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We'll tell you more about them later on in this show. But I think this, like I said,

this should be an interesting guest. He was a lawyer for Honda for a long, long time in the glory

days of Honda and going forward from there. He's seen a lot of things behind the scenes.

He's a real, real live lawyer also. So we're going to cover a bunch of things in this sport that I think the fans and myself have a lot of questions for introduced. I've met this gentleman a few times, and he's good friends with the Lars Lindstrom as well. Dan Bouch. What's up, Dan? How are you, man? Hey, Steve, I'm doing great. Hope you're doing well. Yeah, thanks for doing this. Appreciate it.

I think people may not know your name. Dan Bouch. What's up, Dan? How are you, man? Hey, Steve, I'm doing great. Hope you're doing well.

Yeah, thanks for doing this. I appreciate it. I think people may not know your name,

but you've had a lot of things going on behind the scenes.

Yeah, I mean, if you showed up at Supercross and saw a guy wandering around with a pass on

and hanging out in the Honda pits, the Honda truck, or going to

visit other personnel and other teams wondering who the hell is that guy. Well, that was me.

Yeah, for sure. I guess before we get too far into this, this podcast is not a representation

of legal advice or anything else. We've got to get that out of the way. Yeah, and I'm not talking

on behalf of my current company. I'm not giving any legal advice, and these are all my opinions and not the opinions of any companies I've worked for. Yeah, there we go. Right, exactly. Lots of things to get into for sure, but I guess let's start with this, Dan, as easy as we can. You're living on the East Coast now, but at some point, you're a West Coast guy. Just give us your background in the sport a little bit. And so,

and, with this, Dan, as easy as we can. You live it on the East Coast now, but at some point, you're a West Coast guy. Just give us your background in the sport a little bit and how you

fell into it and everything else, as much as you can, just to give our listeners a little bit of

background on you. Yeah, so I grew up in Southern California, you know, let's just call it

the On any Sunday Generation.

We were, my big brother was in the dirt bikes.

I was in the dirt bikes.

And, you know, Indian Dunes, I'd go ride at Indian Dunes.

And that was kind of our sport. And one of good friends was buddies with eric kehoe because they

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