Doug Henry - the brutal Budd's Creek crash
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- A profile of motocross champion and legend Doug Henry. In depth interviews that tell the story of the tragic Budd's Creek crash and what followed. Aired on CNN and CNN International in 1997, the road to his recovery was filled with obstacles and family support. His story, in his words.
I met Doug Henry at the Met Life Supercross in 2014. The nicest guy ever. We had a very nice talk. Awesome racer and guy.
Love & Peace to you Doug, your family also, thank you for what you have done for the sport. Your a true Champion. Love from Australia
Hard to find men like Doug these days....
They don't make role models like this anymore.
You are a champion! Not giving up, it's what you believe in what you can do. Just take it one step at a time. 🙋✌🚵💨👲👍
I raced at budds Creek also and doug was by far THE MOST POPULAR AND MOST LIKED RIDER THERE EVERY TIME THAT HE CAME TO RACE THERE !! I SUFFERED AL.OST THE SAME IDENTICAL SPINAL INJURY THAT DOUG DID ONLY MINE WASN'T GOING TO LET ME CONTINUE TO RACE ANYMORE ! DOUG DOWDY JOHN DOWD AND MIKE IRON MAN LAROCCO ARE MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MOTOCROSS RACERS .AS THE SAYING GOES KEEP ON TRUCKIN. ..
We love you Doug! You are an inspiration to everyone in moto
A true hero
i hate how they say "get a real job"
Exactly.these guys work harder than most ppl
and more physically fit then all of them!! not to mention the 'guts' it takes to do a stadium 'quad'....
I love it when some news robot tries to get on a bike......then whiskeys it!
Doug was an inspiration to anyone who ever thru a leg over any motorcycle,and raced long before he had to show us that he was one of the toughest guys to ever race AMA MOTOCROSS,I tell anybody who I can I got to see him race at my local track and I looked up and saw this YAMAHA YZ125 and just as I was saying to my self who the heck is this guy,the announcer at the race say Doug Henry so I focused him for the rest of the race,because I rode race and just started racing motocross he had his own style and just as we say in racing,he ride the wheels off his Yama dog because back in those days I think Doug was the only PRO on a YAMAHA and that were not the fastest bike at the pro level so Doug had to use his talent to make up for a bike that was not the fastest one out there but the rider on it was,I think it was Doug s first year as a PRO and learned a lot that day because I rode pretty much the same exact way,I laughed,its great to hear younger guys like Travis say how they looked up to Doug is was an unbelievable talent from the start and then he got the well deserved factory ride at Honda,and he proved it was not a mistake...Thanks Doug
great man the pioneer of 4 stroke
2:07 40ft jumps.....try 80
NICE....!!!!!
respect
"For a good husband"
"Time to grow up"
He's got no clue the sacrifice it takes, even at the amateur level. It was a job since I was 10, until I turned 16, got my ama pro license....got hurt outdoors trying to qualify for the motos. I realized I wasn't anywhere near the level it takes to make a living, nor did I have the equipment. I was just burning through my parents money, with no money coming in as a privateer, and now I needed multiple surgeries which was expensive....and as a young racer trying to make a career out if it one day, it's all or nothing from everyone involved. Racing came before anything else, it has to, so there was no plan B... Moto was all i knew, and to say i was lost was an understatement, plus, i felt like a failure. I'm just lucky I came to that realization relatively fast, unlike majority of privateers who race 10 years as a pro, beating their bodies up and nothing to show for it.
Although, I do wish now I would have healed up and came back to try my hand at Supercross...just to get the experience. I still dream of doing that.
How the heck did he launch like that? Insane!
Throttle stuck wide open, just before the hill.
He seems like good people. I didn't know he recovered. It's nice to find out that he did.
@@telefunkenyou47 , He broke is back again a few years later on a supermoto. He's been paralyzed and in a chair since 2007.
The jump where he broke both arms was in actuality crazier and he is paralyzed now .
What was he thinking?
So its now 2015.Is he able to walk now or did he re-injure his spine?
Reinjured and in a wheelchair. See other videos.
Watch On Any Sunday the next Chapter. He does backflips on his hand controlled bike at Travis Pastrana's house.
He is paralyzed
Thats crazy!!!!!
Henry and dowd made mass n ct racing fun .
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