Boomer Sassmann
About pages are lame. I’ve never enjoyed working on a personal bio page. I’m perfectly fine with public speaking these days but for some reason, crafting a few paragraphs about who I am and what I do in my spare time just seems forced and awkward.
However, since this page is specifically a bio page, I’ll take a stab at it and probably spend too much time proofing this copy to make sure I don’t sound like a dork.
What do I do in my free time?
My “free time” is spent with my girlfriend, working on my 90 year old home, brewing beer, tinkering with motorcycles and trying not to injure myself in the process. Some of these interests/passions have sections of their own on this site. Others will be tucked away in a category or just not talked about online (sorry Audra).
Motorcycles
I purchased my first motorcycle at 20 having never sat on one before. I had never ridden, didn’t have a license and had no idea how to work on one, but I knew I was in love. My first bike was a 1976 BMW R750/6, I still have that bike today and ride it often.
Blog posts, DIY repairs, and galleries of other motorcycles that I’ve had in the past or still have today can found in the menu under 2 wheels or through this /tag/motorcycles
Big Boom Design Inc
In 2008 I started a web design company called Big Boom Design in Asheville, NC. It was a solo venture at first and I got started by building sites on Joomla and WordPress. Since 2008 the company has grown to support about 300+ companies. When you work at a web design company it becomes very easy to “spin-up” projects. Sometimes these projects start from a blog post, involvement with a client, a passion/hobby, or just a random idea that somehow seems like a good (or decent) idea to run with. The following are a few of the projects that I’m involved with these days.
Oil Pan Repair
A single product business that I’ve been running for about a decade now. It’s a repair kit for a 7.3 Liter Ford Powerstroke that solves a rusty oil pan issue that all Powerstrokes have for about a 10 year span. It prevents the owner/shop from having to remove the entire engine from the truck to do the repair.
https://oilpanrepair.com
Big Boom Moto
A Motorcycle business that I started in 2022 that provides rugged motorcycle accessories built for long distance adventure travel. The primary products are top opening, damn-near indestructible Panniers with a universal plate system for attaching to the bike. I also custom make sheepskin seat covers for various sizes and shapes of motorcycle seats.
