Tyler Hamel

First World Cup going down this weekend has me wishing I was

Happy to be back snowboarding and ready to cheer on my fellow Americans from the couch🇺🇸

A little over a month ago I had an accident climbing a tree causing me to fall from somewhere around 40-45 feet resulting in 2 broken bones in my back and a broken sternum. Had a spinal fusion done from my T12 to L2 vertebrae. Spent a week and a half in the hospital before spending 2 and half weeks at Spaulding Rehabilitation Center in Boston. Beyond thankful to still be here to tell the story and expected to make a full recovery. Thank you to everyone who’s helped me get back home and recovering and everyone for their support. No racing for me this year but working every day within the limitations of my spinal cord to get back healthy and on my snowboard sometime this winter.

33 and 24 in Montafon.

Happy with my riding and happy to be back in North America for the final 2 world cups of the season

.thoma