2023 Desert 100 Race VLOG Honda CRF250X {Race} Now including flying Honda's and a sincere apology

The latest edition of the Stumpjumpers desert 100. D100 this year includes broken arms and flying Honda's. Ride along as my Son takes on the full event on his Honda CRF250x. Finished 18th of 68 finishers.

[@oskar-up9vv]

My name is Oskar and my bib number was 2069 no worries about it. It is racing. I have had far worse crashes

[@danielleppington]

Oskar my friend, top marks to your speed, toughness and your sportsmanship. Awesome effort and quite the recovery. Hope to see you dominate the u15 next year.

[@JoeVanDePlasch-bb9yv]

That”Guy” that James Launched his bike into, happened to be my son Oskar who is 13 years old. What a coincidence that James sent his bike into a rider with the the same color number. My boy has been riding since he was 5 as well. He might have finished top 20 as well if James didn’t break his finger. Oh , and he was able to hold on to his bike the whole race even with a broken finger.

[@danielleppington]

Sympathies to Oskar, rough day but glad that he’s mostly ok. I’m sure if he’s that fast at 13 he’ll be a front runner next year for sure. Should be proud not only of his talent but his toughness and sportsmanship as well. Heart of a champion.

[@fuzzyballs44]

Proud dad and rightfully so! Some of my fondest memories as a kid was my Dad and Mom's support on race day!

[@danielleppington]

It’s great to be able to share a passion with the kids and see them grow in it. Now I have to deal with being left behind as they get too fast. :)

[@SamChou]

I really enjoyed the commentary on this video. Looking forward to next year's race! (Only a few weeks away!)

[@danielleppington]

Thanks Sam. Will you be there?

[@SamChou]

@@danielleppington Yup, been to the Ironman the last 3 years in a row (minus pandemic of course). This will be the first time I will actually race. Watching this footage is working to get myself in the zone!

[@ebiebrahimi7472]

Your son is an awesome rider .

[@dronus]

I call this area the scablands...Thanks for coming to Odessa, Y'all help this little community! Dope video btw and pretty solid riding.

[@danielleppington]

Thanks. We look forward to coming to Odessa every year. Love it there. Hospital has good people. :)

[@dronus]

@Daniel Leppington Oh, I won't bring the drama from the Hospital into this. Let's just say you're lucky you're alive, and I'd get your wrist looked at again. I'll be in the race next year, had to get me a street bike first.

[@elevationwithginahikingpnw]

Rad video and your kid Rocks! My husband and I love this event; this year was my 12th finish in the woman’s class. See you next year!

[@danielleppington]

Wow, 12 finishes is awesome congrats. Come say hi next year in the deep end of the camp under the Canadian flag. Unofficial embassy.

[@elevationwithginahikingpnw]

@@danielleppington will do! I think that might be the same vicinity of where we camp. Towards the end of the boot, along the fence line. See you next year!

[@elevationwithginahikingpnw]

Daniel, James, I just uploaded mine if you want to check it out. The race video part is actually old footage but consistently how I ride every year- slow. We had to make some modifications this year with our camp set up lol

[@Shawnston11]

Thanks for sharing this video, It was well put together a good representation of this race.

[@danielleppington]

Thanks, had a little spare time after the race this year. lol. Using the mouse was a little complicated but glad to get James video up

[@danielhertz7266]

James! Awesome intuition and line planning! Your reaction time & skill really show!!! You did really amazing.

[@danielleppington]

Thanks Dan. Passed on the props. For the record, loves the stabilizer mount you made. Top quality

[@tvh300]

Great video!

[@dickhead1253]

great video

[@danielleppington]

Thanks. James was hauling. Looking forward to racing him this year with all my bones assembled.

[@anthonygrijalva8821]

Excellent ride James!!! Proud Dad moments for sure!! I did the 50-59...it was nice to see his speed in video to sorta base my speed as I finished up very close...such an awesome event!

[@danielleppington]

Congrats on the finish. See you there next year.

[@hillquestdualsport]

Awesome ride. Thanks for the glimpse into the race.

[@danielleppington]

Have you made it out to the race yet?

[@hillquestdualsport]

@@danielleppington Perhaps as a fan. I will cheer you on.

[@aceman1741]

That is amazing. Great video

[@danielleppington]

Thanks. Have you ever been there?

[@aceman1741]

@@danielleppington never. Been living up here in North Idaho for 4 years and I wanna try. I'm older so I'm gonna try the 1 lap 50 mile race for seniors. Lol. But watching KZbin videos on the races. Loved watching your son race, wish I was young again.

[@collinmc90]

dang dude your kid is a crazy good rider.

[@allentresch]

Awesome video, I was your neighbor with the Wr250r and little red pit bike. Wishing you a speedy recovery on the arm!

[@danielleppington]

Thanks Allen, nice to have some great neighbours this year. Hope to see you guys next year, I may be breaking out the WRR for round 2.

[@jeremievigliaturo1317]

Wow good on him. I only got my first lap of 2 on mechanical issues in the field. It is a hard run.

[@danielleppington]

Man that sucks. What did you break? Between the 9 of us we took so much damage this year.

[@backmarkerracing793]

Great race on a great bike! Really enjoy your commentary, been following your D100 exploits since the WR250 year. Bought my CRF250X in 2018 b/c of your comments about the bike. Have since finished the 2019, 2022 & 2023 D50. Was a ways behind James, but am also 4 1/2 X older. 😎

[@danielleppington]

Thanks. Appreciate the feedback. Congrats on the finishes, any finish is a win. Come see is under the Canadian flag next year.

[@backmarkerracing793]

@@danielleppington Actually tried to find you this year, but the 🇨🇦camps I visited were all BC folks. Look forward to meeting Team Leppington in 2024.

[@keshmo12]

Good video. 2nd year doing the 100 and I finished an hour faster and got around 160th. Only fell down once on a really easy hill and thought I broke my wrist for a minute. Was only a slight sprain but it hurt.

[@danielleppington]

Congrats on the finish. Sucks on the wrist, funny though, my son has a fascination with what a break feels like since he’s never broken anything. On the trip down I was explaining that when you break something, there’s not usually any ambiguity, you pretty much know it’s broken. :) unfortunately an all too familiar feeling.

[@dasa5381]

Great Video Daniel. I wish I could ride like your son, what a run! I was hoping to have a video of the second wave group but my GoPro refused to work at 29 degrees... See you next year?

[@danielleppington]

Seems like a lot of people had GoPro problems this year. Pretty chilly. Definitely see us next year. I need to have a good head to head with James

[@ebiebrahimi7472]

Beautiful scenery . I bet it’s so much fun to ride . Can wait to go there . Where exactly it is ?

[@danielleppington]

Race is in Odessa Washington. About 60 miles south west of Spokane.

[@ebiebrahimi7472]

@@danielleppington awesome. Not so far from Vancouver 🤩😎

[@drock8311]

Bummer about the wrist- but great ride by your son!

[@danielleppington]

Thanks, wrist sucked but the desert always gets paid eventually. Super proud of James, he ripped this year

[@AaronMartinCOOLVIDEO]

whare is this race at?

[@danielleppington]

Odessa Washington. About 80 miles south west of Spokane.

[@AaronMartinCOOLVIDEO]

@danielleppington Thank you so much i've been trying to find out that information I don't think I will be going But I would like to try it at some point You should come up to nevada To try the virginia city race VCGP

[@danielleppington]

@AaronMartinCOOLVIDEO funny you should say that, we’ve been trying to get together for a run at Vegas to Reno BITD. Dream race for me. What baja used to be.

[@AaronMartinCOOLVIDEO]

@@danielleppington Yeah vegas to reno seems Awesome I don't know if I will ever do it But it's always there if I want to.