Marc B
MTB Fan, Cycling & Einrad-Freak :-)
aus dem MATCH VIDEOZINE Blog:
11-5-06: I just got this e-mail from Sebastian down in Chile...you may remember some of the SUAT videos and a rider named Troxel that contributed content to this site from time to time. Read on:
Hello Aaron:
I'm writing this mail to tell you that Troxel, one of the pioneers of the street riding in our country and one of our best riders, died today after being 1 week in the hospital.
Last friday he was street riding with 2 other riders in the night, when sudently they were attacked by 10 persons, one with a baseball bat and other with a gun. The 3 riders were attacked, but Troxel had the worst part. He was hited several times in the head with the bat by one of the guys. This bastards had no reason to attack him, we think they were doped with drugs or something like that. One of the riders tell us that he had never seen such violence in his life. Anyway, we're all very choked and sad, all users in our forums are aware and posting about it. It was on every tv news and every newspapers here.
And I was wondering if you could post something in honor of him. I know he was a big fan of your page and probably you even talked to him. He did a lot for the urban and mountain biking like 26mtb magazine and motivated almost every urban rider in here.
You even posted last year his video:
"9-23-05: Check out the SUAT website...there is a new video on there from the street crew in Chile."
Thanks for your time.
Sebastian
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I definitely want to send my condolensces out to the riders down in Chile, they all must be super bummed. I know that I am bummed out and I only exchanged a handful of e-mails with Troxel. Hopefully everyone down there will keep shredding and pick up where Troxel left off...I'm sure he would've wanted it that way.