Injury is tough and a certainty in ‘Action Sports’. Severe neurological injuries are the most unfortunate but occur none the less. Even with the use of helmets, there is still a risk of Spinal Cord and Brain Injuries. Pearce’s case is one example of an unfortunate injury in snowboarding.
Kevin hit his head while practicing at Park City in the pipe, reportedly while doing a double cork. He has suffered a Brain Injury of which the long term effects are not known. He has been showing improvements since the accident on Dec. 31st, and his family has been providing updates on a Facebook Fan Page. If you would like to help Kevin, leave a message on the fan page. You will be giving support to his family who are most influential in his recovery during his early stages.
He has been making very good progress. I hope his outcome is good and continues on the track he is currently on. We wish for the best… may his youth lead him to a speedy recovery!
I hit up the Rail Yard at Ruby Hill in Denver, Colorado on Jan. 9th! The set up is basic but fun, and most important free! Yes, Denver teamed up with Christy sports to make the rail yard free and available to the public. They have a plethora of wide ride on boxes, but they have two urban set ups that are okay. The rails are maintained by volunteers who were really cool and fun to ride with.
It does not have a great amount of variety, but it is close and good for getting comfortable trying small stuff like switch on, unnatural spinning simple lip slides and the like… Check out the video of Ruby Hill Rail Yard, Denver, Colorado to see what it looks like!
This is old news, but I was recently sent a link about a collaborative project between Redbull, NBC and Shaun White. The cohort banded together to build a 550 foot long pipe in Silverton, Colorado. The kicker… it included a 600+ square foot foam pit at the bottom!
The size of the pipe and the amount of time and money invested in the project is impressive. It makes one ponder how Red Bull can continue to give away thousands of free cans of product, and have the money left over to invest in stunts like this. A rally car jump on New Year’s eve probably does not hurt sales, but how much publicity will ‘Project X’ get.
Yes, Red Bull is marketing Shaun’s session in in the pipe as a secret endeavor named ‘Project X’. Regardless the questions of the company’s financial stability, the session that Shaun had was impressive. He attempted two different double cork 1080s, a double rodeo and a switch backside 9. NBC is featuring a presentation of Project X on January 30ths at 2pm EST(that is a weird time slot eh?). Some of these tricks are destine to show up during the Olympic halfpipe competition, so check out a preview of them below.
Red Bull’s ‘Secret’ Project-X
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