Video: Friday Fails #263

 I agree. I sit here going like: yeah, the attempt failed. But when you're doing a serious attempt at a backflip, it's not a fail.

 do some of these OTBs also count as a frontflip attempt?

 I broke a few ribs in a similar manner once. Tipped over on a steep climb into some tall grass and fell directly on an aspen stump. I just told everyone it was on the downhill section.

 @nsmithbmx: I mean, when you fell it technically turned into a downhill section.

 Agree. This one made me happy; it takes a special effort to crash going up. I can relate.

 @nsmithbmx:

Haha! Me too. Worst biking injury to date was a broken sacrum (larger part of your tailbone) doing nearly exactly what that guy did... tried to pop a small wheelie on a techy climb and fell off backwards onto a rock.

 Great trail name

 @lkubica: \m/ Trail Satan

 Excellent foresight - bringing a bed sheet to wrap the body

 Best Friday Fails background ever

 What could he possibly have in there that he needs to ride with?

 @neimbc: massive first aid kit

 @number44: lol

 Could scorpion bike toss for distance become a new event? Looks like lots are practicing it.

 why does my fork creak?

 Dentists love mountain biking!

 It's scary how much of my personal info is out on the internet

 FF shows me that 80% of crashes happen when jumping. MTB gets significantly safer if you avoid airtime.

 @SickEdit: True, to a degree. There is a publication bias though. People will stop to film a jump or drop. The random JRA crashes are much less documented.

 @ak-77: yes that’s a good point. Also jump fails that are caught on video make for “better” watching than others so I’d say there’s a double amount of publication bias.

Also I disagree with the notion that avoiding jumping is the safer way to mtb. Certainly hitting massive gap jumps carries with it a large amount of risk. However, developing good jumping technique is enormously helpful in all kinds of technical terrain and I would say actually improves your safety and control.

 Nah, that's shot in NZ.... Not much in the way of bitey things down here.

 Yup one my clips and my buddies clips were reposted this week from previous years.

 And I handed them a lasagna of a video of a Patroller at a World Cup race going OTB in slow motion. Come on PB!

 A bit..... Most of the clips in this I recognised. Tempted to go through all the old ones just to be a douche and point out where they already used them!

 @scar4me: nah, all good. Do not waste your time, you seem to be a douche already

 There have already been a couple of fails in exactly that attempt.

 Looks like he went pretty deep on the jump before and lost some speed.

 Fort Hill Fails

 Inflatable fat man suit made of Kevlar is next for me

 @swellhunter: I'd buy that too. lol

 Ask Jared Graves about that.

 @Snowytrail: that was the…never mind

 @VtVolk: Too soon...too soon

 Yeah, landing your front wheel onto a rock that high doesn't end well no matter how far back you are sitting. Obviously they should have been more to the right but that's easy to say from here.

 I'm not sure riding a gravel bike increases your chances of landing 3m gaps without injury...

 Double fail

 Can't say he wasn't warned...