Either way, I feel that we haven't even begun to touch the speed potential yet, and I plan on not just breaking but SHATTERING my world record in 2007, where ever in the world that needs to be. If the conditions are conducive in Dubai, I plan on trying to push the speed record back a bit as well if they're not, then that will have to wait. Other than that, I'm looking forward to hanging out with my friends and team mates at the SIA show in Vegas again this January, and possibly to go to Dubai in the UAE (United Arab Emirates) for the annual Hugo International Sandboarding Championships. I'm just going to stay training steadily on the snow, and try to feel it out wisely so far so good. I am so eager to get back on the sand, but I need to come back full-force, and the only way to do that properly is to make sure I don't overdo anything too soon. What's on tap for you in the near future?ĮJ: Trying to attain the perfect balance of progression and patience, to get myself back to where I need to be with my riding. PI: It sounds like your snowboarding season's shaping up well. That and ripping around Tahoe in my recently purchased twin-turbo Audi A6Q (laughs)
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PI: So it's back to the riding/working out/riding/stretching /riding schedule again for you, eh?ĮJ: Pretty much, interspersed with spending some time working along side my girlfriend and rider/artist Pete Pilcic designing my new MTL Pro Model snowboard, which I should hopefully have a prototype of later this season and be on the market for 06/07. I just need to take it fairly conservatively for a little while, until it all starts to come together again. I just got back on the snow last week, partly thanks to Donjoy Knee Bracing, so officially I'm back. PI: So what's the status report? Are you back on a board yet?ĮJ: Everything went very well the surgery itself went without a hitch, and I've been pretty persistent and aggressive with my rehab. The cartilage and meniscus were both pretty torn up as well, so the surgeon had to clean some of that up too.
It's amazing how long it takes to get it all back, when you think about how quickly you can lose it!ĮJ: The main thing was a patella tendon graft ACL re-construction. I had a knee re-construction in the middle of May, so I have spent most of the time since then getting my body back into shape. Phantom Interviewer: So how's it going? Did you have a productive summer?Įrik Johnson: (laughs) Yeah, I guess you could say that. Better run fast gentlemen, Erik's not waiting for ya!īelow the 'Phantom Interviewer' catches up with Erik. He is still the man to beat when it comes to maximum speed. Plagued by knee injuries Erik has at times been slowed down a bit but not stopped. Erik looks fast just standing still and he is, in fact one of the fasted men, (if not THE fastest man) on sand. It's hard to miss the 6'5" figure racing down the face of a dune at highway speeds.
SANDBOARD MAGAZINE - FEATURED PILOT - Erik JohnsonĮrik Axl Johnson is a stand out boarder.
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