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!

Dienstag, 12. Februar 2008

A walk in the Park

Well we all thought this winter is gonna be a good one, cause it already started snowing in the alps at the end of October...... compared to the season 2006, where it started like in February 2007 for 2 days, that was realy early.

Far out!!! The so called winter season is becoming more and more a spring like "drytime" in Europe. So what should we do our Crew is waiting in vain for some snow to come so our freeride sessions could begin. More and more agony is widen out in our souls that we have to travel far far away to get that feeling of fresh cold powpow in our faces....

Last weekend we packed our gear again in the hope to finde a "virgin" spot which still coud be ridden..

After a 2 hour drive on Friday night, arriving at the Biberwier cabin at 11pm we gave an ejaculatory prayer to the Loard of the Boards and went to bed. The sun came up and traditionally we got woken up by Dundee with Rocky`s Eye of the Tiger....
Half an eye open I riped the courtains open, in the hope the weatherforcast was atleast one time right.. far out..... nothing like it .... Well at least the sun was shining like in mid summer.
Having had a huge breakfast we got our cameras and equipment together and agreed to go jibbin in the park...
A 10 minutes drive later we were at the ski-lift. Another 10 minutes later we arived at the park ....


It was packed with hunderts of poepel who had the same idea: "No snow, so lets go for the Park...!!"
After a one hour Photo- and Film-sesion with hundrets of breaks , because of uncababel Bananarams lying in the ladinzone, breaking their sculls we finaly gave up with 5 min. film and 6 good pictures in our pokets we left and shaped our style on some nearby hill....



Still though it was a fantastic weekend and the fazit we can give to everyone of you:

If the park is full go and shape yourself!!!

So long in hope for snow to come , keep you tail on the ground!!

Jibb it!!