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FOCUS PSB Snow 18 • September 6, 2016 • Powersports Business www.PowersportsBusiness.com Tucker Hibbert fans raise more than $10,000 for Make-A-Wish BY LIZ KEENER MANAGING EDITOR In January 2015, Tucker Hibbert and Arctic Cat teamed up to give Nick, a 14-year-old leukemia patient, a 2015 ZR 6000 Tucker Hibbert Race Replica snowmobile, granting his wish through Make-A-Wish Minnesota. Hibbert, a 14-time X Games medalist and 10-time snocross cham- pion, and Nick then broke in the sled before the AMSOIL Championship Snocross race at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minnesota. That experience left an impact on Hibbert, so in early August he put away his snowmo- biles and motocross bikes and traded them in for some sneakers and a bright green T-shirt. Hibbert gathered a team of more than 200 sup- porters to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Minnesota Walk for Wishes. "Through the experience of granting Nick's wish, we just got to be involved with Make- A-Wish Minnesota … and got to see what they were all about. They really motivated us and inspired us to try to help out more and get more involved, so that's basically the reason why we're here today doing the Walk for Wishes event — to try to raise some money and make it possible for more kids' wishes to be granted," Hibbert t o l d P o w e r s p o r t s B u s i n e s s a t t h e Aug. 6 event. For a $20 dona- tion, fans could reg- ister for the walk, where they could meet Hibbert, and they received a Team 68 T-shirt. Arctic Cat donated the T-shirts, s o a l l d o n a t i o n s could go directly t o M a k e - A - Wi s h Minnesota. I t d i d n 't t a k e long for donations to come pouring in, with Team 68 quickly exceeding its $6,800 goal to become the top fundraising team at the event. A total of $10,132 was raised for the walk. "We've exceeded our goal for sure. We started out with a goal of raising $6,800, and that's roughly the average cost of granting a kid's wish, so we wanted to start out with that goal and make it possible for a wish to be granted. We're really excited that everyone's just willing to step up and support and join our team and donate to Make-A-Wish, and we've raised over $10,000 now," Hibbert reported. Though about half of those who donated joined Hibbert on the 5K walk/run, even more from all over the country pitched in to help Make-A-Wish Minnesota. "We've got fans from all over, and to see those people step up and donate, even though they're from different states and not able to make it to the event today, they just want to be No snow? Team 68 goes for a walk See Hibbert, Page 19 Tucker Hibbert signs Team 68 T-shirts for those walking with his group at the Walk for Wishes.