On The Pegs December 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 12 | Page 89

On The Pegs
VOL. 4 ISSUE 12 - DECEMBER 2019
89
Tell us about your injury and how it’s doing.
I pretty much severely tore my ACL and meniscus. I guess meniscus is the damp-
ening suspension in the knee. They had to basically go in and repair my ACL and
meniscus and use some of my own body pieces to get an ACL in. Then I tore my
MCL and PCL, but that didn’t require surgery. Then I guess a common thing is a
tibia plateau fracture. So, when you hyper-extend the knee your femur bone and
your tibia crush each other and you get a fractured tibia. So that’s probably why
my knee hurt so bad. It felt like my tibia went through my knee. I thought I just
exploded everything on the inside. It was just that shot to that bone.
How did you hurt it?
I was filming for the X Games Real Moto thing they do, like people vote. Axell
Hodges backed out when he was supposed to do his 400-foot jump or whatever
he was doing. So, I got called late and I was rushing. I had to go to Erzberg so I
was trying to get it all done in a week, and I messed up. It was windy and I knew
better. I second-guessed it but I was like, I’ll be all right. Then I was not all right.
Are you on schedule for a return?
Yeah. I think I’m pretty much on schedule. I kind of had a breakthrough. My
range of motion was so hard to get back. I was talking with Antti (Kallonen) and
we wanted to get back as soon as possible in case we did SuperEnduro. Honestly,
it almost probably would have been better to wait a couple more weeks before I
had surgery just to get the swelling out and range of motion. I know after the fact
you learn everything that you did wrong the first time. I should have done some
rehab and gained range of motion before rushing in for surgery. But it’s coming
along. I can’t quite bend my knee all the way still, but every morning and night
I’m sitting there cranking on it trying to get the range back again.
When is six months up?
December 10th.
Will you ride any of the SuperEnduro rounds?
No, not this year. The promoter is trying so hard to get me to go. He’s like, “Let
me know next week when you see the doctor what he says.” I’m like, “I’ve already
decided I’m not going.” The problem is, I’m not even cleared yet. They say six
months minimum, and the day of the race is like three days before six months
hits post-surgery. Then rounds three and four, I’m supposed to be having a little