Down but not out part two. Hennon and Shenker also on the reserve list

Mar 20, 2006

Written by Bart de Jong

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BEN HENNON (HARO Europe - Freestyle)

How did you get injured?
Hennon: BROKE AND DISLICATED MY RIGHT SHOULDER.

Where were you at the time?
Hennon: I WAS AT THE POP SESSSION JAM IN TALLIN, ESTONIA.

Did you know something was wrong right away?
Hennon: I KNEW IT WAS A GOOD CRASH BUT I DIDN'T THINK I HAD BROKEN IT. I THOUGHT IT HAD JUST COME OUT OF JOINT AND GONE BACK IN.

Who helped you on the way to the hospital?
Hennon: NO ONE, THE FINALS WERE JUST ABOUT TO START. IT WAS COOL, DIDN'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO MISS IT .

How was the treatment there?
Hennon: THE HOSPITAL OVER THERE WAS SO GOOD AND BY FAR THE CLEANEST I'VE EVER BEEN IN ALL OVER.

What hurt most, the injury on not being able to finish the event/trip/session?
Hennon: WHAT HURT THE MOST IS NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE ANOTHER FIRST TO MY NAME. THAT SUCKS.

How long are you out for?
Hennon: WELL IT HAPPENED ON THE 8TH OR JANUARY AND IT HAS JUST LAST WEEK BEEN STRONG ENOUGH TO GET BACK ON.

What are your main activities while you are healing up?
Hennon: NOTHING REALLY, GOT FAT DRINKIN', SHOPPING, PARTYING LOTS.

Favorite computer games: DAVE MIRRA PRO BMX
Favorite movies: SEVEN, INDEPENDENCE DAY, KEVIN AND PERRY GO LARGE.
Favorite websites: EBONY GIRLS-JOKE. FAT BMX
Favorite books: THE DAVINCHI CODE. BY DAN BROWN
Favorite BMX DVD's: LITTLE DEVIL -CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
Favorite music: EVERYTHING FROM ADDC TO JAMES BLUNT WITH A BIT OF DANCE IN THE MIDDLE

What does the lady say of you being injured?
Hennon: SHE'S PISSED 'CAUSE I COULDN'T WORK AND LOOK AFTER HER.

Who have stopped by to say hello?
Hennon: FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

Are you going to push the healing time and get on the bike sooner than the doctor said?
Hennon: NO, I WANT IT TO BE STRONGER THAN IT WAS BEFORE SO I CAN GET BETTER THAN I WAS BEFORE

When do you think you'll be back up and ripping?
Hennon: I AM ON IT, JUST TAKING IT EASY THOUGH

Any thanks: YEAH I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANX TO ALL MY SPONSORS FOR NOT DESERTTING ME AND STICKING AROUND TO HELP. PEOPLE LIKE NADIA AND ANDY AT EASTPAK. BART AND ADAM AT HARO. PETE TERVY AT ETNIES AND MARK AND JAMES AT ODDESSY. ME MAM FOR GIVING ME MONEY WHILE I COULDN'T
WORK AND MY DAD FOR KNOWING THAT I CAN GET AS GOOD AND BETTER THAN BEFORE.AND THE WIFE FOR DRIVING ME ALL OVER THE PLACE. THAN GUYS AND GIRLS LV YA!

Benjamin Shenker (HARO Europe - Freestyle)

How did you get injured?
Shenker: Riding over my own foot from a 1hand-nofootcan.

Where were you at the time?
Shenker: Woodward East

Did you know something was wrong right away?
Shenker: Yeah, I had the same feeling in my leg as I had 2 years ago, but thought I couldn't have broken it...so I walked away, sat down and checked my fibula. I could put my pinky in the crack and my foot looked like it's going to drop off. So the short answer is yes.

Who helped you on the way to the hospital?
Shenker: Andy Alvarez

How was the treatment there?
Shenker: It was really good. It was the same doc who sees Jamie Bestwick, so I knew I was in good hands. I said that I fell from some stairs, 'cause my insurance didn't cover sport injuries.

What hurt most, the injury on not being able to finish the event/trip/session?
Shenker: Definitely not being able to ride for a few more days at Woodward.

How long are you out for?
Shenker: 8-9 weeks.

What are your main activities while you are healing up?
Shenker: I'll be in school more, studying more too.

Favorite computer games: none
Favorite movies: Of mice and men, Fight Club, Donnie Darko, Village Fest..
Favorite websites: www.fenyerzekeny.freeblog.hu
Favorite books: Coelho, Bulgakov, Peter Popper..
Favorite BMX DVD's: the latest RoadFools at the moment
Favorite music: Placebo at the moment

What does the lady say of you being injured?
Shenker: She makes me feel there's nothing wrong. I took 4 stitches out of her elbow last night.

Who have stopped by to say hello?
Shenker: My family and my closest friends.

Are you going to push the healing time and get on the bike sooner than the doctor said?
Shenker: Not really. I've had so many injuries that I know it's better to keep the times. I had the same fracture/surgery 2 years ago on my other leg, so I know what to do and what to expect. It was the same doc, who operated.
He knows what I do, so he didn't put a cast on me and said I can start phisiotherapy right away. I need crutches till he takes the screws out (6 weeks). I have to say it feels way better, than 2 years ago.

When do you think you'll be back up and ripping?
Shenker: May.

Any thanks: Andy A., all the docs, the lady, family, friends and of course You.