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So after 5 or so successful landings on Saturday, somthing happened on this one (not sure what exactly, and it kind of annoys me) and well, it didn't turn out so well. Knocked the wind out of me, bruised a hip, and tweaked a rib, but I'm already doing better.
Please notice the loving embrace of the handlebars, weight way forward over the front wheel, and legs tucked neatly underneath the bike.
I recommend you not try this at home.
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...cs/waddage.JPG
How far up your a$$ did that saddle end up?
Oh and it happeded off of this, the landing is down there somewhere.
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...rpics/drop.JPG
Nice hit. The bigger question is not why you screwed up the landing but Who is the hottie sitting by the take off?
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Originally Posted by Mr. Altagirl
my friend's lady.
um...ouch!
ouch...you slip a peddle getting your feet back on maybe?
Looks like your chain guide may have prevented the need for stiches in the back of your calf...
Nice to see that you didn't hurt yourself too bad.
damn huckster, that made me cringe here.
sent chills up my spine
ouch
yowzah. are your feet already off the pedals on the takeoff there?
ouch ouch ouch.
glad you're ok, c!
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Originally Posted by Viva
whooo. Thats-a notso good-a fo' yoo.
Kush making a faceplant joke? Ballsy!Quote:
Originally Posted by kush1
Ouch. Good photo work, though, to catch that at the right moment.
Fuc! The crunch sound on that vid is awful.Quote:
Originally Posted by kush1
CS - you got some gold plated balls. I chickened out on riding hard after I separated my shoulder. (Hurt myself on what I thought was a big jump, but teeny compared to that)
Great work!
How did those elbow pads work out?
Good form! Good form! :) Congrats on the survival.
I hate it when this happens. Of course, I've never gone even remotely that big before. But I've still managed to do that. The best part is when the bike starts to lay down and you realize that you're hopelessly pretzeled inside it. Fun!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by CS
you bad!
A couple notes on the crash:
First, thankfully the seat vilation of the nether-regions never really occured just sort of looked that way, and somehow my boys were spared a nastly collision with the top tube.
Funny thing was I only walked away with a couple scrapes, well, and the tweaked rib.
It's possible I slipped a pedal on landing, since I for some reason decided I needed to try a no-footer off the thing (you know, in the name of "progression" :rolleyes: ) (on that note I blame all the videos out there for my decision and subsequent wreck).
Kinda funny thing was after the waddage and the struggle to breathe again, some guy on the beach had come up to see if I was ok and after I stood up finally said somthing like "dude, I know you're probably hurting right now, but you are fucking badass." Made me chuckle (which in turn made me wince).
whoa! Drinking gas on that one. - Just be glad that yer bars didn't twisted sideways while in the air cause that really hurts.
Gotta be worth a few hun GNAR points!Quote:
Originally Posted by CS
nutty
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For real.Quote:
Originally Posted by flykdog
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Originally Posted by CS
Well, you are :D
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Originally Posted by CS
After reading this thread I wanted to test out your landing theory so, I went out myself and tried to do this dumb little drop to a rocky transition on my dmr. I crashed too, it wasnt fun. And then to rub it in some, my buddy went off it and landed it perfectly.
Was browsing through the posts and realized I hadn't seen this before. After seeing your first post with this drop, I acutally considered hitting it. Stood on top it, envisoned it going down, but lack of encouragement and forgetting my nut sack of steel made me chicken out. Seeing this carnage through, makes me feel allright about being a pussy about that thing...back to my xc rides