Snowmobiler Colten Moore suffered spinal cord injury in X Games double backflip attempt last month
Snowmobiler Colten Moore suffered a spinal cord injury attempting a double backflip at the X Games last month.
The seven-time snowmobile X Games medalist from Texas was rushed to an Aspen hospital Jan. 29, after overrotating the trick, which would have been the first in X Games history. The 27-year-old then was flown to a Denver hospital, where surgeons performed emergency surgery on his back to repair a dislocated T-12 vertebra. But the dislocation bruised his spinal cord.
Moore, whose brother Caleb suffered a fatal injury during a snowmobile freestyle contest at the X Games in 2013, has been up and walking “with the help of his care team,” according to a statement released Tuesday.
Colten Moore attempts #25 attempts a double backflip during the snowmobile best trick competition on Day 4 of Winter X Games 2017 Aspen at Buttermilk Mountain on January 29, 2017, in Aspen, Colorado. (Photo by Daniel Petty/The Denver Post)
Colten Moore attempts #25 attempts a double backflip during the snowmobile best trick competition on Day 4 of Winter X Games 2017 Aspen at Buttermilk Mountain on January 29, 2017, in Aspen, Colorado. (Photo by Daniel Petty/The Denver Post)
