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Pretty brutal faceplant 6-7 years ago that led to a compound fracture of my nose (bridge of my nose got totally flattened and ended up sort of around the bottom of my eye socket), my glasses being snapped in half and embedded in the top of my nose, and what was a suspected fractured bit on what would be my upper jaw. Fun times (Y) My sense of smell and taste got reduced as a result of it, and 'cos of how my septum's all f**ked I seem to be more susceptible to colds and stuff like that.

All in the name of testing a hub for Onza :P

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Pretty brutal faceplant 6-7 years ago that led to a compound fracture of my nose (bridge of my nose got totally flattened and ended up sort of around the bottom of my eye socket), my glasses being snapped in half and embedded in the top of my nose, and what was a suspected fractured bit on what would be my upper jaw. Fun times (Y) My sense of smell and taste got reduced as a result of it, and 'cos of how my septum's all f**ked I seem to be more susceptible to colds and stuff like that.

All in the name of testing a hub for Onza :P

Wow. I think that beats your shin getting bashed by your pedals!

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The noise my nose made when the doctor set it back in place almost made one of the nurses throw up ;)

I got given a load of pethodone which was absolutely amazing. So relaxed when I was lying in the hospital bed they had to keep reminding me to breath B)

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Wow. I think that beats your shin getting bashed by your pedals!

to right it does that must have recked and stoped u riding for a bit

The noise my nose made when the doctor set it back in place almost made one of the nurses throw up ;)

I got given a load of pethodone which was absolutely amazing. So relaxed when I was lying in the hospital bed they had to keep reminding me to breath B)

it must of hurt

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Didn't hurt at all when I did it, and I went straight into shock which carried me over 'til I got to the hospital and they gave me the painkillers. So yeah, didn't hurt at any point, and was back riding again once the swelling had gone down and the stitches got taken out :)

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Didn't hurt at all when I did it, and I went straight into shock which carried me over 'til I got to the hospital and they gave me the painkillers. So yeah, didn't hurt at any point, and was back riding again once the swelling had gone down and the stitches got taken out :)

lol all because of a hub

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Didn't hurt at all when I did it, and I went straight into shock which carried me over 'til I got to the hospital and they gave me the painkillers. So yeah, didn't hurt at any point, and was back riding again once the swelling had gone down and the stitches got taken out :)

Well, that was pretty lucky man.

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Even this far on my mum still takes the piss out of me for me going mental when I went into shock :P Apparently I just kept saying "I think I've broken my nose. Have I broken my nose? I think it's broken. Is it broken? What does that mean? I think I've broken my nose..."

Worse than that by a million miles was snapping one of the ligaments in my ankle when I was messing around on my BMX. Hurt like an absolute b*****d, stopped me riding properly for a few months and set me back quite a bit. Not great. My tip would be to never mess up your ligaments, just concentrate on snapping bones or cutting yourself :P

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Even this far on my mum still takes the piss out of me for me going mental when I went into shock :P Apparently I just kept saying "I think I've broken my nose. Have I broken my nose? I think it's broken. Is it broken? What does that mean? I think I've broken my nose..."

Worse than that by a million miles was snapping one of the ligaments in my ankle when I was messing around on my BMX. Hurt like an absolute b*****d, stopped me riding properly for a few months and set me back quite a bit. Not great. My tip would be to never mess up your ligaments, just concentrate on snapping bones or cutting yourself :P

The more i improve, the more i seem to hurt myself. Slightly worrying.

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Even this far on my mum still takes the piss out of me for me going mental when I went into shock :P Apparently I just kept saying "I think I've broken my nose. Have I broken my nose? I think it's broken. Is it broken? What does that mean? I think I've broken my nose..."

Worse than that by a million miles was snapping one of the ligaments in my ankle when I was messing around on my BMX. Hurt like an absolute b*****d, stopped me riding properly for a few months and set me back quite a bit. Not great. My tip would be to never mess up your ligaments, just concentrate on snapping bones or cutting yourself :P

WoW that must of hurt what do u mean set u back like u had to learn bits again on your trails bike

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Nah, I was just riding BMX then - it just basically meant I couldn't ride for quite a while, so I lost all my strength/fitness and flexibility in my ankle. Had to start small and work up again, whereas I'd been on a sort of good streak at the time (just one of those things where you're learning stuff really quickly, riding well, etc.). It sucked!

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The more i improve, the more i seem to hurt myself. Slightly worrying.

are you starting to do bigger stuff now or just feeling more confident with your self becaus ei shit my self when i come to do a big drop

last time i did 1 i sprained my ankl i no its not that bad but i do try bigger 1s now but this was like a month ago

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Worse than that by a million miles was snapping one of the ligaments in my ankle when I was messing around on my BMX. Hurt like an absolute b*****d, stopped me riding properly for a few months and set me back quite a bit. Not great. My tip would be to never mess up your ligaments, just concentrate on snapping bones or cutting yourself :P

I wish I'd known the severity of ligament damage when I did mine

I ruptured the ligaments in my ankle five days before Tarty Days and still rode (proof) on it. It wasn't diagnosed for a week or so after Tarty Days and wasn't fully healed for a couple more months. I've only just stopped riding with ankle support, too.

I feel properly sick every time I think about it as I can still vividly feel it giving way :sick:

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are you starting to do bigger stuff now or just feeling more confident with your self becaus ei shit my self when i come to do a big drop

last time i did 1 i sprained my ankl i no its not that bad but i do try bigger 1s now but this was like a month ago

Mainly sidehopping is when i hurt myself. :mellow: i got my foot stuck in a pallet today :giggle:

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Nah, I was just riding BMX then - it just basically meant I couldn't ride for quite a while, so I lost all my strength/fitness and flexibility in my ankle. Had to start small and work up again, whereas I'd been on a sort of good streak at the time (just one of those things where you're learning stuff really quickly, riding well, etc.). It sucked!

oh so you wernt doing trials biking at the time of the accident like u wernt learning the sport

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I wish I'd known the severity of ligament damage when I did mine

I ruptured the ligaments in my ankle five days before Tarty Days and still rode (proof) on it. It wasn't diagnosed for a week or so after Tarty Days and wasn't fully healed for a couple more months. I've only just stopped riding with ankle support, too.

I feel properly sick every time I think about it as I can still vividly feel it giving way :sick:

I got back on my bike and rode around with a 661 Pro Race Brace on and it wasn't so bad, it was only when I properly dipped my heel down (as in toes towards heel type thing) where it hurt. So doing big drops on it sucked for a while...

oh so you wernt doing trials biking at the time of the accident like u wernt learning the sport

I was learning BMX. Didn't really do anything like that when I was first learning to ride trials though, apart from smashing my knees loads of times. I hurt my back a bit but that was it...

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