Video: Friday Crashes

Sometimes you’re just riding along, then fly off your bike, land on your shoulder and slide along for a few metres, putting enough trail rash down one side that strangers stare at you. Like me, last week. To cheer myself up while healing, I went to find some videos of other riders crashing. There were some horrible ones I’ve not put in, but the riders below were mostly unharmed.

Thanks to crunchy yellow leaves and crystalline blue sky, you can get some amazing video on dry autumn days. Here’s documentary footage of a little known pro technique for creating leaf clouds (Warning for those with delicate ears: S words).

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Watching this rider almost fall off a cliff, I puckered so hard that I’m now an inch shorter.

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The riders above were both sober. Here’s some drunk who was lucky to end up in better shape than his forks. Don’t do this at home folks, not even if you already have an escalator there.

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On the list of worst possible things to crash into, I reckon a bear is way up near the top. Especially what appears to be a black bear, as while they’re smaller, they’re also more prone to eating people than other species. Lucky rider…
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGpt2a-H3wp/
(via Adventure Journal. Instagram embed not showing up? Here’s the link)

Here’s a link to a (very large) bonus gif of Anneke Beerten’s crash at the Leogang 2013 4X World Championships.

Have a safe weekend, everyone!