By Patric Hedlund

What could be more fun for a teenager than racing over mountain slopes on powerful machines, wearing gear that makes them look like Transformer action heroes?

Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area (SVRA) hosted five teens from Frazier Mountain High School last week, putting them through the ATV Safety Institute of America certification.

“In the past we’ve brought in kids from far away,” said Hungry Valley SVRA Sector Superintendent Kent Miller. Classes have come from distant parts of Los Angeles County, but local Mountain Community youth had not been invited to…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Above: Hungry Valley SVRA’s Louis White works with Future Farmers of America students Drew Luckett, Dustin Polhert, Joey Bizzini, Austin Kleider and Tristen Gros. Below: Hungry Valley’s Chris Kofman with Frazier Mountain High School students who received a full day of safety certification training Friday, Jan. 23.

Drew Luckett, Dustin Polhert, Joey Bizzini and Austin Kleider reviewed safe riding strategies with Chris Kofman. “SIPDE” stands for Scan/Search, Identify hazards, Predict what may happen, Decide what to do and Execute the decision.

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This is part of the January 30, 2015 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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