Ken Roczen Shares His Thoughts on His Year-Ending Injury

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Edited Date/Time 4/10/2017 4:42pm
Here's quite a few words from Ken Roczen on his year-ending injury. He talks about how the injury was so bad, that he was actually in danger of losing his arm...pretty heavy stuff. Thanks to Scottie for forwarding this to me, I missed it previously...

You spend months preparing,training and lots of riding for racing and never even tip over really. Literally go without crashing for weeks and everything washes down the drain from just one little bitty mishap. To be honest, I dont see anything i did wrong. Not like the previous years where i go. "Man that was stupid"; But riding/racing you have to act quick... very! And in the end you can't pause the world and think about what you are going to do for a second. You will always go with your instinkt and there is nothing wrong with that. That's part of learning and getting better. But like I said, I would love to look at the crash and say, ohhh that's what happened..! But I can't. Not sure if that makes it easier or harder. Anyway I felt more gathered and collected and focused than ever as you could tell in my riding ( in my eyes) and then something this scary happens so quick. I got VERY lucky that I really just demolished my arm because at that speed and height it could have been very ugly. It was still scary coming out of the first surgery and Doc Viola said if it wouldn't have been done now I could have lost my arm. I started having compartment syndrome. Wich means my muscles and everything were so swollen from the impact that they stopped getting blood flow and slowly stop working. And once the muscle is dead there is no bringing it back. Anyway. Tough pill to swollen, but hey. Could have been worse. Felt like telling the story. It. But it's good to hear that thing are gonna be fine. Just gotta be patient.

A video posted by Ken Roczen (@kenroczen94) on Feb 5, 2017 at 12:50pm PST



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That is gnarly. Glad he has been well taken care of.
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Get well soon KR and hope to see you on the line in 18 ready to fight for championships
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I really like that he keeps people up to speed. Makes you like him more!

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Thank you to our amazing medical doctors... we are VERY lucky and blessed to have them they are unsung hero's...
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Total bummer but it's awesome that he is so open with all of his fans. He could have just as easy went media silent but he is a cool dude and a professional.
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AHRMA361 2/6/2017 11:12am
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That's some deep shit to think you were that close to losing a limb. Having all this down time to reflect on the "what if's", it must be difficult to stay positive like it appears he is doing.
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twotwosix 2/6/2017 11:33am
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Hopefully he can make a complete recovery. Josh Hill can tell KRoc all about Compartment Syndrome...
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twotwosix 2/6/2017 11:39am
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We should turn this thread into a discussion of what caused his crash. That would be awesome. Lets do it.
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ML512 2/6/2017 11:41am
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twotwosix wrote:
We should turn this thread into a discussion of what caused his crash. That would be awesome. Lets do it.
Although I know you're being sarcastic I'll just state it for others, lets not. We already had three huge topics on it, one was over ten pages. This is a get well/view into Ken's thoughts topic. Not a lets debate his crash over-and-over again topic. I'll actually delete posts in this thread if people steer it there.
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muGz.147 2/6/2017 11:44am
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Kind of reminds me of Minnesota Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater. It was said that, had the medical staff not acted as quickly and efficiently as they did that day, it was VERY possible that he would have lost his leg. Scary stuff.
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speed_racer 2/6/2017 12:18pm
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Write something to help the dude out.

Dear Kenny, you are one tough young man.

Mind over matter bro, start moving that thing soon, have lot's of good sex it's the best healing drug.
Tell your girl sex is the best therapy too, hold yourself up with that arm!

My experience with an injury is hot sex 4 times a day will heal anything quickly.....

You sure aren't going to forget how to ride, take some time off and enjoy the life of a 22 year old.
Villopoto came back with the bionic leg, KR can come back with the bionic arm.

Some of us know a small percent of your pain, you are one bad dude!
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Fourth_Floor 2/6/2017 12:18pm
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ML512 wrote:
Although I know you're being sarcastic I'll just state it for others, lets not. We already had three huge topics on it, one was over ten...
Although I know you're being sarcastic I'll just state it for others, lets not. We already had three huge topics on it, one was over ten pages. This is a get well/view into Ken's thoughts topic. Not a lets debate his crash over-and-over again topic. I'll actually delete posts in this thread if people steer it there.
Agreed. If he doesn't know what went wrong then mark it up to a freak racing incident. I remember Tomac saying something to the effect of "These kinds of crashes leave me scratching my head" after his big get off during the outdoors. Just a crappy situation but at least he is young and under the care or some extremely smart people. The guy had everyone's number this year before the gate even dropped at A1.
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Fourth_Floor 2/6/2017 12:24pm
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speed_racer wrote:
Write something to help the dude out. Dear Kenny, you are one tough young man. Mind over matter bro, start moving that thing soon, have lot's...
Write something to help the dude out.

Dear Kenny, you are one tough young man.

Mind over matter bro, start moving that thing soon, have lot's of good sex it's the best healing drug.
Tell your girl sex is the best therapy too, hold yourself up with that arm!

My experience with an injury is hot sex 4 times a day will heal anything quickly.....

You sure aren't going to forget how to ride, take some time off and enjoy the life of a 22 year old.
Villopoto came back with the bionic leg, KR can come back with the bionic arm.

Some of us know a small percent of your pain, you are one bad dude!


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JW381 2/6/2017 12:31pm
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twotwosix wrote:
We should turn this thread into a discussion of what caused his crash. That would be awesome. Lets do it.
ML512 wrote:
Although I know you're being sarcastic I'll just state it for others, lets not. We already had three huge topics on it, one was over ten...
Although I know you're being sarcastic I'll just state it for others, lets not. We already had three huge topics on it, one was over ten pages. This is a get well/view into Ken's thoughts topic. Not a lets debate his crash over-and-over again topic. I'll actually delete posts in this thread if people steer it there.
Please delete posts trying to analyze the crash. Kenny himself said he watched it and can't figure out what caused it. So excuse me for being highly doubtful that anyone here, save for Le Cobra or JT $, would have the slightest clue as to what really caused that get-off.

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JAFO92 2/6/2017 1:17pm
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JW381 wrote:
Please delete posts trying to analyze the crash. Kenny himself said he watched it and can't figure out what caused it. So excuse me for being...
Please delete posts trying to analyze the crash. Kenny himself said he watched it and can't figure out what caused it. So excuse me for being highly doubtful that anyone here, save for Le Cobra or JT $, would have the slightest clue as to what really caused that get-off.

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speed_racer wrote:
Write something to help the dude out. Dear Kenny, you are one tough young man. Mind over matter bro, start moving that thing soon, have lot's...
Write something to help the dude out.

Dear Kenny, you are one tough young man.

Mind over matter bro, start moving that thing soon, have lot's of good sex it's the best healing drug.
Tell your girl sex is the best therapy too, hold yourself up with that arm!

My experience with an injury is hot sex 4 times a day will heal anything quickly.....

You sure aren't going to forget how to ride, take some time off and enjoy the life of a 22 year old.
Villopoto came back with the bionic leg, KR can come back with the bionic arm.

Some of us know a small percent of your pain, you are one bad dude!
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WTF? LMAO
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It's pretty crazy how much info you get from instagram now a days. Direct source from the athlete to the media.
And it seems more and more instagram links have made their way into vital.
Should be worrisome for media, digital media and journalists, I would think.

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Heal up Kenny ... we miss you.
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You're my favorite rider get well and come back like it never happened....
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Get well soon and thanks for the update KR......
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ML512 2/6/2017 4:46pm
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Mr.Reliable wrote:
It's pretty crazy how much info you get from instagram now a days. Direct source from the athlete to the media. And it seems more and...
It's pretty crazy how much info you get from instagram now a days. Direct source from the athlete to the media.
And it seems more and more instagram links have made their way into vital.
Should be worrisome for media, digital media and journalists, I would think.
Depends how you look at it. Social Media has changed how we go about stuff quite a bit the past few years, but there's still a ton of content we offer that Social Media doesn't. We just focus on doing that to the best of our ability and utilize the Social Media to better connect our audience to the athletes. In this case, we'd normally not be able to get any type of interview from Ken while he's laid up, especially this early into his recovery. But do to his activeness on IG, I was able to update our viewers that don't follow him in that manner or missed his post.
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MXVet261 2/6/2017 4:51pm
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YEAR ending? Not gonna make outdoors? I know I sort of figured he wouldn't....
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ML512 2/6/2017 4:52pm
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YEAR ending? Not gonna make outdoors? I know I sort of figured he wouldn't....
As of now, no outdoors at all in 2017. I don't think Monster Cup is even being thought about at this point...
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It's gonna be a long road back for Kenny... Josh Hill's foot is still not great apparently, might be worse for riding to have compartment on an arm... I actually wouldn't be surprised if Kenny isn't back till half way into next season too.
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Good to hear that he's staying so positive, and can still find time to let his fans know what's going on.

He's a Top Man that Kenny! Best of luck with the recovery.
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Skuzzy29 2/6/2017 5:38pm
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ML512 wrote:
Here's quite a few words from Ken Roczen on his year-ending injury. He talks about how the injury was so bad, that he was actually in...
Here's quite a few words from Ken Roczen on his year-ending injury. He talks about how the injury was so bad, that he was actually in danger of losing his arm...pretty heavy stuff. Thanks to Scottie for forwarding this to me, I missed it previously...

You spend months preparing,training and lots of riding for racing and never even tip over really. Literally go without crashing for weeks and everything washes down the drain from just one little bitty mishap. To be honest, I dont see anything i did wrong. Not like the previous years where i go. "Man that was stupid"; But riding/racing you have to act quick... very! And in the end you can't pause the world and think about what you are going to do for a second. You will always go with your instinkt and there is nothing wrong with that. That's part of learning and getting better. But like I said, I would love to look at the crash and say, ohhh that's what happened..! But I can't. Not sure if that makes it easier or harder. Anyway I felt more gathered and collected and focused than ever as you could tell in my riding ( in my eyes) and then something this scary happens so quick. I got VERY lucky that I really just demolished my arm because at that speed and height it could have been very ugly. It was still scary coming out of the first surgery and Doc Viola said if it wouldn't have been done now I could have lost my arm. I started having compartment syndrome. Wich means my muscles and everything were so swollen from the impact that they stopped getting blood flow and slowly stop working. And once the muscle is dead there is no bringing it back. Anyway. Tough pill to swollen, but hey. Could have been worse. Felt like telling the story. It. But it's good to hear that thing are gonna be fine. Just gotta be patient.

A video posted by Ken Roczen (@kenroczen94) on Feb 5, 2017 at 12:50pm PST



Missed it? I added it to your Roczen update thread! Wink ...lol
JustPuttinAround 2/6/2017 5:39pm
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KRoc's IG has been quite "interesting" to follow lately.

You can really catch a glimpse of the physical, mental, and emotional rollercoaster he's been on since the injury, as well as the gravity of the whole situation he going through.

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