Favorite Moto Injury

Torco1 wrote:

I have you all beat..... [img]http://www.laialyq8.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/paper-cut-2.JPG[/img]

I have you all beat.....

Mutt wrote:

[img]http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/7001/ouchn.jpg[/img]

Torco1 wrote:

Do you know a lot of the racers from NM?

ocscottie wrote:

I use to win these threads with the post of my xray, then Chris had to post that foot pic..man that is GNARLY! makes my feet...

I use to win these threads with the post of my xray, then Chris had to post that foot pic..man that is GNARLY! makes my feet hurt so bad just looking at it.

Ridge, do you get bad phantom pains? i have them so bad constantly that some days i want to hack my legs off. I have tried every damn nerve pain med under the sun and never get relief, and the worst part is i cant even smoke a little pot anymore to calm them down, it makes em 10 times worse!

Cygnus wrote:

Have you tried edibles?

ocscottie wrote:

edibles? such as shrooms etc? oh ya plenty back in the day. I once took so much X i could move my legs! I almsot thought...

edibles? such as shrooms etc? oh ya plenty back in the day. I once took so much X i could move my legs! I almsot thought i was onto something, so i was X'n out a LOT, but never could recreate it, was some really gnarly tabs a friend had brought me from Texas that did it.

Mutt wrote:

Yes, yes, I do.

Mutt wrote:

Yes, yes, I do.

Torco1 wrote:

Do you know Bradley Graham by any chance?

Torco1 wrote:

I have you all beat..... [img]http://www.laialyq8.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/paper-cut-2.JPG[/img]

I have you all beat.....

jasonv43 wrote:

Looks gnarly dude!!! How long were you off the bike for?

Mutt wrote:

Yes, yes, I do.

Torco1 wrote:

Do you know Bradley Graham by any chance?

Mutt wrote:

Yes, I know Brad and his dad, Mike. Did an article/interview with Bradley for MXWest many moons ago.

Torco1 wrote:

I have you all beat..... [img]http://www.laialyq8.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/paper-cut-2.JPG[/img]

I have you all beat.....

jasonv43 wrote:

Looks gnarly dude!!! How long were you off the bike for?

Torco1 wrote:

Just a little over 6 months.

Mutt wrote:

I haven't seen them in a while. Used to practice with them out at Northern all the time. Went back East for some time. As I...

I haven't seen them in a while. Used to practice with them out at Northern all the time. Went back East for some time. As I start to get back in to riding I might see 'em.

jasonv43 wrote:

I had something similar. [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Hangnail_on_left_hand_pinkie_01.jpg[/img]

I had something similar.

ridge wrote:

Since we're bragging... [IMG]http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c138/EMIEVEL/WARNING-injuries-WARNING/7bf27b32.jpg[/IMG]

Since we're bragging...

Torco1 wrote:

That's really him. Click on his profile pic and you can see his prosthetic leg. From the looks of him riding, it hasnt really slowed him...

That's really him. Click on his profile pic and you can see his prosthetic leg. From the looks of him riding, it hasnt really slowed him down. Much respect for that Ridge.

Torco1 wrote:

That's really him. Click on his profile pic and you can see his prosthetic leg. From the looks of him riding, it hasnt really slowed him...

That's really him. Click on his profile pic and you can see his prosthetic leg. From the looks of him riding, it hasnt really slowed him down. Much respect for that Ridge.

jasonv43 wrote:

Looks gnarly dude!!! How long were you off the bike for?

Torco1 wrote:

Just a little over 6 months.

jasonv43 wrote:

I had something similar. [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Hangnail_on_left_hand_pinkie_01.jpg[/img]

I had something similar.

ridge wrote:

Since we're bragging... [IMG]http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c138/EMIEVEL/WARNING-injuries-WARNING/7bf27b32.jpg[/IMG]

Since we're bragging...

Mutt wrote:

Alright, i've been out of circulation for some time, but have to hear the story! Looks like it snapped right below your knee brace?

ridge wrote:

Since we're bragging... [IMG]http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c138/EMIEVEL/WARNING-injuries-WARNING/7bf27b32.jpg[/IMG]

Since we're bragging...

Mutt wrote:

Alright, i've been out of circulation for some time, but have to hear the story! Looks like it snapped right below your knee brace?

ridge wrote:

Nope. My bike sucked a reed off the lip of a huge double. I was gonna go in head first so I jumped over the bars...

Nope. My bike sucked a reed off the lip of a huge double. I was gonna go in head first so I jumped over the bars and landed feet first into the face of the second jump. As they say in gymnastics, I stuck the landing. Both legs went through my ankles and heels, and crushed everything.

I spent a couple years in a wheelchair and then went back racing. Eventually I broke the left one pretty badly again and decided to get it cut off. It took a couple years to find a doctor with enough of a sack to do the amputation, so we decided to wait until I broke it again.

Unfortunately, my next broken leg was the other one, and it was the femur and hip this time! So, I waited a little while until my femur was strong enough to stand on, and had the left one removed.

I got my leg amputated about 8 years after the original injury. That was 8 years of heavy pain killer abuse. The doctors really dropped the ball and should have made that decision after the 3rd or 4th operation. The only way I convinced the last doctor (I saw many) to do it was to tell him I was going to do it myself. And, I would have. I had a plan and he knew I was serious.

NeWskoolmxer wrote:

Inspiring man, BUT WHAT SICK #$%@ TOOK THE PICTURE LOL!

ridge wrote:

Since we're bragging... [IMG]http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c138/EMIEVEL/WARNING-injuries-WARNING/7bf27b32.jpg[/IMG]

Since we're bragging...

Mutt wrote:

Alright, i've been out of circulation for some time, but have to hear the story! Looks like it snapped right below your knee brace?

ridge wrote:

Nope. My bike sucked a reed off the lip of a huge double. I was gonna go in head first so I jumped over the bars...

Nope. My bike sucked a reed off the lip of a huge double. I was gonna go in head first so I jumped over the bars and landed feet first into the face of the second jump. As they say in gymnastics, I stuck the landing. Both legs went through my ankles and heels, and crushed everything.

I spent a couple years in a wheelchair and then went back racing. Eventually I broke the left one pretty badly again and decided to get it cut off. It took a couple years to find a doctor with enough of a sack to do the amputation, so we decided to wait until I broke it again.

Unfortunately, my next broken leg was the other one, and it was the femur and hip this time! So, I waited a little while until my femur was strong enough to stand on, and had the left one removed.

I got my leg amputated about 8 years after the original injury. That was 8 years of heavy pain killer abuse. The doctors really dropped the ball and should have made that decision after the 3rd or 4th operation. The only way I convinced the last doctor (I saw many) to do it was to tell him I was going to do it myself. And, I would have. I had a plan and he knew I was serious.

GuyB wrote:

Favorite? Is there such a thing?

Ridge...ouch.

ridge wrote:

Steve, it doesn't bother me at all. That leg is dead to me.

TriRacer27 wrote:

Come on dude, I was eating a burito and holding it just like the person in that picture!! Not cool! So what's the story behind this...

Come on dude, I was eating a burito and holding it just like the person in that picture!! Not cool!

So what's the story behind this picture?

GuyB wrote:

Ridge always wins this game.

Mutt wrote:

Alright, i've been out of circulation for some time, but have to hear the story! Looks like it snapped right below your knee brace?

ridge wrote:

Nope. My bike sucked a reed off the lip of a huge double. I was gonna go in head first so I jumped over the bars...

Nope. My bike sucked a reed off the lip of a huge double. I was gonna go in head first so I jumped over the bars and landed feet first into the face of the second jump. As they say in gymnastics, I stuck the landing. Both legs went through my ankles and heels, and crushed everything.

I spent a couple years in a wheelchair and then went back racing. Eventually I broke the left one pretty badly again and decided to get it cut off. It took a couple years to find a doctor with enough of a sack to do the amputation, so we decided to wait until I broke it again.

Unfortunately, my next broken leg was the other one, and it was the femur and hip this time! So, I waited a little while until my femur was strong enough to stand on, and had the left one removed.

I got my leg amputated about 8 years after the original injury. That was 8 years of heavy pain killer abuse. The doctors really dropped the ball and should have made that decision after the 3rd or 4th operation. The only way I convinced the last doctor (I saw many) to do it was to tell him I was going to do it myself. And, I would have. I had a plan and he knew I was serious.

Mutt wrote:

You sir, are a bad MoFo'!