Day 69 - Berthoud Moto Park / Posterior Shoulder Dislocation - ER Visit

My friend Kenny and I drove out to Colorado where we watched the 2017 Nationals at Thunder Valley and went riding in both the mountains as well as the motocross track you will see in this video; Berthoud Moto Park. This is an amazing track, been around for decades, sold and re-built by "Dirt Wurx" the same team that builds the AMA indoor pro motocross tracks.
My ride this day was short but not so sweet; another much faster rider made a risky move as we approached a big roller and ended up taking both me and himself out in a big way while I was just making my second sight lap. He was knocked out cold and I had a posterior shoulder dislocation among a few other injuries. (Only 3% of Dislocations are Posterior) This video captures the track as well as my adventure getting ready to head into the ER in my pickup where they reset my shoulder. A big thanks to the track owners for building this playground and to my friend Kenny for getting me to the ER.
In some ways I am thankful that the cause of the accident was not because of my own actions. As a rider with just over one years of motocross experience, I have taken corners wide before and either almost caused an accident or in one case did cause an accident. I have been spending a lot of time studying, practicing and taking professional lessons to become a safer rider for both my own good as well as those around me. I hope to someday connect with the other rider on social media; I wish him only positive vibes.

[@yellowbikes4life18]

Dude you go all over to ride, im lucky to go Grenville without my bike breaking XD

[@jtbrower]

Its going to be a bit before I can ride again. As it would turn out, I just learned that I broke my wrist and ripped 3 of 4 rotator cuff tendons from the bone in this exact crash in the video. So surgery for me August 9th.

[@Motodents]

Wow that sucks. On your second lap, not your fault, and the guy that hit you didn't even get to win the championship that he was obviously racing in smh. Hope you recover soon. Ps you can tell your from Texas with all the hail damage on top of the trailer

[@jtbrower]

You got a good laugh out of me, thanks my friend.

[@ogk5540]

Damn! Sorry to see you get injured! Way to tough it out. Your learning fast though on all the tracks! I haven't stepped up to main tracks yet here in socal yet...

[@jtbrower]

It sucks that I can't ride right now. Seemed like was healing quick at first but now 5+ weeks later I am realizing just how long it is going to take for this shoulder and wrist to be ready. I think I will be busting out the carbon fiber shoulder pads again so I can avoid this delay in the future. I had planned on hitting up tracks all over the US this year and SOCAL was on there too. I guess a delay might be best.