Riders in the Sturgis Buffalo Chip®’s signature Legends Ride® cheered Monday as Black Hills Special Olympics President, Jack Lynass, and Buffalo Chip President, Rod Woodruff, burned the note on a van purchased with Legends Ride donations. The van is used to transport Special Olympics athletes to events and training sessions. Some of the biggest names in television, film, music and motorcycling joined hundreds of riders from around the globe for the annual ride through the scenic Northern Black Hills that raises money for two local charities, Black Hills Special Olympics and the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame. After six consecutive sell-out years, the ride has raised more than $325,000 for charity.
“The Legends Ride is a chance to meet and ride with some of the most well-known people in motorcycling,” said Rod Woodruff, Sturgis Buffalo Chip CEO. “But it was created primarily as a way to raise money for these very worthy charities. Burning the note on the van for Special Olympics should make every Legends Rider very proud. Everyone who has taken part and paid the rider fee helped to make this possible.”
Hundreds of Legends Riders gathered on Deadwood’s Main Street yesterday afternoon August 4th in Deadwood, SD to take part in the auction of the 2014 Buffalo Chip Student Build Challenge™ bike. The bike a fully customized 2014 Harley-Davidson® Street Glide built by Sturgis Brown High School students under the instruction of industry veterans. The winning bid of $51,000 was accepted in support of the Legends Ride and its charities.
Frank Fritz, of History Channel’s “American Pickers,” was a fan favorites at the ride today. Members of the Zac Brown Band attended, signing autographs and riding new Victory motorcycles on the ride. Kristy Swanson, David Uhl, R. Lee “Gunny” Ermey, John Shope, Cory and Zach Ness; and Olympic bronze medalist, Lloyd Eisler, also joined the ride. The ride departed from Deadwood’s Main Street at 2:30 p.m. and led participants through the most scenic areas of the fabled Black Hills. The ride culminated at the Buffalo Chip with a private catered reception and pre-concert party.
The Buffalo Chip’s Legends Ride has been featured on CMT, the National Geographic Channel, the Tonight Show, FX Network, Funny or Die and the Travel Channel, as well as countless print, online and newspaper articles. For more information or to purchase tickets for the 2015 Legends Ride call 605-347-9000 (all photos @ Onno Wieringa For Cyril Huze
Industry-leading corporations throughout the United States provide support for the Ride that Rocks!™ Their support allows for 100 percent of riders’ contributions to be donated directly to the Black Hills Special Olympics and Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame. Special thanks to presenting sponsors Adventure Power, AMSOIL, Budweiser, Black Hills Harley-Davidson, Deadwood
Chamber, Epiphone, GEICO Motorcycle, Hot Leathers, Kinetik Audio, Pepsi, Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys, Silverado Franklin Hotel & Casino and Victory Motorcycles for supporting the 2014 Legends Ride!
