Chris just started a MySpace page. Here is what he wrote:
First and foremost I give thanks to the creator of all things whose works, not my own, but through him blessing us eye and eye with the love and grace and joy of skateboarding and the fun it brings us all. In 1990, I got hit crossing an intersection by a dodge cargo van go 55, through the grace of god I survived. 7 months of therapy; everyday, and then my sponsors fired me. I was bitter at skateboarding and didn't skate for 7 years, only backyard pools on my birthdays. In 1998, Don Fishur was skating a lot in Oregon at the time not knowing if the old cobwebs would come of and join him on so many skate trips. Slowly but surely I surpassed what I thought I could do on a skateboard then to help design and build our skate park in Pacifica, I never thought I would be so blessed. I have been skating contests for the past 3-5 years. My main focus has been the world cup concrete series along with different benefits and gatherings, contests that promoted the joy of skateboarding. While skating Jacks Skateboard night on August 22 after doing a corner air in the deep end, when I landed; stepped off, the friction on my back leg snapped like a flower stem, both bones in my chin broke; the main one shattered. It was one of those you couldn't go home and just put ice on it. It was hanging by skin and ligaments, my Jak's drove me with his panel truck one hour south the hospital. There I got rays and was sent home at 4am to return at 8am the next day. I went to do paperwork since I was not insured, the pain was brutal, and I had to be admitted. My older sister is a nurse, she seen me that eve; she said, "Give him the morphine, he's in pain." My shin was shattered; every movement was a sharp pain. That night before the surgery; PAIN I wish on no man. Before surgery my doctor let me know he wasn't sure if he could save it; just above my ankle. He let me know he was going to try a rod somehow. I was just happy to get knocked out and hoping it wouldn't be hanging anymore when I woke up. My last visit to the Doctor, he said he was happy to have pulled it off. The rod goes from my knee to my ankle, with a screw holding the shattered part together. They said I might be able to put my own weight on it, his assistant said I should be going off around spring; April. I have a brace now so I could shower and ice the swelling. It’s going down surely but slowly. I give thanks to my family and close friends that are here to help otherwise I really don't know what I’d do. I give thanks for all the love and support of the skate community which I never thought had love for me, THANK YOU!
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