I hope that the move makes sense to y'all.

Shannonball

I slid the bike ramp into my truck and closed my tailgate. My helmet and gloves were already in the truck and all I needed to do now was wait for Thomas to go. I also needed to put on my jersey. All I was wearing now was a tight pair of faded jeans and a white tank top. The thing had lace on the top and showed cleavage so I only wore under a jersey so no one would see it. Throwing an extra jerry can beside my bike and I went back into the house.

"Please? You need someone there anyway. You know to tape the first time it's done."

"It'll be taped after I do it."

"But that wont be the same." My doorbell rang.

"We'll finish this later." I opened my door and Carey was standing there. "What the hell? Is this let's team up against Shannon." Carey laughed and nodded.

"It's all planned out. You'll take all your bikes I'll pick everyone up and we'll all be there for you."

"Pick who up?"

"Everyone." Swearing I closed the door.

"Don't be so smug. Now all my friends can be there when I screw up." Thomas just walked over and wrapped his arms around me.

"No. Now all your friends will be there to see you succeed."

"Fine. But you have to know I'm going to crash. A lot."

Thomas helped me adjust my YZ so I could fit my predator in the back. We hooked up my trailer and loaded my Scrambler up on that. We both left in my truck and headed towards the dunes. Carey had pulled in seconds before us. Jesse was there too with Quinn and Kamil. I told Thomas to behave before I hopped out. i didn't want him and Kamil to get at it. Carey had Dizzle and Rose with him.

Carey's 250 and a 125 was in the back of his truck. I unloaded all my bikes and told everyone my Scrambler was there for any of them to drive. I started up the Predator because I felt like warming up a bit first. Thomas was on the Scrambler. After jumping around for a while I pulled up beside Rose and convinced her to ride behind me. Quinn was taping everything and we had a little camp set up. I roared towards a big hill and geared up. Rose was holding on tight and we hit it perfectly and cleared it. I dropped her off at camp and shut off the predator.

My YZ started up good. I already had the biggest jump picked. I played around doing rooster tails and some catwalks then did a bit of hill climbing. I pulled back into the camp. This was it. Carey pulled up beside me and nodded. I nodded back. Thomas walked up and wished me luck. I tapped knuckles with him then with Carey who had shut off his bike. The first time I hit the jump I didn't do a move. The second time I did the Hart attack and the third time I got more air and backflipped. I got ready to hit it again and I lifted off from the bike but it didn't feel right so I let myself fall back to do a holy man. I paused at the approach and looked back at everyone. Thomas stood looking anxious and Carey met my eyes and nodded. He knew what was happening. I tipped my helmet and pinned it. The first attempted was the hardest. My take off was perfect and I got lots of air. I raised my self off the bike and started to curl up. My foot hit my bike though and knocked it and me off balance. The bike tipped over in the air so I wouldn't be able to get back on it if I tried.

I landed hard on my left side and could hear the bang of my helmet against the gravel. I laid there stunned for a few minutes my side started to ache a bit and I breathed again. I started to sit up and Carey and Dizzle and Thomas were there in seconds. I shakily got to my feet. I walked over to my bike and started it back up. Carey put his hand on Thomas's shoulder and ushered him back to camp. My second attempt started out good and my frustration worked well in helping me hit the jump harder. I didn't push myself from the bike as hard as before instead I just curled up a little above the bike, counted to two and spread out my legs and arms. I was seated back on the YZ a moment before landing and was just able to stop the wobbling. The group ran over and I tapped knuckles with the guys and gave everyone a hug. Quinn quickly rewound the tape and I watched it laughing. Carey tilted up the camera towards himself and added.

"Well everyone that was the first ever Shannonball." He scanned us all and I nodded to the camera and gunned my bike back towards the hill. One more for good luck.

Our little camp was a pretty good party site because within the hour Josh, Clarke, Twig and Bryan showed up. We built a little fire and sat around it laughing and swapping stories. I did the proclaimed Shannonball a couple more times. The weird thing is now I keep thinking of what could make it even sicker. I don't plan on saying that to poor Thomas who happily helped me put my bikes on the trailer.