Today there was an unofficial Whip off on Crab Apple Hits. I thought Brendog was going to kill it and it was going to be a comp for second place, I was wrong. On the way over there I meet up with Mikey Silvestri, little Nicky, and the boys. Together we bombed over to Crab Apple Hits for the Whip Off.
The hits were packed with spectators and whippers as well as dozens of pro photographers. Because of this many riders were doing silly things way beyond their ability level. We took a few laps, and when we were hiking back up we heard someone crash. As soon as Mikey and I got up there we realized it was bad. The dude was out cold, for almost ten minutes. Then he started making weird sounds. There were rumors going around that he messed up his sternum, collar bone, shoulders and obviously his brain was fried. He got hauled off the mountain on a stretcher.
The whip contest continued, and an obvious star came from no where. Bernardo Neves from Brazil smashed them all. He consistently went over the 90 degree mark on his whips, and was a real crowd favorite. There was some humorous stuff going down. One guy hit all the jumps with his naked butt hanging out. Toward the end of the powwow I started cranking some big ones, but still nothing like Bernardo.
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