Clip: Zink 60 foot Canyon Gap Crash

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bermkiller (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:27)

Cam Zink came off the ramp wrong. The result of his crash was due to his huge balls dragging behind him on the takeoff. Dude is freaking gnarly. So bummed didnt get to watch him ride finals but SO stoked he is ok! Looking forward to next rampage. HEAL UP FAST ZINK!!

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flipside (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:31)

Anyone who does Parkour will be jealous of this.

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crividh (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:48)

I'm starting to believe this guy has super powers

Cade1 (Oct 8, 2012 at 10:30)

He's got my respect.

johnjtaylor (Oct 8, 2012 at 10:31)

I can't even comprehend how big his balls must be.

dillonchamberlain (Oct 8, 2012 at 11:10)

"How can he sit down with balls that big?"

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nouser (Oct 8, 2012 at 11:25)

Like this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCHQzk2okoc&feature=related

Sata2007 (Oct 8, 2012 at 11:50)

I would love to see the Mike Hopkins too...these two guys I think had the worse crashes this year....and amazingly, both walked away with bruises and scratches only... PROPS to these guys, holy crap they are made of different wood....

Nickroy (Oct 8, 2012 at 12:26)

bighucker503 this is so sick!!!! . . and i think is from Canada right???

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SamGooch (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:46)

The sound when he hit the ground was brutal!

rockyfreerider (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:54)

Brutal is the right word! That was sooooo scary!

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dirtworks911 (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:31)

Question: What's bigger than Zink's swollen ankles?

Answer: His balls.

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fenderdude345 (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:22)

Can't believe he got up from that

zipe (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:28)

yeah... Zink you're the best and a biiiig part of rampage!

spol (Oct 8, 2012 at 10:35)

He is made of steel!

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togood2die (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:24)

I'd be in the hospital for months, and I'm decently tough... Oh wait, no... I'd never in a MILLION YEARS attempt that. He's my favorite freerider for a reason!

myothercarsa2cv (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:28)

That was the best tuck and roll I've ever seen. To get up from that is just super human. Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery!

Impressed by the response of the boxer dog too

Rideuse67 (Oct 8, 2012 at 10:23)

yeah I noticed the dog too ! Good guy dog !!

Mbarnes (Oct 8, 2012 at 10:46)

How can you fall that far and be ok!!! Absolutely crazy! Red bull really must give you wings.

dogma13 (Oct 8, 2012 at 13:07)

hahahahahaha screw you guys I've seen worse on pinkbike. But the really sad part is: I'm the best in school. got good grades in english. but if you want to to read some stupid: Tooday i destroid mi bak rim wif a wip, becouse i culdnt bring it back!
Is that bad enough for you guys!?
best greeds from austria!

ridenflow (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:27)

Ouch! Lucky he didnt break both legs!!

larryssman7 (Oct 8, 2012 at 10:23)

he is amazing to crash like that and not be destroyed! i should have seen this yesterday before i crashed and broke my collarbone. :/

Bikerhasi FL (Oct 8, 2012 at 10:33)

If I see all these Football Guys after a Foul...watch this...Zink got the Balls !!!

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gnarbar (Oct 8, 2012 at 11:06)

and exactly where were the medics? femurs can snap like twigs, femoral bleeding, life or death in just 60 seconds. no medics on a high risk landing zone like that? nobody in that clip looked like they had half of a f*ck of a clue what to do with the guy.

what no medics...really, even for practice sessions? maybe Red Bull should invest in better rider support and event safety and have a bit more respect for these guys who risk so much for your couple hours of free online HD entertainment after which you get bored and go eat Cheetos in the basement playing PS3 and cook up a bong. how long before someone is crippled for life, with no health insurance and many $100,000's in medical bills, yet all this possibly avoidable by better event safety and better infrastructure.

yeah rad crash bro, super rowdy radical gnar tits

hate away, y'all so hardcore..........keep drinking the Red Bull kool aid, kids

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blackdawg (Oct 8, 2012 at 11:12)

Look at the picture. The two guys with "Fire" on their shirts are the medics. EMT = Emergency Medical Technician.

Now watch the video, one hops on the radio while the other checks down his vertebrae.

gnarbar (Oct 8, 2012 at 11:40)

complete and utter fail. who's taking his helmet off? who's got c-spine control and who's ensuring a safe posture?

MatusL (Oct 8, 2012 at 12:23)

you think that Zink and other riders do that for us? you must be stupid

, at first,they do that becouse they love it, break the limits...

nzstormer (Oct 8, 2012 at 12:33)

gnarbar, don't you see the 2 medics there, one with a big emergency supply bag, and the other putting him in a recovery position? He started on his hands and knees in his own strength holding his own head up, then got helped into a recovery position. You got to see 5 seconds after the crash and you think you know how the response was handled? Rant away if it makes you feel good, but the reality is you don't know what went on at all.

elTwitcho (Oct 8, 2012 at 12:45)

The first guy to reach Zink, within five seconds of him coming to a stop, wearing blue... that's the medic. Maybe you're the one who needs to take a break from the bong hits

gnarbar (Oct 8, 2012 at 12:51)

nzstormer....a few observations:

- one guy "ambles" towards the patient like it's NBD
- randoms are all over the place crowding things and nobody gets them out of the way
- there's no c-spine control
- no helmet removal process
- recovery position isn't suitable for a crash like that

but hey whatever....oftentimes people who've broken their neck in the C's don't even know it's happened and the wrong movement of just 1/2" is all it takes for more severe and permanent damage. even if the patient says they're all good bro and things are cool it should never be taken for granted or accepted, and doing nothing is just as bad as doing the wrong thing in a situation like that

my apologies for actually giving a shit about rider safety

elTwitcho (Oct 8, 2012 at 12:55)

It's not that you're "giving a shit", it's that you're incorrect.

C-spine would have been helpful, as a medic I would have wanted to do that immediately. What you're forgetting is patient consent though, if the patient refuses it, you can't force it on them. If he says "I'm fine, I don't want it" you advise, but you can't force it.

As for "ambling", no medic sprints at a call, it doesn't save any significant time and it's a safety risk. He responded plenty fast enough

gnarbar (Oct 8, 2012 at 13:09)

very good point Twitcho re. consent, and it's hard to judge without knowing all the facts but it just looks like a total shit show to me and could go downhill fast in so many ways it's scary

myothercarsa2cv (Oct 9, 2012 at 2:09)

gnarbar, I sincerely hope that if you have a really nasty fall, no one takes your helmet off with anything other than a dremel.

gnarbar (Oct 9, 2012 at 9:08)

myothercarsa2cv - I sincerely hope you never need medical aid after a crash, you nasty little cave dwelling creature

myothercarsa2cv (Oct 9, 2012 at 9:40)

What's trolling about that? Taking a helmet off someone with possible spinal injuries will do more harm than good. I don't see how that's a "complete and utter fail" at all...? For the same reason you cut someone's trousers off with scissors if they have a broken leg, you'd use a dremel to remove a helmet. Not sure if medics would have them in their bag.
Sorry if I caused offence...

elTwitcho (Oct 10, 2012 at 14:04)

Nah dude. We take the helmet off because you can't get a cervical collar on the patient a d you can't immobilize them on a backboard with a helmet. If you take the helmet off carefully while another person reaches in and stabilizes c spine it's not that dangerous, and it's a lot safer than transporting someone to hospital with a neck injury that isn't secured

a-r-c (Oct 8, 2012 at 11:07)

Lesser men haven't walked away from situations less then this. Zink must be the illigitimate child of chuck norris

tommyriddle FL (Oct 8, 2012 at 12:31)

Mad props to Zink. Dude went huge, dropped in like he wanted that big ass fake check with all those zeros on it, and sh*t just got a bit too real..

Yekaterina (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:53)

not Zink's day i think without this incident Zink would be a good competitor for other riders.

varls1243 (Oct 8, 2012 at 10:07)

How did his leg bones not explode! That was one gnarly crash. Glad he's ok

Pinky1990 (Oct 8, 2012 at 10:59)

Dudes got balls of pure granite

bushwacker420 (Oct 8, 2012 at 11:00)

craziness. even the dog thought that was crazy. i love how the dog was the first to check him out. mans best friend

nation (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:32)

"Ya know, it was only the Canyon Gap. Could've been worse." What else can you say, can't imagine Rampage without Zink

AndyBennett111 (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:47)

mother of god.

samblagy (Oct 8, 2012 at 11:11)

i think 2012 rampage was abit of a let-down without zinc..... i expected someone (zinc) to try flip the canyon gap

tylerthegiant (Oct 8, 2012 at 11:15)

even his dog ran over to tell him how rad that gap was!

naptime FL (Oct 8, 2012 at 11:35)

1st there, paramedic 2nd the DOG!

aideain (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:28)

holllllly shiiitttt! what a mad man!

joeyan11 (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:36)

the thud when he hits made me cringe a bit. fair fookin play

sammers50 (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:58)

why'd he bail he looked pretty good in the air?

Spooner009 (Oct 8, 2012 at 10:11)

If you watch close his front end starts to nose dive i think he bailed because he might have gone over the bars :/

Rolas (Oct 8, 2012 at 10:14)

Thank god he bailed, i can't even imagine nasty rollercoaster would have happened if he didn't

krisrayner (Oct 8, 2012 at 10:26)

+ Judging by where he landed, it looks like he overshot the transition by a fair bit

spendtimebehindbars (Oct 8, 2012 at 12:30)

Yup.. looks like he started to rainbow and was going to overshoot the landing... bad combination. Could've been so much worse though.

piloustar (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:59)

What this guy in red... haha

mtb777 (Oct 8, 2012 at 10:00)

o shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

darich (Oct 8, 2012 at 18:27)

Video pulled

lawrenceh (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:30)

shitt.. that was a huge bang he he landed

RLoganSx (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:32)

Gravity stay the hell away from me!!

nation (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:35)

Gravity ain't got nothin' on Zink!

RLoganSx (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:40)

It did on Saturday. Zink as a lot of heart to want to continue too ride the next day!! Get better Zink!

ryantheodore11 (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:52)

Only amazing people can do that:-)

ObRiEn94 (Oct 8, 2012 at 11:05)

Vod!purely cause he is a machine.

blkmrktcarter (Oct 8, 2012 at 13:43)

So glad you're tough as nails!!!! And ok...

dm-orange (Oct 8, 2012 at 14:52)

Drink Red bull they said! It will give you wings they said!

LANGDALE99 (Oct 8, 2012 at 11:40)

wow ! what a trooper !!

BUGEYrider (Oct 8, 2012 at 12:33)

dog is man's best friend

heatherct (Oct 8, 2012 at 17:55)

that was hard to watch

RatHunter83 (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:26)

What a trooper!!

Spooner009 (Oct 8, 2012 at 10:09)

He went down HARD

ProEdgeBiker (Oct 8, 2012 at 10:41)

YIKES!

tricon (Oct 8, 2012 at 11:22)

Cam Zink=Tank!!

mobil1syn (Oct 9, 2012 at 12:09)

whered the video go

dogma13 (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:25)

OMG in two years he will wright history again!

Lone-Wolf (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:28)

I think you meant "WRITE history again"

dogma13 (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:39)

drunk and writing with the phone, that's fine!

HisShadow (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:46)

i think you meant wrighting on the fone ? :p mhwa

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kinkmister (Oct 8, 2012 at 10:01)

nah man, like the wright brothers, he got some serious air time

space97 (Oct 8, 2012 at 11:00)

@Kinkmister I was thinking the same thing

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HisShadow (Oct 8, 2012 at 9:55)

i love the scene here as he recieves no medical care people rush around to get closer looks with cameras no one can get the damn dog off him and his gf is guna drop from panic .. total cluster fuck and why the f isnt someone with proper medical training by the huge jump when people take it the dude with a fire shirt on looked like he had no idea wtf to do besides touch him in spots and move him about oh this hurts ... i bet ... lol classic . rant done.

nicojryan (Oct 8, 2012 at 10:03)

This is what a first responder is supposed to do. With out examining the patient for what hurts, like feeling for swelling in the abdomen it is impossible to triage a patient and figure out what trauma has occurred. I am sure all the first responders here are well trained. These guys work really hard to save lives (and many are volunteers) and have certain protocol they must follow so that every patient is assessed quickly and accurately. Please, give first responders credit. They have the training to save your (and others) butts.

gnarbar (Oct 8, 2012 at 14:56)

HisShadow...see my points further up the page...no point trying to argue with folk about this shitshow. so many fails on so many levels with how this incident was handled.