An article was recently published on aquabike.net concerning the injury-plagued Mickael Poret, a two time Aquabike World Champion from France. Poret was gunning for another world title this year when he took a fall in a recent race. The fall aggravated an old back injury and may have beached him for the season.
Here’s what he had to say about the incident: “I fell while competing and took a big hit recently and aggravated an old disc injury to my back and now I have squeezed a vertebrae which is causing me big problems down the back of my leg,” Poret said. “I am really not sure if I can start, but will see how it goes in practice and qualifying. For sure after these races I will need an operation.”
If Poret can’t make it to the opening races his title chances are out the window. The two time world champ was stoked prior to the opening race in Porto Cesaraeo. He switched from riding Yamaha skis, which to him were like runabouts after his riding experience on the new Kawasaki SX-R JetSki with it’s powerful 1500 4-stroke engine. With that said, he believes the ski will offer him much more power and stability no matter what the sea surface state is like.
Poret’s confidence was extremely high until the fall and re-injuring himself. A downtrodden Poret isn’t even sure he’ll make it through the next practice runs much less the qualifiers. We wish him the best!
