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This would make the most sense. These pegs are super sharp and the G’s on the feet and ankles in transitions is pretty steep. Any misplacement of the foot and your risk goes up pretty good. Eli’s Achilles is a similar deal just a different breaking point in the armor
Would love to see Kenny bring it home. Here’s to him having a healthy season where his body allows him to push every weekend. Hunter would be a great champion as well.
If Chase is dialed everyone is in trouble and he will walk away. Coop will be good and do his thing. I just don’t see the “opportunities” like last year. I think the others are stronger. Ktm and Eli have homework to do and it requires time. I just don’t see it happening to lead the series.
Bummed for Jett, hopefully he doesn’t pick up the injury bug that many racers seem to catch.
I too want riders healthy....but to a few of your points..
The tracks now are often less technical than they were 20 years ago.
With learning the tracks as well..... it's old hat for these guys, two, three laps and they can have it dialed in.
I do think an extra weekend off in season would help..... but who would actually take that time off? Most guys would still be riding as per usual.
It sounds like he hit the eject button. Didnt land with the bike.
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I have the exact same injury. My talus is screwed together. High-speed over jump.
He’s definitely out for SX. Unless he shattered them, he’ll be fine. It’s definitely not an injury that you rush to recover from just like the scaphoid in the wrist (which I also have screwed together). I’ve had no problems with my foot.
My buddy, however, had to fuse his ankle. He can still ride just the same.
You think he can make it for the start of MX?
How do they improve riding performance?
Halfway down in Keefers article “In whoop sections and while approaching jumps while standing up, you can even incorporate your heels to load the suspension to get increase height, similar to a seat-bounce.”
Also helps load the rear of the bike on downhills.
Interesting, might have to try a pair
ya know, with the skills this kid has, it honestly wouldn't surprise me if he came off the couch for Outdoors and ran the deck. He's an alien.
That's exactly what I expect to hear when the details come out.
Nice find on being able to see the boot mod but I'm thinking this injury comes from the shear vertical impact of the foot slamming hard on the ground and crushing the bone. I was under the impression the Tech10 ribs were to prevent the ankle from hyper flexing?
Hope Jett has great help and luck with the injury.
As for the season, will someone dominate or will it be a floating red plate?
Here’s to no more injuries 🤞
For me it was a loop out up and right, I put my foot down and had old clapped out boots. It was hyperflexion that wrecked the navic. My talus was okay, the navic has screws and is fused to the talus. The first doc thought I broke the talus. He told me I was at risk of bone necrosis because it doesn't get very good circulation. My middle foot was pretty swollen for about 6 months. It is still slightly bigger around than the left and has a little less flex but it doesn't stop anything but running and I ain't running unless I have to to save my life.
I could wildly speculate that Jett had the same kind of flex from balls of his feet on the pegs and a hard landing but who knows?
Stew had the head shots. That has a lot more risk down the road than a broken foot.
2008 and 2010 were not head shots. 2008 was an ACL and 2010 was his wrist.
Stewart 2.0
Shattered my talus, navicular, bunch of other bones in my foot and tore my achilles in a set of Tech 10’s, landed off the bike similar to what it sounds like happened to Jett. Everybody is quick to say he’s injury prone but the reality is if you’re gonna race dirtbikes you’re gonna crash dirtbikes, even the very best. Hope he heals up quick.
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As they say on Wall Street, "past performance is not an indicator of future performance." 🤣
Hunter will not be a contender indoors over the whole season IMO
What a shame. Was really looking forward to watching him this year in SX!
i think him chase, Kenny and Webb are all about even odds to win it now. Tomac slightly behind.
Dude when I get hurt and can’t run I feel like something is missing. I literally get depressed. I still consider moto my top discipline but gun to my head - choose only one: I’m picking running. There’s nothing like it.
Now this one is preference but I’m a big deep house guy and there’s nothing like double digit mileage and a progressive house set.
Not sure why the downvotes. I think he will like he did last year.
I think the SX title is gonna be a dog fight and those guys are gonna be less fresh than Jett if he waits til then. I think your comment is highly probably.
It sux when the fastest rider is out due to injury. I hope J Lawrence has a speedy and complete recovery. When Tomac’s Achilles popped while he was on the way to a title it was hard to watch the rest of that season. There were less season ending injuries in SX when they all rode 125 and 250 2-strokes.
If Eli makes all 17 rounds I struggle seeing Webb beat him, even with #3 on a new bike. I think it is still a pretty big speed gap between the two, and while Tomac has a weird ride every now and then he is not a head case like Sexton is....
Yeah the ribs on the Tech 10's aren't going to prevent an injury like this. Jett was out here jumping massive jumps a few days ago with his modded Tech 10's. You can probably see it in the Yosh clip I posted.
I know nobody wants to see my feet except maybe that guy in the UK that cleans boots, but I’m currently recovering from a broken navicular. I’m at 18 weeks, I have a very very bad limp still and considerable pain. My left foot after 18 weeks Looks pretty bad.
And I know someone is going to ask…… I was wearing Gaerne sg12’s. I was literally sitting still and lost my balance, I have no idea his I got hurt like this.
Point being, jets recovery is going to be a tough one.
Yea for the most part the asterisks thing is bullshit. The only time its actually a real thing is when tomac is leading the points and is in the lead of the second to last race of the season and has a non contact injury and goes out so sexton gets handed the championship at the last race without having to do anything but show up. Thats really the only time its a no shit asterisk.
Last year when people are crashing out at different times throughout the year and coop and sexton are the last 2 standing at the end of the year and coop wins the title at the last race, thats racing.
People try wrapping everything up into the asterisk discussion, but theres a huge difference between the former and latter.
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