Video: Fabio Wibmer's Hardest Crashes - Behind the Scenes of 'Wibmer's Law'

 @lochussie: He was doing this before getting sponsored by Redbull, I'm sure it's what he enjoys and wants to do

 @lochussie: are you nuts? Come on man, you are on a MTB site under atticle about extreme mountain biker/ trails rider. Not a speech in front of class of 10yr olds. Have you seen a thing called Rampage? Have you seen BMX videos? Go on youtube, check Mike Aitken. Arthritis? How about being paralyzed from neck down, seriously depressed from brain damage, erm... dead? Due to depression or falling off a 100ft fricking cliff?

 @WAKIdesigns: whilst I don't disagree with your comments on the worst that can happen in a big crash, don't underestimate the pain and suffering that arthritis inflicts on an individual. It can be truly debilitating.

 @WAKIdesigns: it doesn't make sense to focus on just the low probability catastrophic outcomes and ignore the high probability moderately bad outcomes. Also, how depressed do you think you would be with constant pain and curtailed activity from mid-life arthritis?

 Double post, god knows?

 @lochussie: first of all Red Bull doesn’t require him to do it, he does it out of his own ambition. This is an argument like those folks calling child labor under videos of kids riding in bikeparks. That’s silly if you need a gauge.

Then for the second bit: what do you propose? End street trials? BMX? DH? Slope style? How? Making it illegal? What about tremendous overuse injuries among roadies who train on public roads and every ride may be the last? How many people do you want to save from themselves?

There’s a long way from a “arthritis is strong with this one” joke and “you better think about the times when you will be old” fathers advice. To which most youngsters are forming their lips to spell an “F”.

Finally depression: read on head trauma caused depression. You can read about Dave Mirra to not go too far from cycling. Life is a fatal, sexually transmitted disease. Make sure you don’t die inside before your bidy does. Peace

 @WAKIdesigns: I was going to respond to your last post but as you ignored the contents of my last one I won't bother.

 @lochussie: that was a response to your post. The whole sport is geared to activity which involves high probability of ALL sorts of injuries, one of them being arthritis but also severe concussions, They go where people like you and me don't go. This is what motivates them and pays their bills. I can do what most people can't do - makes me feel great. Pays my bills? even better! If he went out doing whatever you find sensible to be doing, nobody but your closed ones would be interested, an that would be mostly out of courtesy and group dynamics. He is not into impressing his buddies, he is into impressing every human being out there. This is the prize and price to pay for it. You are either ignorant of the prize in your thinking or are incapable of recognizing it. otherwise you would not be judging him.

 @lochussie: to put it simply: Fabios Risk Vs Reward calculation is a whole a lot of a different than yours. I am quite confident than neither you, nor I can imagine the prize. In Jungian terms Your Super Ego is excellent at visualizing risks and consequences. He would not be able to ride like this if his brain worked like yours. Your iD is not as developed as his. Hence you cannot ride like he is. You are incapable of imagining the prize so big. You either reconcile these two and accept it as it is or good luck calling yourself a mountain biker. Wrong business.

 @WelshClemo: He was right because he realised he was very hungry. So Pooh whipped out a huge carving knife. He stabbed piglet in the brain then cooked himself a delicious bacon sandwich, and suddenly Pooh felt much much better.

 i cant help but feel like even these helmets aren't going to stop things like concussions with some of these hits

 I’d rather be concussed than have my skull split in two

 @nvranka: well duh, my point was that even these helmets still aren't enough. but athletes know and accept the risks.

 I'd rather split skull in concussed than have my two.

 @scott-townes: if I understand you correctly.... Father of the year award does not go to you!

 @nvranka: Chill out man, my point was simply that it sucks. Jeez. Jees. Jeeth. Internet people always mildly upset

 And replace after a crash...

How many helmets did you use, Fabio ?

 @anchoricex: Helmets can reduce the effects of an impact like this but a concussion is when the brain hits the inside of the skull. An impact like he took is going to take a lot more than the helmet he had on to stop that from happening.

 if people want to take risks to have fun on their bike then let them

 I was listening to a radio programme this week where they were saying just this. It concerns me to think of the amount of times I've hit my head over the years, even before taking this into consideration. But f*ck it, I love riding my bike too much to stop.

 Are you saying he's only doing what he's doing because he can't logically reason any more?

 Good thing the risk isn't yours then!

 Bet he’s bringing in more dough than you

 If it were me, I'd say it counts.

 @ssteve: Bavarian! Biased !

 @DGWW: Canadian actually..

 That's not what the flag says

 Also, a few slightly scratched helmets included in the sale.