A few months ago we showed a
few videos that gave a good laugh. Recently as I was watching random vids (come on, like you guys don't kill time at work watching videos on PB...) I came across a bunch of clips that made me cringe, I found 10 of the most viewed crash videos and put them in here.
Wow is all I have to say! Got more crashes that we haven't seen? Upload em' and put a link in the comments. Had a crash and happy to have walked away? Let us hear about that too!
not to bad but just rough. gopro ftw
Edit: The last one is the best! haha
I think you all agree they dont get much worse!
on another note, does anyone know where to find the video of sam hill crashing when he clears the rock garden?
.....this looks like an explosion, i never hit it again ha....
www.pinkbike.com/video/148110
www.pinkbike.com/video/97948
Not a gap, but probably just as bad.
Ouch 2>http://www.pinkbike.com/video/119624/ 4th&5th rib broken
enjoy =)
my crash, for your further entertainment...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9bry11oSLg
JORDIE LUNN SENDING IT www.pinkbike.com/video/139306
www.pinkbike.com/video/15804
I'm the second guy that crashed...Tried to ghost my bike, didn't help!!
My streering was pretty f*cked up, but walked way just fine xD
www.pinkbike.com/video/23624
i think this one deserves to be in there.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jz6mpZHfU0
- madam, your son got badly injured and is treated at our facility. - Oh Sweet Heavens! What happened? -I am affraid your son is incredibly stupid. The stupidity is so severe that it caused a fall from the cliff with a bicycle' which led to broken hand and femur. - is he going to be alright? - we thought so while he was unconscious after the surgery, such traumatic events often change people's behaviour, and such harsh stupidity fades. But since half an hour he wrote "go big or go home" and "freeride for life" on his cast, made about 100 pictures of every injury and he posts them on twitter, Facebook, myspace and PInkbike as we speak. -Myspace? But why? - Yes... A next accident is just a matter of time, not mentioning a hardship of life with poser syndrome - can I see him? - no, he is dangerous at the moment, he got furious and even has bitten one of our personel - his friend messaged him that the battery died in the camera right before the crash
Mega props to innicial quote of the first vid: A star that burns twice as bright...only burns half as long.
a href="http://uk.freecaster.tv/mountainbike/1014979/bucs-2011-xc-carnage>BUCS XC carnage/a>
no big crashes, just lots and lots of XC riders crashing down a hill
As for the leat crowd, this is no save all... in fact the evidence bas is frankly shite for MTB & a now hideously unfashionable upper body suit and good full facer is the best evidence based option.
T shirts & leats are the *look*, but they are not a save all, most hits to the head will be ameliorated in MTB by a high quality full face.
I have direct experience of this... I broke my back 6 years ago
I call for what others have suggested: keep the media of these horrible occurrences as they are part of what we do, but bear in mind these are not video games, they are real riders - like you. Retain their dignity for pushing their limits.. like what you do.
As for the no helmet crew.... WTF????
Dan Pastor's 4th gear jump 5th gear pinned, went probably over 250 ft on a 180 jump
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M8lkIFqHt4
seth enslow 300ft crash, though i think the guy in the other video got hurt way worse, but this one is crazy cause hes in middle of the dunes air vack woulda took awhile.
I keep on asking myself why do we do it? Answer is I guess its the thrill and accomplishment of clearing the gap slaying a huge drop or landing that double we've been eyeing, it's almost if we are giving ourselves a new right of passage in our sport a notch on our biking stick thats says "I did it". As a Therapist I've learned to judge and respect my limits versus letting my "mental guts" take over and freeing my inner superman, I guess what I'm trying to say is if you feel that uncomfortable about doing your trick/jump/what ever DON'T DO IT! .....yet'
I love James Wilson take on MTB skills and fitness training: one of the main points of why we train to be better and better on our bikes is injury prevention
Great reading material right here.
I like to ride alone and I am super harsh to myself, sometimes that perfectionism is destroying the whole fun. Especially that I am far from being a perfect rider. However sometimes I have those sparks of genius with what I do on the bike, I plan a move, milisecond thought - if I pull it out, that will be awesome - and then it happens, sometimes with even better outcome than expected and for a moment i feel like a superman.
At the end of the day though, I ride a fkn bicycle. And more higher virtues, high ambitions and all this pish I add to it, worse it becomes, because after all it's doing something, just as walking. Chill out, shut up, just ride it, you are not a hero, you do something completely unnecessary for human existence... a real hero puts his life on the edge (or even over) to save someone elses life. Does stuff that is utilitary. There's nothing like that in MTB. You are just self victimizing person with too little problems
but i wasnt lying either! i didnt actually know what day it is?! and i still dont, oh microsoft says it is wednesday!
hooray! its wednesday!
there you go, pretty bad if you ask me!
Sure in the beginning they were just something people wore while riding, but later on with the help of gangsta-rappaZ it became one of artifacts of skate/BMX culture. Later on someone thought snowboarders look cool in their old, big stretched hats, he had such hat so he thought why not wear it on BMX? Caps and hats are advert posts, simply the first contact of any company with a potential client, more specificaly a 10-15 year old kid. They are the cheapest of the product line, so if you as such kid like Sam Hill or Cedric Gracia and want to be like a bit like them, you will desire something they have - let's say an Oakley hat. It's cheap, you don't have to nag your parents for too much cash. A relationship is built, later on in life you might get back to that company for a helmet, full race kit whatever.
More importantly, as mentioned, these along with that huge sunglasses madness, and flip flops (surfing is cool as well, let's throw it into a bicycle hype pot too) are all over PRO riders. Monster energy, red bull - yea these guys are so good because they are powered by energy drinks yeaaa!!! i want one before my local race!
And to finish up, not wearing a helmet is retarded, including dirt jumps, most don't wear it because they are made into posers... there is no logical excuse, there is just a lame argument: "it's my personal preference". And if someone believes so he is a short sighted, selfish bastard. It is only his preference, as 99,99999% of people knowing him would prefer him to wear a helmet. I assure anyone that most people's preference is not to watch an unconscious kid, not to call an ambulance to pick up such guy, and maybe to keep ambulance available to someone who needs help because of his own stupidity. Ultimately his parents and close ones preference is not to see him at hospital. Some people might prefer not to give public health insurance money to such morons, as these money come from their taxes.
www.pinkbike.com/video/7835
ended up with a stage 3 separated shoulder, broken collarbone, and a bruised pericardium...
Come on you know you all did the same thing at some point in our lives...??
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIigHvvO1Ug
jump over a house:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDGyZrTq8OA
videos.mtb-news.de/videos/view/10929/h
www.pinkbike.com/video/139306
Surely that should be included at the end to cheer us up that you can survive
my best crash so far, some cringeworth ones in there, i hate jumping without a fullface, i like my teeth too much :S
www.pinkbike.com/video/106812
www.pinkbike.com/video/175098
www.pinkbike.com/video/184982
Not a big crash but one that hurt haha, happened just after I started riding
this is bad and he does it twice.
this is a pretty good oneof my friend curtis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA0B2JucDuc
wear a helmet if you go downstairs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUvAQ14Ft1c&feature=related
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqaFRddfSfs
sick
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3BfHZzV36o !
www.pinkbike.com/video/23417
www.pinkbike.com/photo/6383165
that guy not 14 ways to crash
14 ways to loose your shoes