Wasted Trails 4x4 magazine 1st Edition | Page 36

Future Lady Rock Bouncer

Anna Cashon came from a past of four-wheeling and off-roading . She was about 4 years old when her “ hot ” pink “ Barbie Jeep ”, was the beginning . Older and graduating to an old Yamaha 350 four-wheeler too big for her size , then a hand-me-down Honda XR 80 dirt bike from her big brother , and then her first trail ride . That first ride was in a mildly lifted Jeep on Aetna Mountain in Tennessee . She been a customed to dirt bikes , four wheelers and even doing a few doughnuts in her Dad ’ s old Dodge Ram , but nothing of this nature . After hitting some ruts , straddling some holes , climbing a couple of rock ledges , meeting new people , and enjoying time with friends , she was hooked and had to have a Rig .
Her rig is a black 1990 Jeep Cherokee XJ with 4 ½ inches of lift , rolling on 33 TSL Super Swampers , with plans for a much bigger build in the near future . Off-roading has been what her weekends have consisted of for the last couple of years , traveling to the Southern Rock Racing Series events , and trail riding at local fourwheel ing places .
Always being around buggys ,
the real meaning of a “ rock
bouncer ” didn ’ t set in until her
first Southern Rock Racing Series
event in Summertown , Tennessee .
Along with her boyfriend and some
friends , they made the trek from
Georgia , expecting a couple of
hill climbs and a roll over or two .
Boy were they in for a Surprise !
Screamin ’ Blue , the Hitman , Hillbilly
Deluxe , the John Deer buggy , with
their 500 + horsepower engines
roaring as they came flying past the
crowd , one by one hitting the first
hill called “ flipper .” After the first
buggy hit the hill with no hesitation
at a high speed , it was love at first
sight . This was NOT rock crawling , and she loved it . Don ’ t let the “ Pretty Face ” fool you , Anna has high hopes of
building a Rock Bouncer and beginning her dream of Rock Racing , and in her words , “ I ’ m not like the other girls …
there is no other place I would rather be than on the trails . It ’ s what I love .”
36 / WASTED TRAILS MAY 2013