Im soooo with you on this, i doubt half the people on this board have half the talent he has! By the way http://www.nsmb.com/shore_news/benderhurt_11_05.phpMTNPSYCHO said:I just read all 11 pages, and I have to say, this has got to be one of the most shamefull threads ever.....so many people rag on Bender because he has the biggest crashes in history on film, so people have to say he cant ride.....dont you think they put those crashes in because they are so spectacular? And he mostly walks away from all of them with relatively minor injuries, at least til now...after all these years, and all the bad crashes, he is still living in a van, and doing it regardless of what anyone thinks or says...riding is not a hobby for him, he rides at the most extreme level and eats, breaths, and sleeps riding.....sure. some of his drops have been kinda dumb, but countless others have been in full control, huge, and very impressive...maybe you havent seen him pull a perfect nofooter over a 40 foot ravine, or a huge backflip over a double, or landing drops that 99.5% of the riding public would never try in the first place....I dont see anyone else dropping this stuff alongside Bender.....
Bottom line is the guy does what he loves, and got hurt, pretty seriously, and its time to put your stupid insecurities aside and pray for the guy....possibly the dumbest thing in this thread is Thrilllseeka comparing an idiot blowing his brains out with a loaded gun in front of his pregnant wife and friends, traumatizing everyone involved, playing the dumbest game in mankinds history, to a guy trying to push the limits of himself and a sport(bikeriding at that) and getting hurt in the process.....
Mostly the only people who bag on Bender are the fools ignorant enough to think that all he does is crash, and thinks those crashes in the movies encompass all of his riding....
Jeez, you would think that after a life changing incident like watching a friend blow his brains out in front of his friends and family would make a person realise that life is short and getting upset over things like someone else smoking weed while riding is pretty dumb....Kharma exists, and Thrillseeka, you are in troubleink: