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. Accidental crashes are part of our sport. EVOC certainly don’t want you to crash for this competition, but they would like to keep you safe on your next adventure. They're dishing out prizing for the best fail of each month as voted by you. Here are your picks for August.
#1 - North Yorkshire, UK
#2 - Arcata, USA
#3 - Rostrevor, Ireland
#4 - Cuernavaca, México
#5 - San Clemente, USA
#6 - Dublin, Ireland
#7 - Philipsburg, USA
#8 - Järvsö, Sweden
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.
July Winner: scrobb
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Most internet cinematographers just drop the camera in shock, or give us a view of their shoes.
The good ones will follow the subject to the bitter end.
The great ones hold steady and allow the subject to simply pass out of the frame, while remaining completely still, fixated on the cold, uncaring world. As if to remind us all that after we die, the world will continue on without us. As if we never existed at all.
I may have shed a tear just now.
#2 second place. Flip, guns and stuff.
Trailfail
Snow Summit? Had a blast there this summer.
Ihonestly can't tell which one is worse; #2 in the douchey capri roll up jeans (stay classy girlfriend!) or the idiot in #4 who's wearing sandals.
#6 it's funny because that's the most frequent type of crash that I have; slow and dumb and hilarious.
#7 is just so great because the dude looks like he totally has it in the bag.
Everything was very well until touching the ground...
Too much beer before the race. He just drunk.
And while not being particularly amusing, I think #3 is most in need of some free armour. That looked plain painful!
As for #6 his dog cleaned that totally.
As for July, if someone could put the "droppin" in the dropping at the end that would be funny. I enjoy amateur pron and amateur crashin'. Cheers!
www.pinkbike.com/video/418618
Also on the July winner, maybe someone who knows about backflips can answer, why did he bail out as it seemed he might have landed it?
#4 we've all done it in our backyard at some point in our lives
#6 was my usual sort of crash
And #6 is precisely why I ride flats.
...said nobody ever
Damn, you didn't use my RKO fail
f*cking hilarious.
Nailed it.
This is Fonzie during his High School days.
Win.