Doug Henry

Doug Henry will be down at Libby’s in New Haven, CT doing autographs and hanging out for their open house from 1PM to 3PM. Stop down, say hi, and get an autograph from Doug while checking out the huge selection at Libby’s.

For a limited time we are giving away these custom Doug Henry Die-Cut Stickers.  Every purchase gets a sticker that are over 5″ across.

These will only be available for a limited time and only with a purchase of HEAL Clothing.

Doug Henry was out at Pala Raceway for the Annual A Day in the Dirt race.  VitalMX put together this great video that shows the amazing heart and determination Doug possesses.  They couldn’t have picked a better title for their video!

Inspire: Doug Henry – More Motocross Videos

This speaks for itself.

It’s back for the 14th time and returning to Pala Raceway is the annual “A Day in the Dirt” Moto GP! If you are one of the lucky ones to escape your families for the holidays and hit the race track, make sure you don’t miss this. Unique race formats and tons of pros hanging out for the weekend where everyone is part of the fun. You might even see one of the HEAL riders out at the track that weekend. Here is a quick video from the guys at TLD getting some things painted for the raceday.

Here is the press release for Doug Henry’s wrap up to racing at the Extremity Games 6!

Photo credit: Stefan Georgiev of MotocrossVeteran.com.

Doug Henry Smiling Big!

Torrington, Conn. – After rolling away with a 1st place finish in the combined adaptive event and a 2nd place in the limb difference adaptive event, Doug Henry could do nothing but smile with his results of  his comeback to competetive motocross racing!

“I want to thank Baja Acres and the Extremity Games for putting on an awesome event!” said Doug at the end of racing this weekend.  “Also, thanks to my family, friends, sponsors, and all the truly amazing riders for this opportunity to come back to race again.  Can’t wait to do it again!”

Doug would also like to thank everyone for the support that made this possible: Yamaha, Planet Fitness, Monster Energy, Fab-U-This, Troy Lee Designs, Scott Goggles, Dunlop Tires, E&E Tool, Heal Clothing, Rekluse, Factory Connection, Chug’s Performance, GYTR, and Alpinestar.

To find out more on Extremity Games, please visit http://www.extremitygames.com or http://bajaacres.com/events/extremity-games-baja-blast/.

About the Extremity Games:

Extremity Games, organized by Athletes with Disabilities Network, is an extreme sports event including competitions, instructional clinics and exhibitions for individuals living with limb loss or limb difference.  Organized to raise awareness of the abilities of athletes with limb loss or limb difference to compete in extreme sports, Extremity Games allows participants to demonstrate skill, persistence and passion while competing for cash and other prizes.  You can brace a limb, replace a limb, but There is No Replacement for the Competitive Spirit™. For more information, visit www.extremitygames.com

Here is the Press Release for Doug Henry racing at this years Extremity Games Motocross Race.

NEWS RELEASE

Doug Henry to compete at the Extremity Games 6 in Millington, MI

Torrington, Conn. – Doug Henry will be competing at this years Extremity Games 6 Motocross being held at Baja Acres in Millington, MI on May 28, 2011.  Doug is a 4 time AMA Champion as well as a 4 time X Games medal winner.

With the help of his main sponsors Yamaha, Planet Fitness, and Monster Eneregy, Doug will return to motocross racing at the Extremity Games event taking place this Memorial Day Weekend.

“This will be my first time racing competitively in motocross since my crash in 2007.  I’m really looking forward to this event, but mostly for the chance just to hang out and ride with all of the other incredible athletes.  It is going to be a great weekend at the Extremity Games.” said Doug discussing his thoughts on the Extremity Games.

To find out more on Extremity Games, please visit http://www.extremitygames.com or http://bajaacres.com/events/extremity-games-baja-blast/.

About the Extremity Games:

Extremity Games, organized by Athletes with Disabilities Network, is an extreme sports event including competitions, instructional clinics and exhibitions for individuals living with limb loss or limb difference.  Organized to raise awareness of the abilities of athletes with limb loss or limb difference to compete in extreme sports, Extremity Games allows participants to demonstrate skill, persistence and passion while competing for cash and other prizes.  You can brace a limb, replace a limb, but There is No Replacement for the Competitive Spirit™. For more information, visit www.extremitygames.com

Once again Mike Schultz and Doug Henry will be competing at the Winter X Games in Aspen, CO. This Sunday, January 30th, you can watch as they both compete in the adaptive snocross race. Mike and Doug both won medals last year with Mike taking home Gold and Doug bringing in the Bronze. “Monster” Mike Schultz has been very competitive in the adaptive sports since the lost of his leg from the knee down, winning many extremity games events and also winning Gold this past summer in the X Games Adaptive Motox race. He has gone on to build an amazing prostethic leg that allows him to be aggressive in his goals of racing both motocross and snocross. Doug is a former AMA champion and one of the few paraplegic athletes to compete in this event. Both have an amazing amount of heart and determination to not be held back by something that would otherwise cause people to quite at many things in life. Make sure to watch the Winters X Games and show some support for these two amazing athletes.

Heres a quick video of Doug Henry practicing for the games at his home track in CT.

Here is the official press release for Doug Henry competing in this years Winter X Games.

Planet Fitness sponsors paralyzed athlete

Snow cross racer Doug Henry chases medal in Winter X Games

NEWINGTON, N.H. – Planet Fitness, the gym franchise known for its Judgement Free Zone® and friendly prices, is sponsoring snow cross racer Doug Henry in the upcoming Winter X Games competition.

Henry, a three-time national champion in motocross who was paralyzed in a racing accident in 2007, captured a Bronze Medal at last year’s Winter X Games in the adaptive super cross snowmobile competition.

He will compete in the same event at the 2011 Winter X Games, which take place Jan. 27-30 in Aspen, Colo. The event will be televised on ESPN.

“I don’t think anything makes me feel as good as riding,” Henry says. “Since my injury, I’ve learned to focus on the things that I have, and not on the things that I no longer have. Through the X Games and the support of sponsors like Planet Fitness, I’m able to keep doing the things I love. I’m grateful for this opportunity.”

To prepare for the Games, Henry has been working out several times a week at a Planet Fitness gym near his Connecticut home.

About Planet Fitness

Planet Fitness consisted of four gyms in New Hampshire when it began franchising in 2003. Today the company has a national footprint – 400 locations in 40 states, more than 2.3 million members, and ad campaigns that air on national TV networks, as well as on the “Imus in the Morning” radio show and Fox Business Channel. The company recently created a free App that lets iPhone users turn their friends into “Lunks” and invite them to join the gym nearby via GPS, and even trigger a Lunk Alarm.® It can be downloaded here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lunkinator/id399857015?mt=8.

For more information, contact John Craig at john.craig@planetfitness.com.

Doug Henry Interview from DB Studios on Vimeo.

Now here is a fan.  This person posted a picture on the Doug Henry facebook fan page of a tattoo they got of our first t shirt we did for Doug.  It was the first of the Heart series with the statement “This Will Never Break” on it.  That is to symbolize the amount of heart, determination, and passion Doug has for life in general.  No matter what is put in front of him there is nothing that will stop him from pursuing what he enjoys most.  

To the ultimate Doug Henry fan we say Thank You for using our design to show your support of the peoples champion of motocross!

HEAL Clothing and Doug Henry have teamed up to bring you a special VIP package for the AMA Lucas Oil Motocross Championship on August 28, 2010 at Southwick MX 338.  Below is the press release.  With the purchase of this limited edition T-Shirt you get some great special perks for the race if you attend.  Check out the Henry Highway Shirt here.  Only the first 50 sold get the VIP package and 100% of the proceeds are being donated to the Road 2 Recovery!

For Immediate Release

 SOUTHWICK PRO MX RACE & HEAL CLOTHING HONORS DOUG HENRY

Legendary AMA Hall of Famer Recognized with Track Naming & Clothing with a Cause:

Proceeds to Benefit Injured Extreme Athletes

 Monroe, CT (Press Release) 16, August 2010 -  HEAL Clothing (Helping Extreme Athletes Live) and Southwick MX-338 are teaming up to bring you a special offer to watch the AMA Lucas Oil Motocross Championship race at Southwick with Doug Henry on Saturday, August 28^th beginning at 7:00 a.m.EST.  Southwick is naming a section of their famous sand track after the AMA Hall of Fame member Doug Henry.  To celebrate this unveiling at the race, HEAL has made a limited edition t-shirt with the track sections logo and name on it HEAL Clothing’s online store.

 The purchase of this shirt at the VIP price of $75, will allow attendees the opportunity to watch the racing in a private area along the newly named part of the track honoring the legendary Doug Henry.  Henry will be available for photo and autographs in the special area.  Food and beverage provided by Great Brook Farms will be served in a covered area that only people that have purchased a VIP shirt package can enter. 

 “I’m looking forward to being in an intimate setting to watch the race with fans for the first two motos of the pro races.  I’m humbled by the honor Southwick is providing, the fans going above and beyond to watch a sport they love,” said award-winning Doug Henry. 

 All the proceeds from the sales of these t-shirts will be donated to the Road 2 Recovery to help injured motocross athletes.  Shirts can be purchased through HEAL Clothing.

 About Doug Henry

Doug Henry is a multi AMA Champion in motocross/supercross as well as an X Games Gold Medalist.  Doug is known for his comeback after a career ending injury to win a championship and revolutionize the sport of Motocross by pioneering the 4-Stroke bike to be competitive in both motocross and supercross.

 About HEAL Clothing:

 HEAL (Helping Extreme Athletes Live) is an action sports apparel line that is based on providing donations to help injured action sports athletes with money raised in sales of their clothing.  HEAL donates to help non-profits that look after injured action sports athletes such as Road 2 Recovery and Athlete Recovery Fund.  

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In this months issue of Motorcyclist Magazine (Jan 2010) Doug Henry and HEAL Clothing are mentioned in a small story about Doug riding again.  They also used HEAL’s photo taken of Doug riding which is a nice plus as well!  Here is a photo of the page from the magazine but I suggest you get out and go pick up a copy.  I got mine from the local Stop and Shop so I am sure you can pick one up just minutes from your home. 

Nice write up and thanks to the guys over at Motorcyclist Magazine for the coverage on HEAL!!

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It is finally here!!!  The video of Doug Henry riding again.  After becoming paralyzed from the waist down in a supermoto accident Doug has built a bike with the help of many friends and sponsors for him to be able to ride again. Pictures were posted a few months ago of Doug riding and now we have a full video of him riding his motocross bike as well as his snowmobile.  The cage on the bike is to help if he were to crash since he is strapped into and onto the bike.

A man whose determination and heart is bigger than any of us could ever imagine.  There will be 2 new Doug shirts coming very soon as well from HEAL Clothing to help Doug by donating to the Road 2 Recovery.

Enjoy!Doug Henry shirts donate to Road 2 Recovery!! Click on image to purchase

Doug Henry 2009 from DB Studios on Vimeo.

Here is an interview done by DB studios of Doug Henry.  A look into his career of how he changed the world of Motocross and earned the title as the most determined MX racer to ever throw a leg over a bike.

Even if you are not a fan of Motocross or familiar with Doug Henry his story will inspire you and will continue to do so as he keeps pushing himself to this day.  

The full Doug riding again video is coming soon so check back for it shortly.  And we may have some very big news for the Doug fans as well in the coming weeks. 

Enjoy!

Doug Henry Interview from DB Studios on Vimeo.

Over this past weekend I had the chance to go up to the Henry Farm and go riding with Doug on his new hand controlled motocross bike.  The bike has thumb shifters, rekluse clutch, and rear brake where the clutch lever once was.  The bike itself is enclosed by a very custom roll cage to help protect Doug.  For anyone that is not familiar with who Doug Henry is he is a past Motocross Champion and due to an injury is paralyzed from the waist down.  

To say only after a few weeks of riding that Doug is fast would be an understatement.  He is flying on this thing and once he has it fully dialed in the way he wants it, it is going to get to be harder and harder for someone to keep up with him that isn’t an A class rider. 

Here are some pictures from the day and there will be more in the near future of riding with Doug that will be added. 

All photos are CR property of HEAL Clothing

Doug Henry was out at the X games this year doing commentary for the adaptive Moto X race, Supermoto race, and the Motox Race.  During the MotoX race ESPN showed Doug sitting in the booth with Ricky AKA The GOAT, and Doug was wearing a HEAL shirt.  Here is a quick photo of him sitting there with the shirt on.  HEALs first TV debut with hopefully many more to come.