With fuel and family, the Seattle Cossacks keep tradition alive

Engines growled, kids’ jaws dropped and the crowd’s eyes opened wide in awe as Seattle Cossacks rolled into Everett’s Fourth of July parade with vintage Harleys and matching maroon uniforms.

Over a dozen riders climbed onto seats to balance shoulder to shoulder and create human pyramids on the moving motorcycles. The crowd erupted in cheers. Was it a stunt show or a biker parade? It was a bit of both, incorporating a love for bikes, teamwork and tradition.

For over 85 years, the Seattle Cossacks have wowed crowds across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. This isn’t a circus act or a race. It’s a display of trust, balance and grit where riders climb on top of each other, stacking bodies into pyramids, balancing sideways over bikes and making formations on moving motorcycles without ropes,