Great to see you riding again 🔥🔥 I'm 4 weeks post surgery....can't wait to get back on the bike 😁

Awesome to see you back on the bike mate. Not long now till your first trail ride. Thanks for the shoutout, the collaboration and for introducing me to the Fundays crew. Many great rides already done, and many more yet to happen im sure. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and the family 🎉

Ah nicely said Carl, good to see you back on the bike. I have to agree this year has been one of the best riding years of my life - I’ve met so many good like minded new mates, improved my own riding but really frothing off of others and their improvements (aka you and Narooma and the Pumpkin) Catch up soon mate and a merry Christmas and a happy new year 🎉

Woohoo, it's so great to see you back on the bike 😊

Great video Carl, it's great to see you back on the bike🤩🙌. Congrats on the monetization mate, you've earned it. I really appreciate your words about me in the video😁. Thank you for the cooperation and sharing once around the world, it's amazing🙏🙌🤘. I'm looking forward to your videos in 2025 and wish you continued good health and a great recovery back on the trails😁🤘. Keep up the good work and a happy new year buddy✌

I thought I watched this a week ago 🤔

Good to see you back on the bike Carl! Physio will help immensely! Listen to your body and don't push too hard at the start!

Great guide for us interstaters! Cheers for the video. We're targeting it next year :D

With risk comes great reward ❤ it will take you a bit to feel comfortable on the bike again but you got this

If you weren’t filming for KZbin or out with mates egging you on, would you ride any of these drops etc.?

Haha 😂 analog bikes are fine here, you've just gotta get fitter mate! Great vid though🤙

Love the video mate. I'm sure if I had a crash like that I'd be questioning whether I continue. I've been lucky so far, but it's only a matter of time. I'm 52 as well and I'm riding for the mental health, it gives me an outlet some fun in my life. So much time I've spent looking after kids, so it's nice to now be a little selfish and do some fun for me. Love your videos, thinking of you as you recover.

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One of your best Carl,spot on with everything,we love what we do 🚴🏿 and can’t wait till you’re back on the trails doing what you know you love too!

I think mountain biking is a large risk regardless of skill or ability. The risk increases when you step outside the comfort zones. However getting in a vehicle is equality risky due to so many variables. Atleast with mtb you have some control over your outcomes. I rarely step outside my skill level, I generally have my worst crashes on the smallest features or most simple shit. Doing what you enjoy in life should be all that is important. Life is short.

Great message, 46 years old. Just broke my arm a week ago. 11 screws and plates. More motivated than ever to ride again. ✊️

I relate to so much of this. I hope the recovery is going well and that I’ll see you out on the trails some time

I'm 5-months into recovery after a catastrophic shoulder injury, where I tore all 4-rotator cuff tendons from the the bone along with my long head bicep tendon. Caused by a motorcycle accident on the road. All I could think about for the last 3-months is getting back on an MTB and an Enduro bike. I got back on the MTB after 4-months and breathed a sigh of relief knowing that I was going to be able to ride again. However, I'm not getting back on an Enduro Motorcycle for another 6-months out of fear of injuring my shoulder again. Thankfully my wife understands that I'll never give up riding, it's my passion.

Awesome mate, Some tough questions and great answers. Some of those comments were scary though....to think those sorts of accidents can happen makes you question riding sometimes, but im here when you're ready to get back out there

Thanks for sharing this mate. I've just crashed on my collarbone that already had a plate on it (from an old mtb crash) and I've bent the plate 😵‍💫...waiting on surgeon's opinion on whether to operate....I'm 45 and will be back on the bike as soon as I can!! Getting hurt sux though!l

I picked up mountain biking about a month and a half ago after a bit of a rough year and had a pretty gnarly arm fracture that required surgery just a couple days ago. This video was a good reminder that the mental health benefits I've gotten out of riding even just a few weeks were very well worth it and I'm motivated to keep riding after I get the green light from my doctor (which probably won't be this year anymore). Thank you

But you can keep those skinnies. Too many crashes on them for me. Although, best not to ride with me. There's ALS in my genes, so I have no fear at all on 2 wheels. Best to clock out in a blazing glory than trapped in by own body.

Buddy, nice one. I ride and build for the same reasons. Oh, and those views.

Broke many things racing downhill in my youth, lost a friend as well...RIP... I ride for a very different reason these days, I'm not aiming for the adrenaline, not trying to take additional risks - it helps a lot... Just being in the forest on the bike is good enough for me...40ft gap jumps add nothing to the experience since my 20s so why bother? I feel like many adults picking up mountain biking later in life run the risk of developing that "for the stoke" attitude... It just isn't worth it.

Hi Mal , Mike here 58 from the Nowra area . Love the video's and have ridden many trails in them . Love Thredbo's Canon ball . Anything Blue and Black , Flow and teck . We never get old . Hope to see you out there one day . I have ridden with a few guys in your video's . Cheers mate .

Mate, I'm gonna say this is the best Mtb YT video I've ever watched, for lots of reasons, but mainly because i relate to everything in it. 👍

A really great video Carl, you nailed it mate. The 3 reasons why we do this are spot on. I really enjoyed watching the video and even though I'm on the other side of this ball, the thought behind the sport, the community and the joy is the same and that makes me happy. Thanks for the video and get well soon mate🙌✌

52 years old here. I'm going to go down and get hurt. Its inevitable. I'm trying harder and harder stuff. Getting more confident. I have no intentions of stopping I just enjoy it too much and it keeps me moving. Just like fishing, hiking, camping, and hunting. This is an awesome video and I'm sharing it with my family so maybe they will understand.

So obviously going to go back now that you have given 100% reasons for doing so, just need to get a stationary bike or join a gym and maintain your fitness, that was and still is the biggest regret now that I'm back flogging my Ellsworth, cheers Mal 👍

Wow! Just Wow! That video got me deep in the feels - Great video mate, miss sending it with you. Soon :)

Good to see you on the mend mate. Great video on the highs and lows.

It said it all mate! There's nothing like it. And it's why we keep doing it despite the setbacks and challenges it throws our way. Rage against 🤘

I'm not crying you're crying! 🥹 You grabbed me right in the feels with this one. Cant wait to share a pedal again soon! ❤

Hey Carl love your work. As the same age of 52 your videos have been an inspiration for myself to get back out there, lose some weight, enjoy life and realise life is not yet over and has a lot to offer. Injuries are just a minor hiccup to enjoying a great life. Keep up the videos

Wow, what an inspiring video! Only those who have been through this and made it back to the trails are the true MTB lovers🤟

Great video mate, very uplifting and motivational. One of your best for sure. Be good to see you back on the trails soon.

Hi Carl, rode Mogo the other weekend and heading back in a few weeks with Bubs. Your video was a great motivation and very helpful for planning the trip. Thanks - hope to see you out on the tracks soon.

Keep those ryobi batteries locked up tight!

Fantastic video showing why we get back up after crashing and go again ... the community in mtb is 2nd to none!

Take care of yourself mate, see you at work soon!

Heal up well chief! Few years ago I broke my tibia. Clean fracture so it healed up nicely. Then back at the beginning of this year I blew my wrist up pretty good in an urban crash haha! Still feeling it just a wee bit, but I got back on the saddle much earlier than the doc suggested. So the extended healing period is on me. Whats crazy, however, is the broken tibia playlist on my mtb channel Better Than Not Good MTB was a huge help for a lot of poeple. The inspiration for others going through something similar was really a unique experience. Folk asked if I'd sign their names on my cast. It was a lot of fun. I hope through it all you are able use this time to remind others there's still plenty of things to learn and do despite being off the bike for a little while. Oh yeah, and I've also had fractured ribs, shoulder out of socket and multiple concussions. It comes with the territory if ya wanna ride aggressive features. Cheers!

I’m 57 and broke my pelvis and sacrum 2 years ago. I’m back to 100% and took a big tumble yesterday. Feeling good. Seems like a long road ahead but is one that gets shorter every day.

Im a mogo local , i vote Narooma.

Wishing you all the best in your recovery. You have been an inspiration as I begun my mtb journey a few years ago. I look forward to your future content when your back on 2 wheels😊

Awesome video! Got heaps out of it. Thanks for the tip parking at the Trig trail head. Can’t wait to get there!

Sorry to see you cop such a severe slapdown. I did a clavicle and femur a couple of years ago at Glenrock. But strangely I seemed to find my way back on the bike a few months later. I'm now getting over a ruptured achilles tendon (not MTB related) which has kept me off the bike for 6 months. (I'll be back) Happy 72 yo.