Gophers and Cheese

You might be noticing a pattern... I attended Mama Tried six times (2015-2018 & 2024-2025) and 4 of those years I also attended Flat Out Friday .  I took all the photos from those two events as well as all the pre-parties, after-parties, and ice-riding events that I attended and put them into "ambient" (audio-free) photo slideshows you can find on  my YouTube channel .

Lots more photos from Flat Out Friday  2024 in Milwaukee...

I spent most of Friday sightseeing, visiting a few of Milwaukee's museums and the Public Market.  In the evening, I headed to the Fiserv Forum for Flat Out Friday . I didn't have any special access to the events this year so I spent a little extra for a front row seat and it was totally worth it.  I had a fantastic view of the racing.

The Pre-Party for Mama Tried and Flat Out Friday kicked off Thursday at the Harley-Davidson Museum with Boonie Bike racing.  Thanks to the announcer and the guys running the event, it was also like attending a stand-up comedy show.  It was really fun to watch.

Flat Out Friday returned in 2017 for a second year of good old-fashioned fun and mayhem.

2016 was the very first year of Flat Out Friday at Mama Tried .  Here are over 250 photos from the mains including a bunch of crash sequences.  Can a blogpost hold over 250 photos?  We're gonna find out together.

Back in 2016 & 2017, a lot of my photos from  Mama Tried and Flat Out Friday were included in a pair of ChopCult features.  It was pretty cool. So why am I am posting photos now (7-8 years later)?  Three reasons: (1) The 10th year of Mama Tried is this coming weekend (Feb 24-25, 2024) and I'm excited, (2) ChopCult re-platformed their website and all the old features I wrote and the photo galleries are gone ( click here for more info ), and (3) I took WAY more photos at these events than ChopCult wanted to use and I want to (finally) share them as we lead up to this year's show. We'll start with Friday, February 19th, 2016.  I had a press pass so I got a bit of a sneak preview during set up.  This was truly the calm before the storm.

One last post from Flat Out Friday 2018 and then we'll get onto the big show.  I''ll start with a center-track, almost-up-the-nose selfie.

More Flat Out Friday 2018 photos!!!  It was a fantastic experience taking photos from inside the track.

Flat Out Friday 2019 is only a few days away and it's an awesome way to kick off the Mama Tried Motorcycle Show .  Here are a bunch of photos from last year!... starting with a birdhouse.