Thanks to our friend Gene at BetterRide.net for sharing this inspiring talk by the leader of a youth mountain biking program in Israel. His incites into how cycling can positively impact the lives of incarcerated teens are 100% on point and gave me the chills. During the entire presentation, I was hearing the voice of Larry, our saintly program partner at Jefferson Hills, a juvenile detention facility.  We work with young people in similar situations here in Denver and I find outings with these young people who are working hard to find their way back to the path of success so inspirational.

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http://www.ted.com Computer science professor Shimon Schocken is also an avid mountain biker. To share the life lessons he learned while riding, he began an outdoor program with Israel's juvenile inmates and was touched by both their intense difficulties and profound successes.

An informative video produced by Trips for Kids partner, Choose Outdoors, about the importance of giving children positive outdoor experiences.  Most of the action footage is from COMBA-TFKD's 2009 "Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day".

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Link to video segment: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/14292728/detail.html