Mat, who calls the Red Bull Compound his "Office", has been riding the FMX Park pretty much every day and started his practise as usual last thrusday with a few others and shape-dog Dane Herron.

All of a sudden something (we do not know any details yet) went terribly wrong during a big one handed Underflip and Rebeaud could not manage to get himself back into position to ride out of it.

Luckily Dane is trained in 1st aid and could stabilize Mat until the medical team arrived.

The crash was so hard & the injuries quite serious that he had to be flown to the Valencia hospital in quite a bad shape, but conscious.

After the first check-up the doctors decided that the 28 year old FMX Pro had to undergo an operation for his fractured arm and his squeezed lung.

Both operations went down smoothly and Mat already feels better and was able to talk on Sunday.

Once he is ready to fly, Rebeaud will leave the hospital in Valencia, California to fly back to Switzerland for further tests, rehab and recovery.

If everything goes forward like Mat has it in mind right now, he will be hopefully ready for the 3rd round of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Series in Madrid in summer.

We wish Mat a speedy recovery and hope to see him back on bike soon.

Courtesy www.fmxworld.com

• By Allan H

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Well i guess its finally time for an update after having Allan aka 'Rossco' on my case to get it done haha.

So after an injury filled season last year, i decided to get my knee fixed in early September. I had my ACL in my right knee replaced with two of my five hamstrings. Which meant I had five months of physio before I could ride again. It was good to go home to NZ and spend time with my friends and family after five months in california.

After five months off the bike I was all freshened up and ready to get back practicing for 2010. This year I decided to switch to riding two strokes after having trouble making some jumps on my 250f last year. So I've been up north practicing with Nick Franklin most weekends for the past month to get ready for Farm Jam.

So Nick and myself went down to Farm Jam to ride it for the first time. We were both stoked with how the Frew brothers had set up the course and had a blast the first night practicing until Nicks bike bogged on the up ramp of one of the step ups. Nick ended up fracturing his wrist in two places and elbow in one. The next morning the Aussie boys turned up so it was cool to catch up and ride with them. That afternoon Steve Sommerfield binned it and broke his collar bone pretty bad. That really brought the mood down having two boys out before the jam even started.

The next day we headed up the hill for the comp/jam session. The way the comp was run was cool. Riders were split up into groups of three and had three 7 minute sessions to show their stuff on the course. It fitted the comp perfectly. I ended up crashing out in my first session and missed out on my second session while I was straightening my bike out, but made it back in time for my third and managed to put some what of a decent run together without crashing.

It was awesome riding such a fun comp in my own country and cant wait to do it all again next year. Just like to say a big thanks to the Frew brothers for putting it all together and taking care of us, and also to Unit for making it all happen.

Cheers
Levi

• By Allan H

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