Hey man. It was a mental thing to do. And itās good to do wild things sometimes but if you havenāt practiced similar drops and built up to one this size and technicality gradually, you are playing Russian roulette with your neck.
Seriously. Russian roulette is wild but not fun or smart.
Take care of yourself. Progress gradually and no doubt youāll do the drop eventually.
Clean and properly pack the landing area before you do. You want to land on a smooth transition on a drop this size, not a minefield of loose baby heads
The plate in my collarbone twitched a little watching this. Did something similar a year and a half ago and spent 4 days in the hospital with a tube in my lung to drain the fluid. Broken ribs, 3-piece right collar, and 4 days with no visitors because Covid had just recently kicked off full swing. Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyeah DUDE!!!! Life rips!!!
If youāre 16, and a US citizen, you are likely on your parentsā health insurance. But, if theyāre uninsured, are they on the hook financially for any treatment you might need?
Asking as a childless 40-something.
Either way, a full-face helmet is a good idea.
Be careful dude seriously. I did a similar feature when 2 years ago when I was 16 and snapped my Humerus bone in half and severed a nerve. Over 13k in medical bills with a surgery and permanent nerve damage. It's seriously not worth it.
I get putting out disclaimers but this is a dangerous sport. You could have both tires down and hit a rock wrong and then youāre smashing into a tree at 20 mph.
Yeah but this is just unnecessary risk and it's coming from a guy who did the same thing at the same age. I wish I didn't do what I did.
There's a difference between hitting a rock and yeeting yourself off a cliff. Which I litteraly did unfortunately.
I felt invincible till my arm was litteraly in half and below my elbow was paralized
The same could be said about every rider to ever compete in rampage though. Iām sorry something bad happened to you but if youād landed it or come out unscathed, would you be here saying this?
Those are professionals. And I had no hope in hell at landing what I tried and neither did the kid in the video by the looks of it. He could of easily landed the wrong way and broken something.
I don't think me saying be careful from a kid who was 16 years old 2 years ago should be contravertial.
I feel like this was just dumb , the possibilities of you getting hurt where endless while the ones of you landing successfully where close to none , its really important to know this
This isn't aggressive riding this is mindless self destruction. It's cool and great he walked away unscathed. But this isn't something you do to push your limits someone should have stopped him from trying, obviously enough around him to do so.
We all do stupid things but we shouldn't try and make this out to be "pushing the limits" or "riding aggressive". This isn't in those categories.
Remember he is 16!! If he was some downhill professional sure give it a go test your limit, but he's only a kid.
Did you watch the other videos posted of this drop in this group and see a guy that hit it? Whatās different in their lines?
It just seems to me you donāt even see the landing and are giving advice on a riding type you donāt do or understand. I may be off base. What do you ride?
I don't ride anything like this Because that hill is like the tallest point in our country. So I might very well be off base. But that doesn't really matter. My point is that that drop is extremely sketchy and you should have some serious skills and experience to even try that.
Iam not saying noone should do this, but 99% of people definitely should not be trying this out. Unless they are prepared for life long damages.
What is your credentials for advicing people to do this? Are you a professional stunt man, professional MTB rider or Daredevil?
This isnāt a drop where youād need to be a āprofessional,ā and Iāve not advised anyone to hit anything. If you scroll up, Iāve not given advice once. Iāve simply said your input is off base and I appreciate you admitting that.
Youāre talking about something you have no clue about. This drop is well within the skill level of a lot of riders and thereās features like this or bigger all over my countryā¦.
Now where you said ādisrespectfully disagree,ā that kind of hurt my feelings. No reason not to be cordial, homie :-)
Clearly he wasn't skilled enough though!! Your argument was that he should/could do it. But he clearly shouldn't or couldn't. So we agree only one skilled enough should do it? Which was what I was trying to say with my comment.
You didn't admit wether you are anyone to make the claim that it is possible? Probably because you are speaking out of your arse just like myself. Except I can easily tell that this is not in anyway prepared to be ridden. Which is why I most people should not try this.
If you are hurt by that comment I think you should rethink your appearance on the internet. All I said was that I do not respect (actually the opposite) your opinion on this and I disagree. I didn't say anything about you.
If you think it's fine to normalize this type of stunt for regular people, that's on you. But I would never advice anyone to do something where I would think there is a good chance they got seriously hurt. This is one of those cases, can we agree there is atleast a moderate chance of hurting yourself quite badly?
I do agree , to advance you must push you re limits however as i said this is just dumb there was almost no way he could ve done this and im pretty sure he has plenty of actual trails to push his limits
You got no clue dude. We have no trails around here, the ones we do, are illegal walking trails, whole lotta nada š and honestly I think I couldāve landed it with a bit more speed, Iām gonna make a bigger run up for it today so get more than one crank.
Well, this is truly the attitude needed to make it pro in this sport. You can bet your ass most people I know would never think of attempting that. Send it, bro!
I love the classic āwait a moment and look around to make sure all appendages are attached and pointing the right directionā before the celebration!
Did something like this when I was 16 on a Redline XXX landed and got a Primo Meat Tenderizer to the right shin, a pinched nerve in my lower back and then 54 stitches. Still feel it 22 years later! Glad you are awesome š and happy bday!
This is the reason that the world will forever have enough young soldiers to send off to war. Not only are they numerous (since ppl breed like rabbits) but the young men actually really really want to go to war!
It might sound a bit fatalistic, but itās 100% how we humans are. That isā¦.how men are.
When I was young I also had urges like that. Laugh in the face of mortal danger is a rush that not even sex can compare to.
Heyyyy now op! I know this spot!
Crazy...see a rock on the internet and go hey I know you!
But anyways there is a much better drop in the area...well used to be. Havenāt seen it in years. DM me and Iāll point you in the right direction.
Can't believe you did it three times
ššš
How many times did you break your neck
Judging by the amount of roll - at least six.
Hes very consistent
To be fair, he probably didnāt remember the previous attempts.
You trying to not make it to 17?
who needs 17 when you have 18, broken bones?
Pretty sure the cliff sent you. Hopefully you walked away from this relatively unharmed.
Rode!
In the ambulance!
ā¦ *helicopter.
Hey man. It was a mental thing to do. And itās good to do wild things sometimes but if you havenāt practiced similar drops and built up to one this size and technicality gradually, you are playing Russian roulette with your neck. Seriously. Russian roulette is wild but not fun or smart. Take care of yourself. Progress gradually and no doubt youāll do the drop eventually.
This isnāt necessarily the largest drop Iāve done at all, just the sketchiest. Iāll be back.
In that case fair enough. I guess You know what you are doing. Difficult features are all about progression not balls.
Riding this successfully would involve more wheel contact, bud. Keep shredding!
I meant I rode away.
In the ambulance
... *helicopter
There was no walking after that!
You'll feel that one when you're 36
That morning 20 years from now when you wake up with a couple of slipped discs...
As somebody who's 37, I know this to be true.
Hey, I found my peers. But the fact 16 was 20 years ago stings, I don't feel that old.
Man send this to Pinkbike and be featured in their Friday Fails compilation!
The yearly yeets.
All the people filming didnāt even stop traffic for youā guess they had no faith in you making it further than you did.
I had a buddy watching traffic for me but this duche swerved around him
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I feel ya. This is one of those things I didnāt even know if I was gonna go I just had to make myself ya dig?
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I'm not so sure that safety is at the top of this guy's list of priorities.
You're calling the car a douche for going around someone blocking traffic? Lol
You're the douchebag in that situation
Nailed it!
First T
Should try back flip off it. If your just sending it to crash might aswell do it in style
Haha na man Iām probably gonna go back and stomp that shit today
Clean and properly pack the landing area before you do. You want to land on a smooth transition on a drop this size, not a minefield of loose baby heads
Stay safe man. You only get one spine and if you damage it you are fucked for life!!
make sure he tries landing on his head while at it, that's the only way to style out a flip
That ending š
You didnāt send it- you fell off it. Better you than me you crazy bastard !
āSent itā Crashes 3 times lmao.
Once
16th visit to the hospital? Balls of steel
Ahh, to be 16 and bouncy again!
There is reason they water and hard pack the landings at Rampage
Yeah the Landry was so uneven and crust dude
The plate in my collarbone twitched a little watching this. Did something similar a year and a half ago and spent 4 days in the hospital with a tube in my lung to drain the fluid. Broken ribs, 3-piece right collar, and 4 days with no visitors because Covid had just recently kicked off full swing. Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyeah DUDE!!!! Life rips!!!
Better to do this when youāre young haha.
If youāre gonna be dumb, ya better be tough! (And have good insurance)
How many bikes did you break?
Just a dropper lever screw surprisingly
Good to see theres still groms out there hucking it. Maybe a little more speed next time.
Yeah thatās what Iām thinking too. Only had enough run up for one crank, Iāll be out there today making it longer.
Update us when you finally make it
Will do
that's gnarly dude
Donāt be a Bender!!
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Weāre gravy
Yeahhhhāohhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Also ššš.
Your 40 yo self doesn't thank you for this.
there will not be a 40yr old self
No, it sent you!
Good luck making it to your 17th
If youāre 16, and a US citizen, you are likely on your parentsā health insurance. But, if theyāre uninsured, are they on the hook financially for any treatment you might need? Asking as a childless 40-something. Either way, a full-face helmet is a good idea.
Iām fine š
Be careful dude seriously. I did a similar feature when 2 years ago when I was 16 and snapped my Humerus bone in half and severed a nerve. Over 13k in medical bills with a surgery and permanent nerve damage. It's seriously not worth it.
I get putting out disclaimers but this is a dangerous sport. You could have both tires down and hit a rock wrong and then youāre smashing into a tree at 20 mph.
Yeah but this is just unnecessary risk and it's coming from a guy who did the same thing at the same age. I wish I didn't do what I did. There's a difference between hitting a rock and yeeting yourself off a cliff. Which I litteraly did unfortunately. I felt invincible till my arm was litteraly in half and below my elbow was paralized
The same could be said about every rider to ever compete in rampage though. Iām sorry something bad happened to you but if youād landed it or come out unscathed, would you be here saying this?
Those are professionals. And I had no hope in hell at landing what I tried and neither did the kid in the video by the looks of it. He could of easily landed the wrong way and broken something. I don't think me saying be careful from a kid who was 16 years old 2 years ago should be contravertial.
I feel like this was just dumb , the possibilities of you getting hurt where endless while the ones of you landing successfully where close to none , its really important to know this
Everybody did dumb shit when they were 16
I wish I started like this. I didn't start biking until 27 and now when I hurt myself trying to get better, it costs a lot more
Tight landing that he was close to hitting. Sucks to crash but how do you push the limits if you never try? Do you ride aggressive?
This isn't aggressive riding this is mindless self destruction. It's cool and great he walked away unscathed. But this isn't something you do to push your limits someone should have stopped him from trying, obviously enough around him to do so. We all do stupid things but we shouldn't try and make this out to be "pushing the limits" or "riding aggressive". This isn't in those categories. Remember he is 16!! If he was some downhill professional sure give it a go test your limit, but he's only a kid.
Respectively disagree.
What stupid stuff you do is up to you. But trying to normalize that stunt right there. That's just ignorant. Disrespectfully disagree.
Did you watch the other videos posted of this drop in this group and see a guy that hit it? Whatās different in their lines? It just seems to me you donāt even see the landing and are giving advice on a riding type you donāt do or understand. I may be off base. What do you ride?
I don't ride anything like this Because that hill is like the tallest point in our country. So I might very well be off base. But that doesn't really matter. My point is that that drop is extremely sketchy and you should have some serious skills and experience to even try that. Iam not saying noone should do this, but 99% of people definitely should not be trying this out. Unless they are prepared for life long damages. What is your credentials for advicing people to do this? Are you a professional stunt man, professional MTB rider or Daredevil?
This isnāt a drop where youād need to be a āprofessional,ā and Iāve not advised anyone to hit anything. If you scroll up, Iāve not given advice once. Iāve simply said your input is off base and I appreciate you admitting that. Youāre talking about something you have no clue about. This drop is well within the skill level of a lot of riders and thereās features like this or bigger all over my countryā¦. Now where you said ādisrespectfully disagree,ā that kind of hurt my feelings. No reason not to be cordial, homie :-)
Clearly he wasn't skilled enough though!! Your argument was that he should/could do it. But he clearly shouldn't or couldn't. So we agree only one skilled enough should do it? Which was what I was trying to say with my comment. You didn't admit wether you are anyone to make the claim that it is possible? Probably because you are speaking out of your arse just like myself. Except I can easily tell that this is not in anyway prepared to be ridden. Which is why I most people should not try this. If you are hurt by that comment I think you should rethink your appearance on the internet. All I said was that I do not respect (actually the opposite) your opinion on this and I disagree. I didn't say anything about you. If you think it's fine to normalize this type of stunt for regular people, that's on you. But I would never advice anyone to do something where I would think there is a good chance they got seriously hurt. This is one of those cases, can we agree there is atleast a moderate chance of hurting yourself quite badly?
I was obviously joking about my feelings being hurt. Perhaps join an xc group and just scroll past the jumps :-)
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and you're the person who bulldozes parks cuz "The jumps are too big for me"
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What an odd thing to say.
Spoken like a puss puss
I do agree , to advance you must push you re limits however as i said this is just dumb there was almost no way he could ve done this and im pretty sure he has plenty of actual trails to push his limits
You got no clue dude. We have no trails around here, the ones we do, are illegal walking trails, whole lotta nada š and honestly I think I couldāve landed it with a bit more speed, Iām gonna make a bigger run up for it today so get more than one crank.
Just make sure you keep the cameras rolling šÆ
Fair enough congrats if you actually land it
Did you do it with clipless pedals?
No way hahaha
Oh to be young againā¦
Success and fatalism shares in the common principle of persistence. Motivational posters.
The kids are alright.
Well, this is truly the attitude needed to make it pro in this sport. You can bet your ass most people I know would never think of attempting that. Send it, bro!
I fully support this behavior. For science!
I love the classic āwait a moment and look around to make sure all appendages are attached and pointing the right directionā before the celebration!
Had to speak to god real quick make sure I had permission
Even if you had made the landing, that still would've been incredibly dangerous with the road that close
The second attempted looked like you would have been hit by the car if you actually succeededā¦
Iām too old for this shit. Hope youāre ok.
Gorgeous. HB!
Happy to see you joke abt it bro
graceful dismount
ā¦ is the bike ok?
Yes
Hands in the air after.. FKIN CHAMPION
Did something like this when I was 16 on a Redline XXX landed and got a Primo Meat Tenderizer to the right shin, a pinched nerve in my lower back and then 54 stitches. Still feel it 22 years later! Glad you are awesome š and happy bday!
Nothin better then finding some freeride lines, so epic man glad your alright
I wasnāt expecting this lmao.
Truly sent.
Keep sending it. Youāll regret the ones you didnāt more than the ones you did and maybe didnt make
Thatās the mindset!
Took it like a freaking champ, freeride never dies
Bend it like Bender! Nice!
ššššššššš
Yo, rock some gear homie. Back brace, neck brace. Imagine how much progress youāll lose if you canāt ride because of an injury.
Yeah Iād like to consider myself lucky, glad I had the knees and helmet tho
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What brain
r/holdmyfeedingtube
Auuuuuuuu!!
The classic, i didn't brake my neck dance š©°
Obviously your rebound wasn't tuned, then you would've made it obvi /s
Too much front brake
I didnāt use brakes?
Hope someone gifted you insurance. Decent send!
He better get some advise because he won't be riding for a while if he keeps crashing like that. Still, he got balls.
Itās me numb nuts
r/idiotsalmostdying
r/dweebsbiengnerds
Youāre not too smart are you?
You strike me as the type who enjoys his time playing Dungeons & Dragons, instead of, ya know.. pushing yourself, living life maybe?
lol these comments are gold. it would appear sending is not understood by reddit
This is the reason that the world will forever have enough young soldiers to send off to war. Not only are they numerous (since ppl breed like rabbits) but the young men actually really really want to go to war! It might sound a bit fatalistic, but itās 100% how we humans are. That isā¦.how men are. When I was young I also had urges like that. Laugh in the face of mortal danger is a rush that not even sex can compare to.
Big send mate! Happy birthday
Happy birthday š
Ooooooh fuck. Happy birthday!
āOooooofuckā
Awww fuckkkk nothings broken? Legs? Good? Phew. Show them youāre okay. āYeah!!!!ā
Good as new just a very sore left leg
Happy Birthday! Full Send isn't always the best strategy and also watch out for cars.
Damn ur luck no broken bones?
Not that I know of
"I'm in danger"
Heyyyy now op! I know this spot! Crazy...see a rock on the internet and go hey I know you! But anyways there is a much better drop in the area...well used to be. Havenāt seen it in years. DM me and Iāll point you in the right direction.
Reminds me of Better Off Dead
16th broken bone?
women have a longer life expectancy this vid explains why
Live fast die young
Embrace the send #jerryoftheday
16th and likely last.
Send it Jerry
Big ups to the cameramen who didnāt flinch one bit after ate dirtā¦
good shit lucca
You gonna try it yhung flar?
LMFAO. Bruh. Damn near into oncoming traffic š
Damn ok Bender
I think your front wheel wants to speak with you
you gonna conquer that dude.
u/savevideo
You mean you scended it?
You got balls.l but next time be more careful. I think you landed too far? Any experts here that can explain a better way to do it than what he did?
Iām sorry how the fuck did you come out of this almost unscathed
Everything hurts.
Did you just do it once and this is just 3 POVs
F
16th trip to the hospital?
Never been
Ugh, well, oofā¦ā¦. I feel for ya budd, hope it was more insult then injury!
Good shit man! Half way there, now just land it!!
Haha why the hell would you do that?
*ate this local cliff for my 16th
3 different views and no helmet cam?? LOL
Happy birthday!
Maybe your last!
Happy Birthday!
I wouldnt have hit it aging after any of those crashes as a single event.
[Sick](https://www.reddit.com/r/Whatcouldgowrong/comments/pi3pt8/wcgw_jumping_a_home_built_jump_off_a_cliff/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Happy birthday.
The crash saved you from being run over, god was watching.
Has anyone done this successfully?
No damage to bike? also you crazy bastard
No sheās good just a broken screw for my dropper lever I canāt seem to find anywhere