Donate to the Cody Rosenthal Recovery Fund

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Cheers to everyone who has donated, and helped our boy Cody get back on his feet! The next Natty is on us.

Words and Photo Evan LeFebvre

On the second day of Superpark 13 in Mammoth one of Snowboarder’s favorite dudes and one of our best friends, Cody Rosenthal got sent way off track hitting the big jump at the bottom of the course. Cody missed the landing almost completely and compressed his L3 vertebrae, leaving him dangerously close to being paralyzed.

The good news is that Cody is going to be ok. He already underwent surgery yesterday, May 10th, which went flawlessly. Cody is recovering well and doing light-years better even just a day later. He’s on his way back (no pun intended) and best believe he’ll be out there overcranking the best methods anyone has ever seen in no time.

The bad news (besides the fact that he broke his f—king back) is that Cody had no health insurance at the time of the injury. Two ambulance rides, an emergency helicopter flight from Mammoth to Reno, and the resulting hospital bills are going to be outrageous—it’s time to step up and help our homey out.

A PayPal account has already been setup for Cody. We understand these are tough times financially, but any amount you are able to donate would be amazing. We’re not asking you to do a lot, just to do what you can—even if it’s just one dollar, Cody really needs your help. Here is the link:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5329329

A Facebook page has also been setup where you can leave messages for Cody, which also has the PayPal info. He’s got his computer in the hospital, and I’m sure he’d be stoked to hear from everyone. If you have an account on Facespace, be sure to join the page and invite all your friends. Here is that link:

http://www.facebook.com/s.php?init=q&q=cody+rosenthal&ref=ts&sid=bfc05b0e5f6591c8b5955aaecfa82ac2#/group.php?gid=106109520029

Thanks in advance to all of you for your help and support; and Cody, get well soon buddy!

COMMENTS

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Posted Tue May12, 2009, 1:26 AM — By fucking gatorade
how bout that corperate sponser give the man some money, it would show the snowboard community that theyre arnt just sponsering snowboarding for the money but that will never happen cause its a billion dollar business that only cares about money
Posted Tue May12, 2009, 1:36 AM — By haterade
He's got a really good point. If Gatorade covered even half of his expenses it would show they actually care about snowboarding and they didn't sponsor superpark just to but their giant blow-ups in the background of the jumps
Posted Tue May12, 2009, 2:01 AM — By a friend
this is a huge PR opportunity for gatorade to step up to the plate and help cody out (hint, hint). we'll see how this pans out on their end, but it's good to know we can count on our own to at least begin to start helping cody through this. get well soon, crewsaydr!
Posted Wed May13, 2009, 6:44 PM — By nigel
has snowboarder donated any money? it is snowboarder mags superpark
Posted Fri May15, 2009, 7:27 AM — By Erd
It sucks when people get hurt, but blaming Gatorade or Snowboarder and expecting them to pay for this guy's injuries is pretty weak. Nobody else gets other people to pay for their injury costs, why should this guy? Kid was probably too tight to pay for a few days insurance and got landed with a big bill. He's not the first, won't be the last, so why the special treatment? Get well soon.
Posted Sun May17, 2009, 11:50 PM — By 5fhe
hey man chill out! he was just asking a reasonable question. and yeah snowboarder should donate money(if they haven't already, which i hope they have)since they are the people that made this post on the website. responding do a reasonable question like that is pretty weak...i'd say. get well Cody! stay positive! i loved your part in the Magical Go-Go video!!
Posted Tue May19, 2009, 9:04 AM — By will
Erd you should think about what you are saying. Too tight to pay a few bucks, since when has insurance been a few bucks? and it's not special treament, fuck Gatorade, board sponsors, outerwear and whoever else should step up and pay their ALL their riders health insurance. They make money off of the fact that their riders are care free and spontaneous, in that they can sell that image. In return they should have all their ridrs backs. Ice and million dollar houses are frivilous but getting health insurnance should be the first thing after a free board. Also I don't think snowboarder should have to pay, they prob don't make shit off of this and are supporting the scene but they could force Gatorade or any sponsors who want to be involved to insure all the riders. But maybe I'm naive perhaps that would be way out of budget. Get well soon kid.

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