dhtahoe said:
nice dude
This gotta hurt when landing !
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nice dude
Damn, lucky the ground was there to break his fall......
Not just for screwing up the jump, it's the total lack of common sense involved here. If he had any experience with smaller jumps he should have been able to judge the distance required somewhat better, especially with a steep hill to accelerate and an agressive kicker to launch off.Mattoid said:
i guess you would have to see me say that.kidwoo said:
i know there are guys out there who get all
hype from watching and reading MAGS and VIDEOS
then think they are impervious and go huckit.
it is funny, to me that they idolize and think that
they can go out where someone has made a "pro"
size jump and that they can do it.
my racer mentality is that i have just as much
fun ripping a rut as hucking 40'. i get sick of
THE COOL SHOT is alway someone going big.
that is what go schmo sees and that is when
they try to replicate riders that have years of
experience.
i have ridden geared bikes off-road for 20 years!
in that time i have done some dumb stuff but never
like that video clip. i ride within my limits and have
also never broke a bone!
to go with that vid they should post him in
a hospital bed for the kids to see!
boo hoobcd said:
I tried it in freeride and got :nuts: for reposting.
oh my!
The sky is pretty.
I don't disagree with anything you said. I just think it's silly to attack the genre when there will obviously be people who aren't smart enough to know their own limits.......but this happens in everything. It's like blaming manufacturers of alchohol when there are drunk driving accidents.......like blaming a ski area for having a cliff band that people like to jump off of when someone gets hurt......or blaming ginsu for cutting your finger while chopping vegatables because of the badass mincing ninja on TV........bcd said:
That kid in that video (and I'm sure countless others) is not some victim of"freeride marketing". More like a victim of his own stupidity. I know you are aware of the frequency and severity of motocross accidents with people who get a bike and think they want to look like Carmichael. I don't blame Honda, KTM etc. for that........
Except in a few rare circumstances, injuries are the responsibilty of the person involved. Badmouthing the entire practice of a sport and not the foolishness of the individual(s) is just horribly misdirected. Especially in a sport that is so enjoyable to so many people and in an aspect of riding that is getting lots of people riding bikes who might otherwise be sitting on thier butts playing nintendo.
Sorry for the rant.....I know you love bikes......enough to make your own very original incarnations of them obviously....... I just got a little fired up about the criticism that seemed out of place. I don't think there's a "wrong" way to enjoy bike riding.
I disagree.kidwoo said:I don't think there's a "wrong" way to enjoy bike riding.
I found this very same clip and similar thread on NSMB. The vid is of rose hill in the kamloops and the high flying rider is a ripper and a local (from what the post say). Witnesses said he smashed his face up pretty bad and obviously had a nice trip to the hospital. The difference I see from the NSMB thread and our thread is that most people here are bitching about it in some for or anouther. Everybody on NSMB just wished the guy to heal up and hoped he was ok. We should do the same.
I stand very VERY corrected.Jeremy R said:
come on, if we can't say **** about the rider, or the sport, or the location, then shut up and quit posting freaking videos. I dont give two ****s if the guy got hurt thats not my responsibility, its over. The video was posted for entertainment. I laughed, because it was a dumbass thing to do.
Since when is it not okay to laugh at people who's stupidity or poor planning bites them in the ass? You probably could have rolled a damn soccer ball over that thing and seen that you are gonna eat dirt if ya try it.
Funny **** woot!
Since when is it not okay to laugh at people who's stupidity or poor planning bites them in the ass? You probably could have rolled a damn soccer ball over that thing and seen that you are gonna eat dirt if ya try it.
Funny **** woot!
I posted this video because I thought it looked scarry ! .....I can see that all I have obtained is a bunch of people arguing about if the guy is a jerk or not. To the people who have nothing else but critisism towards this guy, - do you really think it was his intention to hurt himself ? What about a little respect for the fellow riders/jumpers/huckers/racers in the sport ? If you are just sitting in front of your computer and looking for someone to hate......then grap your bike, go to your local trail and burn some of all that negative energy ....
seismic said:
Amen brotha!
Best thing i've heard around here in a while.
Thankfully i caught a lunch time ride today.
Shame on any of you that are making fun of this guy for crashing. We've all rag-dolled whether it happened when we were just out riding or on the race course. Besides, although this is definitely one of those "WAAAAAAAY too much speed" moments, this doesn't come remotely close to the following stupidity:
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/2ndplace.html
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/drunkbike.html
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/windowbike.html
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/bikerfall3.html
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/2ndplace.html
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/drunkbike.html
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/windowbike.html
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/bikerfall3.html
...O.K. - all the trash-talking, and Middle-School posturing aside:
Has anyone bothered to ask if this poor bastard is O.K.?
Does anyone know if he's alright?
Has anyone bothered to ask if this poor bastard is O.K.?
Does anyone know if he's alright?
OK I think it's fair to talk s&*T about the guy in the last bigboy vid. C'mon, where the helmet, moron. Darwin was right.
did you read any of the posts?S.K.C. said:
I posted what happened to hime earlier this morning. Just look for it. The guy is also apparently a very skilled rider and local to the area with that jump.
...my bad - I skimmed thru the whole post - I'll go back to check it out...
Hope he's still able to function.
Edit: Just read your post NC... Amen brother - good to see someone else is hoping this guy is O.K.
- I know what it's like to scare the sh!t out of yourself and others pulling something new on a ramp, or drop, or whatever and not making it... Good to hear that he's O.K.
Hope he's still able to function.
Edit: Just read your post NC... Amen brother - good to see someone else is hoping this guy is O.K.
- I know what it's like to scare the sh!t out of yourself and others pulling something new on a ramp, or drop, or whatever and not making it... Good to hear that he's O.K.
kidwoo said:I don't disagree with anything you said.
Sorry for the rant.....I know you love bikes......enough to make your own very original incarnations of them obviously....... I just got a little fired up about the criticism that seemed out of place. I don't think there's a "wrong" way to enjoy bike riding.
i don't ether. i don't race every time i am on my bike.
i do every aspect of cycling there is.
i just get fired up when, not saying this is what happened to this guy,
but when people get draw in over there heads and get hurt.
it is there fault. they are the responable party, but they don't walk
off wall street and go hucking. there are infancies that motivate
people to to ride over there head and it makes our sport look dumb!
i am not saying there should not be cool bick of peopel jumping in mags and videos. i just don't like people getting hurt i guess. we all do dumb
things. that was just retartely over jumped and poorly made ramp.
IMO take it or leave it
here is a side shot from the NSMB thread.
the jump looks liek a lip for a back flip and a lander to sled down.
even NSMB member were saying it is out of control!
http://bb.nsmb.com/showthread.php?t=59498&page=4&pp=15
Now that is an unfortunate typo right there Seismic.seismic said:
I hope the dude is ok. It sucks that the crash is more entertaining than the jump would have been had he landed it clean. Personally I laughed, but in that nervous laugh way where in that back of my head I was saying to myself "Damn, I hope one of my jumps never goes that wrong..."
almost looks like the lip of the jump should be cut down to where it passes by the trees.
and hes on a rm6,7 or rmx to boot
and in those powerful and introspective moments you and you're buddies all had a good cry together....Fury said:
sh|t, my friends laugh at me when I go down. bet yours do too. and here I am, still able to make it through a day without urinating myself whenever I hear a loud noise.
wow that kids got some balls.
Theres a difference between recognizing a stupid mistake and laughing at someone who is badly injured.clancy98 said:and in those powerful and introspective moments you and you're buddies all had a good cry together....
sh|t, my friends laugh at me when I go down. bet yours do too. and here I am, still able to make it through a day without urinating myself whenever I hear a loud noise.
my work filter wont let me see it, hahah i like reading the comments without the vid thought 
host is down, anyone wanna re-host it, id really like to see the vid
why??????
this show up when i click onlink
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this show up when i click onlink
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ya i can't get it eaither