Is There Life After Youth?

Is There Life After Youth? 19
“This injury happened when I was 20. I was
teaching a friend of mine how to double peg
stall on a mini ramp and on one of the runs I
did an air and hung up on the coping, flipping
over the bars and landing hands first. On that
moment I didn’t think it was serious, even
though two of my fingers were a few centimetres
shorter than the rest. After waiting for
several hours in the outside the hospital
urgencies (and after a seagull took a shit on
my broken hand), I went under surgery and I
stayed in the hospital for 5 days. I skipped
military service due to this injury, but the
doctor also told me I would never be able to
ride anymore. During the 4 months after the
surgery I rode flatland with only one hand,
and after some months exercising my hand, I
was able to be back riding with both hands on
my bike. Nowadays it’s still not perfect, but
in general ways it doesn’t limit me on almost
anything.”
Is there life after youth?
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“As I have been lucky enough to keep in quite
good shape, and never stopped riding, it is
still hard for me to realize the limitations
of my “old age”. But I believe that if you
take good care of yourself you will be able
to enjoy life almost throughout all your
life span. I know I won’t be able to ride my
bicycle the same way I do now when I am 50 or
60, but maybe I will be able to cruise around
the park doing a few tireslides or play around
with flatland tricks in the parking lot and
still have a lot of fun with it. I am also
quite sure I will start snowboarding more in
the future as it is a bit less demanding to
your body and also super fun.”