BT injured

[CHOPPA]

http://www.bikesportnz.com/2012/04/t...ed/#more-12377

[oldguy]

man got to be gutted for the guy.

[takitimu]

Shayne Rice confirmed dislocated hip on fb, so gutted for BT.

[Reckless]

I bloody new it i was going post up in the other thread he shouldn't ride at 500% and fuck himself up agian but I didn't want to jinx him? Shit! bummer for him and all his fans that could well throw away his last oppourtunity at the big time

[FlangMasterJ]

FUUUUUCK! The worst luck.

[Ktmboy]

Damn.
A few of us had this conversation yesterday about the big jump he did in Aussie the other week and how he didn't need to take the risk when he was so far in front.
Hope he's OK. Does anyone know how long he is out for?

[Crasherfromwayback]

Terrible luck and timing. I'm thinking the sort of injury that will need a fair bit of down time too.

[takitimu]

Damn.
A few of us had this conversation yesterday about the big jump he did in Aussie the other week and how he didn't need to take the risk when he was so far in front.
Hope he's OK. Does anyone know how long he is out for?

There is an interesting interview with Aldon Baker on RacerX about how tough it is for the top guys to back off but retain their edge ( http://www.racerxvt.com/article/inte...ntaining-focus ), it's about RV, but I imagine the same is true for BT who I think also would have to keep pushing in Aussie as the reality was the races were prep for the US outdoors.

Shayne posted that the off looked totally minor, but my worry would be how BT get's his head back straight after this, I mean timing wise it's so close to a repeat of his practise crash back in 2010 ( I think 2010 ) which has to bring back bad memories & he has to face the reality that to recover from this injury and race at a level where he can battle with RV this year is going to be very tough which just plain sucks for him as he was looking so good & he had put so much effort in to get to a level where ( my take anyway ) was he was going to give RV some serious competition.

[scott411]

an update i got last night,

They got the hip back in back there is a bone fragment floating in the joint, and he will need an opp to remove it, they have to move him to brisbane for this opp,

[takitimu]

an update i got last night,

They got the hip back in back there is a bone fragment floating in the joint, and he will need an opp to remove it, they have to move him to brisbane for this opp,

Sounds pretty successful which is great, any idea on the degree of muscle/ligament/tendon damage ?.

[camchain]

BUGGER! feel rotten for him, a physical and psychological blow. Years ago got carted off skifield in ambo with injuries including dislocated finger - slightly painful. The other guy in ambo had dislocated shoulder, very painful. He moaned on every single bump we hit all the way to Taumaranui hospital. Dislocated hip has to be pretty major, and a lot of ligament stretching. Still young and healthy though, so fingers crossed.

[CHOPPA]

BUGGER! feel rotten for him, a physical and psychological blow. Years ago got carted off skifield in ambo with injuries including dislocated finger - slightly painful. The other guy in ambo had dislocated shoulder, very painful. He moaned on every single bump we hit all the way to Taumaranui hospital. Dislocated hip has to be pretty major, and a lot of ligament stretching. Still young and healthy though, so fingers crossed.

He is a pretty tough bugger. I hope he comes right. The ligaments are prob a bit loose from the first crash.

When he was a young fella he broke his femur got a rod put in it then crashed again, broke his leg again and BenT the rod. Must have been about 10. He has come back from some pretty big injuries. Heres hoping he can make round 1 of the AMA

[scott411]

He is a pretty tough bugger. I hope he comes right. The ligaments are prob a bit loose from the first crash.

When he was a young fella he broke his femur got a rod put in it then crashed again, broke his leg again and BenT the rod. Must have been about 10. He has come back from some pretty big injuries. Heres hoping he can make round 1 of the AMA

it was his last year of juniors when he did that, he was about 15, he bent it at the NZ champs that year, unless he did it twice

what he has done to himself over the years is pretty major, do not know what he ever did to derserve all of this

[Crasherfromwayback]

what he has done to himself over the years is pretty major, do not know what he ever did to derserve all of this

It's bizzare eh. Some people just have really rotten luck, others an amazing run. Shit...Rossi finally broke a leg after how many really big biffs? He's been charmed, BT cursed.

[camchain]

He is a pretty tough bugger. I hope he comes right. The ligaments are prob a bit loose from the first crash.

When he was a young fella he broke his femur got a rod put in it then crashed again, broke his leg again and BenT the rod. Must have been about 10. He has come back from some pretty big injuries. Heres hoping he can make round 1 of the AMA

Didn't know about that rod but had to wince at it!. Seems to keep BenDing himself up badly. Hope he comes right and can find balance of speed/crash avoidance. Top guys pretty much have to go 10/10ths, Kind of hate to say it but cant help thinking of old adage -To finish first, first you must finish.