What you see: A little boy having the time of his life on his first dirt bike.

What you don’t see: The circumstances that took that little boy away from that little dirt bike—the fighting, the drinking, the drugs…the prisons. The trouble stirred by the idle hands left behind in the little dirt bike’s absence.

When people ask why I’m doing this, I usually just say, “It’s for the kids.” But the truth is, I just don’t know how to put into words how much that little dirt bike might have been able to help the little boy riding it—if only it had been given the chance.

Would it have been enough to save him? I honestly don’t know. Billy was wild. Truly.

But I believe it could have helped.  And that’s the “why” behind the Wild Rose Championship. Not just to help kids find their first little dirt bike, but to bring purpose, discipline, and joy to those Wild Roses like Billy that might otherwise feel lost without it.

—- Jesse E.