I am happy to be part of club supporting junior riders and growing the cycling community in ways I could never have imagined. I'm a Realtor living San Elijo Hills with my wife and daughter. I grew up cycling, racing at an elite level across the U.S. and Brittany, France. I raced road and track, winning four state titles as a junior, senior, and master and a couple of top 10's at Nationals. I have "finished" the top American stage races: Redlands, Gila, Mammoth, Cascade, etc., and years of Superweek with guys who did not make TDF teams that July, some of the best racing this country had in the 1980s. I always did cyclo-cross for pure joy on converted touring bikes, including fun ice races at the OTC for national team coach Eddie B's amusement as he would laugh at the boys from California "you beach boy or you bike racer" in his thick accent. I raced early Yeti mountain bikes and 24" wheel Yeti Track bikes. My cycling journey was not easy going from a top junior to struggling Pro 1–2, to the only English speaking rider in Brittany to the back of the pro peloton with no startline "call up," to not riding for 20 plus years only to finding cycling again because of BWR, and being the last one up the climb to find peace and joy with cycling again while taking pictures of North County nature that you see along the way. My goal is to pass some of my wisdom and life experience on to younger riders.