Mike Escamilla Goes Under the Knife
A crash on a mini ramp took Mike Escamilla out for a bit. We asked him for the details and the prognosis.
“In late September on a trip up to Kurtis Elwell’s, i pretty much just slid off a mini doing a backwards grind—I wouldn’t even consider it a crash. After weeks of pain I got an MRI and it turned out that I had a pretty bad lateral meniscus tear, my second one in this knee. So i had to get it cut out. Recovery won’t be too bad, four-to-six weeks, I hope. I made an edit of the week of surgery, riding a bit with some other stuff the best I could without trying to further injure my knee. It’s really just a fun edit, so look for that soon...”
gordo hoffman
11/24/2008 7:46 AM
ooooooooucccchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, get well soon mike
nathan360
11/12/2008 11:15 AM
get well soon
mangler
11/12/2008 7:18 AM
i'll be jumping on the meniscus surgery soon as well. i don't look forward to it.
ozzy
11/12/2008 1:01 AM
recover well,man
sarkumfromindonesia
11/11/2008 11:57 PM
Mike "Rooftop" Escamilla is one the riders that inspired me to ride street, get well soon rooftop...
jmoney
11/11/2008 10:59 PM
good luck old man? WTF!
Mike, I remember watching you in Nowhere Fast back in the day. Your a legend and I hope you get better as fast as possible.
Old School Wolfie
11/11/2008 8:59 PM
Get well Mike. You are still the man.
muffe
11/11/2008 2:43 PM
rooftop is a bmx legend! get well soon!
NelsonIndustries
11/11/2008 1:33 PM
get well rooftop
bradfordhuckerpa
11/11/2008 12:14 PM
good luck old man... I don't think i've ever seen anyof your crashes..and you usually go ...BIG.
Mr Wilson
11/11/2008 12:13 PM
what????????????
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