More than 250 riders on mildly powered scooters will soon be thundering – quietly, of course – in cold rain and desert heat across thousands of miles, eight states in eight days, in the 2025 Scooter Cannonball rally in June.
Veteran and rookie riders have signed up for the 11th Scooter Cannonball, a checkpoint-loaded, point-based event starting June 22 in Seaside, Oregon, and ending June 29 in South Padre Island, Texas.
Just who are these people? Why do they do it?
“A big part of it is, you've got something to prove,” says Brook Dain, a seasoned rider. “You want to prove to yourself you can do it. It's a formidable task to ride a scooter across America."
Though the event isn't a race, as organizers remind us, it is a ride of nearly 4,000 miles aboard 10- to 24-horsepower scooters, machines better suited for a quick trip to the market than an exhausting dash across the country.
