Brett Rheeder Back On Crutches 3 Weeks Before Rampage Finals

 Nevermind rampage level, I need to be 100% to ride jumps 5% the size of rampage ones! Well 15% really, but who's counting.

 ooops, wrote same thing before I read comments. Yeah.

 Like a hope and a prayer. I know that's what I'd need, and an air transport ready to get me to hospital.

 Warrior's mentality

  I feel for brett man. I can tell Title MTB has been really rewarding, but part of him still wants to showcase his skills and Rampage was kind of his crown venue for that and it's just really sad. I think the desparation is valid, but I'm not going to downplay his recovery time because he bounced back from splitting that hip up really really fast. I hope he is well, there isn't enough discussion on the depression that follows after mountain bike injuries. Like holy shit who else has just up and sold bikes and shit and said "Im done" after getting a big injury/surgery? I've done it twice, I keep coming back but the grief that comes from just being unable to do something you love f*cking absolutely blows. Dunno if you're reading this Brett, but if you are, cheers man recovery quickly, take care of yourself (both body and mind) and just know life has a really, really, really funny way of making you feel like you took 1 step forward and 5 steps backwards... but if you zoom out, the overall trajectory is up!

 @anchoricex: that depression is real, for certain! Broke my clavicle in 4 places and a couple ribs and have been so bummed. I have a J-hook in now that comes out in a week but it has been 3 months of sleeping on only one side. I know not being rested contributes to the malaise and darkness, I am definitely taking a break from watching Friday Fails vids and watching Jess crash at RedBull has given me nightmares...
But, even at 56 I can't imagine not bombing down some mountain trail ever again, albeit a little slower. Good advice about zooming out for a better vantage of life sometimes.

 Understatement of the year

 @RonniePivot: When I broke my collar bone several years ago, it made me rediscovered my love of hiking. I'd highly recommend it. If the ribs are too painful to hike, then go for scenic drive, have a camp fire, enjoy nature somehow. I'll also say that hiking alone can be boring, so a good audio book or podcast for intellectual stimulation is perfect. I know its cliche, but getting outdoors really does help.

 @kcy4130: thanks for the advice! it is great just to be in the woods for sure!

 I was thinking the same thing. I hope there isn’t huge pressure from sponsors to get to rampage at all costs.

 Was thinking the exact same.

 Anyone who rides rampage faces potential lifelong consequences. If he's feeling up to it, let him at it.

 Do you know what his injury is?

 Typical response given the World we live in today.... "Let me tell someone else how to live their life. Let me tell you how to protect you from yourself." Enough is enough.

 @deco1: that went from a Soccer fanboy butt hurt that someone took a dig at soccer flops to WTF in no time flat.

 @deco1: tell me you aint shit on a bike without actually telling me you aint shit.

 @deco1: Why are you even on this site then? There are plenty of other websites that are all about playing with balls if that's your preference, no judgement.

 @deco1: zink and strait can get automatic entries for life as far as I’m concerned. Also did you see Zinks realmtb segment this year?!

 @deco1: nah bud. We don’t need to even know who Cam Zink is to know you’re off your rocker.

 @deco1: Had to slide in to the DMs to talk shit about a video i posted 5 years ago. super pathetic bro

 @deepstrut: yup... @deco1 didn't have the balls to talk shit publicly so he slid into my DMs too... definitely a pathetic turd...

 pressure from sponsors is real I think it’s customary to say something like that so they don’t think he’s “slacking off”

 @chummyweim: So we should all ask his sponsors to chill the F out or we might all just start boycotting them? I know I would 1,000% be more willing to buy from a brand that values Brett's life over his performances.

 wait how is he not already in rampage

 You are! Congrats and good luck!

 most logical commment out of all this hahaha

 Only if he promises to string Caution Tape across the entrance and pretend to poach it in his Finals Run

 Do people not realize how insanely fast Zink, Strait, and Andreu were as juniors? All previous winners who could do it again this year. TMAC ain't slow, and Brendan could bring it home too. Semenuk may be the odds-on favorite (4 times baby!) but I wouldn't count the quick bois out just yet.

 @DirtCrab: always read my my posts as sarcasm.

#norbsgotrobbed
#freeracersdontwin
#rampageisfreestyle
#tMacisMTBIlluminati
#allofthisissarcasm

 @blowmyfuse: lol noted!

 @DirtCrab: To add to this: Semenuk is extremely f*cking fast too.

Source: I've done some races, done some very piss poor follow cam footage of some pretty gnarly racers in the PNW... and when I went to Coast Gravity I tagged along on a Semenuk train on one of the tech trails. Dude f*cking whooped us all and was waiting for high fives at the bottom. Couple of friends we were with were avid downhill racers too. He just f*cking smoked us, I don't know if that's just because he's just very at home on a bike and extremely athletic and is super comfortable taking really calculated but huge risks on his bike, but he doesn't even race and just made us feel like scrubs lol.

 @anchoricex: Growing up with the Whistler bike park in his backyard definitely helped. He used to race XC as a grom too. The dude is VERY fast. To think that Brett has been doing well at some local (still national level), and Semenuk has years (maybe even a decade?) of big bike riding over him, that he would also be a machine at racing. His rally career is also proving the guy knows how to read terrain and go fast as f*ck. I so badly want to see him do a DH race.

 norby*

 Believe he's 3rd alternate. Tommy G would be next up.