T hings that look easy usually take a ton of hard work. at could be said of the Buf- falo Chip’s Freedom Celebration happening today, ursday, August 11. It’s a day set aside to honor those who risked their lives to save ours, and it’s organized by people who know how to take orders and give them, so you’ll never glimpse the military- like precision and careful planning behind the scenes. What you will witness is a moving tribute that stirs the patriotic soul. e day begins with the third annual Freedom Celebration Ride of Honor benefiting wounded vets and their families. In fact, 100 percent of the $75 rider donation goes to the Warrior Dog Foun- dation, Combat Wounded Coalition and America’s Mighty Warriors. e town of Spearfish rolls out the red carpet for the Freedom Riders to gather. en they make their way to the Buffalo Chip CrossRoads for a private reception that includes music by the South Dakota Army National Guard Band, Sgt. Rock, a catered meal, and camaraderie. e CrossRoads is adja- cent to the Chip’s striking Field of Flags and new Fallen Soldier Memorial with the American Veter- an’s Traveling Tribute Wall as a backdrop, making STURGIS WEATHER Courtesy of weather.com Thurs 8/11 Fri 8/12 Partly Cloudy PM Thunderstorms 80/57 75/59 FIREARMS FRIDAY Page 4 WIRED ON ART Page 8 5 MINUTES: JOHN SHOPE Page 9 BIKERS FOR TRUMP Page 11 STURGIS RIDER DAILY ® TONIGHT’S HEADLINER … Million Mile Motorcycle Man, former Wisconsin State Senator and veteran’s advocate Dave Zien is a Sturgis Rally stalwart. FREE INSIDE STURGIS BUFFALO CHIP’S WOLFMAN JACK STAGE TONIGHT 10:30 PM MIRANDA LAMBERT 8:30 PM RATT 7 PM STOLEN RHODES/ SGT ROCK TOMORROW 10:30 PM BUCKCHERRY 8:30 PM POP EVIL 7 PM SWEET CYANIDE Continued on Page 2 6 8 THURSDAY AUG. 11, 2016 OF FREEDOM CELEBRATION Steadfast brotherhood, top-notch music and poignant tributes 30 TH ANNUAL RIDE SCHEDULE 9 AM Spearfish Main Street: Ride registration and gathering 11:30 AM SD Army National Guard Band SGT Rock 1:30 PM Ride departs Spearfish Main Street for the Buffalo Chip 2:45 PM Ride participants gather at the Buffalo Chip’s CrossRoads for a catered reception and meet and greet. AMPHITHEATER SCHEDULE 10 PM Hanson Distinguished Service Awards, Wolfman Jack Main Stage 10:30 PM Concert performance by Miranda Lambert, campground admission pass required. SCHEDULE
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Things that look easy usually take a ton of hard work. � at could be said of the Buf-falo Chip’s Freedom Celebration happening
today, � ursday, August 11. It’s a day set aside to honor those who risked their lives to save ours, and it’s organized by people who know how to take orders and give them, so you’ll never glimpse the military-like precision and careful planning behind the scenes. What you will witness is a moving tribute that stirs
the patriotic soul. � e day begins with the third annual Freedom
Celebration Ride of Honor bene� ting wounded vets and their families. In fact, 100 percent of the $75 rider donation goes to the Warrior Dog Foun-dation, Combat Wounded Coalition and America’s Mighty Warriors.
� e town of Spear� sh rolls out the red carpet for the Freedom Riders to gather. � en they make their
way to the Bu� alo Chip CrossRoads for a private reception that includes music by the South Dakota Army National Guard Band, Sgt. Rock, a catered meal, and camaraderie. � e CrossRoads is adja-cent to the Chip’s striking Field of Flags and new Fallen Soldier Memorial with the American Veter-an’s Traveling Tribute Wall as a backdrop, making
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TONIGHT’S HEADLINER …
Million Mile Motorcycle Man, former Wisconsin State Senator and veteran’s advocate Dave Zien is a Sturgis Rally stalwart.
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STURGIS BUFFALO CHIP’SWOLFMAN JACK
STAGETONIGHT10:30 PM
MIRANDA LAMBERT8:30 PM
RATT7 PM
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FREEDOM CELEBRATIONSteadfast brotherhood, top-notch music and poignant tributes
30TH ANNUAL
RIDE SCHEDULE9 AM
Spearfish Main Street: Ride registration and gathering
11:30 AMSD Army National Guard Band SGT
Rock 1:30 PM
Ride departs Spearfish Main Street for the Buffalo Chip
2:45 PMRide participants gather at the Buffalo
Chip’s CrossRoads for a catered reception and meet and greet.
AMPHITHEATER SCHEDULE10 PM
Hanson Distinguished Service Awards, Wolfman Jack Main Stage
In some cases “hero” seems too small a word. � is is one of them.
The Bob Hanson Distinguished Service Awards honor those who have set themselves apartthrough their fortitude, sacri� ce and patriotism. As double duty, they also act as a tribute to South Dakota war veteran, rancher and craftsman Bob Hanson, an exceptional man of courage and grace. Since its inception in 2014, the Hanson awards have become a permanent part of the annual Free-dom Celebration.
Bob Hanson has been a horse trainer, a rancher, a gunsmith, a deputy sheri� , a race jockey, a sharp-shooter, and a boxer. And, yes, he served his coun-try in the armed services in World War II and was held as a prisoner of war by German forces for more than four years.
Hanson is expected to attend the awards cere-mony tonight, � ursday, August 11, wearing his WWII Army Cavalry uniform — a uniform that almost still � ts, he says. Not bad for 95 years old.
Said Chip owner Rod Woodru� , “It’s cool to have the chance to honor someone like Bob. He’s the embodiment of resolute spirit and indomita-ble will.”
FREEDOM CELEBRATIONit the perfect setting.
� e day continues inside the Chip’s amphithe-ater on the Wolfman Jack Stage with the pinna-cle of the day’s activities, the Bob Hanson Distin-guished Service Awards. If you’ve witnessed this in the past you know it’s one of the most remarkable yet humble examples of respect for our nation’s military you’ll � nd anywhere. � ere, on the very stage where the music industry’s top talents have
performed for decades, are individuals whose star power outshines them all. On the night of the Freedom Celebration, � e Best Party Anywhere becomes, at least for a short while, � e Best Trib-ute Anywhere.
Celebration mode kicks in once again when country music’s stellar upstart Miranda Lam-bert takes the stage, closing out a day like no other. (Campground admission pass required
for concert.)What’s next? You should get going and join the
third annual Freedom Celebration Ride. And as if the experience of the ride isn’t worth every penny on its own, Wrangler has stepped up to o� er a FREE pair of Wrangler Cool Vantage Jeans to every person that registers for the ride, an awesome way to support our military and those who honor them.
We’ll see you in Spear� sh this morning.
SHOWCASE STAGESThursday 8/11
BIKINI BEACH STAGE11 AM ................................ Bikini Beach Party1 PM ................................................. Karaoke 2 PM ...................... Beers And Burps Contest2:30 PM ..........................Whip Cream Twister3 PM .............................. Rope Swing Contest 3:30 PM ............................. Slip n’ Slide Relay 4 PM ........................... Frozen T-Shirt Contest4:30 PM .......... Air Sex World Championships5:30 PM ................ Homemade Bikini Contest7 PM ...................................The Living DeadsMidnight ................................................. MMS
CROSSROADS EVENTS 7-11 AM .............................Sons Of Light Free
ROADHOUSE STAGE6:30 & 8 PM ...........................Brian Grilli With
Sturgis Rider Rhythm Rockers
Schedules are subject to change.
Today is the day to ride or roll that classy custom into the Bu� alo Chip CrossRoads.
Stretched and swanky or rebellious and racy, there’s a class that � ts. Because it’s the Rat’s Hole Show, the one that set the standard for motorcycle shows decades ago. Whether you bring your own rolling masterpiece or simply come to examine the motorcycle marvels entered, you won’t regret it. Gape, stare and be amazed! Your � yin’ eyeballs will never be the same!
ContributorsAaron Packard, Jordan Axtman, Jessica Nelson, Brad Schneck, Kevin Karns, Nelson Horsley, Madeline Campbell, Je� Smith, Vincent Stemp, Jack McIntrye, Mary Panerio, Shandell Cutter, Max O’Connell, Roady Loner. Other material contributed by sta� of the Rapid City Journal.
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We got the skinny about the Chip’s iconic landmarks from the only one who knows the scoop: Rod “Woody” Woodru� . And starting with Issue 1, as part of the Chip’s 35th anniversary celebration, we’re telling you about one in each edition of the Sturgis Rider Daily.
SRD: Tell us about the Wolf-man Jack Main Stage, where so many of the music industry’s renowned and emerging talents perform.
RW: Wolfman Jack was here for two years, in 1990 and 1991. He was a great guy and a char-acter like no other. � e stage was built in 1999 and it seemed like the right thing to do to name it after him.
What caused the Wolfman Jack Stage to be built is the direct result of the 1998 rally. � e Chip featured Def Leppard and Lynyrd Skynyrd that year. Skynyrd performed in a 40 mph wind that forced them to brace themselves as they per-formed just to keep from getting blown o� stage. Still, Skynyrd’s manager said they loved working with us, loved the Chipster audience of campers and loved the place, but said if we ever wanted them to come back we’d have to build a real stage.
I said we’d have one next year if they’d return to perform again. He said they would if I would. Done deal.
After the ’98 rally I started looking around to learn what a “real stage” was. A friend got me the blueprints of a stage in one of the largest and most successful concert venues in the U.S. Using those blueprints and strengthening the materials by using heavy oil � eld pipe, and steel salvaged from the Homestake Gold Mine and the 1903 Teddy Roosevelt bridge, our master handyman Dave Vice built the Wolfman Jack stage.
� e most di� cult part turned out to be pour-ing the 5” concrete deck, which was scheduled to be done in June. It rained hard the � rst 23 days of June but we tried to pour the concrete anyway. One day we had eight cement trucks stuck in the mud in the amphitheater! However, when Sky-nyrd showed up in 1999 the manager looked at the stage and asked, ‘Why the overkill?’ I loved that.
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Real riders know that motorcycling is good for the soul. � ere’s no match for the unencumbered feeling of freedom you get
from being fully in the wind, with your troubles fading fast in your bike’s mirrors.
Another thing riders know is freedom isn’t free. Bikers have long been stalwart supporters of military causes. � at’s why the Veteran’s Charity Ride (VCR) has caught America’s imagination.
� e VCR takes wounded and amputee vet-erans on a week-long ride from L.A. to Sturgis traveling America’s most beautiful roads, with the help of Indian Motorcycle. � e riders get to know each other and help each other heal, vet-eran to veteran. � ey call it ‘motorcycle therapy: changing lives, saving lives.’ Along the way they stop in towns large and small to meet the grateful people of our nation who want to celebrate these
brave men and women. Once in Sturgis, it’s a week of the real Sturgis
Experience. A new component of the VCR this year is the First Annual Firearms Friday, sponsored by Nordic Components. It happens at the Bu� alo Chip’s Shooting Complex on Friday, August 12, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. With the help of Nordic’s American-made � rearms and equipment veterans will compete with each other, special operations snipers, plus local and regional sharpshooters.
So come out and watch the competition. � e Wild West has never seen professionals of this caliber!
If you haven’t yet tried the new Speakeasy in the Bu� alo Chip amphitheater, there’s still time. It’s one of the best new features at the
Rally this year. In addition to premium wines by the glass and top shelf cocktails, you’ll � nd a menu of delectable dishes not available anywhere else. � ere are cheese plates, appetizers, sand-wiches, salads and the specialty of the house: a never-frozen 12-ounce Dakota ribeye steak. Add sweet potato wa� e fries and a salad, and you’re in hog heaven.
But more than great food and beverages, the Speakeasy o� ers a respite from the ruckus. It’s cool inside, there’s a swanky atmosphere, and you can sit down to dine in relative peace and comfort.
Listen, you’ve been working hard all week stu� ng tons of fun into your Rally vacation, and that’s as it should be. But it’s time to treat your-self to a hearty sit-down meal with the kinds of gourmet touches you’ve earned.
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There’s been a military tribute at the Chip since 1987 so the stars this day are the men and women of the United States Military, active and veteran. Pay your respects by joining the Freedom Ride in Spear� sh and the Chip’s Freedom Celebration on the main stage tonight, followed by country music maven Miranda Lambert. God Bless America!
The sta� of America’s iconic biker maga-zine, Easyriders, certainly know how to throw a bike show. � at was evident yes-
terday at the Bu� alo Chip CrossRoads where the magazine held its ride-in custom event for the Sturgis 76th.
It was a special occasion due to the Chip’s 35th anniversary and in consideration of the long friendship between the two, Easyriders announced they will focus their entire Sturgis coverage on the Chip’s milestone celebration.
So you’ll want to grab that issue when it hits newsstands to see if you or your bike made the cut. Until then, scope out these images to see what an Easyriders bike show winner looks like.
The sight of billowing smoke and vibrant-colored race machines. � e sound of tries grabbing pavement and engines straining under load. � e smell of burning rubber and nitrous. � ese are the addictions of
racing and they were ostentatiously on display in the Bu� alo Chip amphithe-ater yesterday.
Both straight-line jockeys and dirt-racing hot shoes treated spectators to an adrenaline-fueled gearhead fest. Brilliant machines and bold racers went toe to toe for little more than bragging rights and � at-out fun on the inaugural runnings on the Chip’s new drag strip and � at track TT course. And that was plenty to fuel the competitive spirit.
Crazy John Markwald presided over the Bu� alo Chip Street Drag Invita-tional with his band of merry mischief-makers. IV League Flattrack’s Brian Bell designed the stellar dirt track, provided the race structure and swooshed the checkered � ag on the Super Hooligan races presented by Indian Motorcycles.
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If you’ve stayed at the Bu� alo Chip before, you’re familiar with the iconic Miss Chippie, the distinctive white sculpture in the amphi-
theater that begs for interaction and photo opps. You can’t miss her!
� e man who designed and built Miss Chip-pie in 2004, stone mason Har-V Wallbanger of Kooskia, Idaho, says she’s an homage to both women and motorcycles — two of his favorite things!
Miss Chippie is surrounded by a patio of stone memorial tablets. Each one is a memory or trib-ute and they’re all hand-carved by Har-V. It’s a way to leave your permanent mark at the Chip.
More recently the artist and proprietor of Har-V’s Wild Notions has become stuck on barbed wire and he’s really stoked about a new process and a patriotic subject matter: the American � ag.
Har-V explains: “I was asked to make a � ag for the Veteran’s Memorial at the Chip in barbed wire and of course I said okay — without a clue as to how I was going to do it. Everybody loved the � rst one so I had to � gure out how to make
it bright looking.“I went to the powder coater and he said
multi-colors couldn’t be done. So I went home and came up with a way to put on all three colors and bake them at the same time.”
Har-V’s proprietary powdercoating process makes for a brilliant � nish. Each handcrafted � ag measures about 40 inches tall, although each one is a unique work of art so they vary.
Find Har-V’s work on his Facebook page: Har-v Wallbanger. And while you’re there, like
the Miss Chippie post for a chance to win an original barbed wire mandala — by Har-V, of course!
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Owner of Dirty Bird Concepts in Phoenix, Ariz., John Shope isn’t a follower, not by a long shot. John goes where he wants to go and does what he wants to do. We got in a quick visit.
SRD: So you decided to come to Sturgis!JS: Yeah I really didn’t plan on it. I mean, they
wanted to put me into a space on Lazelle Street that was bad so I just decided I wasn’t coming.
SRD: Why’d you change your mind?JS: I just had too many things to do there. First
it was to be here with the kids from the Bu� alo Chip Challenge, then Kuryakyn wanted me to come out, then Harley. And there was the Builder Breakfast, too.
SRD: But no Dirty Bird booth display this year, right?
JS: Right. I’ve had so much on my shoulders this year, it’ll be good to not mess with all of that this time. And I think I’m gonna have a lot more fun. I’ll be riding around Sturgis on the new Softail I built. Wait till people see this bike! I took a brand new Softail and put an old style swingarm on it, FL shocks with air ride, upswept � shtails and nostalgic spoke wheels. It looks like an old FL at � rst glance.
SRD: What? Not a bagger?
JS: Nope. People are gonna be really surprised and they’re gonna love this bike. And it rides so well, it takes bumps like a Dyna!
SRD: So will you be making parts for Softails now?
JS: Yes, all kinds of things, a whole new parts line. But the neck kit we developed is huge! See, if you wanted to rake the neck on a Softail before, it was a long, tedious process of cutting and welding. Now we have a bolt on kit and it changes every-thing.
SRD: And you’re bringing some other bikes, too?
JS: Yeah, the Gold Bike I built for my buddy Norman and a Trike I just � nished for him will be on display at the Bu� alo Chip Crossroads. � ey’re both awesome machines and he really likes to have them where people can see and appreciate them.
� e Gold Bike took top honors in the 2015 Hot Bike Tour and the Trike just took second in Arizona.
SRD: Did you say you built a trike? JS: Look, all these guys have done trikes and I
wanted to build one in my life, just to shut every-one up. Remember Russ Mitchell’s trike? If I hadn’t seen that trike I would never have thought you could build a cool trike, but Russ’s inspired this one. It’s a radical bagger trike with no fend-ers. It took a year to build — and I never want to build another one.
Keep your eyes peeled for a stunning cream and black Softail cruising around during the rally — it might be John out enjoying himself. S top by the CrossRoads to see two top-notch Shope customs — including what might very well be the only Shope trike ever built!
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Film takes needed to shoot the 65-foot motorcycle jump in The Great Escape1
Steve McQueen got the credit but racer and Hollywood stuntman Bud Ekins did the jump. Ekins is also considered the father of motocross. His friendship with McQueen led to Ekins playing McQueen’s stunt double more than once.
As the founder of America’s Mighty Warriors, Debbie Lee has lived an especially impas-sioned life since her son Marc became the
� rst Navy SEAL to be killed in Iraq on August 2, 2006. In Marc’s last letter home, he asked for friends and family to “pass on the love and kindness and precious gift of human life.” His mother has
spent the last 10 years doing just that in tribute to her son, America’s fallen soldiers and their families.
America’s Mighty Warriors works to educate the public to value the sacri� ces our soldiers make to preserve our freedoms by giving voice to the strug-gles they’ve faced and by supporting their fami-lies. � rough Random Acts of Kindness, Helping Heroes Heal, and Gold Star Resiliency & Respite, Debbie strives to make sure no military veteran is forgotten or left unaided.
Debbie is a past recipient of a Bob Hanson Distinguished Service Award and she speaks pas-sionately about the honor due military personnel. Robin Andersen, the organization’s director for the Helping Heroes Heal Program, is being honored with a Hanson Award this year. Robin speaks about the signs and symptoms of PTS and TBI, and their e� ect on the warrior and the family.
Speak with Debbie and learn more about the e� orts and success stories of America’s Mighty War-riors at the Bu� alo Chip CrossRoads and www.americasmightywarriors.org.
Tiger training conservationist and exotic animal expert Dan Stockdale is on a mission to edu-cate people about the plight of endangered spe-
cies — and never has education been more fun! Because Stockdale is bringing his World Nature Coalition road show to the Bu� alo Chip CrossRoads, complete with live baby animals and equally live painted Nature Girls.
“Most people have no idea about how precarious things are for some animals around the globe,” said Stockdale. “One hundred years ago there were 100,000 tigers in the wild, now there are only 3,000.”
Stockdale has developed a novel way of reaching out to create awareness of the situation. He travels with an artist who paints the Nature Girls each day to match the animals they’re handling. Visitors are encouraged to step in for a picture and make a donation to the WNC. Ani-mals on hand include a python, squirrel monkey, baby alligator, kangaroo and tiger cub. (� e tiger cub will be shown on a limited basis.)
� e Nature Girls will be painted in di� erent animal designs each day so you’ll want to stop in at the WNC booth more than once. � ink of the World Nature Coalition as a United Way for Mother Nature – with a Las Vegas � air for the dramatic!
Chris Cox, founder of Bikers For Trump, � g-ured the next big biker event was Sturgis, so he headed west after the Cleveland convention. We sat down with him for a few minutes.
SRD: FOX and CNN interviewed you during the convention in Cleveland. How’d this movement get started?
CC: I started last August taking the political temperature. People were telling me I was crazy, that bikers don’t vote. I knew that bikers were very well organized locally, but nationally they struggled.
I threw my � rst rally in Virginia Beach and a couple hundred people showed up — and it’s grown from there. I write a decent press release and when I get the media to turn out I can turn chicken crap into chicken salad.
SRD: How do you explain Bikers For Trump?CC: Bikers are citizen crusaders from all walks
of life. If they’re not raising money to put a roof on the house of a veteran, then they’re raising awareness of important causes. � ere’s a biker organization for about every good cause under the sun. So what better cause is there than to get our country back on track?
SRD: And you’re also reaching out to military vet-erans?
CC: � e veteran is the backbone of the motor-cycle community and has been since World War II. � at’s why they’re so patriotic. I can’t � nd any other demographic for Trump that can pull together a big rally when Trump isn’t even in the state! � at’s our hallmark; we can go into an area and in a short time get 250 to 1,000 bikers to come out.
SRD: Were you at Rolling � under this year when
Trump spoke?CC: Yes. � at was a big springboard for us. Ted
Spock from Rolling � under reached out to me last May.
SRD: Are bikers as a rule politically active?CC: � at’s what we’re hoping for with Bikers
For Trump, that we’ll have a lobbying presence. We are going to have a direct friendship with
the White House in the event that Trump wins. Our whole premise is: We don’t care who gets the credit as long as the job gets done.
SRD: What do you think about protestors and the negative actions in some places?
CC: � e last thing I want is for any negativity. Our code of conduct on our website says we don’t condone violence. We’ve been asked to show up to incite trouble, but we won’t do that. � e biker is not a protestor, he’s a patriot. It’s not the image we want.
SRD: And after Sturgis?CC: I’m putting together four or � ve rallies
now for Florida, then in September I’ll be in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. I watch for anything the press might use to turn the narra-
tive around. � at’s why I like to work with guys who have a really strong reputation and founda-tion such as the Patriot Guard guys.
SRD: Is this your � rst time at the Chip?CC: Yes, and it’s been enchanting! I’ve met a lot
of really nice people. One of them is Mark who’s been coming here for years. He got a Bikers for Trump tattoo on his arm yesterday!
SRD: What do you ride?CC: I don’t have a bike right now. I’ve been liv-
ing like a nomad since I started Bikers For Trump. Between rallies I stop and do some of my chain-saw art, then sell enough to keep on going.
When I got to the Chip, Woody loaned me his Fat Boy. � e way I look at it, I’m on the sled of a legend!
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� e Bu� alo Chip’s ubiquitous Rod “Woody” Woodru� loves to meet campers. He roams far and wide at the Chip, so keep your eyes peeled for his smiling face and say hello. And if you want to win classic Chip merch, also look for Woody in the pages of the Sturgis Rider Daily. Each day there’s a di� erent Woody caricature hidden in a photo of an event or location he especially recom-mends. � e � rst three campers or visitors who report their � nd to the Chamber of Commerce/Rally Info Center at the Chip Cross-roads win a prize. And don’t forget to take note of where Woody is hiding out, because that’s de� nitely the place to be.
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Mark, a longtime camper from Ohio, got this tattoo at Jazzy Jeff’s the day after he met Chris Cox at the CrossRoads Big Engine Bar.
Sparks ignited � ame when Reverend Horton Heat took the Wolfman Jack stage last night. These guys look like they’re having so much fun it’s contagious. Their singular sound with its rockabilly sensibility resonates with fans of blues, country, rock and apparently all of those genres as mixed by the Rev.
People don’t think much about � rst respond-ers and emergency services — until we need them. � at’s why having plans in place to
deal with the unexpected is so important. As the Bu� alo Chip grew into a venue that
drew thousands of reveling riders, concern for the safety of visitors also grew. Today the Chip has top-notch accident preparedness plans in place. � ere’s a full complement of professional emer-gency services on site, including emergency medi-cal technicians and security, who work in tandem with Sturgis city and Meade County o� cials.
Jerry Davidson has been running the Chip’s emergency services department for 30 years.
“We started with a tent. Ed and I ran the gates, the medical, the security and ID check,” said Davidson. “Now there are separate department heads in all those areas.”
Davidson focuses on medical care, and he’s the law enforcement liaison for the Bu� alo Chip. He says his goal is to build and maintain good rela-tionships with law enforcement. “We don’t see law enforcement here much because we don’t have much trouble. � ey concentrate their forces other
places where they’re needed more.”� e Chip’s Fire and EMS station houses a small
emergency room, maintains a team of 14 and has site-wide dispatch service that can bring help in minutes, if not seconds. � ey’ve treated trauma, dehydration, diabetic seizures, cuts, sprains and more. � ere’s even been a baby delivered at the
Bu� alo Chip! Between August 5 and 10 they’ve treated more than 42 campers needing medical attention, from mundane to major.
� e department’s paramedic technicians have training at all levels, from basic to advanced, and help is available 24/7. � at’s a good thing if trou-ble happens. When a motorcycle was acciden-tally ridden o� the Wolfman Jack stage earlier this week, the Chip’s EMS and security teams brought their training to the fore.
Hank Rotten, the voice of the Chip, was on stage at the time and called for help immediately. “My hat is o� to our sta� ,” he said. “� ey did a wonderful job. � ey were there quickly and every-one cooperated well.”
Camper Paul Graf, a retired captain with the Calgary [Alberta, Canada] Fire Department, was at the edge of the stage, just inches from where the bike rolled o� . “Of course, seconds seem like min-utes in an emergency, but it was a good response, it was a fast response, it was a professional response,” he said. “Security cleared the area so there were no impediments, and they did everything right.”
And, he added, Chip announcer Hank Rotten
kept things calm. “He’s like Foghorn Leghorn! He’s the best ‘dispatch’ system out there!” said Graf.
Campers Kat and Chuck Lewis were in the pit, too. As � rst-time Chipsters and fans of Kid Rock they’d booked VIP for the week. “It was chaotic,” said Kat who was knocked to the ground and experienced a leg injury. “Initially we thought it was part of a stunt, part of an act!”
Chuck, who’d instinctively pushed Kat to the side, said, “It was an accident and it happened, and the response from the Chip and the paramed-ics was good. � ey were right there, and Woody was, too. I don’t have any complaints about that at all.”
“Here’s my thing,” added Kat. “Now that I’m swollen I can’t wear my really cute out� t for Miranda! I was gonna look hot!” to which Chuck responded, “You already are!”
Bottom line: nobody wants to be involved in an accident — but they happen anyway. Fortu-nately, for those unwittingly sidelined by mishaps, the Chip has well-trained, caring people standing at the ready 24/7 to help. If you need them all you have to do is call: 605-720-8857.
AT THE READY FOR ANY MISHAPChip’s emergency services are here for you
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