Crash on Rock Jump at Cascades

[RobinD]

Riding at cascades this weekend we did the XC course for the masters WC.

 

After the ride soem guys decided that they were going to try do hte rock garden gap jump.

 

Unfortunately he fell and hurt himself pretty badly { Fractured Collar Bone and soem ribs...}

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WrPwlo39uY

[Mr SingleTrack]

T & R

[Heel Drop]

ouch that rock flipped the back up and his weight was all at the front when landing

[Ryanpmb]

Must have been moerse sore when the other 5 okes landed on him!

[Warren911]

Ouch!!! that's gotta hurt!

[Capricorn]

staying seated helped alot. healing vibes to the poor chap. never a nice day when that happens.

[LanceB]

Kudos for him attempting it. There is no other way to learn.

 

Any of the DH/AM crew available to tell us what went wrong?

 

He seemed to hit the jump at a fairly proper speed...incorrect brake intervention in the air? A posture issue perhaps?

 

All told, he is a proper MTBer in my book. A speedy recovery.

[Bike Mob]

his body was as stiff as a corpse when he rode up to it, no wonder he goes over like a log off the falls...

[David Greyling]

Love how chilled the dude on the right is.

 

"just another day at the gap jump - yawn"

[Stretch]

looks like his weight was all forward as a result of not punching and lifting his front wheel..?

[Stretch]

Must have been moerse sore when the other 5 okes landed on him!

 

you sir, have earned the prize for comment of the day

[David Greyling]

I think he "rode off the lip" instead of jumping it. Almost like he intended to stay down instead of flying. Didn't preload or pop off just road over it.

 

Respect for trying though, that's a fair size jump on an XC hardtail. As LanceB says, only way we learn.

[Capricorn]

stayed seat. pretty much dead sailor, He essentially squashed the jump without moving his weight back to counter act the nose dropping. the rest was pretty much par for the course.

 

But lance is right: props for giving it a go. Got spunk, will learn. Heal up rider and crush it next time.

[DR ◣◢]

To those saying its the only way to learn... Not quite... You need to walk before you run.

 

Rider was simply too far forward and way to rigid. He hit the jump hoping speed would carry him over. Weight back and a bit of a lift would have made a massive difference. Saddle was also too high but not too much to be done about that.

 

Start small people and make your way to bigger jumps gradually.

[SwissVan]

I can hear his TCAS shouting "Terrain, Pull up, Pull Up...."

 

http://www.hark.com/clips/ksxmyycrsr-whoop-whoop-pull-up

 

Hope he recovers in time for the event

[Capricorn]

Saddle was also too high but not too much to be done about that.

 

 

why not? was it welded in?