Cam White Write Up + Video!

Cam White Write Up + Video!

Wednesday 23 December 2009

It looks like Cam has been doing the rounds lately, he has scored a sweet write up in the Canberra Times which you can read below, as well as a nice new Mongoose video edit. Check them out now...

 

CAM WHITE MONGOOSE VIDEO - Vital BMX

 

CANBERRA TIMES - INJURY FREE WHITE JUMPING TO BECOME KING OF THE U.S HILL AGAIN

Written By David Jean

It’s been a tough year for BMX dirt jumper Cam White.
After scaling the heights of his chosen sport by winning the 2008 AST Dew Tour Cup in the United States, a chronic back injury ended White’s hopes of defending his crown before this year’s series began.
A painful bulging disc prevented him from competing in the opening two stops of the series and at one stage it was so painful he couldn’t bend down to tie his own shoes.
The 25 year old missed almost half the tour, but finished fourth at the final two stops, ensuring he was still ranked 7th in the series.
White has since returned to Australia.
Speaking at his parents Wamboin property, he vowed to return better than ever in 2010.
“It’s been a pretty rough year,” White said.
“I messed up my back quite a bit. I had a bulging disc and it just wasn’t getting better for about three months.”
“It was the most painful thing I’ve ever experienced, it hurt every time I moved at one stage.”
“I ended up getting a big needle in there and that ended up fixing it.”
“But that was late in the series and I’d already missed out on heaps of the stops.”
“It’s a real hard injury. You break a bone and in six weeks or whatever it’s going to be better and your cast comes off and you’re good to go.”
“But this just wasn’t getting better. I finished seventh overall in the tour having missed half the year, so that’s not to bad.”
“Who knows how if could have turned out if I wasn’t injured?”
White has been competing in the United States for the past six years and is regarded as one of the best BMX dirt jumpers in the world.
He has finished on the Dew Tour podium three times in his career, including last year’s win.
But while he is readily recognisable in most of the US, it has taken hom longer to gain recognition in his home country.
Thanks to his annual Hillside Dirt Jam that is changing.
Each February since 2007 White has invited some of the world’s best riders to compete on the giant dirt jumps he has constructed in his parents’ backyard at Wamboin.
Nearly 500 people flocked to this year’s event, which raised money for the Children’s Hospital Foundations Australia.
White and his friends are currently constructing the jumps for next year’s event, which is pencilled in for February 6.
“Getting the jumps ready is the hardest part… once they’re ready we’ll ride them in,” White said.
“It’s going to be a pretty quiet off-season, so as soon as my jumps are ready I’ll get back into riding.”
“It’s definitely been a hard year, but you can’t win all the time.”

  • By Allan H