the worst and the most beautiful...

Back home in the Netherlands two things happened, OK allot of things happened!
Two things in particular happened the first thing blew my mind, Edwin died. The worst thing.
I've seen the Blading community showing their respects which was the most beautiful thing I've seen in a long time

THE WORST
Edwin Wieringh died on Tuesday the 22nd of september 2015, 32 years old...it still blows my mind.

Edwin was a good friend of us, I say us because Edwin was friends with the whole Dutch Blading community and all the Bladers he met outside The Netherlands, Belgium, The UK, Germany, The States, the old, the young and more. Anybody who met Edwin will remember his positivity, his "fun head" (in dutch it's "pret hoofd") and his drive to blade! I think Edwin was never angry or upset,
at least I've never seen the guy being frustrated or mad. Even at contests when it didn't work out, Edwin could explain why with a smile.
Sometimes I wish I could be positive like that, no worries, no screaming/yelling, no swearing
(I swear a fucking lot and loud sometimes...), no throwing my blades. Then again if I could roll on my blades like Edwin did, I would probably scream all the time with joy and laughter!
Blading was his passion and Eddy was gooood, he was a pro, he traveled the world but being a pro-blader means you need a full time job as well. No problem for Edwin.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
Once the news that Edwin was really dead, friends organized a get together the next day in Amsterdam and at least 80/100 bladers showed up. We had some beers, checked out some blading videos of Edwin on the wall with a beamer. The videos showed us again what a magnificent blader he was and we cheered and applaud!!! We also cried and realized this is it....

At the funeral I think 300 people showed up and 200 of them were bladers some from Belgium a couple blokes from the UK and allot of dutchies from allover the country. We all gathered at the parking lot. Inside the ceremony hall we made it fit with the 70 chairs, no one didn't mind to stand.
All the bladers brought their blades, lined up on both sides of the road and raised them in the air when the hearse passed us and we followed the hearse to it's final destination. This caused the longest parade/cortege I've ever seen. Seeing all these people coming together was impressive and the most beautiful thing I've seen in a long time.

We all wanted to pay our respects to Edwin and show his parents, his family and each other we will miss him.

Edwin was a nerd, a blading nerd because all he talked about was blading and showing you the latest clips he shot of the tricks he did, the best category of nerds there is, bladers. Just like everybody he needed oxygen to breath but blading was like breathing for Edwin and he needed it he bladed 5-6 days a week next to his full time job just because he loved it!
I had the honour to know Edwin for over 16 years, one of the nicest and positive guys I've known.
Shit man...still can't believe it.
Roll In Peace.