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Want to make a donation to the Athlete Recovery Fund but you don’t have any money? Broke BMX life… I get it. Well, Alienation will donate $1,000 to them if they can get 1,000 new followers in the next 30 days on their Twitter account. So head over to @AlienationBMX and give them a follow. It’s worth $1 for two seconds of your time.
The Athlete Recovery Fund brought Mike “Hucker” Clark, Brandon Dosch and Chad Kerley in give them some perspective on the difference between two different helmets. I think this is something you’re definitely going to want to see if you have ever wondered why you should be wearing a helmet.
“ARF Presents: Certified vs Non-Certified Bicycle Helmet Impact Test.. Come along with pro riders Mike Clark, Brandon Dosch and Chad Kerley. This video shows without a doubt the tremendous difference in protection between certified and non certified helmets. We tried to simplify the physics as much as possible but the results are undeniable. Make sure if you are riding BMX you are wearing the proper protection. It could mean the difference between riding again or not.”
Brett Banasiewicz is on the road to recovery and doing better by the day, but he still needs help with the massive medical bills. ODI have teamed up with the Athlete Recovery Fund to do these limited edition grips featuring one lime green and one hot pink grip like Brett runs. All profit from the sale of these grips go directly to Brett so do it for a good cause! You can pick these up for $12.95 from ODI or from Albe’s! Get to it.
If you are wondering what the best option for a helmet is, this might clear things up for you.
“After the recent injury to Brett Banasiewicz helmet safety is on everyone’s mind. This is a very brief example of how soft foam helmets are not built for bicycle use. Wear the right helmet. A great deal of injury is preventable in the proper safety equipment.” – Athlete Recovery Fund
“For the third year in a row, Ball Park has pledged funds to the Athlete Recovery Fund, a non-profit organization that offers financial support for rehabilitation and long-term care for those athletes in BMX, FMX and skateboarding who are left without support following an injury. Together, with the Athlete Recovery Fund, Ball Park has created a promotional video that highlights the plight of the injured action sports athlete, and the efforts the Athlete Recovery Fund has undertaken to aid injured athletes.
For each person who watches the video, Ball Park will donate $1 dollar to ARF (up to $100,000). The video features the likes of Mike ‘Hucker’ Clark, Gary Young, Chase Hawk and Mat Hoffman, whom have all been injured while riding and forced to deal with the rising costs of medical bills.
Created by Aaron Cooke, brother of BMX pro Allan Cooke and a former motocross rider himself, the Athlete Recovery Fund was founded following the career-ending injury of BMX dirt jumper Stephen Murray in 2007. Murray was paralyzed from the shoulders down, and Cooke was forced to realize that there was no program in place to provide assistance to injured action sports athletes, who are often unable to obtain health insurance.
Through Cooke’s efforts, the Athlete Recovery Fund was able to provide Murray with much-needed long term assistance, such as a modified sprinter van with wheelchair access. Murray remains a spokesperson for the Athlete Recovery Fund, and continues to work closely with Cooke. And in the four years since the creation of the Athlete Recovery Fund, the charity has also provided aid to countless professionals in BMX, FMX and skateboarding.
For more information on ARF, please visit http://www.athleterecoveryfund.com” – ESPN
Mike recently joined that not so fun knee club that has quite a few members these day. I figured with all of his down time while he’s healing up, I would shoot him over a couple of questions to see what’s new and help him pass the time. Take a look at what he has to say and then leave him some love in the comments! Expect this dude to be shredding harder than ever here soon…
Name: Mike Saavedra
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“The dudes over at ARF have been helping the homies for a while now. In light of Mike Saavedra’s recent knee surgery, we teamed up with Profile to raffle off this dope new Cam Wood, kitted with Mike’s Profile sig. color way. All proceeds went to the ARF and their projects to come.
Warning: The following show features unprofessional actors and suspect trannys. This is an attempt of a BMX company trying to do a spin off on a Lottery Raffle drawing, to raise funds for the Athlete Recovery Fund. Accordingly S&M Bikes insists that you do not recreate any acts that are preformed in this video… We’ll probably stick to making bikes and leave the raffles to the CA lottery.”
S&M and Profile got together with the Athlete Recovery Fund to help raise money for Mike Saavedra’s recent surgery. This raffle has been going for a little while now, and actually ends in a week. Basically, for every $5 you put in, you get a chance to win this bike. It’s a gamble, but winning that bike would be sick. You can get in on this raffle here.
