Best wishes man! Just received the Flagship!
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Nice! post some pics of your build!
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Speedy recovery bro!
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Best wishes!
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Best wishes and take it easy!
Recovering from knee surgeries are a bitch and it DOES take a while to fully recover. But itâs best to do so, take it easy and all that. Else it can all backfire 
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Damn, was it from an e-sk8 crash? If so what where the circumstances? Iâm always interested to see if there is anything to learn to prevent a similar situation for others. Sorry if its too personal.
wish you a speedy recovery.
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Had just finished up a ride, We decided to ride down the street to get some food. I switched boards. When we got up to cruising speed, I throttled up and just lost control. Not entirely sure why. It happened really fast. In the tumble I tore through my pcl (itâs the one thatâs missing in the picture) and my mcl. Iâve managed to put up with it for almost 2 years and my mcl healed up really well, but last week I popped my mcl again while working on a floor in my house and now my leg is basically falling off. Lol Seriously it bends in 4 different directions.
Anyhow, I knew Iâd eventually be replacing my pcl. But I wasnât stressing about it. Now itâs on the calander!
As far as preventing something like this, I would say it could have been prevented had I had my A-game in gear. But I really wasnât paying attention. Complacency is bad. Always wear a helmet. Use good, proven (e-skate) components. Make sure your receiver/board combo has a functional failsafe. If it does anything weird, donât ride it until itâs fixed. If youâre a newbie-learn basic longboard skills. Carving/Sliding/Scrubbing speed/Proper body positions. Especially before you build a board that hits downhill speeds. Donât mess with your PCL ligament. It will kick your ass. Make sure you have health insurance. LOL
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@psychotiller I very much agree! People say âwear a helmetâ all the time. A helmet is very important, but will only protect you so much.
You point out something thats probably the most important: make sure your board is reliable, especially if you use it in traffic!! When my board was just finished one belt very occasionally came off, losing power and bringing the board to a stop. This happened once with a car right behind me, i had to bail the board and was able to run off the speed. I was lucky the driver behind me was paying attention, the other 2 options were being hit, or falling and getting run over. I fixed my belt alignment and now they havenât come off since.
Remote reliability is also very important. Losing control over your board on a hill or when going fast is a recipe for disaster. Its even worse if the board starts doing random stuff! If that happens, dont ride, fix it.
In traffic, make sure youâre visible, especially at night!
Always be aware of your speed and practice emergency braking at various speeds. Your board takes 5-10 seconds to get up to speed, but youâll have far less time to come to a stop in an emergency. On my board the brakes are good, but it still takes some distance.
And as pointed out, at least make sure you know how to brake with your foot such that if your board ever loses power you wont wreck yourself.
This all starts when building your board. If the roads are rough get large wheels, get a reliable controller, get reliable electronics, and make the board mechanically reliable as well.
Good luck and stay safe!
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My father tore his MCL, ACL, and something else. He was off work for 6 months and literally did nothing. The doctor instructed him to not use it for 6 months. He didnt and has gone 10+ years with no issue while his friend had the same surgery last month and is already riding a bike while complaining his knee hurts. So yeah, jist of the story, stay off of it and do what the doctor says and youâll be back up like it never even happened! Best wishes man!
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Thanks for the insight brotha!!! Iâll be good 
Presurgery appt. was today. Looks like I need another round of mriâs tomorrow and will most likely be having 2 surgeries because they canât fix pcl, mcl and meniscus all at the same time. REALLY?!?
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God damn, best of luck to you man.
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Thanks Jared.
Hope you recover quick dude! Good luck with the surgery. Wish you the best!
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Listen to the doctors! They kinda know their shit. Two surgeries is better than more years of pain and gimping around ⌠sooner you heal up the sooner you can shred again!
Heal up quick brother!
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Had a similar thing happen to me,luckly at slow speed,my board just decided to go full throttle and threw me off! Landed on my arm but didnât break it! Iv heard if you donât tence up when having an accident thereâs less chance in breaking anything,probably explains how I came off a motorbike on black ice at 50mph and walked away with just a scratch. Anyway turns out my signal wire was loose from vesc to reciever,took a while for me to pluck up the courage to go full speed again,we had trust issues for a while lol Like @psychotiller said make sure you have your board running correctly before you get back up to speed,could happen to any of us! Hope you have a speedy recovery man! All the best. Warman
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dont worry, ill keep ur board warm for ya neighborino⌠i just ordered a trampa fyi w dual mini direct drives from @Nowind⌠so stoked!
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Good luck man, Iâm down a kneecap from an accident many moons ago. The leg will turn into a stick when immobile compared to your good leg.
But lsten to your docs & when the time comes do the physio till you cry and good things will happen. 
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Wow that looks painful. All the best and a speedy recovery.
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