If Ken makes it back...

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Edited Date/Time 6/24/2017 8:47pm
How Does it rate with all time comebacks like Doug Henry or Trey Canard for example. This is not meant to be a weiner measuring excersise...just hoping for some (hopefully) informed opinions...
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Barry_Smith 6/23/2017 3:23pm
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I'd rate it right up there with Justin Timberlake's outdoors season in the summer of 2006, bringing sexy back.

But srsly, too soon to know. Hard to compare apples to oranges (broken backs to shattered arms), huge success to triumphant return (championship to say a win here and there). Who-knows-no-hashtag.

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USMCMXer 6/23/2017 3:37pm
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I'd say it depends on how he does. Henry came back, broke both wrists at the very same track, then won an outdoor title. The question is a good one, but the events to answer it with any type of accuracy haven't happened yet. #hesgottawin #dunnoyet

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bh84 6/23/2017 3:55pm
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If he comes back the same Ken, and I really, really hope he does. I'd liken it to RV's comeback after his 2010 crash more than Trey's string of injuries.
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brimx153 6/23/2017 4:05pm
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its his arm . doesnt compare a all to what Doug Henry or Trey Canard or cp377 . went through
Dinosaur Media 6/23/2017 4:43pm
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brimx153 wrote:
its his arm . doesnt compare a all to what Doug Henry or Trey Canard or cp377 . went through
I am inclined to agree; having suffered back injuries myself...but his arm was/is really bad. We cannot ride without either...back or arm in their full use.
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brimx153 wrote:
its his arm . doesnt compare a all to what Doug Henry or Trey Canard or cp377 . went through
Dinosaur Media wrote:
I am inclined to agree; having suffered back injuries myself...but his arm was/is really bad. We cannot ride without either...back or arm in their full use.
as bad as kennys injury is , is a piece of cake compared to what Doug Henry and cp377 went through
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BMSOBx2 6/23/2017 4:49pm
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In response to the title of this thread, "if he makes it back", .....he'll be lucky. Devastating injury, nobody knows that better than he. Props for the power of positive thinking. I hope you do.
Dinosaur Media 6/23/2017 4:51pm
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BMSOBx2 wrote:
In response to the title of this thread, "if he makes it back", .....he'll be lucky. Devastating injury, nobody knows that better than he. Props for...
In response to the title of this thread, "if he makes it back", .....he'll be lucky. Devastating injury, nobody knows that better than he. Props for the power of positive thinking. I hope you do.
Agreed.
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I just want to throw Pourcel's name in here.
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Kenny will ride with one arm and smooooke em!!
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Shocked none of you mentioned RV2 after he broke his leg.
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brimx153 wrote:
its his arm . doesnt compare a all to what Doug Henry or Trey Canard or cp377 . went through
fucking dumb comment, you have no idea how bad an arm can be and his is.
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neysbo wrote:
fucking dumb comment, you have no idea how bad an arm can be and his is.
I'm also not sure we've heard the whole story on how bad it was.

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jorgechavez 6/23/2017 6:22pm
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bd wrote:
Shocked none of you mentioned RV2 after he broke his leg.
I was about to mention this, I don't think RV's injury was as severe but he did all his winning after which is extremely impressive.
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bd wrote:
Shocked none of you mentioned RV2 after he broke his leg.
jorgechavez wrote:
I was about to mention this, I don't think RV's injury was as severe but he did all his winning after which is extremely impressive.
I literally said exactly that in my post...
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neysbo wrote:
fucking dumb comment, you have no idea how bad an arm can be and his is.
GuyB wrote:
I'm also not sure we've heard the whole story on how bad it was.
exactly, sorry I used the F word but I think there was a point where they were not sure they could even save his arm.
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Dinosaur Media wrote:
How Does it rate with all time comebacks like Doug Henry or Trey Canard for example. This is not meant to be a weiner measuring excersise...just...
How Does it rate with all time comebacks like Doug Henry or Trey Canard for example. This is not meant to be a weiner measuring excersise...just hoping for some (hopefully) informed opinions...

He will be the first racer in history to compete in the 450 class with a baby arm.
Dan-The-Man 6/23/2017 8:26pm
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bd wrote:
Shocked none of you mentioned RV2 after he broke his leg.
jorgechavez wrote:
I was about to mention this, I don't think RV's injury was as severe but he did all his winning after which is extremely impressive.
bh84 wrote:
I literally said exactly that in my post...
Villopoto just broke tib/fib and ankle. That is not even close to Ken's injury. Ken almost lost his arm.
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cable 6/23/2017 8:27pm
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remember henrys comeback in 1996 and was getting lapped? to winning and winning a title, bad mofo
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Dinosaur Media wrote:
How Does it rate with all time comebacks like Doug Henry or Trey Canard for example. This is not meant to be a weiner measuring excersise...just...
How Does it rate with all time comebacks like Doug Henry or Trey Canard for example. This is not meant to be a weiner measuring excersise...just hoping for some (hopefully) informed opinions...
Trey canard and Doug Henry ? What are you smoking? These two should not be compared. Trey has not done much in the big bike class. I am not bashing on Trey,as he is a great for the sport but I would put money on js7 making a come back before trey
Dan-The-Man 6/23/2017 8:42pm
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Not to take anything away from Henry because dude was a stud but comparing a 1996 comeback to a comeback now and gauging the success of said comeback is largely unfair. I say this because of the level of the athletes in the sport now.
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OW38B 6/23/2017 8:54pm
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I think it would be more like Bob Hannah's severely broken leg in a water skiing accident.

Although Hannah came back and won races......he was never able to put enough wins together to win another championship.





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brimx153 6/23/2017 10:29pm
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brimx153 wrote:
its his arm . doesnt compare a all to what Doug Henry or Trey Canard or cp377 . went through
neysbo wrote:
fucking dumb comment, you have no idea how bad an arm can be and his is.
i think you posted, a fucking dumb comment. i never said ken s arm was nt terrible . but the other two guy s were very very close to being parallelized, CP was for nearly a year .

'you have no idea how bad an arm can be ' jmo ,its still better than being in a chair for the rest of someones life
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kiwifan 6/23/2017 10:36pm
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kiwifan wrote:
if? you mean when ... Smile
Dinosaur Media wrote:
Thats not giving your opinion on the question at hand though. Informed opinions...
ok....WHEN he comes back it will rate as one of the biggest comebacks from injury...
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machine 6/23/2017 10:43pm
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Anout the same as RV. I think he will be back, at what level, who knows

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