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ANDRE BERTONCIN and his life changing fall.
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Im just sending out the love to the coolest kid i know. His name is Andre and on the 1st of 2006 he went to ski up in Taos, NM, as a normal but not so normal day. For those hu hav skiied Taos theyl know what chair #2 is, well its the one that gets you to the top and is a chair that doesnt really have any low spots. Well anyways he fainted on the lift and slid under the bar falling 30ft to ground, if the slope he landed on was flat he would be at least paralised or probly dead the the little 20 degree angle saved his life. His step-father is head of the mogle medical (Taos ski valleys medical facility) and herd sumone had fallen of a lift. He rushed up on a snowmobile and saw his lifeless sons pants...and jacket...and son still on the ground. He switched from father mode to docter mode imediatly. They got he down...ambulanced him to Taos hospital and helicoptered him to Albaquarqe. Yesterday jan 4th i went up to visit him. It killed me to see the pain from his mother Teresa and little sister Nataly and his whole family. He has shattered his pelvis and his pelvis has moved up around his organ area, hes fractured 6 ribs which have lead to a punctured spleen and lungs. He came out very very very lucky. He was the best freeskier out of our group and is probly the only one who had a chance at going any where with it... and there saying hell be lucky to be skiing in 2 years. He will b in the hospital for at least a month and the rehab on a wheelchair for at least 4 months, then he has to learn how to walk all over again. I am his best friend. Im preaty weak skier living in his shadow. This is a real story and it hurts me alot. It was hard to look at him, so fragile. He will b fine and hes alive so thats all i care. I hope who ever reads this thinks about Andre and sends him sone love. From Cooper to Anyone who reads and cares but mainly to Andre Bertoncin, well love you forever!
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thats so unlucky, could have happened to anyone, hope he gets better soon, best of luck with the recovery process for him
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Wow, poor Andre. Hope he makes a full and quick recovery.
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Best of luck,
an i hope he has a safe and speedy recovery
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Oh ye to let you know, we have no idea why he fainted, mabey epileptic or sumthing like that. We love you Dre.
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that would suck. hopefully he will get better somewhat soon
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Good luck for him! What caused him to faint on the chair?
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We hav no idea maby epalepsy or sumthing.
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best of luck in his recovery
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oh, im sorry to hear that! i hope he wil ski again, and that he then will kick some serious ass again! good thing he can ski again after 2 years, think off how many years of skiing that will come after that. hope you get bether andre!
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All the best to him in his recovery.
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Oh come on, pick one forum or the other...
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best of luck with recovery.
i know its hard but try to look at it in a positive way. i know when im not skiing, im skiing in my head, and i can do it alot better that way then actually ridding. (and the bails dont hurt). I dunno, alot of thinking can be done about skiing to give him a full brand new 100% booost to skiing in teh years to come. Sometimes i think about holding off from skiing for time to mentally prepare myself for new bigger tricks (but i never do it) but this gives him that chance to actually do it, mentally and (depending on his state) physically prepare him self the the proper level
i hope that makes sense to you.
best of luck andre.
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That is truly horrible news...sometimes life can be so random. 5 minutes either way and he'd be fine. My thoughts and prayers are with him
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wow.. im sorry to hear of this tragedy but that really made me thing.. you can basically pass out for no reason at any time i guess it was just a fluke that he was on a chair lift at the time but that can happen to anyone.. wow i have never thought about that on the chairlift before
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thats insane... injury is shit and so bad that it was like a freak accident. sorry abuot your bro, tell him NS sends well wishes.
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Ya hope he gets better and does something for the skiing scene
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shit that sucks, i got hit by a car and they said no skiing for the season and i just said fuck that and went skiing 2 weeks later
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honestly preety heart touching i hope the best to him and his family
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thanks for the positivity, im printing your comments and bringing them to him tomoro to show him even people who dont know him care and wish for the best.
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Thats too bad, i wish him my best
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too bad man that sucks, but there is a lesson to be learned, always drink some PBR on the life to keep you awake
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it's those stories that really hurt, someone with so much promise gets so unlucky, but that stuff happens, at least hes alive
wish u the best andre
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Shitty deal. Get better soon.
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Hey Andre. This is Robbie talking. Cooper wrote a really nice letter. Everyone cares about you as you can see. I cant stand skiing without you. Its no fun. You influence me so much to try new tricks and get better. Anyways well miss your skiing bro. Ill come up and visit you again pretty soon. Till then bro, get better. See you soon bro! Robbie
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that sucks.. best of luck to you man..
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He'll be back!!! Get better man.
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Ah shit man, thats terrible news, hope he gets good medical attetion fast and good recovery to get back on his sticks soon.
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Holy shit. Get better soon man.
Too many going down every year.
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that is tragic... i wish him the best of luck with the recovery
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yo best wishes to your man...
thats pretty hectic news thats always bad to hear - hope he gets better ASAP
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Thanks robbie! Hell appreciate this!
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