Monday, March 29, 2010

Mike back on the bike



From the Ridebmx interview

"In case you have been living under a rock, let me catch you up to speed… Mike Aitken had a really bad crash back in October 2008 that left him in a coma and in critical condition. A little more than a month later, after having to learn how to walk all over again, Mikey left the hospital on his own two feet. After five months of intense rehab, he posted a video doing a 180 in the street just to let the world know he was fighting hard and determined to get back to his old self. Almost a year after his crash, in September 2009 the other pro riders voted for Mikey as Number One Dirt Jumper at our own NORA Cup Awards party. And that brings us to present day where Mikey showed up to a jam with a handful of other pros and rode some legit trails for the first time in front of our cameras since his crash. He was hanging out with his wife and son at the jam and said he had plans to stay out in Cali for a while so we thought it would be a good time to catch up with him and see how things have been going…"

Click here to read the rest of the interview Ridebmx.com

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