Utah’s Governer is Totally Extreme
Sep 24th 2007eExtreme Sports
Watch out John McCain. You’re not the only politician who likes to break up monotony of government spending debates by talking about sports. Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr. loves the Dew Action Sports Tour.
Never has a politician had as much of a connection with the action sports athletes as Huntsman, especially when it comes to freestyle motocross.
“I’ve heard of a lot of governors and anyone in the legislature being against motocross,” rider Mike Mason said. “But I’ve never heard of someone being into it. I would support that guy ’til the end. Anything he wanted from us, I’d do, because it’s awesome. It’s not like he just appreciates what we do. He’s like a full-on, die-hard fan of moto.”
At this weekend’s event in Salt Lake City Huntsman helped decide who won the award for best trick and he joined the NBC broadcast team in the booth. Who knew the Dew Tour even had any die-hard fans over the age of 25, let alone one who’s a governor.
Further demonstrating his “coolness”, Huntsman had one suggestion for the event.
“The only thing missing, basically, is Foo Fighters,” Huntsman said. “If we get Foo Fighters here to perform as background, we’d have it all.”
All the guy wants is some motorcross and some Foo Fighters for the loyal Utah residents who elected him. It’s the only proven way to keep kids away from the dangers of monogamy.
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