BMX world champion biker and motivational speaker Kevin Robinson – better known as K-Rob – has been making an impact on the students in Cranston, one school at a time.

He’s appeared at several of the elementary schools in the city in past weeks, most recently spending time at Arlington and Glen Hills elementary schools on Friday last week.

Robinson is a five-time gold medal X Games champion, and has won a total of 10 medals. However, his message to the students was not about winning awards, but how to treat people with kindness and respect, changing the world one good interaction at a time, and working hard to set and achieve goals despite any obstacles that might get in the way.

Robinson did much of his presentation from his bicycle, keeping the students and the staff engaged throughout the hour-long show peppered with video clips of his amazing stunts.

Robinson explained the secret to his success as rooted in the acronym “TRICK” – which stands for teamwork, respect, inspiration, confidence, and kindness – and he uses real-life examples to show the students how to weave it into their lives as well.

“It’s not OK to bully, it’s not OK to treat people so mean that it changes who they are,” he said. “If you say one nice thing to someone, it makes them and everyone around them smile. You need to treat people the way that you want to be treated, and you need to remember that people will remember you for how you have treated them.”

Robinson’s tricks included the Boomerang, the Bunny Hop, the Infinity Roll, and the Surfer, as well as some stunning jumps over multiple willing teacher and student volunteers who lay very still on the floor as he took off from the school lobby, jumping his bike across them and landing skillfully on the other side.

His messages of kindness towards others and working hard to achieve goals filled his presentation, and was reflected in the stories of his own kind acts towards others that he told.

“Those medals aren’t what we live for,” he said. “It’s that feeling of success when you’ve done something that you’ve worked hard at for the very first time. That’s what we live for. We live for that moment, and no amount of money, no amount of medals or awards can take that moment away from us.”

For more information about Robinson and his school assemblies, visit schoolassemblyprogram.com.