Today we’d like to introduce you to Aaron Hill.
Hi Aaron, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
My dad raced motorcycles before I was borne and when I was about 3 years old he built some training wheels for a Suzuki 50cc dirt bike and started towing me up and down the ally. My love for motorcycles was built at that time. I started racing locally at about 6 or 7 years old and then in my teen years started to take it seriously and progressed to the local A/Pro class by the time I graduated high school from Aurora Central. As I started to progress, I started to travel the country with my buddies and race some bigger races and national events as well as follow the local SRAC and RMXA series. I stopped racing at the end of 2006 but stayed involved helping some friends and younger racers. While participating in local race for fun with some buddies in the fall of 2008 I had a crash and suffer a fracture from C4-C8 in my spinal cord leaving me paralyzed from the chest down. I knew right away that I wanted to ride my dirt bike again and with the guidance of another former rider that had previously been paralyzed, Ricky James and my friends we built my first adaptive bike in 2010. I built a second adaptive bike in 2015 and took some other injured athletes riding and in 2019 Roy Tuscany from High 5’s Foundation saw a video of us taking Trevor Kennison riding and hit us up about holding a camp to get other injured athletes out riding, We held our first Motodemption camp in Leadville CO in 2020 and have been growing ever since. We became a 501(c)3 Non-Profit organization in 2022 and we are now trying to grow the foundation and hold more events each year. We have been able to get over 50 athletes riding since 2020 and we will be holding 5 Motodemption camps this year. We are also working with the Colorado School of Mines to continue development of the adaptive motorcycles to increase rider safety and comfort on the motorcycle.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
There were definitely struggles along the way. Suffering a spinal cord injury not only changes your life but also the lifes of your family and close friends. I can say that I have been very fortunate in this area but there was still a lot to learn along the way and I continue to learn to this day.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that makes motocross a reality for athletes, civilians and veterans with physical disabilities by providing the bikes, adaptations, instructors and resources necessary for safe and fun riding. We are the only organization in the world that does this and we are constantly evolving and learning new ways to improve. We are a quality of life foundation and provide an experience to individuals that they thought they would never have after suffering a life altering injury. The biggest thing we have learned is that the riding is only half of the experience. The other half is the community that we have been able to be a part of, and to help grow and bring other people and their families into that community make it a truly life changing experience for athletes and their families. Being a non-profit we are always looking for new ways of fundraising and bringing in donations to support the cost of the camps, bikes, and equipment needed to provided these experiences.
What do you like best about our city? What do you like least?
Growing up in the metro area, I love it here and cant imagine living anywhere else. No matter what you’re into there is always something to do. The live music is great here in Denver and the easy access to the mountains and everything that Colorado has to offer make it a great place to live. Of course the added population and roads are always on everyones gripe list but overall Denver is great.
Pricing:
- We are a non-profit and only exist on donations
- Please donate at Motodemption.org
Contact Info:
- Website: https://Motodemption.org
- Instagram: @Motodemption
- Facebook: Motodemption
- Twitter: Motodemption
- Youtube: @Motodemption
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