Video: Reece Wallace - 'Warming Up'
Reece Wallace rides the North Shore of Vancouver, BC during the Winter months. This was his first shoot after recovering from a serious leg injury he sustained while filming for Eric Lawernuk's film "Alchemy".
"Last year was a difficult year for me. I completely tore my ACL, MCL, LCL, meniscus, and cracked my femur and tibia while filming. “You’ll be off your bike for around nine months,” my surgeon told me. This was tough for me to hear. I had reconstructive surgery, dedicated myself to a rehab and physiotherapy program, and got back on my bike five months post surgery. It was tough; living in Whistler, friends staying with me all summer to ride, watching events from my computer screen, hitting the gym, doctors appointments, and physio was not how I envisioned my season.
‘Warming Up’ was my first time filming since back on my bike in the early winter and the title is fitting. Although it was one of Vancouver’s heaviest and coldest snow days of the season, I just wanted to ride and make the best of it. One can never tell when or if riding will be taken away from them, so make every moment count." - Reece Wallace
Video by: Rupert Walker
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Never a truer word spoken. Good luck this year man, props for the fast recovery time!
Whhhhaaaaatttttt????!!!!!! The average person would take a couple a years to get back to anywhere near normal riding after that and probably never be 100% again. Major respect for getting out so quickly and putting the effort in to the recovery. Take it easy Reece and keep getting the right help (as it sounds like you are already)
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand you leave in a comment stating this is an illegal trail. Potentially escalating the chance of this trail being destroyed!
Did I hurt some ones overly sensitive feelings with my honest comment? poor babies.