1 00:00:09,938 --> 00:00:11,485 Traversone: It's my passion. 2 00:00:11,485 --> 00:00:14,331 A passion that I've had since I was child. 3 00:00:14,331 --> 00:00:19,451 It progressed into what is, for adults, mountain biking. 4 00:00:19,451 --> 00:00:22,782 I'm bringing Miami up here to Fairfax, Virginia 5 00:00:22,782 --> 00:00:30,168 to be part of the World Police and Fire Games. 6 00:00:30,168 --> 00:00:33,382 I think over sixty countries are participating in these World Games. 7 00:00:33,382 --> 00:00:36,753 I've done the Florida Police Games now, four years in a row. 8 00:00:36,753 --> 00:00:40,311 And this is the first time at the World level. 9 00:00:40,311 --> 00:00:43,456 You only get a small chance in life to do these kind of things, 10 00:00:43,456 --> 00:00:46,807 and this is my chance. 11 00:00:46,807 --> 00:00:48,108 I'm excited, yeah. 12 00:00:48,108 --> 00:00:49,841 I want to get out there. I want to see this park. 13 00:00:49,841 --> 00:00:52,375 I've never been to this area mountain biking before. 14 00:00:52,375 --> 00:00:54,604 So I want to get out there and I want to see these trails. 15 00:00:54,604 --> 00:00:56,273 You're going to get dirty and you're going to fall 16 00:00:56,273 --> 00:00:58,871 and you're going to get scraped up, a couple of scars. 17 00:00:58,871 --> 00:01:02,551 You know, that's just part of the course. 18 00:01:02,551 --> 00:01:08,206 I go out there and just have fun and enjoy this piece of art right here. 19 00:01:08,206 --> 00:01:09,877 Everything about this bike, you can look at it 20 00:01:09,877 --> 00:01:13,154 and say it's a piece of art. 21 00:01:13,154 --> 00:01:14,763 Everything about it. 22 00:01:14,763 --> 00:01:17,422 I put in these extra-wide knobby tires 23 00:01:17,422 --> 00:01:19,990 so when I take these turns at high speeds, 24 00:01:19,990 --> 00:01:22,062 my tires don't wash out and I don't wipe out, 25 00:01:22,062 --> 00:01:23,856 because that's happened before. 26 00:01:23,856 --> 00:01:26,146 And that's what made me realize I needed wider tires. 27 00:01:26,146 --> 00:01:28,897 Many tumbles. Many, many tumbles. 28 00:01:28,897 --> 00:01:30,814 It doesn't show on my face, because you always see, 29 00:01:30,814 --> 00:01:32,826 you know, you stick out your arm, natural reaction. 30 00:01:32,826 --> 00:01:36,608 But there's definitely some scars here, on my leg. 31 00:01:36,608 --> 00:01:38,618 I took a big spill on the side. 32 00:01:38,618 --> 00:01:39,948 Just some bruises and stuff. 33 00:01:39,948 --> 00:01:42,145 They heal. Everything heals. 34 00:01:42,145 --> 00:01:43,877 I am the old man on the team. 35 00:01:43,877 --> 00:01:48,965 Forty-three years young. 36 00:01:48,965 --> 00:01:52,335 And they gave me the nickname "El Capitan####" 37 00:01:52,335 --> 00:01:54,840 and the word spread throughout the port that, oh, Traversone. 38 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:56,187 Go talk to Traversone. 39 00:01:56,187 --> 00:01:58,290 El Cappy###, he'll show you the way. 40 00:01:58,290 --> 00:01:59,962 He'll teach you what you need to know. 41 00:01:59,962 --> 00:02:02,373 Come out with us and he'll definitely show you. 42 00:02:02,373 --> 00:02:04,229 You're going to fall. I still fall. 43 00:02:04,229 --> 00:02:06,518 It's OK, but you get up and you keep riding. 44 00:02:06,518 --> 00:02:09,209 That's part of the love of the sport, that you just, you're going to fall. 45 00:02:09,209 --> 00:02:10,725 It's OK. 46 00:02:10,725 --> 00:02:12,025 That's part of the fun of mountain biking. 47 00:02:12,025 --> 00:02:13,665 You definitely, it keeps you active. 48 00:02:13,665 --> 00:02:15,706 You're exercising, you're going to stay fit. 49 00:02:15,706 --> 00:02:21,610 Pure legs and adrenaline and you know, your fast reaction to avoiding the trees. 50 00:02:21,610 --> 00:02:23,744 And when you're zig-zagging through trails, 51 00:02:23,744 --> 00:02:26,022 you know, you're coming at, twelve miles an hour, 52 00:02:26,022 --> 00:02:27,591 you don't want to hit that tree. 53 00:02:27,591 --> 00:02:29,725 It's pretty good advice, right? 54 00:02:29,725 --> 00:02:34,975 Don't hit the tree in front of you. 55 00:02:34,975 --> 00:02:35,969 56 00:02:35,969 --> 00:02:38,350 When it's your passion, it doesn't matter. 57 00:02:38,350 --> 00:02:40,917 It doesn't matter what it costs, because when you're happy 58 00:02:40,917 --> 00:02:44,195 and this definitely brings me happiness, at all costs. 59 00:02:44,195 --> 00:02:47,776 Whatever it costs, I'll pay. 60 00:02:47,776 --> 00:02:47,904 61 00:02:47,904 --> 00:02:49,602 [Music] 62 00:02:49,602 --> 00:02:50,189 63 00:02:50,189 --> 00:02:50,437 64 00:02:50,437 --> 00:02:50,686 65 00:02:50,686 --> 00:02:50,966