I have been a fan of D-rail aka Darryl Tait for about a year. He first caught my attention with his youtube videos. I got the chance to ride with him at this years demo for the THC premiere. I invited d rail because of his skills, style and balls, but when I watched him ride it reminded me of the first time I saw Joe Parsons at park X, only D-rail had already flipped. Darryl's commitment to the sport was very motivating to see. Everyday I've seen him, weather in Anchorage or New Hampshire, he was alway up at the course riding at 8 am by himself for hours until the rest of us showed up. At a demo on October 11th his tough 19 year old had an unfortunate mechanical malfunction during a flip and under rotated. Darryl was struck in the back by the rear bumper while it cartwheeled over him. He was airlifted to Mass general hospital in Boston. Darryl was diagnosed with a collapsed diaphragm and a dislocated vertebrae which resulted in a severed spinal cord, and punctured his lung. He has recently come out of his coma and is communicating with a pen and paper. Although he has awoken to find himself in the ICU, he appears to be in good spirits and the doctors are waiting for the lung and diaphragm to stabilize before they can work on the spine. His closest friends and family have flown down to join him. His friends and I have started a recovery fund for D-rail through pay pal where people can go to make donations.

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