Dan Atherton recovered and riding... Telonics?

Saw this on Ridemonkey, posting here cause its in our neighborhood. For those who don't know, back-story can be found here

I'll be impressed when he becomes a Pirate.

+rep...thanks for sharing

damn, looked like homeboy was railing on telonics and got left in the dust, must be awesome to watch a pro hit your local trail.....good find

im not sure if thats my friend, but one of my friends saw them up there the other day and did telonics and pg's with them, and then shuttled with them the whole day after that. And I guess that they hire a day laboror and rent a u-haul truck and use those to shuttle all day :lol!:

Dude, they were hauling ass, and the Athertons still smoked them. Wow.

Awesome vid! Thanks for sharing.

Gee and Dan both seem like cool guys from what I've seen.

Showin up in full Commencal garb like a couple pimps. Dig me some Athertons action. Thx! Rep added..

briand480 wrote:im not sure if thats my friend, but one of my friends saw them up there the other day and did telonics and pg's with them, and then shuttled with them the whole day after that. And I guess that they hire a day laboror and rent a u-haul truck and use those to shuttle all day :lol!:

I saw them out there that day showing the pros around...

They'v been here for a few weeks. Had the chance to ride the pump track at lunch w/ them a few times as well as telonics.
thought i knew all the fast lines down that trail...Gee proved otherwise.

Dan Atherton Recovered from Neck Injury
This just in from the Atherton Racing blog:


On January 20th, Dan received the results of a final CT scan from Dr Robert Bray, the spinal specialist who has been overseeing his treatment. Red Bull’s Darren Roberts, the Atherton families personal trainer, accompanied Dan and had this to report, “The fractures have all healed and the tiny fragments of bone which are loose will be absorbed by the body over time, there was a slim possibility that an operation was required to remove these – but thankfully that op is not needed. More importantly Dr Bray said the words we’ve been waiting to hear since July 2010, ‘you’re good to go Dan, totally healed – get back on your bike and get riding hard. Try not to break it again’.”



It is with great happiness that we can announce Dan is now back on a bike and in full training, this moment was never a certainty as the injury to the C1 Disc was one of the most catastrophic ever seen. With strength and conditioning training to get him back to full race fitness his aim is to return to World Cup competition at the second round of the series in Fort William, Scotland. Concentrating on the discipline of downhill he’s hoping to take his new Commencal Supreme bike back to the podium glory he enjoyed before this incident.







Dan is already back on the bike and training hard. (Sven Martin photo)

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Athertons-reveal-new-sponsors-2011.html

Lovin' the new pajamas!

Dan's grip on his new neck brace couldn't be any tighter! RSA WC will be: 1). Minnaar, 2). Gee, 3) Gwin.

Did you check out the jump park??? Awesome!!!

Quoted, Gee does not even like talking about the Leatt brace from what i read in the latest Decline issue.

Denmother wrote:Did you check out the jump park??? Awesome!!!

In RSA or the Wales Atherton compound?

i read they are staying at a house in san juan capistrano, or somthing like that..
three months here for training..
dont be surprised if you see them on some san diego trails too....

I think they Stay with Clay Porter or one of his buddies for the first 'Atherton Project'. Makes sense if they do the Pro GRT in Port Angeles, Sea Otter & then head back dowm to ride the So Cal trails. Weather in Europe is still pretty nasty! Hopefully they'll do a Fontana race & school EC on his home turf!