Rodney Mullen Instagram – If you’ve ever checked out Rolling Stone’s articles on skating, you’ve surely encountered the work of Eric Hendrikx. A close friend connected us; soon afterwards, we did an interview for the release of Liminal. Though an honor to work with him, it was his heart for skating and straight up character that solidified our friendship. A few weeks ago, Eric and his son took off to Switzerland. Soon afterwards, Ben (Harper) reached out to let me know Eric was in a near fatal motorcycle accident there, then promptly got on a plane to go check on him. Eric is beloved by so many of us in the skate community, not to mention musicians and motorcyclists. We are better off because of his contributions. Since then, we’ve been texting, and you’d never know anything happened—always such an awesome sense of humor. Yet the road to recovery will be a long one.
Eric was airlifted by helicopter to a nearby hospital, then placed in an induced coma and breathing ventilator. I think it was the kidney damage and internal bleeding that may have been scariest, along with a badly punctured lung. Surgeons already reconstructed his shoulder with a bunch of plates, while his busted collarbone and shattered clavicle continue to heal. Though his spine was fractured in over a dozen spots, the chord itself seems fine; surgeons left it alone. Aside from a few other fractures and a busted hand, that’s mostly what’s gonna keep him over there until mid-September. Yet all of this comes at an enormous financial cost. If any of this moves you to contribute to his GoFundMe page with anything you may have to spare, know that it’ll be going to some especially good people in need of a helping hand.
https://www.gofundme.com/48ajojs?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=cta_button&utm_campaign=upd_n | Posted on 06/Sep/2017 06:13:07
