Urias family risks everything as motorcycle daredevils for Ringling Bros
May 30, 2011By William Kerns
A-J ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
The big misconception about circus people, says Erwin Urias - fourth-generation motorcycle daredevil for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus - is that, "Everyone thinks we're a bunch of odd transients, when the boring truth is that we are really normal."
Many circus families are well educated, with an advantage, in the Brazilian-born Urias' eyes, being an opportunity to live and work alongside family members.
The big misconception about circus people, says Erwin Urias - fourth-generation motorcycle daredevil for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus - is that, "Everyone thinks we're a bunch of odd transients, when the boring truth is that we are really normal."
Many circus families are well educated, with an advantage, in the Brazilian-born Urias' eyes, being an opportunity to live and work alongside family members.
Members of the Urias family of motorcycle daredevils are seen defying gravity, and barely missing collisions with one another, while driving motorcycles at high speeds inside what is referred to as the Globe of Death.Erwin, with brother Melvin, risks his life inside a globe which has, since their grandfather Joaquin invented it in 1912, been called the Cage of Death.
But Urias, 41, spoke first about circus life.
He and his wife, Jodie, travel with their two children: son Geovi, 10, and daughter Alyssa, 7.
"I find it fascinating," said Erwin, "to grow up again, only this time through the eyes of my children. Circus life is populated by such a diverse array of cultures. Ringling hires the very best from around the world, and one read the rest of the story at:http://lubbockonline.com/entertainment/2011-05-30/urias-family-risks-everything-motorcycle-daredevils-ringling-bros
But Urias, 41, spoke first about circus life.
He and his wife, Jodie, travel with their two children: son Geovi, 10, and daughter Alyssa, 7.
"I find it fascinating," said Erwin, "to grow up again, only this time through the eyes of my children. Circus life is populated by such a diverse array of cultures. Ringling hires the very best from around the world, and one read the rest of the story at:http://lubbockonline.com/entertainment/2011-05-30/urias-family-risks-everything-motorcycle-daredevils-ringling-bros
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