It is sometimes said that there is no way to slow down a skateboard; it is also said that due to the absence of visible brakes that skateboarders can not brake or stop. I am here to tell you that is a myth. Watch the video and check Patrick Switzers technique for braking at high speed.....hmmmm around the 100 km/h at the Dipper braking for Forrests Elbow. Forrests Elbow, incidentally, is not related to the shape of the corner but the fact that Jack Forrest, a motorcycle racer scraped his elbow away after laying down his bike – it is a fast, descending left-hand turn that leads on to Conrod Straight. The video shows Kevin Reimer, James Kelly and Patrick Switzer having some fun on Mt Panorama. If that is fun, then adrenalin is brown....
Top Guns at Newtons 2010 - brake before Forrests Elbow
We were very lucky to have met and solicited autographs from some of the best Downhill skateboarders on the planet. The chicks were a real blast for Belle. Katie 'Skatie Katie' Neilson gave Belle a Sector 9 cap which now has the autographs of Katie, Dom and Bri which she wears with cool pride. I was fortunate to have been able to take an old but beautiful longboard for signing. Kevin Reimer, James Kelly, Patrick Switzer, Mischo Erban and Jackson Shapeira all legends, along with Skatie Katie, Brianne Davies and Dominique Vukorep put ink to board with best wishes to Belle. A special thanks to Hop for his part in bringing this talent to the country and rounding them all up in his shop for the locals. Hop, you and Robbo are unsung heroes....it does not go unnoticed. Respect.
One thing of note for the punters is a bit of video of a run involving the top men in the sport going off the top of Mt Panorama....check the smoke coming off Patrick Switzer's shoe as he footbrakes in anticipation of Forrests Elbow.
Legends take a run down Mt Panorama
