THROWBACK: 4 DAYS IN SLOVAKIA - VIDEOBy Vita Kacha | 19.07.2016

Camera, edit: Tomas Carda
Foto: Milan Tykal

Songs:

Intro: Jimmy Hendrix - Power to Love
Part 1: Jimmy Hendrix - Purple Haze
Part 2: Natural Child - Nobody Wants to Party with Me

By the time we were talkin about the road trip to Slovakia, nobody would think it is going to be one of the best trips we went on, even though it was only 4 days long. Considering we have travelled between three towns, had to dismantle our bikes for each journey plus sort out the accommodation for each stop, it now seems like there couldn't have been much time left for riding or filming the video, yet it could and we've had a blast riding street and dirts all around. The whole crew was so motivated to ride and film that we would always end up cruisin till the night, had one beer to finish of the day and went to sleep.

Hero of this trip was definitely Pavel "Vykuk" Odehnal. The fact that Pavel likes to go nuts when out riding is well known and on this trip he was no different to his average sending huge gaps and rails all day. He kinda chilled out first day of the trip but went in full gas on the second with the huge oppo hanger down the steep rail or icepick on the side/wall rail down the 12 stair set. Third day he took it easy same as everyone else and joined the pumptrack train at Dusan Antalik's own trails in Martin. After such an easy going day in the woods the fun factor was super high but the trip was slowly going to the end plus it started raining shortly after we went out. That didn't stop Pavel from climbing up to this schoolyard roof he found the day before and in no time he was setting up his mind to send it.

Yes, it's that first clip! Everyone thought he was gonna send it straight but Pavel is such a savage that he called 360. We set up our cameras and got everything ready for him. As I was filming it right from the front, suddenly I saw two police officers slowly approcahing towards us from right under the roof that pavel was standing on. I have simply shouted - Police, you got one try! send it dude! He didn't waste a second a went for it like a boss. Unfortunatelly he slightly over rotated it and after he landed it kicked him sideways and straight to the ground. The crash looked super gnarly but luckily nothing too serious happened and he walked away with a couple of stitches next to his eye plus bruised heel and some scratches.

This trip was all we could ask for and even more as we have experienced both fun and fear and afterwards we were all going home with the smile on our faces. Thank you for the good times guys, it was a pure blast. Ride and have fun, that's it, that's all.