Skiing with two broken wrists Simon Dumont didn’t even think he’d make finals in the 2013 X Games, much less be in medal contention. Five weeks prior Dumont had decked out on the Dew Tour pipe in Breckenridge, shattering his left wrist and breaking another bone in his right arm. He had surgery immediately and doctors put a litany of metal in to hold it all together, but he still headed to Aspen to compete. Skiing without poles because he couldn’t hold them, the consequences of any fall were magnified from the significant usual risks.
He skied well in practice and qualifying rounds, building confidence, though still only barely qualifying on the ‘bubble.’ But when the night of finals rolled around he was ready—and you can see the focus in his eyes in the first image above (probably my favorite X Games shot). He brought his trademark amplitude to finals, landing the double cork 12 that had been elusive in practice. When the dust settled and everyone’s runs were done, even with two broken wrists, he won the Bronze. A Rocky Balboa story from X if I ever saw one.
(at Buttermilk Mountain, Aspen Colorado)
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