Video: Friday Fails #46

 Hit me right in the feels

 I remember those days of building jumps with the landing pad and jump being built from a hole you dig in the middle then caseing it just like that kid, as my friends looked on knowing I wasn’t going to make it lol

 “Diesel drone.” hahaha

  diesel drone: I wonder if it was rolling coal up there. At that scale it would be more like sprinkling soot...

 Doubles as a brush cutter

 "tug boat talent"...I like that

 Hahah I'm so glad I saw this comment before I saw the video. A+

 Yep. It’s educational to see all aspects of riding

 Afreee, the fail videos are more likely to keep me in check out on the trail rather than make me want to take risks.

 except do you notice the good riders who crash doing significantly harder tricks seldom seem to hurt themselves as much as the dudes in track pants with no helmets. Well, except for that dude who has the dump 270 on lock and decided to take it to dirt...

 At the same time half of those fails happen on really shitty jumps. I can already see people on some coaching sites going: did he crash because he leaned back on the take off? "Don't lean back" is the new "lean back" on skills clinics. Meanwhile most people crash because they are stiff and/or unlucky on shitty jumps. Finally the law of statistics will take over even the best jumpers. If you jump often you will crash no matter who you are and sometimes camera is there.

Hence... no point in analyzing these, just enjoy.

 @WAKIdesigns: Nah, dude. Most of those people were just shitty/inexperienced jumpers.

 @WAKIdesigns: I agree some are really shitty jumps

 @WAKIdesigns: unlucky on shitty jumps lmao....any decent rider is going to take a look at something before hitting it at speed and adjust accordingly based on the jankometer.

Experience yields proper adjustment...

That said, I see no hope for many of these people.

 Jankometer I like that!

You can definitely adjust how explosively you press into a lip based on its speed steepness/shape to get a better result. Common cause of bucking is entering the lip with over extended arms aka no ability to pump the front end. Makes the front wheel take a much lower arc than the rear @nvranka:

 There's definitely a correlation between janky looking trails and janky looking riders.

 @WAKIdesigns: you can tell these people have little skill, look how rigid they are through each section before crashing

 @WAKIdesigns: minus the people throwing 720 attempts they have some skill lol

 @mkotowski1: I've kept the 720's in the foam ever since lol

 @sam264: and guys who film with potatoes - they all seem to come together...

 @lassemj: you a bad man for even attempting them, mad props

 and landing legs locked out and trampolining themselves off the bike with the shocks' rebound.

 There should be a law that ensures superimposed (or real) styrofoam hats are seen on all videoed riders. Because safety.

 All those face plants are a pretty good arguement for using full face helmets too

 I am pretty sure these fails are a good demonstration why to wear a helmet. Also to learn to jump on well built safe jumps...

 All of the crashes with any type of helmet is a good argument for wearing a helmet. All I'm saying is I'm sure there are more then a few video's of people eating it wearing proper gear to be found. They are the people who should get the "glory" of being featured. We partake in a high risk activity, we should try and promote it as safely as possible when we can.

 @rellinger: how is that any sort of promotion of anything?!

 @rellinger: How about we stop promoting the fallacy that simply cycling with some form of styrofoam hat over one's skull equals "safe"?

 I like the crashes when they aren't wearing helmets, they allow me to piss myself without feeling guilty.

 The person putting these videos together is creating content for a site that promotes mountain biking. Every post on this site is promoting mtb in some way. It could be an ad for new product or Jordie Lunn's new gnarly AF video. These producers have a responsibility (I think) to represent our sport in a safe way. Just my opinion I guess, and maybe I'm way off base but I think we should try to represent or sport the best way we can.

 It is funny you mention Jordie Lunn because I think just like Matt McDuff or Darren Berrecloth, the guy is a complete lunatic, who went way beyond any calculation of risk vs reward, whatever they do is a form of avant garde modern art and as unbelievably impressive and stimulating it may be, one could wonder if anybody would like to have any of these psychopaths as neighbors. I am sure they are fine lads, outgoing, enthusiastic driven, electrifying any environment they enter, sure, but they are just so out there I have no idea how helpful their art is to anybody else but their own egos. Nice to chat with at dirt jump site, crankworx, have a dinner with, if I had a daughter in their age and they showed up nearby with hope in their eyes, I’d shoot them in the face. In fact I bet 100 times more people get hurt by getting inspired by their stuff, than get better at riding. Yes every now and then some kid will show up at Rampage telling a touching story how Jordie inspired him to ride and push the boundaries of the sport, but one has to understand he is one of thousands who wasted their dreams, bones and joints on trying to be like Jordie. Again I bet he is a great lad, his artform, well who am I to judge. Anyways people eating shit do not promote reckless behavior, nobody wants be the guy eating shit. Everyone wants to be Jordie who is 10k times more reckless than folks crashing off a 2m jump. @rellinger:

 @PinkyScar: That styrofoam hat saved my life when I was hit by a car years ago. It has saved me from countless head injuries over the past 25+ years I've been riding. Are you unaware of how helmets actually work?

 @WAKIdesigns: Well i can't disagree with you on the daughter point. As a father myself I'll hold that opinion of any boy who comes a callin' to be fair.

Beyond your calculation of risk vs reward sure, mine too, but maybe not for him. He's a talented professional athlete. These type of people hace the abilily to visualize what may seem impossible to mere mortals like us and mame it reality. He's still doing it in as safe a way as possible ie: wearing a helmet and propper gear (although I'll never get on the no glove bandwagon). But I digress, that says nothing for or against my point of not glorifying people riding without helmets. Maybe I'm just a grumpy old fart and I'm starting to sound like a broken record of my mom saying put your helmet on. But it's something I feel strongly about and i think PB has a responsibility to represent better then they do. Ok enough of my grumpy ranting. I just made a rye and ginger and damit I'm gonna enjoy it while chatting bikes.

Did everone else see how freakin' close Jordie's front tire came to coming off on that tree roll in? Oh my effin' G!

 @PinkyScar: my favorite anecdotes start with: “if not MIPS...”

 @PinkyScar: Shhhh... The grownups are talking now ok?

 @rellinger: "Don't challenge Daddy's authority when he's drinking rye, kids. Maybe put on your bike helmets..."

 I don't want to brag here, but i knew they were bound to fail before i clicked on this video.

 2:10 is even better if you have the lyric "I - I just died in your arms tonight" ringing through your head.

 Yeah, 2:05-2:09 WTF?

 “HEY YOU GUUUUUYYYS!!!”