We did a little special edition Ketchup with Seb Toots to find out what happened in Innsbruck at the Air & Style warm-up, where he got hurt. Coincidentally, Toots' injury opened up a spot for Marko Grilc to compete, who then went on to win the whole jam. Butterfly effect I guess. Let's see how little man Toots is feeling and when are we gonna see him back tossing his infamous Tootsie Roll which leaves you with that dumbfounded "WOW!" look on your face again.
Blast off at the BEO 09
How you feeling? Bad, all good, or drugged up? What did you break exactly?
I definitely feel the pain but it's not that bad. The hardest is realizing I can't ride for 3 months. I broke my right ankle and got a little fracture in my wrist.
Teaching the old hairy dudes how it gets done at Shakedown in Canada
Can you tell us what happened in Innsbruck? Did you not hear there was bus that would take you down to town and you didn't have to use the kicker to fly back into town?
Hahaha! No one had tried the jump yet and I decided I'd hit it first. I had a skier that had already hit it giving me advice from where to drop from, but it wasn't the right speed at all and I overshot the landing. So, good lesson for me. I'll think twice before I take advice from others for that kind of thing again.
Over 7 meters and rising at the O'Neill Evolution in Davos
Did you watch the the Air & Style Finals on Saturday? What did you think? Who you think rode the best?
I was able to get out of the hospital the same day as the finals, so I was able to watch it LIVE in the VIP area! It was an amazing contest even if I wasn't able to ride. Everyone killed it! Props to all the riders.
When are we gonna see you back on your board?
Three months from today. I'm going to do as much physical therapy and training as I can to come back as strong as possible.
Re"Laax"ing on the backlip
What are you going to do in the meantime? Read, play video games, contemplate in your head how to do a triple cork?
I'm definitely thinking of new tricks in my head. I'm just trying to take care of my body and definitely head south for a bit with the family!
Who's gonna be the TTR champ this season?
No clue. Probably Horgmo or Peetu.
Photos by Max Henault & O'Neill