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As above - that TT crash early on was unbelievable - does anyone know anything about it? Who was it? Did they survive? If they did, in what state??
Conner Cummins
Conor Cummins.
Broken back the worst of his problems.
Back racing now.
Would have done the TT this year but for injury caused by someone else.
Come on guys, you know the rules. If surfing was really that extreme they would be all dressed up and standing around in the car park for hours in their body armour and full face helmets, before they hit the waves.
Have you learned nothing from your mountainbiking Mr Martin ?
Edit, too late...
Maybe Guy Martin ought to watch "Riding Giants" and shave off his minging mutton chops before he makes comments like that.
I'm not a surfer but do ride a motorbike and obviously don't ride the TT but the majority of people don't do really extreme stuff anyway in whatever pastime they participate in. Does Guy Martin do extreme canal boating?
Try and watch TT closer to the edge.
Footage of Guy's crash in 2009 from on board.
The way the front goes early on the way into the corner and he just manages to let it skate enough of it's way round to kind of glance the wall instead of smashing it is amazing.
I don't use that word much but yeah, it is.
Conor got it wrong didn't he, he's not dead. Yeah it's dangerous and as someone said above the only 2 things that really make me sit up and watch are road racing and wing suit flying but the danger doesn't need promotion. People have worked hard to ensure a future for road racing by taking the laymans mind from purely being on the danger aspect.
[url= http://randomacts.channel4.com/#view/103 ]This was on straight after it[/url]
So amazing.
Grinding the Crack is such an appropriate title
I thought it was good, but yeah the slacklining must be pretty safe, just a big psychological thing with the drop below. If planes had glass bottoms we'd all be doing it.
I thought it was good. I liked them showing Danny psyching himself up before doing the front flip off Edinburgh Castle - shows he is still human. Reminds me of me shitting it before doing far less risky stuff.
The slackline stuff - meh. How big a risk is it if you've got a harness or safety line. I abseiled off the Forth Rail Bridge once and it wasn't particularly scary - fair enough it wasn't 9000 feet high but the drop was still comfortably far enough to kill me. But I had a harness and a saftey rope. Whats the difference between slacklining with a harness and farting about at Go Ape?
TT riders and base jumpers are something else though!
Whats the difference between slacklining with a harness and farting about at Go Ape?
Balance?
Maybe Guy Martin ought to watch "Riding Giants" and shave off his minging mutton chops before he makes comments like that.
Too right!! I thought he came across as a bit of a prick at that point. Big wave surfing is about as extreme as it gets, with maybe the exception of base-jumping/flying.
I am happy to be corrected on this, but surely crashing while riding the TT is pretty much down to the rider making a mistake (whether it being a lack of judgement or a lack of skill).
On the other hand, with big wave surfing, there are so many things outside of your control that it often just comes down to pure luck that you come out the other side.
but surely crashing while riding the TT is pretty much down to the rider making a mistake
On 37.75 miles of country roads, there's plenty that can happen that's beyond your control.
I thought Guy was brilliant!
Surfers, high fiving each other... Class.
Sound llike a bunch of mountain bikers.
but surely crashing while riding the TT is pretty much down to the rider making a mistake
On the whole, yes
For the few crazies that ride it on the limit, the margin for error is tiny though
On 37.75 miles of country roads, there's plenty that can happen that's beyond your control.
Most of the stuff is within the riders control, the throttle works both ways
The big difference with road racing - of course - is the lack of bail out options and safe sliding areas
The IOM mountain circuit is a tough one but certainly not the most dangerous road circuit
I preferred Guy when he was pootling around on a barge and having a brew 😉
Whats the difference between slacklining with a harness and farting about at Go Ape?
I didn't really take the approach that the whole show was about extreme sports, it was about people who push their sport beyond normal levels. Slacklining 2 feet off the ground is hard and ignoring the wind, 9000ft off the ground is no different but the mental part of it must be a lot different. Same as doing that 3-foot drop is actually little different to doing the 10-foot drop but I'll be buggered if I can make my brain accept that (let alone the 20-foot ladder drops).
"On the other hand, with big wave surfing, there are so many things outside of your control that it often just comes down to pure luck that you come out the other side."
I think your kind of missing the point, and the programme kind of missed the point, but touched on slightly. In all extreme sports you want to take control of near death causing activity, its that control that is the buzz.
I'm pretty certain at least 1 person died at the TT this year, could have actually been 2.