Joel took part at the Bela Joyride DH event in Austria when he fell of the board at 60 kph. Thanks for sharing your story.
Text and photos by JOEL MAHAMOUD
I. TSG Saved My Life
It was the 4th run of Bela Joyride 2018. The track has two distinct sections. The upper part is quick and challenging with a lot of long strait sections while the bottom part is just one hairpin after another (16 hairpins in all!!!).
I just switched wheels and was about to do a very fast run. Everything went well until me and my buddy were approaching the party corner. I was about to do a toeside stand up at like maybe 60 kph. My wheels didn’t break out and I fell straight on my right side, dislocated my shoulder and smashed my head heavily on the ground.
Weirdly I heard songs and voices in my head while crashing. Totally weird!!! 🙂
The helmet cracked and wasn’t rideable anymore, even the EPS inside cracked open.
Joel’s Pass full-face after the crash. Luckily his head was protected by our helmet.
I don’t want to imagine what would have happened, if I weren’t riding this helmet. So thank you again TSG. Great work! And thank you for letting me share my story.Â
II. The TSG Pass helmet
Joel head was saved by the TSG Pass skateboard downhill helmet. Check it out here.
Weirdly I heard songs and voices in my head while crashing