At 44 years old, Matt Buyten was enjoying life as a seven-time X Games Gold Medalist with a successful FMX career behind him and a young son to raise. Tragedy struck the Texas transplant in July when he suffered a horrific crash at a Loretta Lynn's qualifier that left him paralyzed from mid-chest down. Support for Buyten has been great, but he still has a long road ahead. We caught up with Buyten to learn more about his injury and how he is doing, and recap some highlights of his awesome career! If you can afford to do so and are so compelled, please support Buy10 by visiting road2recovery.com where you can find his page in the athlete causes tab.