He did win the trophy for Best Trick.

But Vernon乌鸦传媒檚 Tom van Steenbergen next accomplishment will be a complete and full recovery following a crash at the Red Bull Rampage 2021 freeride mountain bike event in Utah that has left him hospitalized and requiring surgery.

The Rampage made its return over the weekend of Oct. 15 after a year away due to COVID. The event is celebrating its 20th anniversary where 乌鸦传媒渟ome of the biggest and baddest tricks, lines and moments in freeriding history乌鸦传媒� has taken place. Van Steenbergen was among 15 of the world乌鸦传媒檚 best trick riders descending upon southern Utah乌鸦传媒檚 rugged desert landscape.

According to writer Sara Moore of pinkbike.com, van Steenbergen had been on a 乌鸦传媒渉eater of run after front flipping off his massive drop,乌鸦传媒� (the stunt that earned him Best Trick) when he 乌鸦传媒渨ent deep on a backflip on the following step down and took a heavy crash.乌鸦传媒�

The Vernon rider was immediately surrounded by medics who put him on a spine board and was then taken to hospital.

Van Steenbergen posted on his Instagram page that he had broken his left and right hip sockets into multiple pieces, a piece off the top of his femur and a piece of his lower vertebrae. He also separated the same shoulder he had just healed.

乌鸦传媒淚乌鸦传媒檝e received hundreds of amazing messages from you guys, and I wanna thank you all from the bottom of my heart,乌鸦传媒� wrote van Steenbergen, adding the red heart emoji. 乌鸦传媒淔eeling extremely lucky to be able to make a full recovery after that horrible slam. Going in for a long surgery tomorrow.乌鸦传媒�

He came through surgery and shared the Best Trick trophy with his fianc茅e, Kianna Hamilton, then updated his situation, vowing to return to the Rampage.

乌鸦传媒淛ust finished a successful eight-hour surgery,乌鸦传媒� he said. 乌鸦传媒淢y left hip was a lot worse than they thought (shattered) but the plates and screws are in. Now it乌鸦传媒檚 time to recover. Can乌鸦传媒檛 believe I held my trophy up for the first time in the hospital bed. I乌鸦传媒檒l be back for my redemption.乌鸦传媒�

Whistler乌鸦传媒檚 Brandon Semenuk was crowned champion of the Rampage for a record fourth time.

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