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No you are all mental, far too talented and have the ability to survive crashes that would kill the average cyclist and probably several bystanders for good measure... (not that I'm jealous in any way shape or form obviously)
Here is the video from Rampage of Cam Zink bailing out on a 80 foot gap jump. The gap might be huge and the eject rather spectacular but the run in to the gap itself is pretty insane...
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crikey!!
How is his body not shattered after that impact? Astonishing.
I knew he was a cyborg!
It felt pretty tense watching that waiting for the bail, I winced at each drop. People end up in wheelchairs for far less.
I Zink he haz been lucky, no?
Ooo, been waiting for some hedcam footage. The way he survived that was beyond belief
(Not actual Footage...)
Love the way he sas hello to his mates before dropping in to the ramp. Just another day at the office.
Watched full screen and, frankly, I'd have been walking pretty much all of that.
is there alternate footage of that from the ground?
"hey bros!"
Awesome.
is there alternate footage of that from the ground?
*parp*
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Jesus, even the drops off the side of the run scare the crap out of me!
I thought it was kind of strange that some of the riders don't really enjoy doing it, I can see why now.
Watching this I realise what an abysmal rider I truly am!
Remarkable.
I think Fairclough was slightly relieved he was out in qualifiers - his gap jump he built looked insane. Hw was posting on Twitter that it might not have been such a good idea 😀
didn't Gee turn down the chance of another run last year ? It's OK I'll take third.
*parp*
'kin hell 😯
Amazing.
Really does make you wince!
Yikes!
Utterly bonkers... 😯 !!!! watched some of the live coverage, they have balls of the proverbial. From the headcam it feels like he's gonna drop in the canyon.. but that second clip shows the true height he fell... crazy.
Love the way the dog runs to the rescue though!
Love the way the dog runs to the rescue though!
Man's best friend. You would never get a [url= http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cats_actually_kill ]cat[/url] doing that 8)
That view shows it much better than some of the official footage. Insane beyond belief. It makes me a little ill just to watch
Jamie - MemberLove the way the dog runs to the rescue though!
Man's best friend. You would never get a cat doing that
True, the cat moved the landing whilst he was in mid air.
Man's best friend. You would never get a cat doing that
That's cos cats are way too cool, whereas dogs are baw licking subservients.
That's cos cats are way too cool, whereas dogs are baw licking subservients.
Heh...
I wanna see the dog! But I can't watch it again!
given how unpredictable dogs are (see Tour de France crashes from previosu years) I'm surprised it was just left roaming free range like that with bicycles and people falling out of the sky so close.
:O
He's not wearing gloves
Man's best friend. You would never get a cat doing that
The cat might be moderately concerned if it were his 'owner'* falling out of a cloud. As it could now be potentially faced with the problem of who would buy his next load of Whiskers
* The term 'owner' is used figuratively in this instance, and in no way denotes who is actually the boss in the relationship
[i]The cat might be moderately concerned if it were his 'owner' falling out of a cloud. As it could now be potentially faced with the problem of who would buy his next load of Whiskers [/i]
tsk! what rubbish, he already has a host of old ladies that feed him regularly.
The biggest bit of skill that he showed there was the yway he ditched the bike and kept himself in a reasonable position to protect his head and spine. Smaller gap jump may have killed him.
and here's me researching full face helmets so I can attempt much bigger stuff.... (dust's the hardtail off and finds XC lid)
You look back at the early Rampage vids and the stuff they're attempting (and largely pulling off) now is just insane. The riders are more skilled (and perhaps crazy), and bike technology is improving all the time, but surely they can't keep this rate of progression, with things getting bigger and more dangerous each year? The price of failure on most of these lines is already seriously high. Zink was very, very lucky to not break both legs - or worse.
He's not wearing gloves
Why do you think he bailed?
If he was wearing gloves he'd have nailed it. 🙂
andrewrchambers - Member
:OHe's not wearing gloves
Doerfling forgot his sleeves!
Absolutely incredible, god knows how he managed to walk away from that. Insane.
The cat might be moderately concerned if it were his 'owner'* falling out of a cloud.
Only if it looked like said owner might land on the cat. Besides, any sensible feline would be having a nice quiet kip in the shade well out of the way somewhere on the other side of the mountain.
I think Fairclough was slightly relieved he was out in qualifiers - his gap jump he built looked insane
Anyone got a link to pics/vid of this?
edit.
That's
Just
Mental
only when you see the headcam view do you realise it's all just "nope, nope, no. ****ing. way. no. helicopter please!" all the way down for most people.
in my experience* the more time you have in the air, the more time you have to make rational decisions about how, when and where to bail.
also, there is (possibly maybe) an inverse relationship between the size of a jump and injuries sustained in a crash, therefore that chap who's about to jump out of a hot air balloon in space should have taken a Santa Cruz V10 with him.
* reading about it on the internets
we're not cats.
physics says higher you are, harder you fall*
*faster, terminal velocity something like 12 seconds of freefall?
but yeah these guys are damn good at crashing. there's a skill to that too.
And thats not long after he nearly did his back in at Crankworx trying to flip the 60 footer but over rotating...
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I'd have been super safe there..........because I'd have been walking most of the way (with a rope!) to the flippin jump let alone leaving mother earth behind at that stupid ravine! Looks like a nice place - TO HAVE A PICNIC!
What a pu$$y.