Jerry Robin has posted the cruel crash that left him paralysed from his belly button down after surgery to fuse T3-T9. It was only a small mistake and relatively slow speed crash but with awful life consequences for the popular rider who was having a strong season
This sport can be cruel. Support Jerry and his recovery here.
Jerry said after posting the video: “Shit man… crazy to think this is a life altering crash. Doing my best to be positive and just hit this head on and do my absolute best to recover. Thanks again to everyone checking in on me❤️”
Jerry updated everyone yesterday with the sad news of his injury: ” “Well this is a tough one to write. Had to get T3-T9 fused yesterday after that crash. The 3 into that rhythm was huge and no room for error and unfortunately when I was putting my foot back on the peg the tip of my boot caught my rear brake pedal just barely. Was enough to not make it and with how steep the transitions were it threw my forward, landed head first into the next 3 footer and instantly went paralyzed. As of now I’m belly button down paralyzed, surgeon was able to completely straighten my spine which is a huge positive and there was some fragments that they got out of my spinal cord and they had some they had to leave in there. We will see what this journey brings im hopeful I can walk again, going to be a hell of a tough road and I’ll just have to stay as positive i can, thank you so much to everyone that reached out I really am thankful for all of the love and support. Tough to make a tiny mistake like that and have my life change in the blink of an eye. Was riding really good this year but unfortunately it’s part of the sport.”
