short story

The fear, he could feel it in his belly. Waiting anxiously for it to go away, he prepared himself. His mechanics are there to make any last minute adjustments, the fans are screaming, it seems like the whole place is watching him. The pit in his belly intensifies as he approaches the starting gate. Other riders are already there checking and rechecking their bikes. He can feel the fear, he can feel the pressure. Everyone expects more from him now than every after he earned the number one plate. The 30 second board is out now. It only lasts for 30 seconds but to him it feels like an eternity. All of a sudden the gate drops, it seems like slow motion to the anxious riders. They all hammer the throttle and speed of onto the track. He sees no riders in front of him just the fresh dirt of the track. The other racers are chasing closely behind him. They are watching the number one hoping he will make a mistake. He tries to pick up the pace and distance himself from the other riders. Luckily for him a rider slides out in the second corner and takes out a few other racers putting some space between them and the leader. He leads for most of the race. He is starting to get tired. He doesn’t want to slow down but he knows that he is. With two laps to go he passes by the mechanics area. His mechanics board says “Speed it up!” He looks back and sees why. His longtime rival in the racing series is closing in on him. He tries to stay ahead but can’t hold off the hard charging rival behind. The battle in each corner giving bumps to one another and trying to pull ahead. His rival goes off a jump alongside him. He sees something is wrong with his rival in midair; the rival wasn’t going to make the jump. His rival’s bike slams into the face of the landing ramp. He goes over the bars and slams into the solid dirt below. He isn’t moving but the number one just took the lead and can’t worry about his rival now. He gets through the last corner and goes over the finish line jump winning the race. He does a whip to celebrate the win. He rides over to the podium and can feel the weight of the world lifted off his shoulders as he gets his first win of the season.

Ribbon Based Images

     
  These two images are dynamic images. The one on the left has a good flow of ribbons in it. The ribbon can go straight down his leg then down his body then down his top arm into the wheel. It makes an almost perfect horizontal line across his back. The image on the right has a good flow aswell. From the riders body ithe ribbon goes right donw his leg and into the boot then into the dirt spray then to the back round. That makes the viewer look at the focal point of the rider and then down his body into the dirt and backround.