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Hall Of Famer, Off-Road Riding
Advocate Ed Waldheim Passes
A
MA Motorcycle Hall of Famer
and lifelong off-road riding
advocate Ed Waldheim passed
away Monday, December 9.
Waldheim was inducted into
the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame
in 2007 for his ongoing dedica-
tion to the riding community and
his tireless efforts to secure,
maintain and expand off-road
riding opportunities in his home
state of California.
"Ed Waldheim was an ex-
tremely passionate advocate for
the rights of off-highway vehicle
enthusiasts," AMA President and
CEO Rob Dingman said. "He was
a dedicated volunteer and relent-
less defender of off-highway
vehicle use of our public lands."
Waldheim began his involve-
ment in motorcycling as an
off-road racer. He later moved
into helping organize races and
ultimately into off-highway vehicle
advocacy. Waldheim was presi-
dent of the California Off-Road
Vehicle Association (CORVA) and
was appointed to the California
Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recre-
ation Commission by two gover-
nors and served multiple terms.
He won numerous awards
for his advocacy on behalf of all
off-road enthusiasts, including
the prestigious AMA Motorcycling
Advocate Award, the Golden Hel-
met Award from the Off-Highway
Motor Vehicle Division of Califor-
nia's Department of Parks and
Recreation and the Off-Roader
of the Year from the California
Off-Road Vehicle Association.
The main building at the Hungry
Valley State Vehicular Recreation
Area is named in his honor.
Nationally, the U.S. Bureau of
Land Management awarded him
its Volunteer of the Year award.
Under Mr. Waldheim's lead-
ership, CORVA membership
tripled and the association has
maintained a leading position in
advocacy and education of off-
roading.
The Waldheim family is plan-
ning a celebration of his life for
mid-January.
To learn more about Ed Wald-
heim, visit. CN
Ed Waldheim,
an AMA Hall
of Famer and
long-time off-
road advocate
in California,
passed away.
PHOTO: AMA