Rob McWhinnie is a gnarly mother!

Everyone has stories of getting broke off hard and it can instill a certain amount of fear in your heart. The bigger the bail, the harder it is to get back on your board and bomb the hill or attempt the trick that bit you so hard the first time. With that being said, we’ve got to give huge props to Rob for going back to the hill where he smashed his leg on a guardrail (fair warning: if the sight of bone sticking out of a leg bothers you, consider watching something else!) and filming this short documentary. Featuring footage from the original accident, combined with interviews, and skate footage, it’s well worth watching.

Face your fears.

3 years on, I’m back on board, riding hard and having fun. Before leaving Peru I had one last hill to ride, the same hill that I broke my leg on years ago, it was emotional and intimidating but the feeling of acomplishment after was worth the trip.

Justus Zimmerly

Born in Chicago and raised on the flat Canadian prairies, it wasn’t until moving to Ontario for school in 2005 that Justus got a taste for riding skateboards down hills. Since then it’s been a bit of an obsession. He graduated with a degree in Film Studies, but spent as much time focussed on skateboarding as he did on studying. Now he’s living the good life in Oakland, California, riding his motorcycle and working as Editor-in-chief for Skate[Slate].

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