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My best friend that I knew since the second grade was recently involved in a serious skiing accident around noon yesterday. Skiing down a run at Breckenrdge, he was blindsided and consequently shot into trees. Thankfully, he was wearing his helmet which shattered and saved his life. He was immediately air lifted to St. Anthony's hospital in Denver. He is currently in critical condition and has multiple fractures in his spine, massive brain trauma, and his main artery to his left arm was completely ruptured. As a result, he may never regain use of his left arm and will have to undergo months of therapy. At this point we are not sure if he will ever make a full recovery. Attached to this thread are pictures of him skiing (he is the one in the black and khaki lethal decent jacket.) For those of you who have never had the chance to meet this amazing person but, to say he brightened everyones day is a complete understatement. The last picture is about half of the people that showed up to show him and his family support after this incident.
What I am asking of the Newschoolers Community
1. Send the homie and his family vibes.
2. Please Please wear a helmet
3. I would love to get Alexi Godbout's Contact info via PM(he was his coach at Evolve Chile this Summer)
4. Help get this to Lethal Decent. When he was air lifted, they had to cut all of his outerwear. He was planning on getting a brand new lethal decent suit next week and it would be awesome to get him a new one!
5. Pray. For a fast and full recovery.
Such a very sad, tragic story. My thoughts and prayers go out to your friend and his family. I pray he makes a full recovery and can once again return to skiing. God Bless Jonny.
major vibes- had a friend get injured at breck as well in a similar way. prayers going out to your friend and his family, ill be keeping him in my thoughts when im out there
Vibes and best of luck to your friend and his family. This is so sad, but he looks like a fun and positive person, just the type who would be able to pull through this. +++++++
my man, was there the day this happened. wish I could've gotten out of the park to ski with ya for the first time, my thoughts are with you my dude, heal up quick bud
Sorry to hear about this man. Vibes from CO. People need to wake up when it comes to helmets, I hate to see this new trend of going without a helmet, no ones too cool for brain damage.
He is currently in surgery for his artery that leads to his left arm to try to stop the bleeding. PM me if you want to send him a short video shout out. It would mean the world to him and his family to see how much support there is in the freeskiing community. I would also love to get this to Inspired Media, one of his favorite production companies.
Vibes from DU. He sat next to me in French and when he didn't show up yesterday I heard the news for the first time. Class won't be the same without him. Hope the operations go well today and that he's back soon.
I watched this go down when I was at Breck... It looked soooo bad. Praying for a miracle and quick healing! Sending vibes and prayers your way during all of this.
