Gathered in the gym, the whole camp along with our awesome friends from Deal watched the 3 vehicular-acrobats from the Free Cycle Action Sports Team with bated breath as they performed incredible bike tricks.
One man rode with one foot on the bike seat and the other on the handlebars, steering with his foot. Then, he stood on one wheel, performing a series of wheelies. They showed off their dance moves, spinning and bouncing the bikes and flipping them around while standing on one wheel.
They then began a sequence of stunts on the ramp, rotating and flipping the bikes in the air. They bounced and spun around on one wheel at the top of the ramp before jumping and zooming back down.
Next, they called up a counselor to hold a bike steady on the gym floor. One man shot down the ramp, sped toward the bike and vaulted over it, accompanied by loud cheering from the audience.
One man stood on his back wheel, his front wheel in the air, and rode the bike by spinning the wheel with his feet. He then proceeded to spin the front of the bike around 11 consecutive times!
Laying out a blue mat, the bikers called down four counselors to lie down. Then they called down another four, for good measure. Seeing the eight counselors side by side, one camper gasped, “Oh no! They’re all gonna get crushed!” One man dragged a mini ramp up to the mat. A biker sped up toward the ramp and then hurtled over all eight girls. Then, one biker lay down on the mat as well. To spice things up, his partner placed a helmet on his tuchus, with a water bottle on top. The other biker rode back and soared over all nine people! Then, as one biker sat on his bike, another leapt over him.
For the final act the bikers rocketed up the ramp and executed full 360° flips off the top, riding back down and pulling up on one wheel. When the Free Cyclers bowed, the entire gymnasium exploded with thunderous applause.
-T