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With a CV that ranges from stuntman and stock car driver to pyrotechnician, Jody Hooker has had more than his fair share of tumbles. Add big-wave surfer, steel worker, rally circuit crewman, creator, and rider of off-the-wall motorcycles to the inventory and you get the picture — this is someone who fully embraces his wild streak.
Surfing, Jody says, was where he learned to conquer his fear: “Out on a big wave, if you hesitate you’re stuffed. You can’t wait for later; you have to do it now.”
A business begins
These days, Jody channels that fearless spirit into custom-building dream rides for bikers who like to express themselves. The first bike he made for himself was cobbled together from whatever he could find in his shed. He hand built the frame and used dumb-bell weights for peg mounts, a knuckleduster for a kick pedal, chains for handlebars, upcycled stock car con rods as levers, and an old piece of leather for the saddle.
“I called it ‘White Trash’. It was a hardtail with
