FreestyleXtreme Magazine Issue 3 | Page 40

Through the eyes of an FMX4Ever rider... You are an experienced FMX rider. You have traveled the world and competed in many high profile events. Now you have somehow found yourself at X-Jam on a Wednesday. You are feeling pretty sick after partying for three days and nights in a row. You have no chance of keeping up with the insane party tempo of these students as you are about ten years older than them, and you start to question if they even know what a hangover is! You’ve also heard the rumours going around about the mysterious rider who scored with sixty girls in one week. HA! You have a laugh at that and start worrying about the show. As night time comes around, the pool is getting wild and the smell of octane is in the air. It’s showtime! You’re flying over the pool with your fellow riders moving through the progression of the show, and as soon as everyone gets in a groove the big flip tricks start coming out. By this point, the Austrian students are going absolutely nuts, and screaming their drunk heads off! Once everyone has finished throwing down their sickest tricks and dirtiest whips the show comes to an end and you gather on top of the landing with the other riders. One by one you all jump into the pool to join the party with the rest of the X-Jammers. Everyone is in your face with huge smiles and stinking of alcohol – you’re lapping up one of the best feelings in the world. It’s simply awesome! Next up, it’s the Hammam party. Since you are a freestyle rider, you get to go to all the secret parties and you know that this one is always the best. By the time day five comes around you’re a bsolutely ruined from week. The last thing you remember is the sunrise party on the beach…. Even though you’re a rider, you’ve truly become a fellow X-Jammer. You wait in line with all the rest of the X-Jammers as you board the Black Mamba for the rum heavy pirate cruise on the Mediterranean. At this point you wish you could just stay at X-Jam forever. X 40 | FreestyleXtreme.com