no crash, but he did land off the right hand side of the picture doing about 100 miles an hour. if he'd have crashed he wouldn't have made it to race for the UK at the world champs!
yup its the one the athertons jump on earthed, but to be honest its A LOT more impressive when you see it in the flesh. Earthed makes it look small. And your right, it doesn't need a DH bike. Its so smooth, Sam only used about 2 inches of travel. All mountain bike would be fine. Just wouldn't want to try and sort the warranty if you came up short!
so big:P