Landshark News & Chad Knight’s Eye
Blair Alley
- July 06 2009
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- 6 comments
Milwaukee to Portland transplant Donovan Rice is now on 1031 and Landshark wheels
and
Chad Knight nearly lost his eye!
Thats right Chad Knight almost took his eye out skating recently.
Here is the story from Chad himself:
“On friday night I was filming at Syndrome for my “FKD rider of the week” segment. I fell on a ledge that runs next to a square railing, spun around and impaled my face into the end of the rail. I have an orbital fracture and 18 stitches. This sometimes requires surgery, to rebuild the floor of the eye socket, if the eyeball sinks in 2mm or if vision hasn’t returned to normal in 2 weeks. Mine is already about 70%, which is reassuring. The left half of my face is still completely numb though.
I attached some pictures so you can better understand the injury (one diagram is a before, the other, an after with the orbital bone broken and the optical nerve and muscle impacted into the sinus below. Same
with my CAT scan). If i had had my head angled an inch lower I would have lost my eye. I got f—king lucky with this one.”
Get well soon Chad!
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July 6th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
why do the pictures show injuries to his right and left eye?
July 6th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
hes looking in the mirror in one picture. think for half a second before you ask dumb questions in a COMMENT box
July 7th, 2009 at 12:15 am
that fucking park is a deathtrap that needs to be power washed or torn down. everything is slick as ice. get well
July 7th, 2009 at 12:15 am
that park is a death trap! get well man
July 7th, 2009 at 6:40 am
just look at that diagram and think for a second about how close your eye is to your brain, now think if this happened at a street spot on like a pole jam or something. fuck just losing your eye. this could kill you.
July 9th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
I hope you feel better Chad