Get well soon roxy.

[nicho]

Some of you may know that Kristina took a hard hit at awaba today and had to be air lifted out.
I want to send my best wishes to her recovery.
Anyone got any news?


Nicho

Here is a photo (http://s163.photobucket.com/albums/t317/dhdozer/?action=view&current=DSCF0688.jpg) of Kristina in action at the Awaba event.

[|Matt|]

I just heard, sounds nasty, I'll let the person who told me come forward rather than me passing on second hand information.

Get well soon, Stina :(.

[Plow King]

Yeah, It seemed damn serious.

Best wishes, hope she gets well soon!

[the F.H.B]

Best wishes Stina, our thoughts are with you! Big thanks have to go out to the air ambo's they were awesome and managed to get her out from a difficult place in failing light.

[Squidly Didly]

Update from the hospital is that she has no spinal damage. She's still undergoing more xrays for other possible injuries but things are looking ok'ish.

Thank you to everyone who helped her.

Get well soon Stina

[Wake Jake]

Anyone see crash or know what happened?

Thats good news Squid.

[Ozza]

sounds pretty hefty.

Stinas strong she will be back on the bike!

[Woffa]

Doesn't sound good at all. I hope she is back on the bike for the nationals, she was really looking forward to them. Get better soon Kristina...

[Smooth King]

Ouch, yeh sounds serious, but good to hear there isnt spinal damage.

Get well soon stina, hope you get back on your bike in no time !

[trouble]

hope you get well foxy, does anyone know any details of the crash;
-where it happened exactly?
-and how did it happen?

[DNF]

Yeah, it looked like she tried to roll Battles drop and front wheel kinda hooked up and slingshotted her straight over the bars head first straight into the ground, was a massive crash, one of those crashes you know straight away going to be serious..

wouldnt be surprised if someone actually got footage of it because there were alot of people in the section.
scary stuff.

[oldbean]

hope you get well foxy...

It wasn't 'Foxy' Joanne Fox. It was someone by the name of Christina, or Stina as she seemed to be known.

[johnny]

Damnit, sorry to hear about that Rox. Get well soon!

[contagion]

It wasn't 'Foxy' Joanne Fox. It was someone by the name of Christina, or Stina as she seemed to be known.

It's Kristina (roxy12 on the forums). A well known and respected member as well as sub-forum moderator for girls only I think.

Hope you get well soon roxy and get back on the bike ASAP.

[sammydog]

Just back from the hospital and the all clear has been given.

Several vertebrae fractures and a small scalp fracture was the end result. She has gone home from the hospital tonight and will be flying back to melbourne tomorrow.

I would like to thank though, any one who lent any assistance at all. Thank you very much.

----edit-----

Now I have two hands, she was looking OK, although very ginger on two feet when we left, but was in pretty positive spirits. I think she will be fine, but has a forced 6 week break.

[|Matt|]

Several vertebrae fractures and a small scalp fracture was the end result. She has gone home from the hospital tonight and will be flying back to melbourne tomorrow.

So what does that mean for her future?

[sammydog]

It all sounded pretty minor (easy for me to say), but I think she will be back kicking our arses sometime in the future.

Like I said, she looked sore (very sore) but it didn;t sound major (they did let her go home). I'm sure she will get on and give an update when she is back home (with nothing to do).

[the F.H.B]

Thats great to hear! (Anyone who saw the crash will agree with me that it's a miracle that she's up and walking on the same day as the crash!)
Big thanks need to go to the next rider down (shannon?) who took control of the situation until the Ambo's arrived and helped right through till Stina was airlifted out.

[andy73]

all the best - hate to hear about anyone going down hard.

[BJ-]

Get better, aey kiddo!

I'm glad she'll be alright...

[G-Man]

Get better soon Roxy :) ..

she was pinning everything all weekend and the race runs
just didn't happen for her ,, like sammydog said ..

she'll be back kicking our arses in no time - you folks
breed them tough here in Aus ...

Catch ya at the nats. stina

G-man outy

[willy_c]

I was one of the unfortunate ones to see the crash.

She came into battle drop and looked quite hesitant, attempted to roll off the drop and before her front wheel was on the ground she was upside down vertical and onto the ground on her head.

I saw her do a similar thing earlier in the day on the same drop and she basically just shrugged it off and kept riding on. She is tough as nails I tells ya. The way she was riding I was half expecting her to get up and keep going. She is a good rider.

Hope a speedy recovery is on the cards. Best wishes.

[grubby]

christina is up and walking today. she is a little sore but other than that is in good spirit. give her a couple of weeks and she will be back punching out the runs. hopefully the plan flight home isn't to discomforting.

[mcurrie]

wish you a speedy recovery and see you where ever and when ever.
(make sure that josh tends to all of your needs)

[mayo]

get well soon rox, lucky you didn't do anything serious

[Grip]

Damn, girl... hope to see you up and about ASAP. Cheers.

[patto_15]

OMG!! STINA!!! Damn i hope she is back on the bike really really really really soon!!!! But still in the back of my mind i dread her coming back just to put us all back in our boxes :p

Get well soon stina!! Best of luck for the 6 weeks off the bike!

Patto

[mtbmamma]

I went home early yesterday, just before the race run for Elite's. Only heard about Stina's crash at lunch time. Get well soon and don't worry about your gorgeous helmet. As I said yesterday after your first crash, at least it's not your head.

Hope you get well, have no lasting injury and are back riding again very soon.
Hate hearing about bad crashes like this to anyone let alone one of our few female riders. :eek:

[Nukid]

Get well soon Stina,
Hope your recovery is quick and that you are back on the bike quick!

[Spanners]

Speedy recovery Kristina, Hope to see you back on the track for the new season. Get well soon Roxy girl !!!!!!!

[binner]

hey punky, just found out about yr lil off..... glad to hear it sounds all ok ;)
heal up kid and chat soon huh ;)

zap :)

[Rufnut]

Get well and chin up. I remember you hurting your hand at long gulley a few years back and you still did your race run even after they told you not to. Hope you have speedy return to the bike.

[Ruckus_Lord]

Damn! Sucks major to hear about that, get well soon kris! I still want to see you up hear for Illinbah!:p

[samsty]

I always feel ill when I hear about this kinda stuff happening to someone that you know.. I am very glad to hear that you will be ok. All the best for a speedy recovery back to being 100% again. Hopefully we will have you back on your bike by the start of the state series. :)

All the best, see you soon!

[hotazell]

Glad to hear you're up and about hope you get better soon.

[zaskar00]

Fantasic news with Kristina's situation. That is a great relief after seeing the situation yesterday. We were there offering assistance in the 2hrs it took to stabilise and get her airlifted out. Praise must also be given not only to fellow riders and spectators but also the 2 paramedics from the helicopter who went about there work as would be expected from such professionals.

There's a few pics of the action from earlier on in the day.
http://www.locktonimage.com/MTB.html

[MTB-ChiK]

Rox, you are living up to your crash bandicoot title... but you didn't have to scare us all to death!!! So lucky. Plz get better real soon. I felt sick when i read that you had an accident on the race thread. I wish you the speediest of recovery & hope to see you soon for Mt.G. Even if its on the side lines cheering for Joshwah! :D Take care mate.

[Dozer]

Very unfortunate, she was kicking butt all weekend and had the place mapped out nicely.
Good luck with your recovery, we're all hoping it all tuns out okay and you come back to show off the brightest and most fitting race kit on the scene!
Apart from the accident, you were looking like a deadset winner.;) Get well soon!

[luke.b]

Ohh. I hope you get better soon Kristina. Then you can come back and kick everyones arse in sport men for the Vic Series.

[roxy12]

Hey all, Thanks for the comments......helps more then you know it.

Feel like absolute shite today. Been back in the hospital after a night of immense pain and about 4 hours of solid vomiting. Apparently it will get much worse before it gets beter:(

Might as well give you all a clear statement of what happened and what went wrong though.

Just a silly mistake in a relay messed up run. After haveing a bad crash earliuer in the day and haveing a mechanical ended up running SS in my race run, chose a bad gear to say the least. By the time i was half way through the run I was pretty scattered and just hopeing to make ti through without crashing.
Went a bit slower through the section then i had been, and just pulled up to late off the drop.

I dont remeber alot, just little bits and peices.
Realiseing my right arm was paralised was scary, thank god it was only temporary.
Was in and out of consciousness for god knows how long, even stoped breathing a couple of time apparently.

End result ended up being:
-7 Fractures in my lower lumbar spine
-skull fracture approx 7mm long, migranes arnt helping that situation either
- As found out today, a fair bit of tendon damage in my neck,
which appears to be effecting my right soulder as well.

They also think that one fracture may be worse then originaly though, heading to a specialist tomroow.

Nervouse systems a complete wreck, been shaking for about an hour now, comes and goes. But yehr the nautiousness and fact that I cant do shit atm is what is frustrateing me the most.

Not to sure on how long il be off, havbe to wait and hear from the doctors about the spinal crack, at the moment it looks to be 6-8 weeks.

As for bike damage!
-well I lost My custom d2- all the foam crackled and popped.
-jersey, shorts, socks, my skins, brand new goggles, singlet and gloves
were all cut to bits to get off me, so its all gone.:(:(
-Shifter split along the join.
-rear derailuer cracked along the cage, with a nice bend.
- chain was twisted and for some reason 3 cassete rings were munched on the under side.

ahhh theres probably more but my heads cains.

Justa major thank you to all those that helped get me out, and kept me breathing, when i find out everyones names therel be proper thank yous.

[tld_06]

Good to hear you're in reasonable spirits:). Best of luck for the speedy recovery

[24alpha]

Hi Stina,

When we heard it was you we were in shock. Glad you are some what OK.
Take it easy, and get Josh to look after you. Get well soon.:)

Mr & Mrs Hux

[Dozer]

Thanks for the update Stina, you sound optimistic which is good! The injuries sound quite painful, let us know if anyone can do anything for you.;)

[roxy12]

Thanks for the update Stina, you sound optimistic which is good! The injuries sound quite painful, let us know if anyone can do anything for you.;)

go back in time and stop them cutting up my hole kit!:p

Otherwise a coffee could go down well........:D

yes not being able to move far makes boredom set in very fast:rolleyes:

[pinned--->]

Bloody hell thats rough, sucks when you dont really know what happend. And as for the d2, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!:(

[Mo]

crash sounds good, but at least you are in good spirits and on a good way to recovery.

best of luck

[IDrive]

Rox,

Wish you all the best for a speedy recovery.

Just a quick one I think i met you on Sunday morning after your first off. You went high on the log jump and come down hard? Was this you?

You ride really hard and really push yourself, hope you aren't off the bike for too long.

[roxy12]

Rox,

Wish you all the best for a speedy recovery.

Just a quick one I think i met you on Sunday morning after your first off. You went high on the log jump and come down hard? Was this you?

You ride really hard and really push yourself, hope you aren't off the bike for too long.

Indeed that was me.:p

[mongoosedh]

Hi roxy

Good luck with a quick and easy recovery. I know how it feels to be out for 7 weeks :(.

Glad your not paralised or some other horrible thing like that.

And you can always buy more gear! You can't buy your body back if you really break it.

Luckles

[Sam.]

Good to hear that you aren't too seriously injured. As for the D2, it is sad but hey, at lease it wan't your head that went snap, crackle and pop:)

Best of luck for recovery, Sam.

[Mattydv]

It's great to hear that your in a good-ish condition :)

I'm a little bit disappointed that you stole my helicopter ride though.. :mad: :p
At least it got to you quicker than it would have ordinarily. Let's hope your back on the bike soon.

[NS_Suburban]

Hey, just dropping a line to wish you a speedy recovery and all the best in the future. You're a definite legend in my books for making it this far in one (reasonably intact) piece.

[DeeMax]

Stina fundraiser. Sausage sizzle's n all. Help you get some gear ready for when your back on ya bike. Maybe even a fun run ride or something. Just an idea to show I care, and that it's wicked sick that chicks are out there giving it a go. Hope your better soon.

[Dan.]

Hope you have a very speedy recovery. I was one of the few people there helping along with the paramedics. We all waited until you were in the helicopter. I would also like to say thanks to those people that stayed rather than walking off as without you it would have been alot harder to get her the the ambulance.

cheers
dan

[roxy12]

Stina fundraiser. Sausage sizzle's n all. Help you get some gear ready for when your back on ya bike. Maybe even a fun run ride or something. Just an idea to show I care, and that it's wicked sick that chicks are out there giving it a go. Hope your better soon.

Nice thought Deemax! haha but its ok, my sponsors XXIV imports are currently searchign for some help in that area. being they supportive people they are.:)

Hope you have a very speedy recovery. I was one of the few people there helping along with the paramedics. We all waited until you were in the helicopter. I would also like to say thanks to those people that stayed rather than walking off as without you it would have been alot harder to get her the the ambulance.

cheers
dan


Thanks Dan, your help was very much appreciated, The same with anyone else who was helping, i cannot describe my gratitude to the extreme that is needed here!

[mongoosedh]

hey rox do you need any opperations or anything of the like?

Because if insurance doesn't cover it then I'm sure that deemax's idea would go along well with that...

[roxy12]

hey rox do you need any opperations or anything of the like?

Because if insurance doesn't cover it then I'm sure that deemax's idea would go along well with that...


no idea yet, havnt seen the specialists! but seeing as i cant work for the next 6-8 weeks aanyway, im going to mooch off centrelink, they can pay!

or at least cover my phsio once i start that..........

Il sort something out, Iv already caused enough hassel!:o

[D10]

Great to hear you are up and getting around. Hope you have a fast recovery and not to much pain.
The crash sounds bloody painful.

[::RideSiK::]

wow, sorry to hear it!

i dont know you but do wish you all the best and a speedy recovery!

hope all is well soon!

liam.

[Daver]

Good to hear you're on the mend, see you (racing?) at nationals i guess.

[noballz]

no idea yet, havnt seen the specialists! but seeing as i cant work for the next 6-8 weeks aanyway, im going to mooch off centrelink, they can pay!

or at least cover my phsio once i start that..........

Il sort something out, Iv already caused enough hassel!:o

If you have full MTBA membership they do provide some help like income protection and non medicare expenses like physio. See http://mtba.asn.au/membership/?IntCatId=2&IntContId=83 for more info.

[roxy12]

If you have full MTBA membership they do provide some help like income protection and non medicare expenses like physio. See http://mtba.asn.au/membership/?IntCatId=2&IntContId=83 for more info.

Thanks for that, definatly be haveing a look into it.

[ZZ]

Get well soon Roxy
Your Kinda Luckey my Girl Friend Shannon is such a talented first aider.
Hope to see ya on the Nat series.
Cillian

[roxy12]

Get well soon Roxy
Your Kinda Luckey my Girl Friend Shannon is such a talented first aider.
Hope to see ya on the Nat series.
Cillian

Kind of? by the sounds of it im extremely lucky!

She'l get a big thank you when I see her again!

[luke.b]

So it looks like you'll be shouting orders to us at the Narby clean up from the bottom of the hill then Stina?

Looks like your farkin post count is gonna sky rocket after 8 hours of bored internet surfing and bad daytime tv.

[the F.H.B]

So did you make it back down to Victoria ok or are you still stuck in Newcastle?
Hope your feeling better than yesterday:)

[roxy12]

So did you make it back down to Victoria ok or are you still stuck in Newcastle?
Hope your feeling better than yesterday:)

hey, got back to melbourn monday evening,
Feeling more positive, still a little upset and all but you get that.


Luke- As for narbey, I think il just have to get hold of a CB and shout orders that way!

[Wisey]

Hey Stina, real sorry to hear that. Never nice to be in that situation so far from home, I'm glad to hear there was some good help at hand and your walking and made it home to Melbs safely.

Hopefully your feeling better soon and looking forward to getting back on the horse, tis a long season ahead so take your time, plenty of racing to be had.

Rest up you tuff little nut.........:)

[Hard Nox]

Hey there Stina. Best wishes for a speedy 'doctors orders' recovery. With injuries like that, you surely must do what they say. Anyway, take care. And, hit up your sponsors for new gear - or get new sponsors.

Cheers,

Rob
(PS I just bought myself a new Fox Rampage helmet (couldn't afford the D2), coz I had a couple of stacks at Granton on Sunday. I have to get a new seat, too. And i thought my injuries slowed me down a bit...)

[Cippa]

hey stina! broke my arm on sunday and was in hostpital for two nights! never have i sprained or broken anything until now...
holly mother of god!!! you wouldn't hav a pic of this drop u fell off would you??? i remember the first time i saw you ride at long gully hitting up the road gap! not even all the boys were hitting that, and you just went for it!!!
How many weeks you out for? I'm out for about 6 :( so you must be like a while longer!!! Hope all goes well and i know you'll be back on your bike as soon as you can. Josh better be treating you good!
GET BETTER & SPEEDY RECOVERY, Chloe xx

This message took me like 10 mins to write one handed. haha

[ovadahill]

Hey Roxy, Keep up the positive attitude...from your crash report it sounds like your spirit has just been mildly bruised. Get well ASAP.

[juzz]

Fark, sorry to hear about the crash, hope the recovery is quick so you can flog me up next race...

[stevo]

Hey Kristina,
If someone will replace your helmet, I'll replace the paintjob.
I told you not to land on your head.
Take care.

[roxy12]

Hey Kristina,
If someone will replace your helmet, I'll replace the paintjob.
I told you not to land on your head.
Take care.

haha in my defence, the paint job was like a magnet!

i had to land butter side down:p

[wolfycub31]

hey kristina

really sorry to hear about your off. its always scarey to hear of such a horrible crash, my g-friend rides and i would cringe to see her come off like that...

hope your feeling strong soon and back on your bike where you belong..

[CMW]

I knew you were tough but they are some crazy injuries. Hope you recover quickly and thoroughly! See you at the next race - that you make it to. xoxo