Austin Forkner undergoes brain surgery, expects to return to SuperMotocross in 2025 [Video]

While getting prepared for surgeries related to his Arlington Monster Energy Supercross crash, an MRI revealed a brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM) for Austin Forkner. He underwent brain surgery last week and will not return to racing in 2024.

Forkner expects to get back on his bike in September to prepare for competition in 2025. Prior to the brain surgery, Forkner intended to return to the Pro Circuit Kawasaki team before the end of the Motocross season.

“I’m fine from my crash from Dallas,” Forkner said in an Instagram post. “Shoulder’s good, back is good, everything from the Dallas crash is good.”

Forkner has known about the AVM because of a previous brain bleed in 2020. AVMs can cause strokes or aneurysms and after they first start bleeding, the danger increases exponentially by the year.

According to the Mayo Clinic, the cause of AVMs is not clear and is described as “a tangle of blood vessels that irregularly connects arteries and veins, disrupting blood flow and oxygen …