Get Well Ripper: Larry Critically injured.

[Ghostwriter]

One of our legends and and stand up mentors, Larry Rippenkroeger was critically injured Friday night on the set of die hard 4.
He is now stable and doing much better.
The list, short version, compound fractures on both arms, punctured lungs, broken ribs, fractured skull, dislocated fingers, bad bad bad,, they fixed his arms Saturday and to date has not swelled up at all in the head.. that's the main thing,, one more day without any swelling and he should be fine,,,, just a long road to recovery... He fell from 25 feet - head first after missing a grab for stability , He was trying too safety of an area for Bruce Willis (He doubles Bruce) to get down at one of those outside fire escapes in there next shot ( no big deal) when he slipped- and headed for the concrete ---------..

He will be back, were lucky... everyday , everyday, stop and smell the flowers..

He is in the company of family , girlfriend and friends at < california medical center in down town Los Angeles ----

He is here for a while, its the newest trama 1 center in the Los Angeles area, so its worked well for his needs. He is in ICU and that's a no floral floor, so wait if you feel to send anything......

[Big Kahuna]

WOW, our prayers are with him.

[SuperJETT]

He will be in my prayers.

[yamaslut]

holy smokes!!!!

that is sad news... get well "Ripper"

[Prem1x]

I had heard about him in DH4. I hope he makes a full recovery.

[willycrumb]

Man...here I am joking in the old man riding surf thread and then this pops up. Get well soon Larry.

[swanny]

hopefully a full recovery for the ripper. I remeber meeting him for the first time in 88' at the northern california finals in Lodi. What a great guy....get well and here is a prayer for a healthy and full recovery.

[throttlejunkie]

Here's Larry at the Hall of Fame

[vitaly]

Get well soon Larry!

[djkorn1]

damn.... get well, Larry.

[waxhead]

Take care larry
get well soon

[RonnyMac]

The man who busted a log jump in half with his head and no helmet!
One of the greatest riders ever! Ripper will be back soon. He is a machine!
:hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail:

[AlbanyMotorsports]

" know the world over as the "rip-up". His only limitation is ones imagination"
-Jet Dreams

Get well soon.

[Cane700]

Get well Ripper!

[Ghostwriter]

All the Good vibes and Prayers seem to be helping.
Larry is doing very well.:arms:

Here are the updates ...

Hes joking, using the bathroom and appears to be in the clear....
He will have some touch up surgeries at a diffferent hospital later this week.....
Hes at:

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Thats in the north tower building 8

[sclevela]

get well soon...... ill never forget seeing him ride when i watched havasu finals on espn one year (well i did forget what year it was lol). just is amazing to think how long ago that was and what guys like that were doing even back then.................

[blasterboy1980]

Damn he's a really nice guy, Me and my dad send our regurds to his family, get well soon ripper

[Shonuff]

Get well soon, Ripper.

[StandupEd]

Ripper is to jet ski's as Russ Howle is to skating. Rock soild and just plain cool! Bruce, let's see what kind of a man you are.

[Big Kahuna]

Any word on Ripper?

Ed, where you been hiding!

[StandupEd]

Crossing Time zones, Drinking coffee, stayin up all night. Getting a tan. Surfing, sanding. Was in the ATL for Lanier weekend for about 5 Hours drove up to jet ski cove, saw Soul Man, and discovered you were all across the water at the camp site, ran out of time and drove back downtown

[Legdragger]

I am very happy to hear he is awake and especially able to go to the bathroom on his own. Believe it or not the worst part of a traumatic brain or spinal cord injury is the complications with going to the bathroom. I speak from experience. It is soo good he avoided serious brain trauma.

[AlbanyMotorsports]

Hows Larry doing?? Any new word?

[Mike Serlin]

I heard he came by waterworld the other day but I wasn't around. Apparently he's doing amazingly well considering what happened.

[TinaO]

Ripper... Get well soon man!

Our prayers are with you!

[julioecolon]

wow, i hope you will get better Larry are thoughts will be you.

[SUPERJET-113]

I heard he came by waterworld the other day but I wasn't around. Apparently he's doing amazingly well considering what happened.


That's great to hear! :biggthumpup:

[SUPERJET-113]

Larry Rippenkroeger to return to movie work:hail:

May 23, 2007

The IJSBA is very pleased to bring you this news from John Chadwell, author of the coming movie: Hunt of the Sea Wolves (http://huntoftheseawolves.net/blog/).

Famed Stuntman, Larry Rippenkroeger, Joins “Hunt of the Sea Wolves” as Stunt Coordinator

Famed Hollywood stuntman, Larry Rippenkroeger, has signed on as stunt coordinator for “Hunt of the Sea Wolves,” written by John Chadwell and under development at Feverpitch Pictures.

LarryRippenkroeger, a four-time world champion Jet Ski racer, broke into stunt work in 1995 with Waterword, starring Kevin Costner. He parlayed that into doubling as Costner’s character, Mariner, in Universal Studio’s Waterworld Stunt Show, as he continued to work both as a stuntman and actor in 45 films.

His credits include: Dante’s Peak (1997), Godzilla (1998), The Patriot (2000), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), The Whole Ten Yards (2004 when he first doubled for Bruce Willis), Hostage (2005, again doubling for Willis), The Longest Yard (2005), Live Free or Die Hard (2007, another stint at doubling for Willis) and Iron Man, now filming.

Films and TV series he appeared as an actor include Smoke Jumpers (1996), Profiler (1997), The X-Files (1998), CSI Miami (2003) and Crazy (2006).

He is stunt double for Bruce Willis and has also doubled for Vin Diesel, Treat Williams and James Caan on the Las Vegas series. Willis recently presented Rippenkroeger the Taurus Foundation Award at the 2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards.

Rippenkroeger was severely injured during filming of Willis’ new film, Live Free or Die Hard, but is already on the mend and back at work on Iron Man.

[LisaLisa]

Yay!

[wydopen]

kroger is the man...