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January 2010

I was pretty happy ho things went in 2009. I won a major Australian comp and i won a major international comp and in between i did over 100 shows. I was planning a big year for 2010. Id recieved an invite to the X Fighters Qualifier in Los Angeles in February which was a nice surprise. I was unsure whether or not to go because id had a pretty big christmas break and my riding wasn't exactly up to scratch. I decided to ride as much as i could for a few days and then decide. My decision was made for me though after an afternoon ride at Matt Schubrings place when I arrived feeling happy and motivated but left his place in the back of an ambulance with a dislocated ankle, compound fractured Tibia and a Fibula that was broken into 6 pieces.

Schueys got some big jumps out at his place. One in particular is a 3rd gear step up where the face of the jump is about 5 metres high and vertical and you have to land on a small landing on top. You can come up short but your bike will be destroyed. And if you go long you end up like me.

A few of the boys had jumped it and i was pretty confident. I'm usually pretty good at judging jumps but Burchy hit and came up really, really short. After that i over compensated and hit it too fast which bucked the back end up and threw me straight over the bars. All up i fell about 15 metres straight onto my right foot.

So 3 surgeries later i'm at home and have 10 weeks off to watch everyone enjoy the rest of the summer. As soon as i get back on i'll be getting ready for the nitro circus tour which i'd strongly suggest everyone buys tickets for because it's gonna be awesome.

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