Skateboarding sits somewhere between the mental and physical. More than most activities, the best of the best in skating often have some special spark or X-factor that allows them to do incredible things that us mortals would shy away from…like heelflipping a massive 6 set first try, on a borrowed skateboard.
Adrien Bulard has obsessive-compulsive disorder, which makes him fastidious about ordering, sequencing and structuring the world around him in order to allow him peace within himself. It’s one of the things that makes him unique. It seems this same condition also gives him the focus to go all-in every time he tries a trick.
Crystal Mountain Washington. Jim Martinson Snow Skies Without Legs on a Mono-ski
There exists a world between SCCA Solo and Club Racing – a world where speeds rise but don’t ever quite reach wheel-to-wheel racing. That world is Time Trials. While part of the Sports Car Club of America’s Club Racing program, the SCCA Time Trials program is exactly that – a driver against himself, against the clock. This isn’t wheel-to-wheel racing – but it’s as close as you can get without moving to Club Racing.
The SCCA Time Trials program has four levels. The first, Performance Driving Experience (PDX), is akin to a standard track day: There is instruction and driving time on a real racetrack, but no times are taken and no awards given. The next level in the Time Trials program is … More