We've all been there: It's the rock roll you've done a thousand times before, that one off-camber root section, or maybe it's your first time hitting a brand new drop - you crash. Accidentally crashes are part of our sports. EVOC certainly don’t want you to provoke crashes for this competition but they would like to keep you safe on your next adventure by dishing out prizing for the best fail of each month. Here are our picks for November.
#1 - Whistler, Canada
#2 - Cebu, Phillipines
#3 - Munich, Germany
#4 - Montreal, Canada
#5 - South Berwick, USA
#6 - Frankfurt, Germany
#7 - Newbury, UK
#8 - Pinkbike photographer Paris Gore - Lake Oswego, USA
EVOC will retire to their viewing room to pick their favourite fail for the month, the winner will be announced in the next article and take home some sweet EVOC product.
October Winner: Ruddriderr
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#3 mate... srsly... good effort. To keep crashing over and over and still roll in with equal amounts of beans each time. Mad props.
#6's Funeral will be held next week.
Also I still don't really understand how number 2 went so wrong.
In slow-motion if you go frame by frame you can see him get lower and lower and more and more back, until he stops moving down and his hips actually go forwards. I think that's the moment his butt hits the wheel and gets pushed forward. It's also the moment the nose pitches down.
Either way, like others have said, braking on the takeoff isn't a good idea, whether you do it with brake pads or your butt.
The more I look at it the more I'm convinced he stopped the rear wheel with his butt, and not his brakes, right as the rear wheel reaches the end of the ramp. You can see the black stickers on his white rims spinning very fast in the run-up. The stickers stop spinning around just as his butt gets to its lowest point and in the next frame his nose is diving.
#2 what ?? i still dont understand what happened
#3 props! thats real dedication
#4 Never go full enduro (goggles)
#5 ok
#6 you better change your helmet after that
#7 NOSE BONK !!!
#8 was it tasty ? looked yummy
october winner : hope you're alive or not paralyzed man .. be responsible and stop freeride
The thud was the sound nightmares are made of.
Pretty much same as last month's winner.
#3 - for the sheer number of entries - taken in a day.
#4,for putting his back through a dead tree is the winner for me
#6's Funeral will be held next week.
Then #4 for almost pulling off the 360 save
Then #6 what the hell even happened?
#3, the determination is amazing.
m.pinkbike.com/video/448165
Fashion before safety :-)