Cameron Zink video: Comeback number 5

Agreed

I crashed and mashed my ankle back in august, still can't ride, still need crutches. I miss it so much, but, my bikes are in really good condition!

About 8 years ago I went off the biggest drop I ever hit. Landing was not steep enough and the impact was harsh. I stomped it which felt so good, but during that landing I felt something really weird in my knee. No pain, just a weird sensation. A few months later I started getting pain in my left knee walking down stairs. It got worse and not better with training. After getting an MRI and then surgery the doctor told me that I had crushed a patch or cartilage in the knee, which cause blood flow it to cease, so over time the cartilage died off, and flaked off. They cleaned it up best they could, but now I have no cartilage in the knee which means that when my knee is bent ( in the riding position under load ) it's bone on bone and cause mass amounts of pain. The only thing that allows me to ride it to get jacked up on Motrin or other pain killers. That makes riding bearable but after a hard day of riding, I pay for it with a couple of days of excruciating arthritic pain. There is no cure for this as cartilege does not grow back.
The moral of the story is, be as fit as you can when riding, so if you do push the limits of your body, you are less likely to have a serious, unreversible injury.
Great video, and good luck with a full recovery Cam.

i had to get surgery on my knee last year, ACL. it sucked i cant imagine getting it 5 times....

cam is so rad but he gets hurt alot,his knees are so messed its gota be such a bummer sometimes for him.i couldnt imagen 5 surgeries on me knees,but he gets back and shreds even harder. drink tons of milk man.

I hope you will be OK later in life. These injuries can definitely take away from quality of life later. Take care of yourself. You're Awesome.

evertything he said just keeps running over n your head when ur injured nd its so depressing. Cam having to deal with that much and still shredding at pro level just shows me that hes a trooper. mad props to cam and konad milk is essential

i have had surgery twice on my right knee (i can now disocate my knee cap on cue lol) it sucks big time took ages to recover propaly but five times thats crazy

I haven't had any bad biking related injuries yet, however, I've had a few in hockey. It sucks having to sit in the stands and watch your team play. But hockey isn't my main sport, biking is, and I've had a few injuries that wont go away. That's why I'm not going to play another game this year, nor next. I can't imagine having to sit and look at my bike because I hurt myself doing something else.

Actually, yesterday I was out riding and manage to roll my ankle pretty bad in a bail. Today was the nicest day we've had this year, sunny and +15 C, yet I had to sit inside and look at my bike. After waiting all winter for the snow to melt so that I could ride, I couldn't on such a beautiful day.

Hope you get better soon Cam, I can;t even begin to imagine what 6 months would feel like.

Wow 5 times, coming back from that takes a lot of guts. I did my ACL and had it reconstructed, luckily (so far) just the once. What he doesn't say in the vid is how miserable and painful the rehabilitation is.

I can't imagine having to do it 5 times. In fact, I don't think I could. Lots of respect to you mate.

nice

cam zink is boss

i just found out a week ago that i got a thing called tempromandibular joing disfunctment where my jaw popps in and out of place all the time. i had to get x-rays done and they say i haveta go have sergerie on my jaw bone where they vut the bone and put it back togeather with a plate and there gona do that just when riding season starts again. so now when it gets healed im wearing a full face all the time no matter what and i thing that nobody should say that fullfaces suck and awkward and will never use one fore bigger stuff like freeride. if i were wearing one i wouldent miss a whole season and go through all the pain.

Dont under estimate the power of the full face

who does he ride for and dang that would suck

touchwood you mean lol

I know what you mean

Yeah, i feel your pain. 2 years ago i was learning new tricks each month and had just learned hop barspins but broke my foot on my 4th attempt at a drop after pulling 2 of them. I still don't have all the movement on my foot, and sucks knowing i can't street. It's depressing seeing the evolution of the movement, and wanting to be in it, and try brakeless ãnd other things, but knowing you just can't be a part of it anymore.

not the day you recovered it was like a month later

i swear it waqs the day

no cause remember you were all better when we started to make the jump

dude, im not trying to put you down but, you're not pro. they're source of income, sanity and physical condition come from their bicycle. I agree to some point what you are saying, but most people have other things to do (well not some of us ) so, sure I pity him. I don't think you're the guy looks at things badly tho.

yea but this is zinc hes one of the best riders, he has had 5 knee surgeries and so many other injury and after months of not riding he comes back and goes into crnakworx and 3's the biggest drops possible.i have major respect for him and i think he was saying to ride as hard as you can and have fun because so easily your hurt and cant ride for soo long.

well, tott, have you ever watched a nwd movie? or crankworx? thats who he is. respect to konad. props man.

what tott said is just funny because zinc spends so much time off to the side that you hardly ever hear is name... im lucky that my youthful bounce has saved me from injury multiple times this year... yes its only march but still....

thats a bummer man. i was out for a little over a year when i lacerated my liver.. internal injuries are horrible. get well soon!

i know how to do alot of other things other than riding, even ur mom! riding means alot to some people, sure you may enjoy doing other things in your life but when ridings a ying and yang relationship, its hard to not stay depressed. once again, you DONT know unless youve been there...

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