Throwback Thursday: That Time Anthony Napolitan Almost Impaled Himself Trying to Front Flip Over a Fence

Jun 23, 2022
by Sarah Moore  


This could have been so much worse.




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42 Comments
  • 177 1
 Been wanting to learn front flips, but this really has me on the fence about it
  • 34 4
 If he wanted to ride a pike he should have bought a RockShox
  • 10 16
flag BenPea (Jun 23, 2022 at 13:36) (Below Threshold)
 Ok guys, you can switch off the internet now.
  • 6 0
 Gee, he really stuck the landing
  • 48 0
 He could have easily tripled his asshole count. In one move!
  • 48 0
 Sometimes life gives you a VERY CLEAR warning.
  • 55 10
 Only someone with a bmx background could spot that landing so perfectly on top of the fence. Bravo!
  • 18 0
 He's not even close to clearing that fence.
  • 20 3
 this would be enough of a scare for me to stop riding
  • 24 0
 No not stop riding but stop making stupid stuff....
  • 17 1
 Try telling ya mates at the pub, about this gnar, without camera footage.
  • 15 0
 Death was taking a nap. Thank goodness.
  • 13 0
 Haha I thought the #colonybmxbrand was a colon joke
  • 11 0
 He's got a helmet
  • 2 0
 I was surprised by that too
  • 4 1
 I don't know. "What In The Heck Guy" kinda takes away from it for me. This is a full on you-have-to-be-shitting-me moment and "heck" is the best exclamation he's got. Also, I dispute WITHG's claim that's it's a save. Just a ludicrously lucky fail.
  • 6 0
 If at first you don't succeed, try, try again
  • 1 0
 He wasn't close and easily could have been impaled. He obviously didn't really plan/think this one through and it's pretty stupid tbh. I would not be laughing had I ended up in that position, I would be shitting my pants and possibly crying as I considered how close I was to getting a new anus.
  • 5 1
 Can i tell it? What an idiot to try that trick Smile
  • 4 0
 Fencing is an Olympic sport.
  • 1 0
 he copyrighted that clip and made a bunch of money off it. making a the best out what could have been very very bad. napolitan is an incredible rider for those who don't know
  • 3 0
 cameraman's reaction at the end of the clip about sums up my reaction
  • 3 2
 Sometimes, when there's a lot at STAKE, bad decisions are made! He came very close to experiencing what a convicts first day in Cell Block D is like.
  • 3 0
 that was the day to but a lottery ticket.......
  • 2 0
 If there is a god, he/she must have been there, that day!
  • 23 1
 checks out, God doesn't like that sort of penetration
  • 10 1
 @overconfident: Other gods are available.
  • 1 0
 @overconfident: hmm, conflicting opinions here...
youtu.be/NicfLmpYuy8
  • 9 7
 Bmx background
  • 2 0
 Murphy's law?
  • 4 1
 Murphy's Law couldn't do the math on how to ruin him this time. Utterly fried the circuits in the Murphy machine.
  • 1 0
 few more inches forward and my man is getting violated
  • 1 0
 Front flip to fence seat. Insane to hit it first try.
  • 1 0
 Almost went down in the annals of BMX history as the first fencestration.
  • 13 12
 Darwin runner-up
  • 5 1
 But he didn't die..
  • 4 0
 @danielfloyd: lol my coach’s favorite question “but did you die?”
  • 3 3
 You could say that about most mountain bike vids then? Just because it almost went wrong for this guy, doesn’t make him more idiotic.
  • 2 2
 shish kebab. stupid ass
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