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Bilko and the X GAMES
How are you feeling after your crash in Moscow a few weeks back?
Well its been just over 2 weeks now but only 12 days since surgery. My collarbone
feels solid, just my muscles are getting use to the plate and screws and when
they cut you open it cuts a lot of nerves so all around the cut is numb n twitchy
still. And its a pretty long cut, they put the longest plate possible and 9
screws in, because the doctor knew I was goin to be riding X games, so my
collarbone strength will be about 50% bone and 50% the plate.
Has this crash effected your preparation for X-Games?
Yeah definatly, I missed adelaide nitro after hurting my knee, then rode through the
pain in melbourne and had a scope straight after, then I didn't ride till russia.
So I am probably only going to get 4 days practice in before X after almost 2 months off.
Doctors orders are don't crash on ur collarbone or it could end up in a mess, but its
x games so I can't really hold back.
How is it having your pal Cam Sinclair staying wit you and competing
against you in best trick at X this year?
Tts awesome to have my best mate here and another aussie to hang out with. Cam adds a lot
of entertainment haha. He is practicing hard for best trick and I think he has a great
chance at taking gold. My main focus is fmx. I won't get many jumps in the pit to perfect
anything too crazy for best trick but ill for sure bring something new. And like last
year a lot of guys are going for stuff they've never landed so we'll see how
that works out for them.
You’ve been pretty flat out this year with the Nitro Tours in Australia
and also with the X-Fighters series do you feel you’ve had enough time to work on
new tricks for X?
It always seems to be when ur riding ur best something happens. The nitro show I hurt
my knee I was riding the best I have all year, I was the first rider out in practise n
the last one to stop. I had lazy boy flips back, seat grab indys and a couple other
flip combos aswell as 360 combos comfortably. And then I go n get hurt. I had been
tryin a few new things in cams pit but I had to use the super kicker cause his pit
isn't that full, so 75 was just way too hard of a landing, but only done new stuff a
couple of times so ill have to wait till right before x n if they work first go ill
go for em at x.
Do you have plans for Gold in both Big air and Freestyle or are you concentrating
on one event more that the other?
For now just concentrating on freestyle. Ty and figure out what tricks I can do best
with my collarbone. To win best trick u need something real knarly, a 360 combo will
only win if other guys crash out, which can happen as we seen last year. But I like
to be the guy that can do my trick in a run too, usuaully no one in best trick
does that.
How's your knee doing from your accented at X last year?
That knee is good, its my other knee that I re injuired on Nitro tour. I haven't hurt
that knee since 07 dew tour but I really messed it up there so now there is not a
whole lot of meniscus tissue left so its crunching n grinding quite alot
If you will Gold again this year will there be a celebration bike ghosty again?
Haha nah I haven't been able to practice my ghostie's into the pit haha maybe
I might do some Zumba on the landing or something. Maybe save the celebrations
for later n have a good go at the pub haha. But I won't know
till that night if I will have anything to celebrate about!
