Femur break on road gap attempt

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Dec 1, 2008

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I broke my femur on this attempt of a Road gap, landed about 8-12" short of the 25 distance i needed and Rear wheel cased hard, The Snap sound at the end is the femur breaking.. No shit... Recovery time 3-6 months Diagnosis. Center fracture of the Righ femur, Hairline fracture in the his on same side, minor break to Scapoid ( left shoulder blade ) on opposing ( left ) side.. Bummer.

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jsmallz (Dec 1, 2008 at 12:32)

O SHITTT
SNNNNAAPPPP lol
hope u doin better or good now, best of luck on recovery

Colin994 (Mar 21, 2009 at 22:44)

....................................ow

Colin994 (Mar 21, 2009 at 22:44)

yeah man. hope u can get back to that thing to kick it's ass soon! haha! hope u get better soon

jimmyrecard (May 3, 2009 at 19:47)

Then I wonder, how did I survived this.

http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/3033060/

afro-99 (Dec 2, 2009 at 21:09)

that drop made me feel pathetic
and oowwwwww the snap made me wanna curl up in a hole and die

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dmadness (Dec 1, 2008 at 13:43)

day by day.....slowky, i was able to put my own shoe on yesterday.....lol......sweet..

thanks for the kind words.. Big Grin

idun3 (Dec 7, 2008 at 11:20)

well i didnt break mine like that but i broke my femur right above me knee. i know how you feel it deff sucks. haha that shits gonna take a while to heal but deff keep up with the physio thats the best you can do

hardtailfortheprarries (Jul 24, 2009 at 23:51)

not to be a downer on the vibe or anything but dosent the femour take about a year to heel? seeing as its the bigest bone in the human body?, get better soon!!!!

idun3 (Jul 25, 2009 at 6:15)

bone itself takes 6-7 weeks, but getting your leg to actually work properly, your pretty close haha.

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jsmallz (Dec 1, 2008 at 14:52)

tight shitt
soon time to drop in Wink

no problem

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tacobell123 (Dec 1, 2008 at 14:53)

owww

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paul341 (Dec 3, 2008 at 10:09)

holy, have you done it since?

dmadness (Dec 3, 2008 at 12:08)

Nope, I am a month later and Will be another 2 months before the Femur is Healed up, I also have a brocken left shoulder, though it is fairly minor in comparison. I will beep all the time now when I go through the metal detectors at the airport Cause I have a Titanium Nail drilled through the center of the Bone Holding the 2 Sides together.. Lotsa painkillers and Slow recovery everyday... When I'm better I'll have a look at it again, but It's hard to say... this may be a deamon I'll have to walk away from As it's quite a painfull and REsilient lesson learned. I'll be good enough to be on bike again next season, but will have to start off easy, prolly doing some Xc, to re-gain all the lost muscle mass in the injured leg, and I'll have to not rush The Healing and Be cautious about jumping stuf for a while... This Injury SUCK'S ..

paul341 (Dec 4, 2008 at 0:35)

the kind of thing i dread happening to me Frown

dmadness (Dec 4, 2008 at 10:40)

Just remeber "You ALWAYS need more speed" ..lol, 8 Friggin inches short Frown

Colin994 (Mar 21, 2009 at 22:47)

i just fell today and ripped my entire right side up and thought that was bad! i feel ya. and i think i speak for everyone when i say that we hope u feel well soon

dmadness (Mar 25, 2009 at 23:34)

March 26th, have been Back on my bike and Even done a little Light Downhill Due to the nice Spring-like weather here.. winter was hell. Summer is gonna kick ass.

scrippsranchDJ (May 1, 2009 at 18:01)

Props dude!~~healing vibes~~

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wilforce2 (Dec 5, 2008 at 9:26)

U wont go off in the metal detectors, i shatterd my 2 years ago nd i dont go off at the airport, i hav 3 screws in ma right hip

dmadness (Mar 25, 2009 at 23:33)

Actually I ring like The bell at last call When i go through.. It's a Huge rod in my leg composing the entire length of my Femur... It's pretty funny actually.

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thermass (Dec 6, 2008 at 0:07)

i do but i gotta card to say its the pins and plates in my back

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mtbflow135 (Dec 7, 2008 at 9:32)

that made me not want to freeride for 5 mins.ow

dmadness (Dec 7, 2008 at 11:03)

If anything It should make You WANT to freeride, cause you can... I am soo stoked to recover so I can ride again... I might Have to walk away form that particular roadgap though... recovery is a bitch, the worst is not being able to snowboard, but Doc. says I'll bike again by summer... Yay.

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mtbflow135 (Dec 7, 2008 at 14:21)

oh my god id be pissed if i got hurt right before snowboard season, but at least you'll be good to go for next season

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revyrules (Dec 19, 2008 at 17:59)

ouch that sucked i was like omg i could hear your femour snapping

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karlheldt (Dec 20, 2008 at 22:21)

owww man its nuts what a few inchs can do too you..mines similar maybe 6 inchs too short Razz

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/11685/

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slaythebeast (Jan 10, 2009 at 22:39)

Did Dr. Heard put you back together? He did my knee, and he's the man.

dmadness (Jan 12, 2009 at 13:29)

nope, dr. powell. Seems he did a decent job ( i hope ) I'm now graduated to Cane-walking... Wee-hoo

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p2person (Jan 16, 2009 at 23:19)

daahaa thats the noice he made.

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helloteg (Feb 10, 2009 at 9:44)

fair dooos dat was baaad hope you get better

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dirtyjumps123 (Apr 16, 2009 at 7:53)

shit happens man well in for goin for it

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a4-kicker-4 (May 2, 2009 at 21:46)

good luck on recovery

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TyreBurningBiker (May 29, 2009 at 15:26)

ouch, that was defenantly the wrose crash i've seen!

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juggalo (Jun 8, 2009 at 16:42)

I helped build that Gap. We call it Black Death. This is Don right?

dmadness (Jun 8, 2009 at 19:22)

it Is indeed, who is this from CastlegNar Crew?? Smile

I am Bc. bound next week.

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hardtaildh08 (Oct 15, 2009 at 9:51)

thats big

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