Article posted on Tuesday, July, 6th, 2010 at 3:25 am

When Kevin Pearce attempted a double cork 1080 in a Park City, Utah halfpipe while training for the Vancouver Olympics he never could have imagined suffering such severe injury, not only career ending but life changing. This story of home-grown Freestyle Motor-cross rider Cameron Sinclair, highlights not only the pressure of elite level action sports, but also the consequences, Cameron’s story gives us hope that there is a road to recovery especially for people like Kevin Pearce.

Snowboarding has it’s double cork, while Freestyle Motocross (FMX) has the double back flip. American’s Shaun White and Travis Rice have been leading the double cork push in the world of snowboarding, while Australia’s own Cameron Sinclair has been pushing the limits of FMX, being one of a few riders internationally who can land a double back flip.

When you are pushing the upper echelons of any action sport there are always consequences lurking in the background. Something Cameron Sinclair knows all to well about, after failing to land a double back flip last year and sustaining major brain injury, he is beating the odds and back on his dirt bike, months before anyone predicted he would be.

Now I am sure you are thinking “this is Transfer not Transmoto, why do a feature on Cam?” Well, Cam has a connection with the snowboard world too, having not only learnt to snowboard in 2004 at Falls Creek during his first ‘on snow’ FMX demo, but he also landed his first back flip on a motorbike at the same ‘on snow’ demo the following year, 2005. Plus, why not feature a guy that proves you can come back to your best and still push the limits after a major injury. It should give us all hope that we will be seeing Kevin Peace back on his snowboard sooner rather than later.