“Joe Crash”

Did you ever feel like you were meant for a specific purpose? Even when you tried your best to not do an above average job, somehow, you managed to do it better than anybody else? Either you have it or you don’t. We’ve all heard that expression before. But what if what you have isn’t exactly what you expected?

Let’s take a minute to think about this one:  “I was born to ____”. Bruce Springsteen was “Born to Run”, Steppenwolf was “Born to be Wild”, and Joe Biden was “Born to be an idiot” in front of all of America.  Sometimes in life things just click. Like a perfectly lined up air filter, it goes into place and life seems complete. But what happens when things are just slightly out of balance? Frustration sets in. Frustration leads to sweat beads running down your face and knuckles that look like they just exited a street ball with Mr. Mike Tyson himself.  As the frustration grows and the sweat begins to leave our porous grease soaked skin, then our emotions start to exit the body as well.

But why fight it? When things don’t line up just right and we aren’t living out our definite purpose, it’s time to be who you are and do what you were meant to do. This is where “Joe Crash” comes along. You see that is his name, or at least that’s what it is in my cell phone. So who is this mystical creature that you’ve only heard about in secret online Moto chat rooms and in tight huddled circles around the factory big rigs?

Joe Crash has one purpose and he’s good at it. Crashing. Remember what I said before? Either you have it or you don’t? Well, he’s got it! And man is he good at it too. Everyone has their place in the Moto world. Carmichael is the GOAT, Stewart: either you love or hate him, and either you are good at crashing or sometimes it just happens. I even forget Joe’s real last name sometimes. Is he really that good at crashing? Yes. Has he crashed any of my bikes? Yes. So when you are good at something and you just know you were born to do it: I say DO it. Crash away my friend. True happiness comes from using your talents to their fullest.

So why the Jeremy McGrath figurine? I’ll never forget that photo of a broken legged Jeremy McGrath action figure lying in the middle of the trail after getting unwillingly ejected from Joe Crash’s front number plate during another violent crash. So why did Joe leave Jeremy strapped to his front number plate in the first place? I’ll never exactly know for sure. If I had to guess I would say it was for some sort of riding good luck charm, maybe once last ditch effort to stay upright. But when you are that good at something, crashing for instance, even the Supercross King couldn’t stop what was destined to be!

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