Anyone know what happened?

I hope he’s OK.

C

I just saw a tweet wishing him a speedy recovery but nothing saying what had happened.

*intrigued*

Sounds like he fell from the high platform at the MotoGP at the spinal injuries unit. Not good. Fingers crossed he’s ok.

Animal ?@Animal_Team 1h

Thanks to everyone asking after Martyn Ashton. He is in good spirits and being moved to a spinal centre very soon, we will keep you updated.

shit 🙁

hope it’s not as bad as it sounds.

Bad news. Great rider.

He’s a legend. One of the first riders along with Peaty to inspire me when I was a kid. Get well soon Martyn

I tweeted animal earlier to ask if theres an update, lots of people are, they’ve gone worryingly quiet. Fingers crossed – his facebook page indicates he was airlifted after the crash

Oh no. Hope he is ok.

Happy thoughts.

Oh shit, hope it’s good news.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151680298892730&set=a.167954052729.117877.20577137729&type=1&relevant_count=1

Just ben watching a programe about a south wales spinal injuries unit on itv, and now this

Anyone hear how he is?

There’s a pic on his twitter

get well soon martyn 🙁

Very bad news. I hope he recovers fully and quickly.

See post on STW homepage. Blimey.
Healing vibes!

That is very bad news.

Fingers crossed that his injuries will settle down over the coming weeks.

Yep, healing vibes from me too. Big inspiration in my early cycling years, I remember when I did my first back hop, what a feeling. From then it was hoppity hoppity hop hop for quite a while!

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpfnNJ0N1jU[/video]

Get well soon, Martyn. Go on. Do it. Get back on the bike. 🙂

Oouff, is that a bit of Fat Mans Tracksuit?

Read the front page article earlier, hope he heals OK, always came across as a top bloke, he must have inspired hundreds of trials riders.

To be watching (again) the part where he goes up to meet Danny Mac in the Imaginate building and seeing him messing around on the cards on foot.. and also messing about with Danny in the rain riding street,its crazy to hear that this has happened. The drop Danny took off the gun in the Imaginate outtakes just shows how lucky he was to land fairly flat onto his back and only get a good winding.

So shocked to hear this,hope it all goes well for him.

My Mum’s been in to see him today and says he’s in good spirits (outwardly anyway)
He has also been told of the wall of good wishes for him, so lets hope for a good outcome #MEGACROSSEDFINGERS#

Any updates ?

I understand it’s not looking good, no feeling in legs.

😕

Heard the same. 🙁

Sorry to hear that 🙁

Oh dear. Hope it’s really not as bad as it sounds.

****!

Oh dear, that’s very sad news.

Was a smiling bundle of optimism until a minute ago when I read that…
Here is hoping it is still early days for a huge trauma and there is still progress to be made.

http://www.animal.co.uk/blog/martyn-ashton-injury-update/

Likewise, it puts things into perspective when you hear of things like this.

I hope there is progress in his prognosis. FWIW, I personally wish him all the best.

Captain, that is one of my all time favourite sections from a riding video.

I wish Martyn all the best in recovering, he was one of the first influences in riding that I had. Ashton and Peaty were what really got me into riding properly, without those two good knows how my life would have turned out.

Damn! That’s bad news.

I hope he recovers well …

Crap, hope he recovers.

Really sad news, I went to watch him when he performed in town with the animal demo tour, was a fantastic afternoon, such a talented bloke

Healing vibes 🙁

Heard about the accident, when it all went quite I thought he was making a full recovery.
Gutted to hear this today.
Like everyone else I hope he makes as full a recovery as possible as fast as possible