@inonyme: He had just stolen a golden statue but it was booby trapped by a large bolder that was released when he removed it. We just caught the last several moments of the video where he failed to out run it.
Happens pretty much every week as well. Its insane to me how people will actually put the helmet on, yet just not take the extra 3 seconds to buckle/secure it.
Its like mentally they understand that helmets are good, and so they should have one on. But somehow don't grasp the fact that if things go wrong, it won't just stay on because its "snug" right now.
I guess we went from helmets being "uncool" years and years ago, to buckled helmets being "uncool"now? Progress I guess? Give it another 20 years, and finally buckling the helmets will be cool?
Yeah. I think that the must figure that the helmet is tight enough that a strap isn’t needed. Just about every week you see some ding dong crash and immediately remove the helmet indicating no strap.
This crash is mine :p firstly this is test jump to know where landing should be.. Secondly my strap Just tore apart while i crash and finally this jump is really small - no fear even with crash ????
@patrykfr: Yikes. I've never heard of a strap tearing apart/breaking like that. Sounds unlucky . Maybe its time to invest in one that should stay on better. Personally I wouldn't have much confidence in it anymore after that.
Glad to hear you're ok though. And, whats more, you're sending stuff that still scares me, so props for that as well /
@twd953: Even better than watching the GLC carnage was the first weekend of the step up feature that replaced it. The lip was pretty steep and I think just while we were sitting at lunch/drinks we counted 13 dead sailor OTB's and they were gnarly. The kids that all wanted to be cool and train it let their not so skilled buddy go first and it was like a interstate pile up. Patrol got their money's worth
They mellowed the lip for the weekend after though.
Also he wasn't enduro'd out with just knee pads and a fancy half shell. Full Face, hard pads and neckbrace etc etc. Dad knows what he is doing. Probably the most dangerous sport our kids will ever do, no reason to mess around and go cheap on the protection gear.
@aps62: Ha maybe. SUPER hard to find kid's cranks in 125mm and 140mm length tho (20" and 24" bikes). OEM's just don't make them. TrailCraft cranks are amazing, tho they are nice and light weight...but maybe not designed to take a hit like that?
@aps62: XTR bottom bracket, but still square taper is the only cranks in 115mm. This kid only gets hurt off the bike and is amazing to watch. Walked away from that, tightened crank up and did it again.
Good thing it is Pinkbike and there are plenty of biked for sale. He can get another one for a great deal OR run down after it. Like searching for a golf ball or just getting anew one ????
This has to be some of the worst riding and avoidable crashes in any friday fail i have seen.
I'm glad that my FF part was at least eating it on a big gnarly move.
This FF could be used as a textbook argument for a major downside of long reaches and a bent over the front weight on hands stance. None of these people can support their weight with their arms and almost all of them buckle over the front of the bike, very avoidably. Sure having relatively strong posture could help, but the case remains the same.
Now I'm not a big air expert (I'm up to about 4ft on drops) so take this all with a giant grain of salt, but someone who instructed me said that landing in a way that you have to support your weight with your arms is the whole problem, i.e. that the landing should mainly be absorbed by the legs because that's what they're designed to do. Or maybe that's what you're saying and I'm misunderstanding.
@DrPete: Sorry i wasn't more clear, I mean the same thing. Weight should generally be supported by the legs, not the arms.
Being strong or skilled would help these people, but the video still makes clear that riding a long reach, stretched over the front posture is just asking to introduce your sternum to your steer tube, for most people.
I've hit 100' jumps and 30' drops to transition and over shot some pretty big stuff to flat, and sometimes clobber boulders pretty hard head on. I have had a pretty high rate of "hold it together" in all sorts of adverse situations, much of which i would attribute to being in a low, centeral, balanced, strong, position, and being reactive instead of dead sailor.
if you dont believe me look at a mx race or bmx freestyle. they stand on the bikes, with their feet, sticking huge jumps. when mx are leaning forward its cause they are on the throttle hard. NO ONE even dh and slopestyle riders land with such pronounced weight on their hands.
@dbendixen: they went the way of the outcomes. I always try to look and anticipate the speed, what type of bicycle there Riding and the type of terrain. There's alot of variables. Karmic debt is a thing, laughing and taking these fail Fridays incessantly casual as a weekly dose of endorphins, is a low perception. These are videos for learning!
If you don’t like it, don’t be a stick in the mud. You sound like the type of person to finish a group ride and bitch about the trails for the rest of the day
Its like mentally they understand that helmets are good, and so they should have one on. But somehow don't grasp the fact that if things go wrong, it won't just stay on because its "snug" right now.
I guess we went from helmets being "uncool" years and years ago, to buckled helmets being "uncool"now? Progress I guess? Give it another 20 years, and finally buckling the helmets will be cool?
Yikes. I've never heard of a strap tearing apart/breaking like that. Sounds unlucky
Glad to hear you're ok though. And, whats more, you're sending stuff that still scares me, so props for that as well
They mellowed the lip for the weekend after though.
Go slow, don't pull up, land like shit. Purdy cool.
Being strong or skilled would help these people, but the video still makes clear that riding a long reach, stretched over the front posture is just asking to introduce your sternum to your steer tube, for most people.
I've hit 100' jumps and 30' drops to transition and over shot some pretty big stuff to flat, and sometimes clobber boulders pretty hard head on. I have had a pretty high rate of "hold it together" in all sorts of adverse situations, much of which i would attribute to being in a low, centeral, balanced, strong, position, and being reactive instead of dead sailor.
if you dont believe me look at a mx race or bmx freestyle. they stand on the bikes, with their feet, sticking huge jumps. when mx are leaning forward its cause they are on the throttle hard. NO ONE even dh and slopestyle riders land with such pronounced weight on their hands.
HAPPY SHREDDING !!!
Ezra, please pick up after yourself.
Does the helmet have MIPS?