John Brumley

Took my 1st trip ever to Dumont and it was great. Besides the fact that i bought sand paddles before halloween to go to dumont for that weekend but never ended up going. Went to put my sand paddles on for presidents day weekend an they did not fit!! wow brand new paddles, 5months old, never used, an they dont fit. Called the dealership that i bought my quad from an that sold me the paddles. Of course they didnt have my size anywhere in town ugh, but they did agree to get me the right size an swap them out. So i was stuck using my knobbies, yuck! Friday - was nice about 70, got in real early about 10am an the crowd wasnt too big then. Set up camp right next to the drags ate some lunch an went for a ride. Went over to banshee an comp hill an rode them a few times the crowd was small then. Also saw like a 4seater side x side roll over on a small dune nothing major. Took a ride to the vendor row to look around an ate a snack. Later around dusk a guy in a rail broke both front A-arms some how. Went back to camp made my fire, an cooked dinner over the campfire. Then headed over to comp hill for the night to see how things were there. I meet some new people, sat by the fires, an talked for a while. Then tragedy struck an the hill was shutdown, RIP so sad . I called it a night an went back to camp. Saturday - was a better day accident wise. Woke up an watched the hill climb competition for a while. Took a ride came back an watched some more hill climb. Ate lunch then tagged on the end of some people headed for the north pole. Had a nice ride with them an rode back to comp an banshee hill, took a few runs up both, couldnt do much racing with knobbies but made it to the top of comp no prob. Saw a sandrails engine catch fire, people flagged him down an he put it out quick. Rode till about dusk an headed back for camp. Made the fire again an ate some dinner. The big group camped next to me invited me over so i talked for a bit. THX to Snowball an his big crew! I wanted to go back to comp an mingle cuz friday night was cut short. Geared up an rode to comp around 8-9pm. Crowd there tonight was huge to me. parked at a few fires met some new ppl. I took 1 run up comp that night and thats all, mostly watched all the other crazy people go blasting up. Took a short night ride with a few people. Then back to comp, then to camp around 1am. Threw a few pieces of wood on the fire, warmed up an went to sleep. Good day! Sunday - woke up right in front of the lil drag strip they had set up, didnt have to move at all. Today i did the least riding I wanted to watch alot of the drags. They started off slow to me technical problems with the lighting tree an such. I ate breakfast an took a morning ride. Came back to watch the rest of the drags an eat lunch. Went to vendor row an bought some items Then set out to do a last long ride. I Went to banshee hill first, took some runs an went back an forth between comp an banshee for a while. Took a last ride to north pole where i saw Snowball an his crew of about 30. Talked for a bit an then went on a ride with them to the south pole. It was the best ride of the weekend there, from north pole to the south pole riding the dunes pretty much the whole way. From there a few of them went to comp so i followed an ran it a few times then went to banshee rode it a few times an pretty much called it a weekend. Sun was setting soon so i better pack up was about 4pm then. I got packed up an left Dumont about 5:30pm that day an headed back to Vegas. THX to all who were so kind this weekend. It was awsome!

RIP fellow duner. I heard the talk that night but didnt kno if it was a fact now i know. It was my 1st time to Dumont this weekend an ive read so much about accidents an things like this so i just played it safe. Only went up comp once at night an prob 20 times total. Banshee hill was more my style. Not as tall or agressive on the way down. Well i do have 2 pics of the tragedy :( R.I.P. plz ride safe! Also any1 know what happend on Sunday around 3pm?? I was at camp watching the drags and saw a ton of police head toward comp/banshee then the lifeflight helichopter showed up soon after.