Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Austin Forkner is one of the toughest riders in the sport. His ability to come back after tough injuries is truly respectable. In his latest social media post, Austin Forkner announced that he is getting LASIK on his eyes to prevent a recurrence of what happened in his last crash in Dallas. During that race, his contact lens fell out, leaving him riding blind and leading to one of the Gnarliest crashes in Supercross.
Forkner said, “Hey guys, as some of you know, I wear contacts when I ride, and one of them fell out in the race in Dallas before I crashed. So, I decided to get LASIK. I didn’t want that to happen ever again because if you wear contacts or glasses, you can imagine how tough it was to essentially be riding blind on a Supercross track. Is that why I crashed? I don’t know; it’s hard to say. Anyways, this will be better for normal life stuff as well as racing, so I’m recovering now and feeling good.”
The story gets more interesting in the comment section of the video, where one person remarked that this news is bad for the competition, which fired up Forkner. See the images below for more details.
