TJ Schiller

The injury that keeps on giving

tjschiller — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:44:44 +0000

So, a lot of you were probably wondering why my name hasn’t popped up at the Dew Tour or X-Games this season. I had a long winter last year rehabbing a blown ACL and days before I was supposed to be in NZ for my first on snow training it re-tore. Everything I had fixed, my ACL & medial meniscus, blew up. Popped like bubble wrap on the take off during a tramp session. I was 10 months out and following the rehab protocol to a T. Sometimes these surgeries just don’t go our way. Its now been 4 months trying to figure out “the next step”. I hadn’t lost any of my muscle from the re-tear so I was able to keep skiing with a knee brace. I was skiing hoping to be able to feel good enough to compete at Big Air during X-Games, but the meniscal tear and instability caused too much pain when I pushed myself. Backseat landings don’t feel so good without your ligaments holding you together. I kept up at the gym trying to bulk up and create psycho mass in my surrounding muscles. It helped a lot, but it was the twisting on take offs that threw me off big time. At this point it had been 3 months and I was starting to lose my mind. I saw it as training time, and skiing, just being thrown out the window. I started asking around and researching online about other options. The same thing kept popping up. Synthetics grafts.

The synthetic graph sounded extremely appealing . Less invasive surgery and exponentially quicker recovery. I could be back skiing 8 weeks after surgery with minor muscle loss and the confidence in a stable knee. The unfortunate thing about syntheticis is that, because it is so new, there are no long-term follow ups. The best research has approximately 5 year follow ups.
I was put in touch with a few high profile action sport athletes who underwent a surgery called LARS ligament. After many lengthy phone conversations, and me questioning away I came to the conclusion that this is my best option for the time line I have. These guys were blown away by how strong and quickly they came back. I almost feel like a Guinea pig going into this but after hearing personal experiences from these other athletes and how happy they have been with the outcome I have concluded this is by far the best option for the time frame and goals I have.

“LARS is composed of polyethylene terephthalate – an industrial-strength polyester fibre. It can only be used in a population that has a well vascularised ACL stump, ideally in acute settings. The theory is that the LARS pulls the two ends of the ACL together and allow for fibroblastic ingrowth. Check out the video below for a sweet animation of the surgery – drilling tunnels, fixation etc.” exerpt from “www.thesportsphysiotherapist.com”

exerpt from “www.thesportsphysiotherapist.com”

I’ve said it before, but whoever designed our bodies wasn’t keeping in mind all the dope shit we wanted to do with them! Heres to a rad Winter, i’m gonna miss ya’ll again. Best of luck to everybody at X-Games and throughout the rest of the season. See you in the spring time for the slushy landings!

Best,

TJ SCHILLER

TJ x Momentum Golf Day

fergie — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:55:05 +0000

This Spring we did a contest along with Momentum Ski Camps for a camper to win a golf day in Whistler. Check out the video here, and stay tuned to the site for a new contest coming soon!

The KIDS

tjschiller — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:20:17 +0000

After almost a year of talking about it, we finally did it. The Kids have come out to play. Rory Bushfield, Joe Schuster, Sean Pettit, Justin Dorey, Josh Bibby, Riley Leboe, Ian Cosco, Mike Hentituck, Matt Margetts & Myself dubbed our crew The Kids.
Last year around this time, we were sitting around eating beers complaining that we never got to ski together anymore. We all grew up shredding together, but nowadays because each of us work with different sponsors and movie companies we rarely got the chance to schralp the mountain together. We started discussing how we need to find out an excuse to do so.
We had a crew. We knew we all had some talent to show off. We thought we are all pretty funny. Why not try and document our ridiculousness and bring it to the world?
Well, F*cken eh we’re gonna!

The KIDS are here

Nordica Product Reviews

fergie — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:57:12 +0000

This summer we put together a few product reviews on the Nordica products TJ uses in a typical season. Check them out to see why TJ uses them, and some tech specs that are going to help you shred harder this season!!

Ace of Spades Ski

Ace of Spades Boot

Patron Ski

For more info on these products check out the Nordica Site or see your local Nordica dealer.

ESPN Interview

fergie — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:37:06 +0000

Recently interviewed by John Symms of ESPN.com about the inclusion of slopestyle skiing in the 2014 Olympics Games and the return to competition this year after a season ending ACL injury in 2010.

Click the image to read the full interview

Win a pair of Signed Skullcandy Aviators

fergie — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:12:28 +0000

Want to win a pair of signed Aviators from Skullcandy? All you have to do is tag Skullcandy in your posts on facebook before 1 PM MST tomorrow, and you will be entered to win!!

TJ wearing the Skullcandy Roc Nation aviators.

TJ x Momentum Ski Camps 1620 Contest

fergie — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:40:57 +0000

TJ Schiller x Momentum Ski Camps 1620 Contest, WIN over $2,000 in product and more…

Contest starts today but you must visit the Momentum website and register and be a fan of the Momentum Ski Camps facebook page to start. The game is simple, the first person to acquire 1620 points wins! There will be a number of ways you can acquire points, either being the first to answer questions on the Momentum Ski Camps facebook page, or win the most votes for your performance in a challenge that will be requested of you.

The winner will receive the following Prize Purse:

1. Signed pair of Skis From TJ.
2. Momentum Swag pack (including hoodie, gloves, tee, bandanna)
3. GoPro HD set up
4. Skullcandy set up
5. Camper Bonus: if you are a camper you will be spending a day on the Golf Course with TJ and receive a golf bag full of more goodies.

To Register you must sign up below and like the Momentum Ski Camps Facebook Page . If you signed up already this year, before or after the Colby contest then you do not need to register again. Once you are signed up, stay alert to facebook because the first question will be asked on April 15th!

Recovery

fergie — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:36:08 +0000

Check out this short edit presented by Monster Energy with TJ talking about his injury, surgery, and imminent recovery. Enjoy!

Win TJ’s Helmet!!

fergie — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:35:42 +0000

Want to get your hands on a custom painted POC TJ Schiller Pro helmet, signed by TJ? All you have to do is ‘like’ TJ’s Facebook Fan Page. On April 1st we will draw a name out of the hat to choose the winner.

Early Season Video

fergie — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:14:49 +0000