@almeister: not sure which is funnier; the joke itself, or the fact that there's an official urban dictionary definition of practising said joke. Rick rolled, lol.
@jackalope: Naw, a Semenuk fail reel would be pretty long, if Semenuk himself decided what to include: It'd only consist of "fails" like him spinning 721.3 degrees and landing smooth ready for the next jump, instead of spinning 720 degrees exactly. And 360 triple barspins where his left hand grabbed the girp a full 2mm outboard from his normal position.
@kcy4130: I don't know how he does it. Personally, I couldn't live with myself if I landed a 721.3* spin and not a 720*. That's the real reason I don't do all those stunts & tricks - I'm too much of a perfectionist. I focus my prodigious talents on dangerously unbalanced stoppies in the parking lot and random brake skiddies.
@egb81: First of all, there is nothing wrong with masterbation, don't body shame, and secondly as a born and bread canadian, there's a good chance he's in there for that long because of excessive amounts of poutine. If u had to guess he's out of shit tickets, and he's checking his pockets for a bunched up serviette.... But I guess you wouldn't understand...
Sitting at home watching this after having my bust clavicle plated yesterday from bailing on Wednesday is a very different feeling.
Sadly no video of my bail but it was FF worthy
2:30 get my vote for best fail ever. How did they do that in the first place and complete style in the dumping to the earth below. Very good fail all round. Bravo!
For my understanding: Friday fails seems to be mostly the same mistake - that tip over onto the front wheel and then the fork that compresses and throws u over the bars... is that what is called the dead sailor??? How can it be avoided? Compress the fork beforw the jump? Pull harder on the bars when taking off? Sorry dumb question...
There's often a combination of errors. Some are pretty obviously grabbing a handful of front brake when not properly balanced front to back on the bike. Others are poor bike setup, bad riding position, bad line choice, etc. In general, stay balanced over your feet, most pressure should not be on your hands. Then for most jumps (not all), compress to release just before the end of the jump. Most jumps do not need one to pull up on the bars unless your using that leverage for a trick. Google Ryan Leech Connection and sign up for his online jump course. It's inexpensive ($20, I believe) and very good. It will work you through a progression that will grow your confidence while avoiding the dead sailor.
I wonder if pinkbike knows that whoever is in charge of their Facebook page is dropping the current weeks Friday fails on Wednesday, when they make their "watch last week's Friday fails" posts.
Maybe this is a PB specific add just for the PB comment section. Next will be the fox SHIT damper, SLIP odi grip tech, Stan"s with new LEAK pro sealant, ENVE's new SHAME wheelset...
Commencal Ramones 2013 for sale. 26", 140mm Fox Kashima, round steel tubes, The One rear break - nothing on front, Single chainring, 9spd Powerdome cassette, Maxxis DTH DJ tires, carbon bar.
2:53.... have never seen someone wipe out their front wheel from cranking too hard on the bars when pedalling (at least that's what appears to have happened).
Man, that OTB faceplant off the boulder followed by the g-out kid giving himself whiplash was just too much to bear. I don't have the stomach for this s#!t anymore.
I call that a "Bail" and in my mind, is usually a much better option than holding on. I'd say it could be classified under "fail" most commonly although I have seen some Bails that were so smooth they could easily be a Saturday Save candidate.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
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Google Ryan Leech Connection and sign up for his online jump course. It's inexpensive ($20, I believe) and very good. It will work you through a progression that will grow your confidence while avoiding the dead sailor.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVQSBm_dpTg
And that kid's neck will never be the same @ 1:19, BRUTAL!
I guess that’s the difference between Joe-Wannabe and Ratboy
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I NEED FF!!!!