Dienstag, 19. Februar 2008

Back on Tarmac

Well it seems as we still have to "suffer" from the so called climate change.... in Greece the thick white flakes are comming down in masses, leaving Athens in a chaos of crashing cars , broken down ifrastructure and snow hills on the side of the roads that you could imedeately go jibbin anywhere...
Isn`t that wierd? Here the weather is getting warmer and warmer, even so warm that "Seppi" (one of the guys operating the snowcats in Ehrwald) is fearing that there wont be any snow at all in the lower regions of the alps in the near future....

So... what should we do? Drive further up in higher regions, go on glaciers or just take a weekend of playing in the snow? We came to the conclusion that instead of using the snow surface we could go and have the first session of skatebording and BMX on our Top Secret Skatepark!

On sunny Sunday we got the BMX and the decks out an headed for Schäftlarn a nice litte skatepark with a Bank, Quarter, Olliebox, Kicker, Rail, Curb, Pyramide and a huge Funbox.
Slowly but surely Cash and Leo got back in track. At the begining there where some Kickflipps and some Acubacas. After a one hour warm up session with several crashes, ripped trousers and bleeding knies, the tow where ready to gather some footage.
The tricks became more and more pro like and soon there was no stoppin, and no (well nearly no) chrashes. When the sun began to set for dawn they stood tricks like inward Helflipps, Indygrabs, X-up Grinds or even some Turndowns...
Just as it is, the last trick of the day, a easy one just for a star-shoot foto with the seting sun in the background wreaked the so amazing day...

Me sitting behind the Kincked Rail watching everything thourgh the view-finder, saw Cash coming down the quater at high speed, ready for the bunny hop on to the rail to pull a nice`n easy Icepick....

Far too fast, far too high.....

I turn away and all I hear is the sound of metal hiting metal followed by a dull noise combined with a ckraking and a sort of undefinable "OUTSCH"....

After having helped Cash up he seemed all fine... he though that he just biked his wrist and his ribs and so he got back on the bike and did it again... this time he stamped it and we left the park to be overcome by the cold night....

The next day I got a call on Skype....Cash was on the line and told me that he sufferd a broken rib, a partially fractured wrist and a overstreched Miniscus....


He ended the conversation with: "Maybe we should go back to the Mountains next weekend... snow is softer to fall on....

Allright then.....

For more on BMX Tricks, their explanations and how you pull them stay tuned Cash will soon give u a lesson, as for him Uncel Doc forced him to a break.....

So far so long untill next week !!!

Keep Stokin!

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