Let's see them everyone. Lidarman needs some cheering up, and what could possibly be more effective at cheering someone up than the misfortune of others.
Now that's a perfect capture of that sick moment when you realize you are going over the top. I've been there recently, and it sucks every time. Still got the scabs on my shins!
I was there yesterday. Flying around a corner, small log in the way. Bunny hop, clear, land, somehow grab front brake, eat dirt. Its an interesting feeling, knowing that you will be hitting the ground in less than a second, having time to thingk "this is gonna hurt" but yet not enough time to do anything about it.
Mine's not a dramatic as some of these, but it was January, and that water was COLD, and I didn't have anything to change into and we were a LONG way from the trailhead.
Luckily I saved it and only got one foot wet. :thumbsup:
Check my left hand, squeezing the brake despite my brain screaming "Let go of the brake!!!" I had no business being on the DH course and Angel Fire, anyway. IIRC, Kristian gets photo credit.
- Joe
When you're young, you bounce off or bounce back. When you're my age and crash like that, there is normally some scraping of body parts off the rock required.
Check my left hand, squeezing the brake despite my brain screaming "Let go of the brake!!!" I had no business being on the DH course and Angel Fire, anyway. IIRC, Kristian gets photo credit.
- Joe
That is one of my biggest fears is that instinct to grab the front brake. It is just there screaming "Squeeze me like you do the Charmin!" and how many of us answered the call???
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