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!

BMX

Skatepark

BMX Tricks

BMX Spots Bayern

BMX Spots

CASH

Cash is a multi-talent; wehter he is on a skateboard, a BMX or a snowboard, he will pull tricks that keep your mouth stand wide open. As his first words were: "Mumy bike!!"; his parents bought him a BMX from which he didn´t get off yet, except for changing the bike whilst getting older, and soon got sighted by the, at that time "very" small, DC Shoes Company for sponsorships. After having participated at the X Games in Los Angeles in 2003, where he had to give up because of injuries sitting tight in 15th place, it becam quiet around Mr. Cash... untill now ....

It seems as Mr. Cash is starting his come back with the SHAPESHIFTERS as a virtuoso; still his main act is the BMX, though he is starting to get of the paddels and slowly groping the tereain with his feet on a board or a deck doing tricks in which u can see the inharitance of a years expirence in paddling..... his secondary home is becoming the Snowparks.....

Unfortunately his vehicle momentarely is a bitt angry with him and doesn´t wont to be ridden... so hopefully next week he will be abel to show us around munich riding the best spots ....
of course we will post a story on that, also we will put up all the spots with fotos on our spot finder ....

keep riding

c u soon

Dr. Bros

Dr. Bros, was born in the mountains having swiss blood runing through his veins, is called the Dr. as he makes his moves more precise than any plastic surgeon expanding Pamela Adersons tits...

Dr. Bros is a ginues in deepsnow riding with his surfer like style, as soon as he is on the board he can`t be stopped and sometimes shooting can become quite difficulte as he cant wait to pull his liens down the hill...
Studying sports and journalism you see him reading his anatomy books most of the time in the chairlifts and experementing on casulties on the slopes....

He`s the most easygoing one on the team with a small disposedness to the negative.. ain`t it perfect it just isn`t good enough....

Dundee

Formaly known as Paxel or Stiffmesiter, Dundee is our beloved alrounder. If there aint no snow his secundary element is the water. Living half of his live in the mountains near Gramisch Patenkirchen together with the Yeti, he is the leader of the pack when going out of bounds. Without the survival-training he took in his room between the huge mountains of cloth, boots, boards and all the other stuff, we wouldn´t have survived several avalanches.....

Hes one of thoes guys who know just from the smell of the air wether its a good day for schredding or not....

Thanx Mate!!

CAMO Camurius

Camo is the embodiment of Urban-lifestyle; living in a huge camper outside of munich he knows not only how to Freeride any descent but also has any tool you need in the mountains whether its for the board, the ski but also for the Team-bus he created by himself. He´s fanatic on High-speed, Downhill, Motocross and any Motorsport he can put his hands on the steeringweehl...

All in all he is a mad Mainjack and one of the most important ones on the team, as without his Magic-(mechanic)-hands stuff just wouldn`t work....