Jett progress?

Gonna go out on a limb and say that his ankle is anklin about as much as its gonna ankle. It'll progress at an ankles pace and we'll certainly find out when he lines up for the first time. Riders being mum on injuries is nothing new. 

Post hardware removal, Jett said ahhhhh that feels much better.  I am sure he is doing fine, will crush at A1.

Had ankle reconstruction in April of 2024. Did some stems for the healing process, too. 

It started felling “normal” at around June…of 2026.

I had all the really good rehab and therapies and eMTB’d my ass off. Also, had 2 knees replaced…one in October of ‘25 & one in December of ‘25…& this actually helped my ankle by keeping me in rehab/training and VERY focused on gaining motion and strength.

So, with all of that experience in hand…and being thoroughly IMPRESSED with The Jett’s commitment, progress and outright success these last months…I’m quite sure that getting all that hardware out and taking some additional time to “jus’ get back to feeling normal” is going pretty damn well and he’s got to be enjoying the idea of pursuing the opportunity to be…

100%…again.

I’m stoked for the kid 💪🏼

Pretty much in line with what all other riders who have had the same injury have said. He’ll be as close to normal roughly two years after the first surgery. 

What if Jett’s ankle isnt good enough for A1 and factory honda has chase as the fill in….

I’m sure hes better now than he was in outdoors. One of the screws had backed out and was rubbing his ligament so getting that screw out should have felt much better immediately. They also shaved down the bone a bit which will mean reduced friction. The bone had fused back together so that wasnt the problem it was the hardware and some excess bone growth. Getting both of those fixed means he should be getting better every single week and whats left is how much residual pain is there and range of motion. Id say unlike outdoors where he plateaued and couldnt make any more progress due to the hardware, he should be improving every week from now on. Wherever he is at A1 we should be seeing steady improvement every week from there out. Id honestly expect him to he at a higher level starting out at A1 than he was at any point in outdoors and he was still scary fast outdoors so hes gonna be a problem. Just needs to learn how to fall better, there is an art to it as weve seen with someone like deegs. 

Might not be 100% by A1 but you wouldnt know by the way he wins the first round.

When they did the surgery, they found out that one of the screws was hampering the movement of a ligament, and that made the foot immobile. They also found that some of the bone growth had to be shaved down, and those two combined gave him pretty much full mobility. He’s been in California rehabbing and getting it stronger, he might be back in Florida by now. 

Hardware is typically removed from athletes due to pain. Fwiw

I’m predicting he may be recovered enough by A1 to actually deliberately not win a title, if he wanted to, which he wouldn’t……..as opposed to the ridiculous mob here, who just a few months ago, wanted us to believe he threw the Outdoor championship.

That surgery was the nightcap in the injury chapter. He’s got a ways to go for range of motion and strength im sure; but it’s all progress now. 

Jett just started riding the turn track last week.  Hunter just started riding Sx.