Cam Zink Potentially Out of Rampage With Dislocated Shoulder

 Is Randy your buddy too?#Randyforrampage

 @Boardlife69: Randy got robbed ????

 @Boardlife69: Randy would definitely get top 21 at Rampage!

 Yep, same for me. 9 dislocations in a year and a half. Was so loose by the end that it would go out diving into a pool or even in my sleep. Surgery + rehab was 4 months, but that was late 90s.. I imagine the procedure may have improved by now. On the bright side, 20 years later I still have 95% original mobility and strength, don't even give ridong a second thought. So glad I got it rebuilt back then! Hope Cam gets the chance to het it repaired and do some proper rehab on it, lots more miles left to ride for that guy.

 @mikealive: what was your actual injury that they fixed? Torn labrum?

 @mikealive: I had a shoulder surgery three years ago mainly for restoring a torn labrum which was the result of an mtb crash. I was able to leave the hospital two days after surgery, rehab took three weeks, although full recovery took me about 2.5 - 3 months. The shoulder went back to 100% stability and strength, which is amazing. I’d definitely say that getting your shoulder fixed isn’t too much of a big deal these days. That is, if your health insurance isn’t a dick about paying for the procedure.
Get it fixed Cam, and make Red Bull pay for it!

 @Boardlife69: Seriously now, WHO THE HELL IS RANDY ??? :-D

 @tulipanek: www.pinkbike.com/news/racing-rumors-2019-and-beyond.html

Make sure to read the comments.

 @sino428: Yep, torn labrum. It was 'obliterated' if I remember the surgeon's words correctly. Left with a bit of hardware in that shoulder, but once healed no lingering pain.

@loamylaps Man that's stellar to hear the healing process is a bit quicker these days! I've seen the repair on other people since, and it looks like they can do it less invasively now? They sent a scope in from the back, but I have a nice 8-9" zipper on the front side from it. Worth noting, I was seeing a chiropractor for my neck after the surgery and they would hit my shoulder with some high intensity ultrasound to loosen up the shoulder area. By the time I hit physical therapy for it the staff were all really impressed by how much mobility I had in the joint already. *Still* took 6 weeks of rehab at the time. I agree, if you can get insurance to cover it, well worth the time to get it patched up. Happy to hear you were able to bounce back so quick!

 @tulipanek: A buddy from Noahcolorado. Big name rider for Cannondale. Just wait until EWS starts in 2019. It will be #AlleyesonRandy The year of Randy.....Such a legend that he doesnt even have a last name.
Other than that, I have no idea.

 @tulipanek:
And you call yourself a mountain biker...

 Hey this is surprising. A bunch of action sport athletes talking about how much shoulder suck.

 @loamylaps: yep, i had torn labrum from wake boarding and torn meniscus-same session, 2 different wipeouts. Shoulders are most dynamic joint..
Hit up the doc the pros surfers use:
Kramer orthopedics

 @Boardlife69: the "Summer of George" has nothing on the The Year of Randy.

 @Boardlife69: Thank You Sir !

 @Boardlife69:
You ever hear of Marco Osborne?

 @tulipanek: cannondale randy? youtu.be/oaJam0-dC9s

 @purplenurples: OMG OMG, that is hilarious. I am totally better at mountain bike exercise than that guy!

 "you piece of shit...." hard not to laugh at that one.

 Pretty sure his shoulder is pre damaged from former crashes.

 @SickEdit: Pretty sure he torqued it in North of Nightfall, too.

Heal up Cam!

 @endlessblockades: Yeah, pretty sure it was from there. Wondering though, isn't this something a physio could check before he gets cleared to compete? If it could pop out of place from riding like that, it is probably not ready for the typically rampagish sized riding and crashing.

I'm just really glad that he managed to stop in time. I was a bit afraid he'd tip over that edge because he couldn't control his bike. That's the most positive note to me.

 Give randy his spot

 Or maybe its Jordies year. #letLunnin

 or maybe don't test the shoulder gods and sit this one out.... this is really unfortunate but I'd rather see him heal up properly. I couldn't believe he did that other little drop to pretty much flat without letting go of the bars.

 @Boardlife69: I thought he already was?

 Cuz shoulder dislocations take forever to heal. He might be capable next week but it really just depends on how it heals. And even if it allows him to ride it’ll never actually heal. Been dealing with the same shit for a year and a half now, even after surgery.

 @angrynipples: I'm well aware of shoulder injuries. Ive dislocated mine 12 times before surgery. Zink said he is getting surgery right after Rampage. What annoys me is that Zink has not made any statements indicating he will not compete. Pinkbike needs to watch their claims carefully.

 Michelin

 I predict
1st Aggy
2nd Randy
3rd @ELRookie