Drift Like

My dad and I were always into RC cars. I’ve been doing RC stuff with him for as long as I can remember. Then one day my dad bought me a go-kart, and that was pretty much it for me.

As a kid, there was nothing better than finishing school and knowing I was going home to ride my go-kart with my dad. Those are some of my favorite memories growing up.

My dad passed away about 3 years ago, and that was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever had to deal with.

For the first year and a half or two after he passed, I got really into RC drifting. Honestly, I think it helped me a lot with grieving. It brought me back to something that reminded me of him and gave me something to focus on.

Eventually I stepped away from RC drifting. The tracks were just too far from where I lived, and it was taking up a lot of time driving back and forth. At that point in my life, I didn’t want to keep taking that time away from my daughters and my family.

A little later, a few of my close friends and I got really into e-bikes. One of my buddies used to go-kart a lot back in the day, and he ended up converting one of his old gas go-karts into an electric kart. And of course… that made me want another go-kart.

A few of us have always been into drifting, whether we were actually drifting or just talking about how we wanted to learn someday. We already knew about drift karts, and the more we talked about it, the more we thought, “Man, we should really do this.”

So I ordered a few karts. Then a few more. And somehow that turned into Kart Boys.

What started as something I thought would just be fun for us has turned into something I really want to build for other families too. We’re going to have drift go-karts and RC drifting, but the bigger idea behind Kart Boys is pretty simple.

I want a 7-year-old kid to be able to come in and learn how to drift, while their older brother or sister is out there, and their parents are getting sideways right next to them.

I want kids to have the same feeling I had when I was growing up — getting out of school, going home, and having something fun to look forward to with their dad.

I got to have those memories with my dad. Now I want to make those kinds of memories with my daughters, and hopefully give other families a place to make theirs too.

That’s really what Kart Boys is about for me. It’s about drifting, RCs, go-karts, and having a good time. But more than anything, it’s about family, friends, and making memories that hopefully stick with you forever.