So amidst the late night shenanigans going down here in Boulder, the crew has been accumulating a plethora of shots for the upcoming movie, NetWork. Seeing as though Boulder lacks the welcoming of snowfall for its winters, the boys got after it as quick as they could. Along for the session were riders Charlie Owens, [...]
My name is Nick Martini, and 2 weeks ago I tore my ACL. For some reason I always knew I would get injured skiing but never expected to hurt one of my knees. After having a sick summer at hood, and practicing all fall in Colorado, I could have not been more excited going into [...]
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So amidst the late night shenanigans going down here in Boulder, the crew has been accumulating a plethora of shots for the upcoming movie, NetWork. Seeing as though Boulder lacks the welcoming of snowfall for its winters, the boys got after it as quick as they could. Along for the session were riders Charlie Owens, Tom Warnick, Clayton Vila, Sean Jordan, Shea Flynn and Cam Riley as well as Nick Martini who was behind the camera. Although the option of partying with sloppy biddies was hovering over everybody’s mind, Stept stayed on point and got work done. Here are some pics to show what the clan’s been up to.
The Stept whip
You know we be stayin organized
A sneak peak of the Scott 2011 pole series
Mandatory Taco Bell run before waxin shots
Team rider Larson Riley
Tammy Wamstick
Charlie Owens a.k.a. Chucklehead, a.k.a. Chowens, a.k.a. Chuckle Cheesepiece
We be steady mobbin
Another angle of one of the set ups
Nikki Salas wearing 10 different hoodies
A little STE product placement
Make sure to stay tuned to what’s going down with the crew, and expect more updates to come. Next up, the boys head to Calgary to wax on some Canadian woman as well as some gritty downtown urban.
My name is Nick Martini, and 2 weeks ago I tore my ACL. For some reason I always knew I would get injured skiing but never expected to hurt one of my knees. After having a sick summer at hood, and practicing all fall in Colorado, I could have not been more excited going into the first dew tour. After taking three practice runs through the course, I tried a trick that I had been doing all day, landed backseat, and twisted my knee. I skied to the bottom of the course, took off my skis, and paced back and fourth for about 20 minutes trying to convince myself my knee was fine. I saw two doctors that day that both informed me my ACL was fine, and my injury was only a bone burse. It wasn’t until the next day when I had an MRI that I learned my ACL was blown.
A whole winter of plans immediately vanished. I went from having everything, to nothing. I soon began to realize the gravity of my situation. No skiing until summer, moving out my house in the mountains, enrolling for school for the spring, contract changes, canceling flight reservations and trips, and surgery; were some my immediate concerns. At that point I realized the only way I could get through my situation was to keep a positive attitude and come back stronger than ever.
Filming at in Oregon earlier this fall with PBP
My first step was scheduling surgery. Most patients spend anywhere from 2-4 weeks doing pre-op physical therapy when they tear their ACL as bad as I did. This is to condition your knee and regain a range of motion, which will result in a faster post-op recovery. Luckily, after I tore my ACL, my knee was still healthy enough to operate on immediately. I had surgery three days after my accident at the world renowned Steadman Hawkins Clinic in Vail, Colorado; a 30 minute drive from my house.
about to go in for surgery
There are a few options when choosing where to get the replacement piece for your ACL, the common being, from your hamstring, from your patella tendon, or from a cadaver. Due to my age, and how damaging skiing is on your knees, the doctors at Steadman decided that a patella tendon graft would be the strongest option for me. I got to the hospital at 9:00 AM and was able to leave around 6:00 PM, with a knee the size of a football (american style), and pocket full of painkillers.
in a motion machine, looking like I’m in transformers
After a rough night of trying to sleep I found myself at physical therapy at 9:00 AM, with a women cranking on my leg as I sat there in agony. From that moment on I have spent at least 3-4 hours a day rehabbing my knee.
I am currently in boulder filming for the new Stept Movie, and working on some new edits. Check out the first video of many to come below…
Nick and Mike Clarke filming a rail in boulder for the new Stept Movie
