Mike Aitken Back On His Bike Five Months After Rehab
FatTony
- February 26 2009
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- 63 comments
Wow…we are all so extremely happy to see this. Five months after rehab from a partial paralysis due to a serious head injury, Mike Aitken got back on a BMX bike and is 180ing and hopping around with a huge smile on his face. He’s got a lot of work to do as far as getting back to 100%, but Mikey is totally committed and we wish him all the best!
More info and updates on www.mikeaitken.com.
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February 26th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
i love this guy
February 26th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
man thats rad!!!!
February 26th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
maaann…its good to see him riding again…
February 26th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
that is an awesome site to see!!! We are all behind you buddy!!!
February 26th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
You see that smile on his face. Everyone should have that big of a smile when they ride.
February 26th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
thats fuckin sweet
February 26th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
That was great to see!!
February 26th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
This is the best thing i’ve seen in months. way to go, mike!
February 26th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
mike joy that the best rider is well again! No pain no glory
February 26th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
DUDE I”M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS VIDEO, I SURE ALL THE GUYS WILL BE STOKED TO HEAR ABOUT IT!!! Good job Mikey!!!
February 27th, 2009 at 12:12 am
speechless. seriously had no doubt he would be back on his bike but to actually see it. makes me feel like hes superman and i am a kid all over again and hes my biggest hero, and i am 24 years old
February 27th, 2009 at 1:26 am
putting this into words is never going to happen. mike aitken is the greatest person on the planet in general. EVER
February 27th, 2009 at 1:41 am
YA!!!!!! MIKE!!!
February 27th, 2009 at 4:36 am
dude this is like super upsetting man. seeing such a rad rider back to like basics… man wish ya luck mikey!!!! bring us some great foooty soon !
February 27th, 2009 at 4:37 am
Respect to Mike but their is another initiative besides the need to wear helmets in BMX.
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GAY Rights
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Chris Duncan Clothing is accepting applications from all Homosexual Bmxers.
The hatemongers must leave the sport.
CDC is adopting the initiative to end the gay bmx discrimination.
Submit apps by emailing them to: mrchrisduncan@gmail.com
Join us to end the Discrimination.
February 27th, 2009 at 6:09 am
fuck yea man! this is so awesome, im real happy for him
February 27th, 2009 at 6:38 am
So happy for mikey….its really good to see someone come out the other side fo such a harsh injury. Think everyone is going to be happy to see him back on his bike…good on you mike
February 27th, 2009 at 6:50 am
Wow, awesome to see him back on a bike so soon. Where there is a will, there is a way.
February 27th, 2009 at 7:10 am
This is great too see. mike is by far one of my favorite riders and he is an inspiration. I have also suffered from a pretty serious head injury due to riding so i see alot where he is coming from. It wont be long mikey you’ll be shreddin like you always have.
February 27th, 2009 at 7:51 am
yo mike is the best !!!! happy to see you riding again !!you are a hero !!
February 27th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Great to see you riding again man! keep smiling and riding. =D can’t wait to see you riding again!
February 27th, 2009 at 10:55 am
good on ya mike!!!!!!glad to see u back on the whip again!!!!!
February 27th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Um yeah. Im pretty sure this is the wrong spot to start a discussion about gay rights and im also pretty sure all faggots are going to hell. And its great to see him biking again.
February 27th, 2009 at 11:37 am
i agree haha
its so great to see him back on his bike
February 27th, 2009 at 11:53 am
CDC would like to say that they are happy for mike too.
But there is a still a battle for gay rights!
They can’t even ride trails let alone skate parks.
If you were gay (I’m not,but my friends are) you would know the feeling of a forty bottle hitting you in the face at POSH.
Do you know that feeling? Didn’t think so.
Join the fight!
February 27th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
yeah thats what im talkin about. I hope you guys are ready for this come bacc!!!
February 27th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
best web edit i have ever seen.
this is beautiful<3
February 27th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
so good to see. His smile said it all.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
yeah thats awesome to see mike riding again, keep it up mikey;)
February 27th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I think you’re right but i’ve never heard about discrimination against gay riders. I think as a community we don’t really care about a rider being gay or straight, why don’t you just post that on the forums.
and yeah, it is good to see mike riding, even if it was just a couple bunnyhops, that tells you the guy is not gonna stop for a loooong time
February 27th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
shit
February 27th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
I am so stoked to see Mike up and riding again and even wearing a helmet. When I started riding back in the early 80’s at the start of the freestyle era, full face helmets were as common as brakes on your bike. We never wore them just for cruising around on the street, however my buddies and I would always put them on for dirt jumping and vert ramps. The magazines and videos in the day rarely showed a rider without one. The exact opposite is now true.
In the current era even if you show up at some trails or a concrete park with just an open faced brain bucket strapped to your head, you stick out like a sore thumb and are perceived as the odd man out. There is peer pressure to not wear one. All these web videos from Aitken benefit jams full of shredders without safety gear just about sums up the state of BMX as it relates to helmets. Helmets are perceived as unnecessary and uncool in the BMX community, which is really too bad in my opinion.
February 27th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
How stupid can you really be, do you really think the first thing you do on a bike after 3 weeks in a coma and 5 months working just to get your balance back is to go huck yourself 30 feet through the air. It looks like mike is doing it right to me getting the feel back. I also highly doubt he is back to the basics being this dialed on his first time back on his bike. Use your head for something josh and you will find life is a bit easier.
Mike, super stoked to see you doing it again, cant wait to see you killing the trails again.
February 27th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
It is great to see this, and I also feel that helmets need to start poping up more at skateparks trails wherever.
February 27th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
good to see mikey back doin what he does best, Ride for life, and that proves it right there
February 27th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Keep strong!!!
February 27th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
It is good to have you back Mikey. The SLC scene certainly changed when you were away. I am so happy for you man. I wish you the best.
February 27th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
just watching that 36 seconds of riding put a smile on my face
=D
February 27th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
what’s that thing on his head?
February 27th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
no no not a sore thumb, more like a porn star dude with a condom.
February 27th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
my jaw dropped a litte then turned to the biggest smile when i read the title of the video. a big ear to ear grin for the whole video. it makes me insanely happy to see him on his feet let alone riding again. best of luck to you mike. i actually got a chance to meet mike at the 05 gravity games in philly. i blew out my tire and asked him if anyone had a spare that i could buy. he actually went back and looked for me. i didnt get one, but the fact that he actually made an effort ment a lot and i will always remember that. i could only donate $50 to his fund since im pretty poor, but id do it again in a heart beat. im going to fdr next week and i plan on wearing a helmet when im going for bigger tricks. when someone like mike goes down like he did it should be an eye opener to saftey. all he did was a 360 and crashed on dirt. what do you think would happen on concrete. good luck mike. im pulling for ya.
February 28th, 2009 at 12:16 am
keep that helmet on mikey! great to see u back on your bike
February 28th, 2009 at 1:07 am
hey im not gay can i ride for your company? if you say no that means you’re discriminating against straight people.
February 28th, 2009 at 7:12 am
homesexual bmxers,cdc?ive never met one,so youre kinda on your own with this one!
February 28th, 2009 at 8:38 am
how happy he is! nice!
February 28th, 2009 at 9:47 am
i had a smile the whole video this is just beautiful
February 28th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
hey mike, go hang with van, rob-o, and the other fit team, and STAY FIT!!
February 28th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
t_jorge_albertorto@hotmail.com q bien q mike este bien ya yo monto dirt y lo acmiro mucho soy de colombia
February 28th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
much respect Mike ! great job !
February 28th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
I don’t really remember people wearing full face helmets in the 80’s. More like a regular helmet with a mouth guard. Remember Ron Wilkerson’s nasty vert crash at the AFA Masters. Ron wasn’t wearing a full face helmet, but now all the vert riders do. It didn’t really come into vogue until his crash. The sad part is, no one remembers his crash…we could have learned the helmet lesson a long time ago. Broken necks and backs are nothing new either…be careful out there kids!
February 28th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
just crashed and got back on his bike and hes still better than me nah but its nice to see mike back on his bike
February 28th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
YAYAYAYYYA MIKEY U ROCK KEEP THE HELMET ON
March 1st, 2009 at 1:33 pm
atta boy mike! youre my hero dude!! cant wait to see you shred again
March 22nd, 2009 at 8:29 am
didi anyone see his website?
when you go on it, it says the name http://www.mikeaitken.com has expired.
Get well Mikey
March 22nd, 2009 at 8:30 am
thanks tod
March 22nd, 2009 at 8:33 am
hope you get wel
March 29th, 2009 at 12:27 am
Okay you religious pile of shit, so what if someone is gay? Do you know if they’re going to hell? Where is hell? Did GOD tell you this bull shit? Don’t ever fucking bash on another gay person again. BMX’ing is a community. We are a family. Not a lot of people do it anymore. It’s a struggling sport. We need to stick together and appeal to reason. I’m straight and someone being a homosexual has no effect on me, nor should it to you. Have a good one asshole.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
I dont know why some of these other guys are discussing off topic stuff, which may be important, but what i do know is seeing mikey just rollin around, even a bit is damn sweet! it looks like he is doin awesome, theres no hurry take yer time and see what happens in the future!
April 12th, 2009 at 1:07 am
fuck every other topic being discussed on this videos comments,fuck yea mike your the fucking man, mad props
May 12th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
helmets are good. comas are bad. glad to see mike back on the bike
June 26th, 2009 at 12:41 am
gotta love mike
August 17th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
sooo happy to see him ridding again he is still my favorite rider get better
September 9th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
STAY FIT MIKEY