Due to his gymnastic and public speaking skills, Ron spent several summers traveling the USA as the Director of summer cheerleading camps. His coaching skills led him to an invitation to coach the USA Olympic development gymnastic team. He carried those skills to his love of snow skiing. He was soon hired as an instructor to prepare for the professional freestyle skiing circuit.
That dream ended when the Western USA had no snow for most of the winter! Ron later went on to race motocross (motorcycles on dirt) in addition to his other sports interests. As an avid outdoorsman from youth, he was a trained and certified firearms enthusiast at the age of 14 and spent decades enjoying hunting and fishing with his family and friends.
Other favorite sports include snowboarding, water skiing, golf, rock climbing, and bicycling (street and mountain).
While living in what some consider 'the wildland fire capital of the world' (Shasta County, California), Ron served many years as a volunteer firefighter, both medical and firefighting, doing what he considered one of the most fulfilling experiences of his life. Once embedded, those skills, and the duty to act, never truly leave one who has served in that capacity. Don't be surprised if you see Ron running toward trouble while others are heading the other way...
