ATV Florida Forum

I have been to croom many times but today it was the most crowded that I have ever seen it.Most people rode respectfully and the rangers were hard at it when the did not,saw a few tickets given out.A couple guys in the main pit on kfx 400's 1 orange one green (you know who you are)were riding a little on the wreckless side trying to roost each other and paying no attention to everyone else around you ,I saw a few close calls and they did not even notice how close they came to hitting someone.But the weather was perfect a little dusty well alot dusty but I had a great time along with the whole group of us 10 total.Cant wait to go back.

hah, I went fishing at bayport today.  No one was there, except for one other guy.  It was weird.

was there also, went up to the front pit, but mainly spent the day on the trails, if u stay in groups around 3-5 then its not too dusty

wich 1 of those guys was you, black 450r?

Yep black 450r there was two of us on blk 450rs I was the fat kid the other guy was my friend john.

yea, i dont know what you consider a "close call" but i was awere of evrything around me and i dont recal any close calls, sure i got a litle close to some people around a few turns,a few people got infront of me, i had to slow down or stop for people, but thats perfectly normal for a crowded day like today.

I know I was just trying to draw you out thought I reconized your antics from the sig picture?If you ever see us out there come over and introduce yourselves it's always nice to meet new people expecially ones you know are on this site often.We are normally in groups of between 5-12 .

yeah we were all jumping out of the bowl in the back corner.saw you jumping the burm to the left of us,I only hit that one once and it kind of thru me a little off kilter so I decided to go back to jumping the bowl until I get more experianced.

yea, there were alot of you guys.

lol

[attachment deleted by admin]

dang I am a fat kid. but thats a good pic of me thanks DJ

not a problem

couple more

[attachment deleted by admin]

...

[attachment deleted by admin]

...

[attachment deleted by admin]

that was a good one of you DJ .we made Johns jump look week LOL.Jason was funny trying to jump he just could not grasp the concept of staying off the seat while jumping.

kids

[attachment deleted by admin]

...

[attachment deleted by admin]

lol i had to post it

[attachment deleted by admin]

OK that one of John does him more justice.

dude thats not right funny but not right.

last one for now i think ... i like the way this picture came out

[attachment deleted by admin]

thats a good pic

Looks yall had fun, wish i could have went

yes it was a great day,it just sucks that the day is over and tommorow its back to work.

Nie pics~

And yes it gets crowded sometimes! 

It wasn't that bad on the trails. The parking areas were crazy. Its not safe with all the kids zipping around more people need to discover the kids area so there arnt so many little kids riding around the parking area. I won't be good when a truck backs into a kid on a lil 50 or something.

yep i was there andit was crazy, i saw two kfx 700out there racing all over the place then there was drag racing near the front of the pit and one of this guys almost hit a kid in a little quad, just my opinon but parents should be more carefull

I agree. Its like driving a car in traffic, plan on the other person not knowing your there and you'll be ok.

I hope you guys are looking at the post about the protest!!Two more spots were shut down yesterday.One in Sarasota, and Englewood.Croom is crowded cause there's nowhere to ride.
  We need people to show up, or you may be looking at nothing but Croom.
  The 29th of this month in Naples will be a protest.If anyone wants to go, call me and we can go together to show we ride and care!!
  Chino(727)204-0883

Dont get me wrong I know we have to do something before we lose the land we have but getting upset about getting kicked out of Illegal riding areas isnt something you should really complain about.  When the "MAN" see's that more and more people are using areas such as Croom an ONF they will be more likely to open more land. When they listen to people complain about not being allowed to annoy neighbors, destroy private property, tresspass and litter (i know thats not all riders but we all know there out there) that gives them the impression that there is no need to keep the land open that they currently provide to us, much less provide more land.

That wasn't the point.The whole purpose is to show they can't keep closing off area's for recreation without opening new riding area's, or there will be continued problems.If we don't show up to support it, then they won't think there is a majority enough to care about.
  You can fight for more riding area's, or you can keep going to Croom!!

I would not mind going to these protests but I work during the week from 6 till 6 just to make it by.I would even use vacation days if given enough notice or if I had any available we need to have group protests on weekends when the majority of us are off work.

The post has been on here for a while now.That's why they do it on business days...it's business to them.They hope noone will take the day off to show up...it makes there numbers look greater.Sometimes sacrifice is what it takes.

Once again i feel the need to say dont take this as me not being concerned but they are not closing recreation areas, they are protecting private land after they are called by the land owners. You dont seam to realize that your "fight" is for them to create more areas just like Croom (the place you complain about). I dont think a protest will spawn the response you want. They are not going to stop inforcing trespass laws. What is needed is for more people to write letters to their local / state government thanking them for areas like Croom and ONF and provide suggestion to them on how you want your taxes and regristration fees spent, providing those areas with more money to improve and or expand or create new areas. Again the more people they see using the areas already avilable the more likely they will be to provide more land for our use. So yes i will keep going to Croom, I will keep sending Emails up the chain explaining the needs for recreation areas all across Florida and better maintance for the ones already in existance, and i will continue to remind others exactly what our fight is, To keep the areas we have and hopefully get more land in those areas or new areas created where it is legal to ride. Complaining to the goverment that private land owners are no longer "looking the other way" will get you nowhere. Land values are going up and people want money. A certian peice of land me and my friends used to ride at will soon be a golf course. It sucks but complaining to the government that they should not let the owner sell it to make money wont work. Showing them just how many people will use newly created areas will. Just me .02

We're not fighting for the right to ride on these private properties.We want more places like Croom, but with more maintaining.I have no problem with devolopment.But to sell all this land for future housing for retirees is not right.We live here and pay taxes, we have a right to some land for our purposes too.