Weekly Cover#1
Numberone
Hey Skaters,
Whats up? and welcome to the first issue of Weekly Cover. If you missed my introduction on this issue then here is what I’ll do. COVER EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN EGYPT RELATED TO SKATEBOARDING.
Yes its that simple..
Ok Today I’ll talk about 3 things and the first thing I want to discuss(becuase its the shortest) is the fact that you can now view Skateimpact’s mag from you mobile phone, Mag for Mobile pretty cool huh, you can view it from either your Iphone or Blackberry. dont be cheap, it only takes 58 KB so now you can view the mag from anywhere.
Second thing I would like to cover is tricks.
Skaters are nailing new tricks every what? week so I’d like to discuss that, First skater I would like to talk about is an 9 year old with potential and bravery I have never seen in a kid before.
His name is Youssef aboldahab, He skates in sporting club only because his dad doesnt let him go to other spots because of his age, he is about 140 cm and has been skating for about less than a year I think. If you see him you wont believe it but what you see is what you get. A pro skater from mountain dew saw him in sporting club playing on the half pipe and couldn’t believe it.
Youssef just called me a few hours ago telling me that he landed the Nollie Kickflip and almost got a 360 flip!
Youssef can doublekickflip, Varial Kickflip, Sex change and do tricks that would stoke you despite his height.
You will see more of him in upcoming issue’s. Sorry I couldn’t a pic of him because he doesnt have facebook.
Here are the latest tricks landed:
Ahmad Ayman Ghoniem: Nollieheelflip 3 sets.
Karim Alexander: Double Kickflip 4 sets & Kickflip gap in Carrefour.
Yassin Koptan: Nollie Kickflip 4 Sets & switch inwardheelflip 1 set
Ziad Ashraf: Ollie Nose manual, shove it manual on a pad at carrefour.
This all the tricks I could gather for now, so make sure you send me your lastest landed tricks on my email bling[at]skateimpact[dot]com . Keep egypt updated and also you can send your friends latest updated tricks but please dont lie about them.
Ok here is my last segment in this issue, I want to talk about IRONMAN himself, not the comic book character its Ruda Hilal.
He is one of the most exciting skaters in Egypt, A french aussie/lebenease skater that experienced
something someone will never be able to imagine. On 22/6/2009 a day right after GSD, he fell from the 3rd Floor while skating on the roof,
“I smashed my left legs bone from 12 different places and my right leg had a crack down at the ankle & I fractured 2 vertebras in my spine”
The story is very dramatic and unbeliveable but its all true.
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Ruda's Rooftop
What happened was we were skating on the roof top of the 3rd floor, the lights went out, I was very stupid for me to keep skating after that, I didn’t realize i got too close to the wall, I went over board, was going head down first, grabbed a thin and weak branch, the branch spun me back to my feet, Went down 9 meters, smashed the floor, hard ground, heavy fall OUCH!! but I’m lucky to b alive and I’m really grateful for that”
Your probably wondering how he felt when he fell but don’t worry I have all the details =)
“Impact was so hard i did feel anything break at that moment but after like 2 min my leg was the size of a balloon. I tried picking it up and i saw like this weird thing popping out when i lifted my leg. I tried to lift it then all the pain came”
Ruda faced multiple surgeries, he travelled to Australia & UK to recover
I had a major surgery on my left leg which took 4 hours; they put 12 screws and a steel bar in my leg.
“They didn’t check my spine and after 2 months they saw that my spines vertebras 11 and 12 had wedge fractures and one was missing half of its size. The doctors were amazed. It took 2 months without moving and then when i started to move that’s when i knew something was wrong with my back so i checked it out, The doctors couldn’t believe I was walking with my back like that they couldn’t do nothing about my spine cause it was held in the wrong position for 2 months, they told me I wouldn’t b able to run much nor jump or pretty much do anything but I didn’t listen to them hahaha. I was training, Trying my best to get back and at the end I did everything they told me i couldn’t do”
Another X-ray picture showsing screws in Ruda's Leg
Another X-ray picture showsing screws in Ruda's Leg
Well don’t worry he still skates and is better than ever
“Now I’m back to skating and I guess when people see me now they would never believe that any of this happened to me”
Ruda's huge ollie before his injury, Talent!
Well you will be seeing more of Ruda this summer, He is coming to GSD and he is prepared to skate.
Well thats all for Today, Stay tuned for the next issue of weekly cover & the mag,
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Yassin Koptan
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Photos say more than 1000 words…we’ll need to add photos in the future.
Thanks for the coverage Yassin.
Yep, bling will fill this blog up with photos next time.
Damn Ruda, You’re one lucky man.
Keep up the good Yassin, it’s awesome.
Wow Thats UnReal !!! Your That Dedicated To Skatin !!
When Your Down And Hurt , You Still Think Of It And Still Want To Do It , After All That !