Mototherapy in the world

sara rigante

Mototherapy has been conceived 10 years ago by the freestyle champion Vanni Oddera and continued by all members of DaBoot. It consists of acrobatic motocross shows where people affected by different disabilities and illness can experience a bike ride. The performance of these athletes is stunning and beyond ordinary, but even more stunning is to see the participants’ face lighting up when the first bike flies meters above their heads or when they finally have the chance to be with the riders. I have witnessed that nothing stops the freestylers to bring anyone on the bike. They are so much experienced that even adults sitting in a wheelchair or babies can safely enjoy the experience. They truly are superheroes: because they fly and because they bring such smiles and emotions where pain is a daily pill to swallow. Vanni and DaBoot also bring the mototherapy into hospitals, where with electrical motorbikes they reach kids affected by cancer and other diseases which do not allow them to get out. Being a rider myself (even though not a freestyler) I was proud to wear my mx gear and I hope I could contribute more and more to this truly meaningful initiative.