirt Bike Task Force – which former police commissioner Kevin Davis launched in 2016 calling riders “gun-toting criminals” – has seized more than 400 dirt bikes. Recently, the best dirt bike riders have picked up sponsors such as Monster Energy drinks. She has signed with a manager who gave her a dirt bike for her birthday, and has a starring role in Lost Kings, a TV pilot about Baltimore dirt bikers.

Source: The Guardian March 09, 2018 06:56 UTC