{"id":186,"date":"2008-09-26T09:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T13:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=186"},"modified":"2019-04-10T07:16:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T11:16:32","slug":"admiring-motorcycle-skill-and-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=186","title":{"rendered":"Admiring Motorcycle Skill and Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/SNzgN3UbwsI\/AAAAAAAAAuw\/HPGjh3zPFJY\/s1600-h\/Cop05.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 176px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/SNzgN3UbwsI\/AAAAAAAAAuw\/HPGjh3zPFJY\/s320\/Cop05.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250317794399732418\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">On September 20, I had the pleasure of observing the Mid-Atlantic Police Motorcycle Skills Competition, which was held in Arlington, Virginia.<br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">I have always admired the skill and grace that the motor officers display as they ride in these competitions.  Their abilities to handle their big machines are quite awe-inspiring.  Sure, they get a lot of training before they go out on the road, and they have a lot of daily &#8220;practice&#8221; as they engage in their duties.  Way more than me, since I&#8217;m not a cop and I don&#8217;t ride nearly as often or under the challenging conditions that they do.  Their grace, style, and capabilities are inspiring and daunting (at the same time) to watch.<br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">Thi<\/span><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">s<\/span><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\"> is why I attend these events.  It&#8217;s not for fetish or other unstated reasons, as so<\/span><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">me may think.  It is because I admire and deeply respect the skills, abilities, and grace of the officers who participate in these competitions.  I support them by helping out w<\/span><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">hen invited, such as for practice or for fundraising activities.  Sure, I admit, a cop in a uniform with nice-looking boots attracts my attention.  But what captivates me more is watching him (or her) operate the big, heavy motorcycle so skillfully.  Honestly.  That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m there&#8230; to watch, learn, and yeah&#8230; take some pictures to capture the event for others to see who weren&#8217;t able to be there.  <a href=\"http:\/\/bootedman.com\/galleries\/index.php?cat=13\">See the gallery of this event that I just posted on my website by clicking here.<\/a>  <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 20, I had the pleasure of observing the Mid-Atlantic Police Motorcycle Skills Competition, which was held in Arlington, Virginia.I have always admired the skill and grace that the motor officers display as they ride in these competitions. Their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=186\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cop-boots"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}