My theory...

I have a theory behind the summer of pain. Lets take a look back. The first summer of pain was I believe 2 summers ago. The list of injuries was massive and it never seemed like it would stop. Last summer was not that bad and this summer is shaping up to be another painful one.

My theory:

The winter and spring leading up to the summer, 2 summers ago, were not good by any means. This lead to months on end of no real riding. Maybe a session every now and again at a jib spot, but nothing that was a full bore high speed shred fest. Bring on the summer, the weather clears up, the riders go crazy. We get so excited to be able to ride at will anywhere, anytime. We don't want to waste that time so we try a little harder, and we fall a little harder. In other words, we get broke off.

It is kind of like Woodward. On the first day campers are not allowed to ride, this is purely for their safety. The directors don't want the kids in a moment of excitement to kill themselves.

Last winter I remember having a sunburn in what seemed like February. It was such a mild winter, we were all able to ride a lot almost all the time. If there was bad weather, it only lasted for a few days. This lead to the summer and we had already been riding a lot so we weren't as excited. We were probably a little more bummed, because we were used to the sunny mild days, not the sunny hot a hell days.

Look back to this winter, it rained a lot, people had to drive a lot, and they had to ride indoors a lot. This last week or so the weather has been really nice, a full tease of the summer that is about to spring up in full bloom. People are getting hyped and are killing themselves. My only advice is to take it easy and just ease into the summer. Look at it like this, you can ride 150% now and sit the summer out or you can ride at say 80% now and enjoy your whole summer.

posted by pdxbmx @ 10:26 AM