Video: Friday Fails #251

Dec 8, 2022 at 15:05
by Pinkbike Originals  

We've got another great batch of fails for you this Friday!




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75 Comments
  • 53 0
 Fat case..
  • 3 1
 Indeed. In french: "du gras du lourd" Smile
  • 14 0
 Your videographer calls out Fat Case in the air... you are F'd.
  • 5 1
 I am eating a sandwich and spit a chunk on my desk when he called that.
  • 38 0
 Everyone waiting for the splash at 3:15 including probably the rider himself? Surprising ending.
  • 5 0
 Now that's why you need a fullface helmet!
  • 2 0
 @IluvRIDING: and eye protection.
  • 26 1
 Fine line between a lot of this week's crashes being funny and being life in a wheelchair injuries, so many of them could have gone really bad. I watch Friday Fails to remind myself to ride for tomorrow ....
  • 14 2
 Bikes have gotten much much faster over 20 years, trails have gotten way more high energy, but the ability of the human body to absorb impact has remained fixed. And energy is 1/2MVsquared, so when V goes up a little bit, the impact energy goes up a ton. The difference between 11mph and 15mph is more than DOUBLE the impact energy. Across a population, 3mph faster means a ton more human damage.
FF needs a surgical impact appendix.
  • 8 0
 I think everyone should see the bad crashes to see what can go wrong and how they ended up crashing so badly. It's gruesome but educational, like a pilot studying air crashes.
  • 14 3
 @4thflowkage: Like this guy said. We should have follow-up videos Wheelchair Wednesdays.
  • 1 0
 @Mtmw: helmets and other protection have also improved, which adds mitigation.

Also, the human body has an almost inmate reflex to adequately protect it's most vital areas. Humans are not a ball simply crashing into a wall.

We all crash. Push your limits responsibly.
  • 16 0
 Guy at 2:53....... full neck scorpion
  • 1 0
 Wow! Looked like a floor exercise in gymnastics.
  • 1 0
 @ismellfish: He need's an exorcism now
  • 13 0
 The silver YT dude from 0:55 and 2:32 should slow down a bit, he won't make it to Chritsmas
  • 3 2
 Those silver handlebars look incredible. I predict this to be the next trend in MTB.
  • 14 0
 Please ban vertical videos.
  • 1 0
 They are just asking for karma to get them.
  • 11 0
 ✔ $4,000 bike
▢ Proper body position
▢ Proper protection
▢ Proper instruction
✔ Trying a 14" jump
  • 10 1
 Most people can manage a 14 inch jump.
  • 7 0
 Love the formatting of this comment. Kudos.
  • 4 0
 @dirtmcleod: I find your excess faith in me disturbing.
  • 3 0
 @iammarkstewart: You're in the not most category.
  • 2 0
 @dirtmcleod: Tooshay, :-(
  • 11 0
 Hulk hand pogies at 3:05
  • 2 0
 Yeah, where can I get some of them giant riding oven-mitts?
  • 7 0
 Guy at 3:12 just justified that chin guard to himself for the rest of his riding career.
  • 8 0
 In youth we learn, in age we understand
  • 6 0
 Love this trend of touching down in a stoppie on the wrong side of the landing...
  • 1 0
 I just assumed a new video with lots of tire taps was making the rounds & those were all the failed attempts.
  • 1 0
 I'm trying to puzzle out the physics of that. Are they grabbing the front brake...?
  • 4 0
 Guy at 3:15 - I've hit a cedar tree like that, shoved pieces of the branch under the skin above my ear, blood everywhere. Had to go to my veterinarian buddy after hours to pull them out and disinfect it.
  • 3 0
 Good lord that frighted me at first glance not noticing his full face on!
  • 2 0
 For me it's a tie this week. The guy who faceplanted on the rock slab probably sustained more damage, but the dude falling so ignominiously off the end of the wooden jump platform and continuing to get rag-dolled on the slope below had such fail Je ne sais quoi. It's not always about the fat case....
  • 1 0
 The expression "I'm too old for this..." can be a cop out, but for crashing methinks it fits well.

I don't need to be landing hard on my shoulder / collar bone, and experiencing other deceleration events.
  • 3 0
 The Friday Fail is the news of the development of brakes specific for headset cable routing.
  • 2 0
 to answer this weeks questions "No, i'm not ok", "No, i'm not alright", "Yes, it was definitely your fault, even if it wasn't"
  • 2 0
 How chilled is the guy leaning on the shovel at 2:22. Crash ends directly in front of him, no reaction.
  • 4 1
 Answer to 1:10... Not OK. She looks stiff KO'd.
  • 3 0
 It was good videography though to stylishly capture the exploding dirt to give the real feeling of the impact
  • 1 0
 Yeah your friend is knocked the f out!!
  • 1 0
 I've seen 1:17 before - I think (she?) didn't know it all went south. It looked like it was going to be successful and then....
  • 3 0
 Holy fuckin scorpion. Hope you didn't break the back there buddy.
  • 1 0
 Kid in the blue puffer looked like he got knocked out. And the soundtrack at 1:31 was epic.
  • 2 0
 It's already Christmas, very good batch...
  • 2 0
 Sliding off wooden feature and landing like a sack of Sh%t.. priceless..
  • 1 0
 i had the george of the jungle theme song going in my head today
  • 1 0
 So many endos this Friday
  • 1 1
 Sometimes I watch these and try to figure out what went wrong:
- Why did the guy at 1:15 explode?
  • 1 1
 Both wheels started slipping throwing his weight forward, bars angled into the turn pushed the wheel to turn too far to the left and... endo
  • 1 0
 This week's episode: Attempting To Style
  • 2 1
 substantial number of OTB/dirt sandwich/broken collarbones this week
  • 1 1
 0:54 He's George, George, George of the Jungle..... Watch out for that TREE!
  • 1 0
 I get a chuckle every time I watch FF
  • 2 1
 Guys, they’re just playing hardcore Skidendo
  • 1 1
 Jumpendo?
  • 1 0
 yes...yes, it was your fault...
  • 2 0
 Faceplant Friday…
  • 3 1
 The bar mitts
  • 1 1
 that last fail is rider error. supposed to be hipped, the step up is further down.
  • 1 0
 Friday Fails Nose heavy edition, ouch!!!!
  • 1 0
 The scorpion and face to jagged tree limb were standouts.
  • 1 1
 There is probably some magic in going down a steep hill seated. Goosey, eject!
  • 1 0
 Endos make up the majority of FF's,it seems. I wonder why?
  • 1 0
 Is 0:28 the Pinkbike drop at Highland?
  • 1 0
 0:55 riding properly loose
  • 1 0
 Squirrels!
  • 1 0
 what happened at 0:14?
  • 4 0
 There was a hole under the tarp.
  • 1 1
 Looked like his 'friends' played stupid prank on him. uncool
  • 4 0
 @JohanG: That is an odd trail feature
  • 1 0
 "My gears skipped."
  • 1 0
 I love Friday fails!
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