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Freestyle guy attempts double front flip.... attempts.

those guys are nuts and full on adrenaline junkies, most are x games ex gold medalists and all have the ut most respect from me.
i have seen them live and it is heart in the mouth affair.
the tricks are dangerous dont even attempt them but to say these guys are exploited is maybe a misconseption these are profesionals and the risk is part of the job.
 
Best wishes to him and his family. He faces some sobering news regarding his future health. I hope his recovery is successful.
 
lifted from another site:-
On Cook's Facebook page Saturday, the Kelowna, B.C. native posted a photo of himself in a hospital bed explaining he had just undergone three hours of back surgery.
"This morning I underwent 3 hours of surgery on my back and I'll likely be in hospital in Ontario for the remainder of the week at which time I will transfer to BC," Cook wrote.
"My mom and dad are here with me and helping keep spirits high. I've got this!"
Multiple videos of the crash have circulated online from fans who were attending the event, a motocross show called Nitro Circus: Live. The show's twitter account confirmed Cook's crash, stating he underwent surgery "and it went well."
 
My niece and nephew were at the show. I'm glad I wasn't. Would suck to see something like that :(
 
crap. Did not look that bad but did look like he landed on his butt and his back took the compression.
 
To each his own and the freedom to go for it.... you want to do that stuff go for it, Im against any type of personal regulation.. but I for one do not support these thrill shows, this do it right or be permantly disabled or dead type stuff.
To me its just absurd...amazing yes (when they make it) but just nutty to me. I just got through watching a show about the wing suit base jumper folks, swooping through canyons and between trees, wow super thrilling, but its a one mistake game, not my cup of tea. I put those Everest climbers in this category too.
Hope that guy recovers. my tuppence on the subject. from the peanut gallery.
 
robertaccio said:
To each his own and the freedom to go for it.... you want to do that stuff go for it, Im against any type of personal regulation.. but I for one do not support these thrill shows, this do it right or be permantly disabled or dead type stuff.
To me its just absurd...amazing yes (when they make it) but just nutty to me. I just got through watching a show about the wing suit base jumper folks, swooping through canyons and between trees, wow super thrilling, but its a one mistake game, not my cup of tea. I put those Everest climbers in this category too.
Hope that guy recovers. my tuppence on the subject. from the peanut gallery.
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I too am an adrenaline junkie and love to watch those guys do crazy stuff. Luckily for me I'm old and this and free-riding MTB came along after I got some sense. I agree with you on the "one mistake game" thing. Pretty nutty way to get your "15 minutes". Also, climbing Everest and coming back successful but without a nose or toes doesn't strike me as too brilliant, but to each his own...
 
Anyone seen 199 Lives? I thought it would be a really awesome movie documenting Pastrana's exploits. It pretty much was, but by the end I did not have a very warm fuzzy feeling. In fact, I felt kind of bad for him and wondered what really drives his decisions.
 
Oh man that was devastating. A victim of the angles and his own conviction, a little more rotation and or less and he doesn't crush the spine. They even had a gymnast-type pad down in the landing to lessen the price of a mistake.

Not for me, man. A young and foolish man's folly. I may still be a bit foolish on the bike, but young I ain't!
 
Tomorrow will be Better is also ap retty good FMX documentory.

It's about Libor Padmol, an FMX Star from Eastern Europe. He comes to the US, stops off at Chaparral Motorsports in San Berdoo to pick up a Suzuki, heads out to Phoenix to train, get good and win contests.

If interested, it's on NetFlix.

OR..........

You can hang out in my neighborhood and watch Maddo, Adams, Fitz, Twitch and the guys crash and burn all week.
 
But what about his poor bike? The fender completely broke off in the crash!!! Doesn't anybody feel bad about the bike????

Go big or go home. Everybody who ever decided they can do freestyle jumps owes big respect to the guys who did it without foam pits and scientifically designed ramps back in the 90's. I used to shoot video for small production companies in the days when Metal Mulisha was 3 dudes in their beat up pickup truck trying to create a new sport. Progression of any extreme sport comes with often extreme consequences.

I guarantee this dude will be back to trying it again as soon as he can.
 
Huskynoobee said:
But what about his poor bike? The fender completely broke off in the crash!!! Doesn't anybody feel bad about the bike????

Go big or go home. Everybody who ever decided they can do freestyle jumps owes big respect to the guys who did it without foam pits and scientifically designed ramps back in the 90's. I used to shoot video for small production companies in the days when Metal Mulisha was 3 dudes in their beat up pickup truck trying to create a new sport. Progression of any extreme sport comes with often extreme consequences.

I guarantee this dude will be back to trying it again as soon as he can.
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Word!
 
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