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Aside from him hurting your feelings and making you lose some sleep, what did he say in his podium interview that got your panties in such a bunch? He acknowledged the crash and said the exact same thing on the podium that he did in that interview. Life is tough bud, get a helmet, and don't let an 18-year-old make you cry again. You'll be alright.
Anyone have even a guess on these injuries and a timeline to be racing again? I’m not a doctor and I did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
Austin’s dad provided an update which matched the text I received. No surgery which is good.
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Have YOU seen what they wear? It’s nothing more than a beer coozie worth of padding spread out. Thats IF they use one with back or shoulder protection, most don’t. What - are you new!!
Good thing Forkner wasn't racing a Stark Varg, because they have 80 horsepower and his crash would have been much worse and might have killed him. Motocross bikes should stay 250 and 450 Internal combustion engines forever, because faster Electric bikes are going to kill someone and even be a danger to fans in the stands.
Stomach went into my throat when I saw it happen. I hate seeing any rider that lines up , go down like that. Austin has been riding incredible. I think that wreck probably damaged his confidence, as much as it did his body. Really hope it's not a serious injury.
Paramedic 13 years and BS of EMS, Walking them around more than they need to is not good. But the cot Is better than the backboard. Best thing to do is the scoop stretcher. Maybe a stokes basket or just a regular cot. Nobody needs to be sitting up with a c caller
Not everyone is a true badass like yourself. We all aspire to be though.
Thanks for the update pops, he’ll be back on top soon.
I can barely function in my day to day with only one contact, riding SX with one would be unthinkable for me
I have rewatched the race and I swear there are a lot of riders that hit the table top almost the exact same. I cringed , after seeing Forkner’s crash, almost every time someone hit it similar. Sexton looked like he hit the same spot at the same angle with about 6 minutes to go in the 450s. Hunter same at 3:30 left. I feel like minor suspension setting differences may be the difference between riding through it or being ejected. I don’t get why they think this setup and landing was better than a dragon’s back that they quit making. All they had to do is taper the landing more on the back side of the table top to keep the speed the same but make the landing much safer.
Agreed, i crash on tarmac, it doesnt grab you like soft stuff. Its a bit late in the day to point out something that has been obvious since 1974.
Consider me proven wrong then, you are correct, the sport has been made as safe as it can ever be. MIPS is about as far as it goes then.
Tough situation for Austin, leading with a missing contact.
So glad he's discharged and best wishes for a speedy recovery.
When I fractured my C2/5/6 I was transported in a sitting position in the ambulance. And they even thought I may have had a step off injury (dislocated vertebra  
at T1. The device was like a back board but I was in the sitting position. So every accident is different. Not going to second guess from my living room.
sending good thoughts for Austin though. Dude wants to race and win, not sit on the sidelines healing. This sport is rough on all of us at time. I can only imagine having that talent level and not be able to accomplish all that he wants to and is capable of.
A couple things I’ve noticed about Austin this year:
Whatever him and Ryno were doing was working
He’s grown a lot this year
His speed and racecraft are unquestionable
His ability to bounce back from injury and get up to speed is amazing. Doug Henry and Trey Canard come to mind
Even with his history, I’d sign him to a 450 in a heartbeat. Too bad I don’t have a 450 team.
He’s used up all his bad luck I think some good luck is coming his way
A couple more laps and I was just about thinking CShip for him this year…….again - I wish RC would just stop pumping guys up when they’re coming back from injury. Austin shut down Deegans charge and started gapping him all smooth and in control with just a couple laps left and RC starts yapping. STFU! RC, then sure enough
I hope he didn’t break too big a piece off this time cause I’d love to see him come back and get this monkey off his back - or just hang up the boots and start making babies. Whatever makes him happy
Couldn't agree more.
He changed his line mid race when it wasn't working in the whoops, and was making time again.
Hope he can stay mentally strong.
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Having Ryno in his corner was a huge tick in the right direction and he knows that. Luckily no surgery and he can come back and he will be right back to technique training. I think as he comes back this will give Charles Dao more time to get him back 100%. Man that was hard to watch, but damn the kid has heart.
My God, what a relief! Get well young man.
This may come as a shock to someone like you, but most people are actually capable of empathy
Maybe Feld needs to look at this type of obstacle going forward.
GWS Austin.
No surgery, Thats Huge!
Heal up Austin, Hope to see you on the bike again.
Losing a contact can really fuck up your depth perception...I used to race with contacts and every now and then I would lose one and it made it almost impossible to ride, I would end up closing the eye without the contact just so I could have some depth perception.
Glad to hear it's not worse after the way that looked. I'm kinda surprised the medic crew didn't use the back board for Austin after that wreck.
Agreed. One thing I didn’t like seeing from Austin. At 2:45, on the triple into the 180 right before the finish line jump and 15 seconds before the crash, he looks back to see where Deegan is or something. I screamed at the tv “focus forward!” ….and no…I’m not telling a pro that could lap me in 2 laps how to ride…but if you are looking back then you are not 100% focus forward on hitting marks as perfect as you can. My heart breaks for him. I hope he is back racing soon. This is a much better series with him.
So glad he’s going to be alright. My wife and I were horrified when we saw it happen, hands over our mouths for the rest of the main until they showed him standing. From memory, this was up there with Alessi getting ran over multiple times at Red Bud as one of the worst incidents I’ve ever seen.
As far as the concrete goes, not sure what they can do about it but I hope they can figure something out. Webb landing on his ass a few years ago was rough to watch, too.
"I’m not telling a pro that could lap me in 2 laps how to ride…but"
You just did...
Nothing wrong with a peek at your competition to manage the gap. Might've missed his pitboard. Don't listen to that guy who says someone in 2nd place "is in the perfect position" so much.
Thanks for this. Pretty good injuries there , but no surgery , and he'll heal up. Could of been way worse.
Gotcha, I didn’t know you were differentiating between cot vs. backboard etc and were advocating for getting them up and moving them. Thanks for the clarification 🫡
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