Do you remember when you were a baby and you were sent for walking lessons? You know,

when you sat through your first classroom session where they were talking about the techniques

and how you're supposed to lift your knee forward. Wait a second. I never took lessons like that.

And neither did you. So it makes you wonder, why would you want to take lessons for riding your

motorcycle off road? Why not go through the same method for learning to ride your motorcycle off

road as you did when you were a kid and you learned to walk? It's a trial and air. It's a school

hard knocks. You ride, you fall, you get up and you say, okay, that didn't work. I'm going to try

something else. And so goes until you finally become the perfect off-road rider.

Well, if that hasn't worked for you yet, this episode may change your idea of what adventure training is all about.

Music. On today's episode, we're going to talk about off-road training for your adventure riding.

We're also going to talk with Alan Carl, who's doing something brand new.

You'll remember Alan Carl from his book Forks. And we've got a brand new segment for you called Gems.

And what we're going to do with this is we're going to feature one area per episode anywhere around the world.

It could be anywhere that has something unique about it. That's a beautiful place, has maybe a historical value, or maybe just a scenery value, but something really special about an area, but that's somewhat of a hidden gem. So something that you wouldn't normally come across. It's not something that's been photographed tons. It's one of these little pockets that usually only locals know. And we're going to find those through the locals that live in those areas. And we're going to let you know about them. So next time you're riding by,

make a left or right and find a real gem. I'm Jim Martin, and this is Adventure Rider Radio.

To kick things off with this episode of Adventure Motorcycle Training,

we're going to talk with PSS Off Road, and that's Puget Sound Safety.

And Brett Tax, as one of the trainers at Puget Sound Safety,

he's going to run us through what it's all about from their perspective.

My name is Bright Tax.

I'm with Puget Sound Safety Off Road based out of Washington State.

And I train riders for a living.

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