I broke a few ribs in a similar manner once. Tipped over on a steep climb into some tall grass and fell directly on an aspen stump. I just told everyone it was on the downhill section.
Haha! Me too. Worst biking injury to date was a broken sacrum (larger part of your tailbone) doing nearly exactly what that guy did... tried to pop a small wheelie on a techy climb and fell off backwards onto a rock.
@SickEdit: True, to a degree. There is a publication bias though. People will stop to film a jump or drop. The random JRA crashes are much less documented.
@ak-77: yes that’s a good point. Also jump fails that are caught on video make for “better” watching than others so I’d say there’s a double amount of publication bias.
Also I disagree with the notion that avoiding jumping is the safer way to mtb. Certainly hitting massive gap jumps carries with it a large amount of risk. However, developing good jumping technique is enormously helpful in all kinds of technical terrain and I would say actually improves your safety and control.
I enjoyed this one for the large number of crashes that did not involve jumps. Not that I don't like jumps, but its my personal experience that getting in the air carries a much larger risk of crashing, especially as you are learning. Just failing into a terrible crash while not really pushing the limits has real satisfactions as a viewer
A bit..... Most of the clips in this I recognised.
Tempted to go through all the old ones just to be a douche and point out where they already used them!
Yeah, landing your front wheel onto a rock that high doesn't end well no matter how far back you are sitting. Obviously they should have been more to the right but that's easy to say from here.
Haha! Me too. Worst biking injury to date was a broken sacrum (larger part of your tailbone) doing nearly exactly what that guy did... tried to pop a small wheelie on a techy climb and fell off backwards onto a rock.
OTB
- Jump too slow
- Drop too slow
- Downhill section too fast
- Feature beyond skillset
Blunt force trauma
- Slipped off the skinny
- Tried to hug a tree
Also I disagree with the notion that avoiding jumping is the safer way to mtb. Certainly hitting massive gap jumps carries with it a large amount of risk. However, developing good jumping technique is enormously helpful in all kinds of technical terrain and I would say actually improves your safety and control.