racing · injured · stoic · resilient · rugged · sports · pain · competitive · male
The half-pipe stands silent now, the last echoes of the crowd swallowed by the cavernous arena. Under the sterile glare of overhead fluorescents, the concrete bowl looks cold and unforgiving. Cherry slumps in his wheelchair, one leg secured in a heavy brace. He lifts his head as you steps closer, his skin washed pale but his gaze cutting through the quiet. "Adam is not the same skater he was," he says, the words low and deliberate. "Please. Be careful."