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Mountain Biking as an Addiction
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/arc...s/01style.htm:
Santa Cruz Style March 16, 2007 Jamie Goldman: Take a freeride BY GWEN MICKELSON SENTINEL STAFF WRITER Jamie Goldman can't ride his bike right now because of a sprained right knee, and he's getting impatient watching other bikers fly over and flip off dirt ramps sculpted into an Aptos field. "It sucks, but it really just makes me want to ride more every time I get hurt - it's kinda weird, actually," says Goldman, 20, a professional freeride mountain biker and team rider for Syndicate, Santa Cruz Bicycles' pro team. Injuries are just part of the job for Goldman, who fell in love with freeride mountain biking at age 12. He uses his bike to go airborne off dirt or wooden ramps and perform astonishing tricks while flying - flipping 360 degrees and landing perfectly, kicking the bike around in a horizontal circle while holding onto the handlebars and reconnecting his feet with the pedals just before hitting the ground. But with the ecstasy of soaring comes the fact of gravity; Goldman has ruptured his spleen, had his appendix removed, broken his collarbone and a couple of ribs and torn ligaments in his knee. Perhaps worst on the injury list, at 16 he broke both his ankles at the same time and was in a wheelchair for three months. His parents, Michael and Karen, don't really worry about him, says his dad. "But it's hard for me to watch now, because they're going so huge," Michael says. It's all worth it, according to Goldman, because the sport has him hooked. "I think it's just the adrenaline and being able to push your body and see what you can do with it," says Goldman, squinting in the hot spring sunshine on a recent weekday. He started out biking to class at Shoreline Middle School, and he and his buddies would jump off the stairs. Then he started doing dirt jumps at DeLaveaga Park. As a boy, he raced BMX bikes, then rode motocross before making the transition to a mountain bike. "You could ride your mountain bike anywhere," says Goldman, a Santa Cruz native with blond, all-American looks. "You could ride to trails, ride trails and jump" With a slew of firsts and other high rankings at international contests, Goldman could rest on his laurels. But he's driven to do the best he can. Next up on the trick wish-list? Back-flip tail-whips. "I want to do that really bad," says Goldman, who had brought his bike out so a photographer could snap him at least sitting on it. But for now, he needs to wait a couple weeks for his knee to heal. His friends have invited him to the beach, but first, he loads his bike into his truck and heads to the taqueria. Contact Gwen Mickelson at . === I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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Mountain Biking as an Addiction
Of course it is.
If you broke your knee, you'd sit at home in envy of those that could still go and hike. Using your own criteria, hiking is an adiction too. |
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Mountain Biking as an Addiction
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:17:27 GMT, "Jeff Strickland"
wrote: Of course it is. If you broke your knee, you'd sit at home in envy of those that could still go and hike. Using your own criteria, hiking is an adiction too. You have no idea what my criteria are. An addiction is something harmful that you can't stop doing. Hiking isn't harmful. It's just walking, which is a normal activity. Mounjtain biking is an extreme sport that the state of California recognizes as a "dangerous sport": "That's why the State of California deemed mountain biking and horseback riding (a la Christopher Reeve) dangerous sports in its code." === I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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Mountain Biking as an Addiction
"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message ... http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/arc...s/01style.htm: Santa Cruz Style March 16, 2007 Jamie Goldman: Take a freeride BY GWEN MICKELSON SENTINEL STAFF WRITER Jamie Goldman can't ride his bike right now because of a sprained right knee, and he's getting impatient watching other bikers fly over and flip off dirt ramps sculpted into an Aptos field. "It sucks, but it really just makes me want to ride more every time I get hurt - it's kinda weird, actually," says Goldman, 20, a professional freeride mountain biker and team rider for Syndicate, Santa Cruz Bicycles' pro team. Injuries are just part of the job for Goldman, who fell in love with freeride mountain biking at age 12. He uses his bike to go airborne off dirt or wooden ramps and perform astonishing tricks while flying - flipping 360 degrees and landing perfectly, kicking the bike around in a horizontal circle while holding onto the handlebars and reconnecting his feet with the pedals just before hitting the ground. But with the ecstasy of soaring comes the fact of gravity; Goldman has ruptured his spleen, had his appendix removed, broken his collarbone and a couple of ribs and torn ligaments in his knee. Perhaps worst on the injury list, at 16 he broke both his ankles at the same time and was in a wheelchair for three months. His parents, Michael and Karen, don't really worry about him, says his dad. "But it's hard for me to watch now, because they're going so huge," Michael says. It's all worth it, according to Goldman, because the sport has him hooked. "I think it's just the adrenaline and being able to push your body and see what you can do with it," says Goldman, squinting in the hot spring sunshine on a recent weekday. He started out biking to class at Shoreline Middle School, and he and his buddies would jump off the stairs. Then he started doing dirt jumps at DeLaveaga Park. As a boy, he raced BMX bikes, then rode motocross before making the transition to a mountain bike. "You could ride your mountain bike anywhere," says Goldman, a Santa Cruz native with blond, all-American looks. "You could ride to trails, ride trails and jump" With a slew of firsts and other high rankings at international contests, Goldman could rest on his laurels. But he's driven to do the best he can. Next up on the trick wish-list? Back-flip tail-whips. "I want to do that really bad," says Goldman, who had brought his bike out so a photographer could snap him at least sitting on it. But for now, he needs to wait a couple weeks for his knee to heal. His friends have invited him to the beach, but first, he loads his bike into his truck and heads to the taqueria. Contact Gwen Mickelson at . === I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande So what's your point ? Don't you think people get hurt in other sports as well ? |
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Mountain Biking as an Addiction
"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message ... On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:17:27 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" wrote: Of course it is. If you broke your knee, you'd sit at home in envy of those that could still go and hike. Using your own criteria, hiking is an adiction too. You have no idea what my criteria are. Neither do you. An addiction is something harmful that you can't stop doing. Not necessarily einstein. Here's a different meaning: 1 : to devote or surrender (oneself) to something habitually or obsessively Hiking isn't harmful. It's just walking, which is a normal activity. It is if you walk off a cliff, or in front of a moving bus. Mounjtain biking is an extreme sport that the state of California recognizes as a "dangerous sport": "That's why the State of California deemed mountain biking and horseback riding (a la Christopher Reeve) dangerous sports in its code." The reason California deemed mountain biking and horseback riding "dangerous sports" is that they have a buch of wackos, just likr you, making the laws. === I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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Mountain Biking as an Addiction
"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message ... On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:17:27 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" wrote: Of course it is. If you broke your knee, you'd sit at home in envy of those that could still go and hike. Using your own criteria, hiking is an adiction too. You have no idea what my criteria are. An addiction is something harmful that you can't stop doing. Hiking isn't harmful. It is if you fall off a rock or slide down an embankment and break your knee. I am not suggesting that hikers would venture out on an embankment on purpose and harm the environment in the process, I'm only suggesting that hikers can make mistakes, and injuries can be a result. It's just walking, which is a normal activity. Mounjtain biking is an extreme sport that the state of California recognizes as a "dangerous sport": Mountain biking does not have to be extreme. There are millions of mountain bike riders that simply roll around and never skid or race on the trails -- I'd be such a rider if I rode a bike. Yes, some riders are extreme, but there are hikers that are extremists too. (Of course, you're going to deny it's even possible to be an extreme hiker.) Please give us the Civil Code where Mountain Biking is recognized as a "dangerous sport." |
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Futile Trolling as an Addiction
Mikey demos all the signs of an addict,
just can't let it go. Disruptive, annoying, compulsive behaviors. A real addict, Jonesing on the responses. |
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Mountain Biking as an Addiction
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:52:58 GMT, "Mike" wrote:
"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message .. . http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/arc...s/01style.htm: Santa Cruz Style March 16, 2007 Jamie Goldman: Take a freeride BY GWEN MICKELSON SENTINEL STAFF WRITER Jamie Goldman can't ride his bike right now because of a sprained right knee, and he's getting impatient watching other bikers fly over and flip off dirt ramps sculpted into an Aptos field. "It sucks, but it really just makes me want to ride more every time I get hurt - it's kinda weird, actually," says Goldman, 20, a professional freeride mountain biker and team rider for Syndicate, Santa Cruz Bicycles' pro team. Injuries are just part of the job for Goldman, who fell in love with freeride mountain biking at age 12. He uses his bike to go airborne off dirt or wooden ramps and perform astonishing tricks while flying - flipping 360 degrees and landing perfectly, kicking the bike around in a horizontal circle while holding onto the handlebars and reconnecting his feet with the pedals just before hitting the ground. But with the ecstasy of soaring comes the fact of gravity; Goldman has ruptured his spleen, had his appendix removed, broken his collarbone and a couple of ribs and torn ligaments in his knee. Perhaps worst on the injury list, at 16 he broke both his ankles at the same time and was in a wheelchair for three months. His parents, Michael and Karen, don't really worry about him, says his dad. "But it's hard for me to watch now, because they're going so huge," Michael says. It's all worth it, according to Goldman, because the sport has him hooked. "I think it's just the adrenaline and being able to push your body and see what you can do with it," says Goldman, squinting in the hot spring sunshine on a recent weekday. He started out biking to class at Shoreline Middle School, and he and his buddies would jump off the stairs. Then he started doing dirt jumps at DeLaveaga Park. As a boy, he raced BMX bikes, then rode motocross before making the transition to a mountain bike. "You could ride your mountain bike anywhere," says Goldman, a Santa Cruz native with blond, all-American looks. "You could ride to trails, ride trails and jump" With a slew of firsts and other high rankings at international contests, Goldman could rest on his laurels. But he's driven to do the best he can. Next up on the trick wish-list? Back-flip tail-whips. "I want to do that really bad," says Goldman, who had brought his bike out so a photographer could snap him at least sitting on it. But for now, he needs to wait a couple weeks for his knee to heal. His friends have invited him to the beach, but first, he loads his bike into his truck and heads to the taqueria. Contact Gwen Mickelson at . === I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande So what's your point ? Don't you think people get hurt in other sports as well ? Not as much as mountain biking, nor do they (nonmotorized recreationists) do as much damage to nature as mountain bikers. === I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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Futile Trolling as an Addiction
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:13:01 GMT, "JP" wrote:
Mikey demos all the signs of an addict, just can't let it go. Disruptive, annoying, compulsive behaviors. A real addict, Jonesing on the responses. In your dreams. I could care less whether you respond. === I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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