Lindsey Vonn

Are there any MX racers tougher than Lindsey Vonn?  Downhill skiing with a torn ACL?  Which MX racer is tougher than this?

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lumpy790
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2/7/2026 3:57pm

Are there any MX racers tougher than Lindsey Vonn?  Downhill skiing with a torn ACL?  Which MX racer is tougher than this?

Tons of them push on while injured like this or even worse.

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There have been plenty of mxers over the year to race with torn ACLs

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Went a few years with no ACL. It’s doable. Skied as well. 

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2/7/2026 4:00pm

I think DV and MC both raced their entire professional careers with torn ACLs

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The Shop

2/7/2026 4:01pm

Are there any MX racers tougher than Lindsey Vonn?  Downhill skiing with a torn ACL?  Which MX racer is tougher than this?

Kevin Sherman 

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Lots of racers race with a torn ACL. I’m pretty sure Herlings raced with a broken femur before. That’s insane to me. 

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2/7/2026 4:17pm Edited Date/Time 2/7/2026 4:23pm

I think Herlings at this point raced with every single injury possible. The most psycho one was racing with a broken femur, absolutely insane.

Hymas raced with a torn ACL last year until he injured his other knee outdoors.

Dungey finished a moto with a broken neck.

This sport has a lot of tough MFers

Fun facts about Lindsey Vonn though: She's a smoke show and also fluent in german!

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2/7/2026 4:22pm

I think DV and MC both raced their entire professional careers with torn ACLs

I hope that’s not the same MC that exited Millville 96 due to a “mid foot sprain”.

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2/7/2026 4:44pm Edited Date/Time 2/7/2026 4:45pm

Brendan Fairclough raced an entire mountain bike World Cup downhill season with blown acl, I was his team manager at the time-Brendog is an epic bad ass for doing that…..great racer, but check out his redbull rampage videos on YouTube 

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nothing about Vonn says "smokeshow" to me.

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Ward raced with a broken ankle.

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I've always thought guys like ferrandis, jett and a few others would be great powder skiers with the way they bounce around 

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Kevin Sherman 

Dude, that song is overplayed, Learn a new one!🤐

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Broken and still riding Dakar? Crazy...

Plenty of moto craziness.

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2/7/2026 6:12pm Edited Date/Time 2/7/2026 6:42pm

Are there any MX racers tougher than Lindsey Vonn?  Downhill skiing with a torn ACL?  Which MX racer is tougher than this?

Ricky Raced with his knee tore up for a couple years till Reed showed up and started beating him in 03 SX. But continued outdoors winning the championship, then sat out the 04 SX season to get his knee repaired. The only time RC missed a season in either discipline. 

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Who?

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loftyair wrote:

Broken and still riding Dakar? Crazy...

Plenty of moto craziness.

who was the riders at the Dakar decades ago came into the finish both ankles broken.?

2/7/2026 6:39pm

Are there any MX racers tougher than Lindsey Vonn?  Downhill skiing with a torn ACL?  Which MX racer is tougher than this?

Steve Izerman played the Stanley Cup finals on both acls blown.

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Brendan Fairclough raced an entire mountain bike World Cup downhill season with blown acl, I was his team manager at the time-Brendog is an epic bad...

Brendan Fairclough raced an entire mountain bike World Cup downhill season with blown acl, I was his team manager at the time-Brendog is an epic bad ass for doing that…..great racer, but check out his redbull rampage videos on YouTube 

what do you do now? why does Scott hate its american customers so much? 

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Tomac walked off a broken leg and still beat people in the main that night.

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Langston said he hasn’t had an ACL (or maybe MCL, can’t remember) since he was a teenager. 

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Brayton raced with a broken leg. Dungey raced with a broken neck. Forkner had brain surgery. Stewart raced with a torn ACL in 2013. 

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Ryno raced with a broken leg at Southwick....got out the duct tape and all good. 

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2/8/2026 7:35am

Are there any MX racers tougher than Lindsey Vonn?  Downhill skiing with a torn ACL?  Which MX racer is tougher than this?

Hunter Yoder.

2/8/2026 8:46am

Any of these mx guys ride in a pro event with broken head, shoulders, knees, or toes at 41 years old?

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She should have never been out there in the first place. Fortunately she’ll be fine.

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