I won the forms Grand Championship

Here is a picture from XMA Camp I at Mr. Morgan's school. The day before at his tournament I was suppose to do a trick battle between Anis Cheurfa and Jermey Marinas. Due to my injury I performed a short chuk section on one leg instead.

What is under the sheet? Surprise!!

I had the best seat in the house to the Anis Cheurfa and Jeremy Marinas battle! Who will win?

Jackson Spidell, Marcel Jones and I performed on Showtime's Elite XC in Corpus Christie Texas. In the beginning Marcel and I walk out wearing hoodies then you see Jackson Spidell perform some tricks. The camera switched to the dancers and the fighters warming up so the 3 man demo was cut out. At the end you get to see me perform my 900 combo!

My surgery, yesterday did not go as planned. It should have been an in and out procedure but ended up being much more then that.

Apparently, the hardware that was installed last year was defective. While the surgeon was able to remove two screws, the third screw became welded to the plate. The surgery which should have lasted 1 hour turned into 3 ½ hours. My bone under the plate became soft and if the surgeon continued trying to remove the other screws there was a good chance that my leg would have fractured again. The decision was made to keep the plate and re-install the screws. This surgery has now put me back on crutches and non-weight bearing.

If I opt for a 4th surgery it will be much more complicated and risky. As of now I have to wait for my leg to heal again from the pointless surgery yesterday. My Doctor will not consider surgery for several months.

Once again, thank you for all your concerns and support.

Tomorrow, May 8th, will be my third and final surgery. I will be having the hardware (metal plate and screws) removed. Recovery time should be approximately 5 weeks. Wish me luck!

I made a Vimeo account! Check it out at www.vimeo.com/mattemig and subscribe. I will be uploading some of the higher quality videos in the next few weeks. Check out this video of Daniel Sterling and me from Bluegrass Nationals in 2004. This was my favorite team form performance for 2004.

Next stop in our Euro trip was to Czech Republic. When I arrived I receive a complementary bottle of liquor with my name on it. We stayed in a beautiful cabin in Ceske Budejovice. The scenery was very nice! I taught a double seminar and performed in the night show with Nikki Stanley. The next day we drove to Prague where I taught for Team No Gravity. Shout outs to Jan, Jonis, Mark and Karol.