WRIST SURGERY FORCES JAMES TO THE SIDELINES
James underwent successful surgery Friday afternoon to repair a broken scaphoid bone in his right wrist. Following last weekend’s race in Anaheim, where, after contemplating not even competing due to severe pain in his wrist following a crash in Phoenix the previous weekend, James rode valiantly to an impressive third-place finish.
Although initial x-rays after Phoenix did not indicate a break, an MRI performed on Thursday revealed that the bone was indeed broken. Surgery was performed by famed orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Arthur Ting, in Fremont, California.
As a result of the surgery, James will unfortunately not be competing in San Francisco this weekend. His return to racing will depend on how quickly he is able to recover post-surgery. He will be evaluated on a weekly basis, which will determine when he returns to the 2010 Supercross series.
“James is a true champion,” said L&M Racing’s Team Manager, Larry Brooks. “The fact that he rode as competitively as he did while making the podium at Anaheim 2 with a broken wrist (unknowingly) is testimony to that. He’s anxious to heal and get back on the track as soon as possible.”
Stay tuned for more details from James in the coming days…
I hope you get better soon, I was hoping to meet you and get an autograph in Toronto but its all good, heal up soon man supercross is getting boring without you.
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hey u mite not remember me but last time i saw you was in daniel boom and you had your box trailor i quit riding ever since my buddy terri brazier got paralyzed but my little cousin is one of your biggest fans and if you get the time please send him a autograph. His name is Troy Brown. His address is 2645 summertown HWY. hohenwald tn,38462.
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Man!! Thankyou very much for signing a picture for me and my wife at Bert Mega Mall. But i’m most thankful for you signing my 01′ kx250. For the record, it’s not for sale any longer. I did want you to think I was trying to make money off your signature. Thankyou again. I’v been watting for the chance to meet you for 4 years now, and the way it went down, i could have not asked for anything more. I wanted to tell you my name was James too, and sake your hand, but after you got in the back of my Tundra and signed my bike. I did want you to think I was some crazy fan who was trying to be like you. Anyway man! Thanks again. Good luck with coming back, keep doing your thing.
Tough break on your wrist.
I think James needs to race the outdoor season IN 2010. I understand he is trying to surpass Jeremy McGrath’s record of 72 career SX wins, but if his SX season is over, then sitting out and racing against local riders who are not racing at the highest levels of the sport (while awating the 2011 SX season) can only hurt him. James is in his prime, but MX/SX racers start so young and careers are usually over by the age of 27 as these riders have often competed seen they were as young as 5 years old. Therefore, James should really consider getting back in the game outdoors. Jeremy McGrath was not a great outdoor rider, but I also believe like Chad Reed, he did not do himself any favors by racing SX only. Ryan Dungy was able to run with James those first couple of races because he was conditioned by riding all year long at the highest level of the sport, though it appears he has ran out of juice since James got hurt, but the point was made. When James heals, he needs to get back in the MX game, because his competition is only improving (hence Dungy’s performance). Just some things to think about.
…hey James I am a motocross rider from the Philippines hope you can come here to the Philippines I am always hoping that you can join some races here… YOU TOTALLY ROCK SO MUCH!!!!
dont worrie bro… i broke mine and had surgry and was out for 17 weeks
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yoe b dont worrie about a thing u could take another week off and still win the champion this year
hey,James! You’re definitely a true champion…I wish you a quick recovery from your surgery .
I met you once at englishtown raceway park in new jersey during the kawasaki race of the champion.I remember you were only lil kid,and I watched you beat the crap out of the expert class on a 80cc big wheel kawasaki…lol ! by the way,I really thank you for the fact that u and your father and your lil brother did stop and shook my hand. Good Luck,JS7!
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WOW !!! any lesser person would have give up. Keep it up Buba all the best from your fans in the uk. Daryl
nathan naparan, i live in hawaii ,my son is one of the top riders in his class 250 exp,he is with fox raceing,we think that baba, ricky,reed,k,dub,and the rest of the guys put there hart and sole in raceing! we as racers and moms & dads know how they fill ! when you are at the top there is always sameing to say! ALL I CAN SAY IS GOD BLESS ALL OF THE RIDERS!!! THEY PUT THERE LIFE ON THE LINE ,DON’T FOR GET THAT PLS!!!! DON’T HATE, IN JOY. BABA, GET WELL. AND GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS AN YOUR FAM ! NATE . HON,HAWII,808
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All the haters out there that think they can ride, talking S*** on stewart, they guy is great and no one running there mouth could beat him when he is on a yz 80, still would woop ur ass, just enjoy racing and keep your mouth shut. Stewart is great.