7. How would Linda go back and spend the perfect day with Harry Leary? As kids... Poking - Big Stick

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2025-11-10

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7. “If you could go back and spend the day with Harry, before all of this BMX stuff, how would the two of you have had the perfect day?” - Question posed to Linda Leary Taylor, sister of BMX legend Harry Leary.

Linda shares that her and her brother used to enjoy joking around together. She reflects fondly on a funny time where she continued to hit him in the head with a stick while he was mowing their large front lawn - it took a long time but they had so much fun giggling and laughing together. 

We invite you to join us for this fun and amazingly insightful view into BMX great Harry Leary.

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So, if you could go back and spend a day with Harry as kids before all of this
with Harry as kids before all of this BMX stuff, how would you two have had
BMX stuff, how would you two have had the perfect day?
the perfect day? >> Probably. There's one memory that just
>> Probably. There's one memory that just stands out cuz we used to joke around
stands out cuz we used to joke around together all the time. There is a
together all the time. There is a picture of us.
picture of us. >> I remember it so vividly. We had a push
>> I remember it so vividly. We had a push lawn mower and it was not a motor. It
lawn mower and it was not a motor. It was it was an old
was it was an old >> push. We had a push. And so we had a
>> push. We had a push. And so we had a pretty good size front yard. So he was
pretty good size front yard. So he was pushing the lawn mower and I was walking
pushing the lawn mower and I was walking behind him with a big stick off of the
behind him with a big stick off of the tree and I kept hitting him in the head
tree and I kept hitting him in the head with it.
with it. >> And so it took forever to get that lawn
>> And so it took forever to get that lawn mowed. But the whole time we just played
mowed. But the whole time we just played around and giggled and laughed and so
around and giggled and laughed and so yeah, it was very fond memory because I
yeah, it was very fond memory because I could still see that vividly in my head.
could still see that vividly in my head. And this was probably way before he
And this was probably way before he started his BMX journey.

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