UPDATE: Gee Atherton injured in absolutely massive crash during Rampage practice
First hit of huge drop ends with airlift out of Utah desert
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Gee Atherton’s return to Red Bull Rampage took a rough turn on Tuesday when the iconic racer had a heavy crash. Atherton was attempting a gargantuan drop he and his team had constructed at the 2023 event site when the crash occurred. It was his first go at the sizeable, even by Rampage standards, drop.
Atherton was pitched off the bike after landing and went into the shrubbery. He was then airlifted to hospital. You can see the clip below, though Instagram has since decided it “may contain graphic or violent content” so you now need to click through.
On Wednesday, Atherton provided an update from the hospital in Utah.
Saying his injuries are “not too bad,” Atherton shared he has incurred “some fractures to vertebrae and a few skull fractures,” adding that he will have to “chill for a few weeks.”
Good to see Atherton is on the road to recovery, especially considering how bad it could have been.
This isn’t the first serious crash Atherton’s suffered pursuing the freeride side of his career. In 2021, he sustained extensive injuries while filming for The Knife Edge, part of his Ridgeline series of freeride videos. That series recently returned with the fourth installment.
