This is right of NSMB.com
"I think I ran into Bender in exactly the same spot last year. He's returned from his back injury stronger than ever - recently stomping a 25 footer for a commercial - but his ankle is going to need some time to get back to 100%. Bender has been building trails at Keystone and he was stoked to be back upright and in the lower 48. Atta boy Bender!"