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Derek Spong Injury

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Schoening
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The other thread didn't go into much detail so i guess here it is
Dspong was at booters bash in california shooting with rage films. apparantly yesterday there was a big gap and he was going to gunnea it. he came up short breaking 3 or 4 ribs, did something to his spleen (his bro said they wern't sure)He also ripped 2 out of 3 layers of the aorta...for those of you that don't know what that is, its the pump to your heart and basically if you tear all 3 your dead. Dspong had heart surgery yesterday, I'm not exactly sure what Evan (his bro) told me if there was a 90% chance of him being paralyzed, i was in to much shock to even remember. I was lucky enough to talk to derek not long after he got out of surgery and he sounded great for the condition's he was in.

Dspong, your the man bro, stay strong!

I'm hopeing i'll talk to him again tonight so i can give another little update. wish him the best!

May 2 2006 5:26PM
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mattyb.
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o shit that insanse, hope he gets better soon
May 2 2006 5:29PM
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williams
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damn d spo. hope ya feel better.

when you get home, there will be a lot of halo seshes in which i will pwn you and many other n00bz!! jea! anyways get better bro, youll be shreddin the gnar gnar in no time!
May 2 2006 5:33PM
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lowtech
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how to do you do that to your aorta?
May 2 2006 5:34PM
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4frntSkier
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Damn
best of luck
this has been one hell of a rough season
May 2 2006 5:36PM
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quebecfreestyler
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Damn, get better spong
May 2 2006 5:41PM
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ry.will
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i still can't believe this happened, stay strong dspong, youll be back killin it in no time.
May 2 2006 5:42PM
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skiah2489
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best of luck
get better real quick


i remember last year i was at the US Open big air, and spong killllled it! hes amazing
May 2 2006 5:43PM
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gUrLsKiEr
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Good luck with everything!and I hope everything is gonna be good
May 2 2006 5:46PM
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rippinbumpskier
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get better u kill it
May 2 2006 5:47PM
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acc
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holy shit that's horrible.

best wishes in your recovery derek
May 2 2006 5:50PM
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SkierJulie
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Wow. Best of luck, Derek.
May 2 2006 5:51PM
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dbo
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get better d
May 2 2006 5:53PM
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A_E
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poopy
May 2 2006 5:55PM
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S2daJ
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oh shit.... best of luck spong.
May 2 2006 5:58PM
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ronalddregan.
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best of luck dspong
May 2 2006 6:07PM
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AKoblitz
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wow....
May 2 2006 6:11PM
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[lineskier]820
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too much shit is happening, this sport is getting crazy
May 2 2006 6:12PM
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T-Nels
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everyone should just stop skiing so no more of this shit happens this year. but good luck d spong you can come back.
May 2 2006 6:13PM
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[lineskier]820
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o yeah and best of wishes to derek and his family, hell def come out on top
May 2 2006 6:13PM
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CooksCorner
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My prayers are with you.
May 2 2006 6:17PM
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ski_cartel
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man too many people are getting hurt this season, get better man
May 2 2006 6:25PM
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ItsPhil
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man...this year has been ridiculous. get better spong
May 2 2006 6:50PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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wow...i dont think many people tear their aorta skiing. get better
May 2 2006 6:57PM
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nickmcnutt
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he tore his aorta on a jump? how the shit do you do that? damn, get well man.
May 2 2006 6:59PM
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Blackmer
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ouch, hope you get better Spong
May 2 2006 7:01PM
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spere
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that sucks so much, get well soon so you can rip it up again
May 2 2006 7:01PM
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BusyJohnSohn
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that sucks, hope he gets better soon
May 2 2006 7:04PM
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mattwalker
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duuuude... d spong, that fuckin blows, i am soooo sorry, your gonna be alright tho man... i have confidence
May 2 2006 7:04PM
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eheath
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stay stong DSPONG ur the fucking man!
May 2 2006 7:09PM
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Greenish
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fuckin shit, stick with it man, don't do anything that you don't think you should cus some doctors are stupid. Good luck tho, stand strong.
May 2 2006 7:18PM
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STAUSS
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man... get better. we'll see you on x games again next year

06 has sucked balls
May 2 2006 7:27PM
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scofield
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WOK AND WOLL DEREK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 2 2006 7:28PM
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IanH
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man this season has been full of injuries

good luck with the recovery
May 2 2006 7:30PM
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snowsnowsnow
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hey bro all your washington boys keep sending mad love to ya, you know i'll come visit you when you get back to the PNW. Best wishes to you, come home soon and bring all the love with you
May 2 2006 8:04PM
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skiierman
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Wow, that's intense. You'll pull through Derek, no doubt in my mind man. Make a fast and full recovery, my thoughts are with you.
May 2 2006 8:12PM
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zemke
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still so shocked thsi happened and definetly by far the least person to deser ve to get hurt. im definetly really bummed an sad about it and best wishes on a speedy recovery
May 2 2006 8:41PM
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jackelliott
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yo dspong heal up man, ill catch u in the pregame lobby.
May 2 2006 9:07PM
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nothanks
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We're all behind you man. Get better.
May 2 2006 9:10PM
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parkraider
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hey derek, stay strong, you're amazing bro
it gives me chills just thinking about what happened
-jens
May 2 2006 9:10PM
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FUUUCK
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holy shit thats terrible, i wish him a speedy recovery
May 2 2006 9:12PM
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C.Stone
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thats crazy, get better d
May 2 2006 9:18PM
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lalalalaura
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jesus fuck that's insane, shit, i hope everything goes well and he recovers from this, jesus, that's so incredibly burly :(
May 2 2006 9:18PM
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Billiards.
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hes a balla he'll be back I know it. go D-spong
May 2 2006 9:20PM
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DynastarriderGP
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man i hope he pulls through that would be a bummer to end a bright future like that before he's even an adult
May 2 2006 9:23PM
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Schoening
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May 2 2006 9:23PM
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Schoening
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WHAT A PIMP! hahahaha
May 2 2006 9:40PM
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oAkRy
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^^^ look at that FINE half asian!!!
DDDD!!! Im sorry, I felt sooo sad and shocked when i heard. Your such a tooper!!! what you had and are going though it unimaginable. Im so glad that you are still here and it wasnt worse. Your AMAZING, you always take care of me and im so thankful to know you. Im so glad that everything went smoothly yesterday, es muy bueno (ist very good) just catching you up on your span as always! :) but you know your part of the Akerley family as always and ill be expecting you at our house asap mister spong. WE ALL LOVE YOU SOO MUCH!!! and are thinking of you constantly. you are my hero remember that! chug chug chug through that recovery! MISS YOU SO MUCH! huggy!
peace and love BestFriendsForever :)
Olivia
May 2 2006 9:54PM
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dweezileast
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when you hit a stationary object fast enough, your internal organs get hurled at the inside wall of your body, in this case, his heart was probably thrown at his chest wall at the speed he was traveling while in the air. his inertia when he hit whatever he hit, was channeled through his internal organs, which hit his chest wall, and were stopped by that, but probably in turn helped to break some ribs. i dont know if you have ever felt a heard in bio class or whatever, but its certainly not light by any means, so imagine being hit in the ribs at a high speed with a heart full of blood, it will cause damage.
May 2 2006 9:57PM
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Typical
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stay strong man, only the best of luck to you.
May 2 2006 10:06PM
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Tze.C
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man that sucks so hard, derek is awesome. one of my fav young skiers out there, hope he gets better. it seems like everyone is getting injured lately, i think people need to take it a little easy.
May 2 2006 10:19PM
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