Wanted to share a little story. I recently received a note from an American Soldier in Iraq who said he had a gift for me. I receive pictures and stories from our troops all the time so I figured it was some more pictures, which, for now, it was. And below are thumbnails to these pictures (click to enlarge). Ronnie Webber, a soldier in the Bravo Battery Bandits 1-148th Field Artillery in FOB Prosperity, Baghdad, Iraq procured me and Team Thunderstruck one of the coolest gifts I have ever received (well, Ronnie hopes to present it to all the riders at one of our premieres of TSX this fall)!! He is giving us a US FLAG, the symbol of FREEDOM and RESOLVE of the United States, that was flown over their unit and base in Baghdad on January 1st, 2011! A flag that actually flew over our troops is coming home to Thunderstruck! I have to say I am thankful to Ronnie and his unit from the bottom of my heart and we will be forever indebted to you in more ways than one! Thank you Ronnie and buddies and PLEASE return home safe so you can present all the riders of Thunderstruck this flag! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
In other cool Thunderstruck news, I wanted to thank rider RANDY SWENSON and all of the Thunderstruck Riders for making amazingly generous donations to further our sport. Unbeknownst to most, Thunderstruck Films donates tens of thousands of dollars in cash and products to hundreds of Companies, Snowmobile Clubs, Riding Clubs, Government Organizations and Non-Profits all around the world! Well one of these organizations, the Canadian Avalanche Center, released a statement regarding its donors and I am proud to say Randy Swenson put Thunderstruck on the list as one of the NUMBER 1 donors to the CAC!! WOW, thank you Randy! We all know what an amazing job the CAC does and we appreciate it (and all the avalanche centers) for their unending job keeping us safe in the backcountry! Check out Randy’s amazing stats here and also I must thank Kathy Burke and the Revelstoke Snowmobile Club for her unending support of our sport and for helping Thunderstruck and the CAC!!
– February 17, 2010