Austin Forkner Opens Up About Surviving Life Threatening Brain Surgery...

Austin Forkner joins us we dive into all depths of Austins life. horrific crashes, heartbreaking injuries, comebacks and surviving brain surgery just 9 days prior to this podcast! This man is one of a kind. Enjoy this episode with one of the toughest guys the sport has ever seen!
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[@HELWIGRACING]

Dudes 9 days out of brain surgery and yall talking about him saying “like”

[@airtek4809]

@HELWIGRACING my daughter says it frequently, as does her husband, and it like drives me like crazy. Almost as bad as like gag me with a spoon.

[@TJAMES747]

He did that before the surgery.......

[@aus-rider]

What’s that got to do with him saying like, he says it all the time 😂

[@justliveyahlifeg5777]

Can’t wait for fork to come back. Dude is so talented!

[@jarredtremain4644]

Thanks heaps for insight. I had seizure when I was 37 driving home from work and went straight off road into powerpole. They said I now have epilepsy and scans show legion in my brain. Have had some bad crashes knocking myself out and breaking bones while mx. Now can't drive or work. I get week long brain scans in hospital in September and probably have same surgery. So scared. Congratulations on recovery mate.

[@douglassloan6831]

Who let the "Like" police in? Dude, is healthy. Let's focus on that.

[@kjromero8538]

2:03 in, “like” counter: 273

[@airtek4809]

Right. Drives me crazy.

[@Nick-xw3dk]

Talks how a California valley girl does. I bet he and his wife speak exactly the same, just sitting in their living room "liking" each other to death everyday.

[@ShepardOfficial]

He just had brain surgery in case you guys, like, just didn't read the title 🙃

[@airtek4809]

@ShepardOfficial I like follow him like on IG , and like I was totally aware of it. He is like Frankenstein now he like posts things with like a picture of Frankenstein. I forgot to say like.

[@ShepardOfficial]

@@airtek4809 so your comeback is just repackaging my comeback? Lol that's, like, so sad 😂

[@ShepardOfficial]

Like it's almost like he just had, like brain surgery. Like he's doing incredible for like, how serious that was. Like fuck. Give the kid, like, a fucking break.

[@justinbradley5294]

It's so fuggin like, aggravating lol... like, constantly! Edit: I'm speaking more so to gyspy... guy says it in every podcast/interview he does. I'm glad Austin is coming out on top after what he's dealt with injury wise

[@StuartMorrison-h4u]

What an absolute guy

[@adrienmarchetti1303]

Respect 🙌🏽

[@OminousRooster]

Wow that is amazing. Glad to see you up and going. Any chance of having cat reflexes

[@primaltones]

We all probably say "like" more times than we should, but that was a lot and hard not to notice. I wonder how much public speaking training or at least some tips these top racers get? I thought I read somewhere they get some training in the combines. Nevertheless, I'm grateful for the interview and content, thanks!

[@psychoslingers8732]

I’m just giving Austin props for the RATM T.

[@chasebarcia7158]

people bitch about Austin saying like when Jase says it a thousand times in this very interview.

[@Neopaintballofficial]

When Jase says it like a thousand times you mean 😅😂

[@robb8331]

as a modern day stone fabricator/shaper for over 40 years, they clearly had high tech tools, the tooling marks are so similar as to todays tooling marks & ive used 5 axis cnc machines for shaping granite & could not reproduce some stuff they accomplished

[@BeauNeeley]

exactly

[@airtek4809]

Austin needs to geaux to the Hoover Dam and take the tour. He would be amazed.

[@youngyarnzy777]

He’s So casual about it.

[@Uziwalker]

Bruh everyone in the comments talking about him saying like and ignoring the fact that he just had brain surgery

[@TJAMES747]

The surgery has nothing to do with it, he has done it in every podcast he's done. The dude just needs to learn to speak on camera.

[@jamescryer2356]

@@TJAMES747 That's not the point being made.

[@TJAMES747]

@@jamescryer2356 the point is he did it before the brain surgery so it has nothing to do with it, also nobody is ignoring the fact he had brain surgery......it's literally the only reason he's getting clout.......lol

[@denniswilder3014]

​@@TJAMES747why does he have to learn to speak on camera. His job is to ride a dirt bike. Not public speaking. He can say "like" all he wants he is fast on a bike a good head on his shoulders a good family and a successful smoking hot wife. Like maybe if you said like you can have that life

[@JamieJohnson-vg4dm]

The doctors put a chip in his brain to say like

[@daverage4811]

Gnarly with a capital GNAR!

[@didickcheeseburger]

i kinda feel the same about the bare knuckle shit. i like ufc but that bare knuckle fighting is too brutal

[@porschetech72901]

can we please say "like" more?

[@Webbwagon2]

Yeah we can say LIKE the video with a thumbs up and piss off why don’t you because the guy had brain surgery

[@reeb2284]

its not how you guys think in egypt, its not as bad. please just go there forkner

[@mehow2g]

It's not even the Pyramids look in your own City, all those old buildings are ridiculously perfect compared to the modern trash.

[@Shawn-wd4qd]

The only sport that is just as dangerous as motocross/supercross is bull riding.

[@sauce1232]

I think you forgot about Isle of Man Tourist Trophy. Average of 2 deaths per year and the races last only for 10 days each year. In motocross riders mostly break bones, and bones can heal.

[@kex602]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@kroutmoto]

Downhill mountian bike racing is right up there for being dangerous.

[@sauce1232]

@@kroutmoto I would only call dangerous a sport where people die or at least end up in a wheelchair quite often.

[@realmongolianhours6502]

Bro the hate for forkner is never ending…. I really hope this kid isn’t racing for his job because I wanna see him just focus on being healthy and getting top 5s for a few seasons then go for golds again.

[@sauce1232]

Factory teams don't advise riders to take public speaking courses when they struggle to say three words without a "like"?

[@airtek4809]

@@sauce1232 or yah.

[@OtisFlint]

Hes a racer, not an English teacher.

[@sauce1232]

@@OtisFlint He's also the public figure of a brand who has to talk in podcasts, on TV, in press conferences, ...

[@w4nki35]

@@sauce1232you would be perfect then, if you could ride 😂😂

[@berrybushwacker6357]

@@sauce1232 he also had just had brain surgery, after everything he has been through thats what you and other people are giving him shit for? thats sad and just shows how pointless you are that you have to try and clown a dude because he doesnt speak exactly how YOU want him to.

[@Ynot.LJ8]

“LIKE”

[@scottbrown8142]

Think of all the folks that don’t get screened regularly. They are ticking time bombs

[@seanlincoln513]

Like, like, like, like like like like

[@Mike_HuntizWet]

I’m like sorry like but like I like can’t like watch this like

[@biker_bowie]

Knarly dude

[@stewartmolina5894]

Hit up Katt Williams Homie if he needs protection i can have a convoy on stand by The Seals will provide Gunship support.

[@goingbonzo5923]

It doesnt feel right because its not right.

[@manny.9273]

Cut austin some slack he just had brain surgery, of course he may not be speaking correctly considering its been about a week

[@gw4717]

He talked all that shit saying how much better he was than everyone he only rode at 40% or whatever 😂yea right he doesn't have one thing for my boy danger maybe he got his mind right now ain't got shit 💯 for Deegan champ #1 $

[@rogerfantin3513]

You're talking bull twang dude

[@adambartle7826]

Like

[@stewartmolina5894]

I got Miley Cyrus in my DM and you can't see them 😮😂🎉♠️ London

[@ML-lg4ky]

Worse than “you know”. You know.

[@austinsonger388]

Was that surgery successful? He seems to be on the spectrum now.

[@danielfowler3063]

Im out, 52 seconds in and cant watch that.