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IN THE WIND P52 ROCZEN TALKS CRASH AND HEALING K en Roczen gave his fans an update on his injured arm and his thoughts on his Anaheim II Supercross crash through his latest Instagram post. As bad as the injury was, it could've been a lot worse: "You spend months preparing, training and lots of riding for racing and never even tip over really. Literally go without crash- ing for weeks and everything washes down the drain from just one little bitty mishap. To be honest, I dont see anything I did wrong. Not like the previous years where I go. "Man that was stupid" But riding/racing you have to act quick... very! And in the end you can't pause the world and think about what you are going to do for a second. You will always go with your instinct and there is nothing wrong with that. That's part of learning and getting better. But like I said, I would love to look at the crash and say, ohhh that's what happened..! But I can't. Not sure if that makes it easier or harder. Anyway I felt more gathered and collected and focused than ever as you could tell in my riding (in my eyes) and then something this scary happens so quick. I got VERY lucky that I really just demolished my arm because at that speed and height it could have been very ugly. It was still scary coming out of the first surgery and Doc Viola said if it wouldn't have been done now I could have lost my arm. I started having compartment syndrome. Wich means my muscles and everything were so swollen from the impact that they stopped getting blood flow and slowly stop working. And once the muscle is dead there is no bringing it back. Anyway. Tough pill to swallow, but hey. Could have been worse. Felt like telling the story. It. But it's good to hear that thing are gonna be fine. Just gotta be patient." CN TAYLOR ROBERT INJURED AT KING OF THE MOTOS F MF/KTM's Taylor Robert suffered a hard crash and injuries during the King of the Motos race, February 5. "We were pretty much side by side and I was just wide open," said fel- low racer Cody Webb. "I came over the next ridge and turned around and Taylor wasn't there. My stomach just dropped. I knew something hap- pened." Colton Haaker was the next rider on the scene and found Robert passed out. "It was a scary ordeal. I got there and there was nothing from him—like no noise at all." Haaker said. "Thirty seconds later, then he started moving, like getting air back. I stayed with him until he woke up and the helicop- ter landed." According to Haaker, Robert was coherent when he came to, and remembered everything. He apparently winded himself in the crash, and passed out from lack of oxygen, not from impact. "I watched the foot- age after," said Haaker. "Taylor was on all fours for a couple seconds try- ing to get his breath and then fainted. As I came up across the hill about 20 seconds later, he was already on his back. He actually was all right. He knocked himself silly but he didn't knock himself out." After being airlifted to the pits, Robert was reportedly able to walk from the helicopter to the ambulance, and was taken to a local hospital. Early reports say that he suffered some internal injuries in the crash. The extent of those injuries is not yet known, but it seems unlikely that he will be able to contest the next round of the AMA National Hare & Hound Championship, February 12. CN PHOTOGRAPHY KTM IMAGES Taylor Robert suffered injuries at the King of the Motos, which could keep him sidelines for the next national hare and hound.