54 Fails For Your Friday - Mind Spark Edition

Dec 7, 2012
by MIND SPARK CINEMA  
Mind Spark Cinema - The Crash Compilation

by mindspark
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One of the first orders of business for Mind Spark Cinema was obvious - create a crash compilation of the best, worst, strangest and funniest crashes we've captured over the last few years. This is the result.

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210 Comments
  • 437 2
 Weird, any desire I had to learn tail-whips or front-flips has completely disappeared
  • 197 0
 No kidding. Snapping a fork on a front flip like that couldn't have gone any better though....
  • 42 0
 The joyride crashes seemed the worst Frown
  • 70 4
 Nice to see that Howey had a crash.... Proves he's human.
  • 14 6
 Never stop,Never
  • 79 0
 This reminds me; that the Pro's have fallen many times. We usually only see the videos with only the best takes put together. But the reality is, they have fallen, hard, many times, but the reason they are so good is because they get back up and try again!

Inspiring Smile in so many ways beyond just mountain biking.
  • 262 6
 I blame 90% of these fails on skinny jeans.
  • 9 0
 Yeah the fork snapping one is actually pretty funny. I'm sure the rider wasn't too stoked at the time, but it's better than his face hitting that lip. The one where the dude hit his nads on the metal railing at the skatepark made me cringe a lot though. Ouch...
  • 4 2
 holy pucker video batman
  • 15 0
 also, seems folks don't tie thier shoes.....counted 4 lost shoes
  • 8 53
flag paulclarke (Dec 7, 2012 at 9:18) (Below Threshold)
 These are ALL photoshopped. You can totally tell. Wink
  • 6 1
 01.05 .. noo lost your glasses Wink
  • 6 0
 Thanks! I don't even want to ride this weekend now.
  • 6 1
 ha ha, skinny jeans are funny... but obviously not functional Frown
  • 2 0
 all the guy is think at 2:32 is "man am i glad i cased that jump"
  • 1 0
 man that fork failure could have been deadly.. watched it happen to a buddy while riding trials and when the steer tube snapped it went through his face.... it was scary shit.
  • 3 0
 how did that front wheel at 1:55 not taco? Should've been an instant mexican dish
  • 2 0
 Broken fork and walks it off like a boss.
  • 2 0
 How is the guy in the third to last crash? I crashed like that a month and half ago, and shattered my collarbone. If his is still in one piece, life's not fair. But seriously, I hope he, nor none of you (is)are injured in a crash like that. Damnnn, even if I could ride, I wouldn't want to. (2:45)

@RedzNC, apparently a well built wheel, would love to know what it is.
  • 1 0
 Mannn...i gonna retire my body armor on this hills this year - but i think i wont be giving up anytime soon now...eeeee
  • 1 0
 @RedzNC the rim definitely bent you can see it as the bike falls on its side, looks like a crescent moon ;-)
  • 1 0
 Well Shit...
  • 1 0
 1:48 did he get K'Oed?
  • 1 0
 I'm pretty sure he did, at least momentarily. Definitely one of the scarier crashes I've witnessed.
  • 2 0
 All this numbers showed in the end remind me about Strengh in Numbers. Have any sense?
  • 1 0
 Is it weird that this makes me want to ride?
  • 1 0
 Im not the only one.. To see some of these bails make me want to stick to simple whips Frown
  • 1 0
 the expresion on his face is hilarious when that fork snaps off
  • 92 1
 As if Friday wasn't awesome enough...
  • 6 1
 Exactly what i was thinking.
  • 29 0
 you know you use pinkbike too much when you recognize nearly all of the videos these fails are from......
  • 3 0
 Angryham you just read my mind
  • 1 0
 i always look forward waking up on a friday and watching this! what he said ^
  • 90 1
 Sure makes my couch look safe....
  • 27 1
 is it fire retardent ?
  • 21 0
 With the Cheeto's crust and the amount of beer and hangover sweats that it has soaked up over the years....likely so.
  • 3 0
 Hangovers are best treated with cheeto's for sure...... and chocolate milk, My couch is like a snack factory it's a wonder the old lady even sits on it
  • 2 1
 nope, best cure is to drink more!
  • 52 1
 after watching this i realize its always good to wear a helmet
  • 25 0
 along with pads, gloves and other cool stuff.. Man than was intense... That first fail coul be a comercial for Commencial.
  • 15 0
 as well as wrapping yourself in bubble wrap all over...
  • 2 0
 When I go over the handlebars, even when I stick my hands out I somehow always hit my head or face.
  • 21 0
 Always bring a towel.
  • 23 1
 54 reasons why our sport has the athletes that have the biggest balls and are the most hardcore.
  • 3 0
 I agree, they can almost pedal with their balls..
  • 5 0
 And there isn't even a rampage crash in here..
  • 10 1
 "our sport"...??? 85 % of the guys here are happy to survive a 3foot drop :p
  • 3 0
 hhaha thats me, the curb jumper
  • 3 0
 pfft lame! I'm a curb scrubber
  • 19 0
 when I watch this It reminds me again that there are really lucky angels out there! Yes we get hurt but it could be all worse... those guys better have a good Physio and do their stretching ! ..because when you get older you understand that you pay a prize for all those crashes! And I know what i am talking about here..I am 35 and did Dirt Competitions from 1996 till 2011.
  • 2 0
 Hell yeah TIMO!! Haven't seen your massive backflips in a while. You are one bad man. I can't wait to get back to Berlin.
  • 15 0
 Some of those were savage.. damn!
  • 2 0
 utterly violent!
  • 12 1
 54 reasons to stick to my "wheels on the ground" policy.
  • 4 0
 the best crashes are the ones where the guy just sits there in shame (and we know they're ok), just thinking "did that really just happen?" like the attempted flare that just has a soft landing on the trees, the bike that magically decides to stand up on its own, or the guy with the broken fork lol. Just the moments that people were glad to have caught on film. The laughing rider just face-palming himself X)
  • 5 0
 Jack's slam at 2:45 didn't look the slightest bit fun. Best part was when Rheeder snapped his fork though, slides away like nothing happened.
  • 1 0
 is he ok? (2:45)
  • 1 0
 He had a pretty solid concussion but otherwise OK.
  • 1 0
 oh good. I crashed like that and shattered my collarbone.
  • 2 0
 If anybody ever told me that somebody could break their front forks clean off during a jump, and not take a taste of the dirt, I'd tell them they were full of it. That kid should have gone immediately to the store and bought a lottery ticket.
  • 2 0
 He just decided to put it into getting forth overall on the fmba this year :p
  • 6 0
 so i guess thats why rheeder doesnt ride his pike any more.
  • 2 0
 Good for him Wink . A frontflip + a Pike/an Argyle is never a confidence inspiring combination.
  • 1 0
 hahaha i had a "lucky" snap with my pike too, but cased a hip. if it wasnt a hip, i would not currently have a face.
  • 1 2
 The way he landed on that jump put extreme pressure on the steertube that would only happen in that exact scenario. I think most 1.125 steertube forks would have snapped.
  • 3 0
 10 minutes ago i've been watching Daniel Sandoval's new edit. I was stoked and I needed bike. After watching this i'm glad it's snowing and a liitle pause didn't hurt anyone yet:p
  • 2 0
 The first one was funny Though, the bike just stands there while the rider flys away lol. Thats our Sport and we gotta deal with it, if u havent fall yet, ur time is coming. On my last crash i fractured my elbow but i'm back again ready for another one!!
  • 2 0
 So now Pinkbike has provided us with - Monday: Heres some cool videos that make you want to ride but you cant because its Monday, and now Its Friday: Heres some videos that will scare you form riding on your weekend...thanks guys!
  • 1 0
 Crashes and injuries are always gonna be a part of this sport, but they will never keep us from riding and having fun on our bike!
..after every injury, the desire to get back out there gets bigger and bigger every time!
Mountain biking is not just a sport, it's a way of LIVING! Smile
  • 4 1
 Idk why but seeing these videos makes the sport seem to much more real and makes the pros seem less godlike. It makes them seem almost human ;D
  • 4 0
 ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow
  • 2 0
 and then some....
  • 2 0
 Wow it really seems that (for the most part) we have reached a stage where our bikes a better equipped to go through the crap we put them through than our bodies are! Fortunately our bodies heal. Bikes don't!
  • 2 1
 One day we will have the option to have wolverine skeletons and healing , just gotta wait for the radiation levels to get a bit higher.
  • 2 0
 i feel the pain of some of those guys...i had a few high speed crashes this past season and they were no fun. im not crazy enough to do whips or flips so i dont know anything about those crashes though...
  • 1 0
 Not to discredit any of the other riders, because there was certaintly bigger things in the video, but Aggy trying to backflip the crabapple hits blows my mind, probably because ive ridden them and can't even straight clear em.
  • 2 0
 This really makes you appreciate full-face helmets, and pads, and any other "anti-fail sequel implements" around in the market!
  • 3 0
 That Guy wouldn't have snapped the fork if he had a 3" steerer. I think we need a new standard to address this !
  • 1 0
 hahahaha COD.
  • 1 0
 What I mean is that some guys rip their bikes in two or demolish a rim. Some of the crashes at crankworx 2012 was 10 times worse. I agree that many of these crashes are funny and pretty crazy.
  • 5 1
 prefer the fails of no name riders, not pro s trying massive tricks :/
  • 6 1
 I can't agree with you on this one. Seeing the pros get their lickings makes it all seem more real and attainable. If the pros were always flawless it would be discouraging every time we crashed; instead, by seeing that the best of the best still have their failures before their epic successes, it encourages me to keep pushing and trying because thats the same way that the pros got to where they are. Casing a jump hurts just the same whether you are a no-name rider or a pro, the pros just get their "web-redemption" shot to show what perseverance is.
  • 1 0
 one of the, if not the most entertaining crash reel I've ever seen- awesome work! also liked that none of the crashes really made you cringe, but instead just made you say 'oh shit, that sucks, ha haa.'
  • 3 0
 Awesome vid. Great editing. But they didn't fail, they tried. That's the most important thing.
  • 2 0
 good bye ribs, good bye wrists, good bye leg, good bye face, good bye 400 dollar helmet, good bye forks, good bye back, good bye tail bone, good bye life! ha ha sweet vid
  • 2 0
 judging by the mid air dismounts, vid proves that the mountain biking community are actually a world wide fraternity of ninjas
  • 1 0
 I did a front flip (accidental) over a boulder yesterday and landed on more boulders. Really makes me wish I had a camera for all the times I've crashed... would make me feel a lot better afterwards lol.
  • 1 0
 I wholeheartedly respect all crashes & try not to laugh out loud.... but that guy who smashed his balls cracked me up....
  • 2 0
 i only hit my thigh, no balls were damaged!
  • 1 0
 I'm glad to hear that Smile
  • 2 0
 Next time i go out im wrapping my mattress around me,absolutely gruesome,OUCH,OUCH,OUCH
  • 1 1
 WOW! Serious piles there. Again though, it makes me wonder why everyone wears only knee pads? I'm pretty sure I didn't see one bail that used them. They all looked upper body and head smashers to me.
  • 2 0
 Well .... i got to thank someone for this edit ....

One lesson learnt ....

If it's going tits up = Bail Out Quickly ! Smile
  • 1 0
 My Life motto mate haha Smile
  • 2 0
 Is it just me or are these vids better than the ones where they make all the jumps?
  • 1 0
 Sometimes one wants to cringe, sometimes one nearly dies laughing watching this sort of thing. Guy at 1.22 is having the Killer Whale treatment given him by his bike.
  • 4 1
 I never want to see this video again! Hope everyone is/was ok!
  • 3 0
 NO MORE, PLEASE! so painfull to watch
  • 4 0
 Helmets save lives!
  • 2 0
 Song ?
-edit-
ok, found it > Lorenzo's Music - You Got To Feel It Tonight
  • 4 1
 HEY! "why do you where a helmat?" this is why dick head!
  • 1 0
 You know when you watch those videos of guys shredding like made, pulling tricks aftter tricks. Yeah this is what you have t go through to get that!
  • 1 0
 watch it again, but watch only the bikes... besides the snapped fork, these rigs take some serious abuse and stand up to it. its actually amazing!
  • 1 0
 1:56
That's what you get for trying to jump on a bike with silly sized wheels. When will people learn that 29ers are road bike with thicker tyres
  • 1 0
 Pike с оторванным штоком вообще порадовал )
  • 3 0
 2:45 looks brutal
  • 1 0
 Bone chilling, lmao. reminds me of this past season, (my first season) haha, so many falls.
  • 2 0
 Wow...this makes my collar bone hurt again!!
  • 1 0
 Am I the only one that felt as if most of these "fails" were actually some pretty gnarly crashes?
  • 1 0
 well you definitely know the toughest sport out there eh! man did those guys ever take a beatin
  • 2 0
 So thats why ive never seen Paul do a flipwhip
  • 2 0
 This was hard to watch... So many face plants.
  • 1 0
 what edit is the flip from fogel near the end from? Ive never seen that footage before!
  • 5 0
 You mean you identified all sections but this one??
  • 1 0
 Its still locked on larocques page. Has been that way for some time.
  • 2 3
 I love watching these videos its so much more fun laughing at someone elses crash. In a video you can see whats happened when I crash I have to guess what happened or ask someone who saw what happened.
  • 1 0
 watching this makes me wonder if bikes were designed to flip apparently they were not.
  • 1 0
 Some of those look evil. Im glad nobody has had a video camera pointed at me on certain occasions
  • 1 0
 1:53 I am truly amazed that that guy's rim didn't snap, that flex it had... omg!
  • 1 0
 to learn all that tricks first you have to try and crash and still crashing again....but what a crashes..wow
  • 1 0
 to learn all that tricks first you have to try and crash and still crashing again....but what a crashes..wow
  • 1 0
 I like the one where the rider crashes off the jump... yup, that is definitely my fave....
  • 2 0
 Sooo many lost shoes..............
  • 2 0
 Kinda wish i could see what happened to the other guy at 0:58
  • 1 0
 I'm sitting here watching this video looking at the cast on my right arm thinking to myself "I cant wait to ride again"!
  • 2 0
 This is exactly why I don't do tricks
  • 1 0
 good way to wake up to a coffee on a sunday morning Smile good reel keep em coming! should have fail sundays!!!!!!!
  • 1 0
 I would hardly call these "fails," it's more of a compilation of impossible stunts by incredible riders.
  • 1 0
 ok honestly we've all had our moments biking that would easily make it in this video. every one screws up once or twice!
  • 1 0
 15 weeks and still not recovered from a dislocated shoulder I felt everyone of those ouch, I like the broken forks one ha ha
  • 2 0
 always fun to watch
  • 1 0
 unless he hits so hard you can feel it Frown
  • 2 0
 lol
  • 1 0
 i missed the 720 bar fail at fade away session Big Grin
  • 1 0
 Rheeder stuck that fork snap beautifully.
  • 1 0
 Makes me want to go ride. Too bad its raining Frown
  • 2 0
 what happened at 2:20?
  • 2 0
 Howey was skewered in the ribs by a trailside stick and it tore his jersey up to the armpit. Luckily it didn't puncture him.
  • 1 0
 2:30...that was the best outcome i've ever seen for a fork snap ever
  • 1 0
 That guy must have landed perfectly to snap his fork like that.
  • 1 0
 its watching that make me feel better about getting it wrong
  • 1 0
 More videos like this please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • 1 0
 2:30 is the luckiest man ever in the world!
  • 2 0
 awesomeBig Grin
  • 1 0
 The one where the guy brakes is rock shox pike fork is the funniest
  • 2 0
 2:11
  • 1 0
 1:54..... hit his head, SO hard...... D:
  • 1 0
 HAPPY NEW 2013 YEARRRR Cool ))
  • 1 0
 those are some crazy hard hits
  • 1 0
 paul crashes really hard a lot.
  • 2 0
 shit..
  • 1 0
 jack's b-flip crash near the end, makes me want to throw up
  • 2 0
 good job pb ;D
  • 1 0
 crazy kids and their skinny jeans. props for givin'er 110%.
  • 1 0
 brett rheeder and his pike broken, OMG!
  • 2 0
 Crazy kids today -
  • 1 0
 1:10 double tailwhip to frontlip. yes boy!
  • 1 0
 Makes snapping a fork look so easy. It hurt much more when I broke mine.
  • 1 0
 I'm in pain!
Oh, is there a video for 2:45?
  • 1 0
 There is, it'll be released eventually!
  • 2 0
 "mom, look at this!"
  • 1 0
 That plaque wedge to whip looked savage!
  • 1 0
 how the hell do they get up from those wrecks!! these guys are nuts
  • 1 0
 Im trying backflips on dirt with no practiceFrown
  • 2 0
 f'n ouch!
  • 1 0
 I was debating on watching this...
  • 1 0
 I just had to watch this before a ride.
  • 2 0
 YARD SALE!
  • 2 1
 Dame, i bought yesterday a Pike! =D
  • 1 0
 Great way to learn during tomorrow practice
  • 1 0
 Bud Light does not make you ride better
  • 2 0
 CARNAGE!
  • 1 0
 2:16 - Dirt jump sucker punches rider and steals wallet.
  • 1 0
 pleaseeeeeeeee be a new series
  • 1 0
 FINALLY a video on here that I can relate to!
  • 1 0
 56 seconds i wanna see wat happens next Big Grin
  • 2 0
 He managed to slide out of that one relatively OK. Still a scary one to watch.
  • 1 0
 yeah i meant with the guy that was gonna land basically on top of him
  • 2 0
 yah can't land em all..
  • 2 0
 what happened at 2:20
  • 2 0
 a sharp trailside stick stabbed him in the ribs and tore his jersey up to the armpit.
  • 2 0
 one word "OUCH!!!"
  • 1 0
 just to painful to watch, that nutcracker at 2:21 was very familiar hahaha
  • 1 0
 1:07 oops! popped my nuts!
  • 1 0
 all i got to say is OUCH!!!!!!!
  • 1 0
 2:44 I think I would have been done for the day.
  • 1 0
 yehhppppp just broke my ass.
  • 1 0
 Damn!! Even the best fall down!!!! Sick!!
  • 1 0
 ass hurts watching it. lol
  • 1 0
 Some of the crashes you can feel the pain! lol
  • 2 0
 Look Ma, no hands! -CF-
  • 1 0
 We forgot to mention no riders were hurt filming this video...
  • 1 1
 i dont wanna watch this. lol
  • 1 0
 Iv seen worse
  • 1 0
 We've all seen worse ....Have you filmed worse? ... what's your point ...
  • 1 0
 song???
  • 1 0
 ouch...!!
  • 1 4
 darn idiots!!! you ruined my weekend! now go ride yourselves..... Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin
  • 2 5
 dirt jumping fails anyway, so most of those shots are redundant.
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