Switchback
Digging solidly almost everyday most of the winter and trying to ride, work on bikes, and whatever else has been pretty hard on my body. But i keep going.
I have developed a twinge just above my left shoulder blade. Apart from that i manage to stretch most achey pains out, and if that does’nt work, breathing exercises really help.
Although, last week my lower back was begining to feel the strain from digging the new berm section that is the start of the big line at our spot.
I realized that it made more sense to shovel switch handed in the anti clockwise berm.
Its definitely helped with the back thing, and my left forearm is begging to get used to lifting the weight of the dirt.
My right hand is much more swollen compared to the left.
I still cant break ground too well with the cutting spade switch handed but i think shovelings enough for now.
Try it out. It might mean you’d beable to dig for longer if you switch it up a bit.
Vintage Hutch Auction to Benefit Mike Aitken
Profile Racing is auctioning this Hutch Mini Lil Holeshot Frame on eBay to benefit Mike Aitken and his family as he recovers from his horrendous recent crash. He is apparently doing a little better, you can read more about it on just about any BMX blog or at Mike’s website (http://mikeaitken.com/blog).
Mike used to ride Profile parts back before he hit the bigtime, so they wanted to help him out in some way. Matt Coplon and webmaster, Christian Henrich asked Jim Alley (Profile’s owner) they could auction off something. He pulled a vintage Hutch Lil Holeshot frame out of storage and handed to them with a can of chrome polish. The frame was cleaned up and put on ebay. Bid early, bid often, and remember that it’s all for Mike.
The frame up for auction is a vintage Hutch frame manufactured by Profile Racing in 1981-82.
