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XGames Big Air Final - Jake Brown

DaveMoral - 8-3-2007 at 07:47 AM

Dude does a fucking 720 over the gap and falls 50 feet after he gets to the vert wall... holy shit. Then gets up!

Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBvCrSjpx9I

clevohardcore - 8-3-2007 at 09:19 AM

I saw this last night. That was crazy. Ddue was amzaing at getting recovery and making his landing count. He did everything right. I have no idea who he is but i hope he is ok. I got ot start watching these games more. They do some cool stuff. That ramp was huge.

JawnDiablo - 8-3-2007 at 10:12 AM

holy shit!

BDx13 - 8-3-2007 at 11:15 AM

25' ramp + 15' of air. damn.

i'm surprised at the trajectory. the distance, horizontally, from thepoint of vert to where he landed on the flat is far. i fully expected him to land on the transition and just slide it out. not even close. my man landed on the flat, plain and simple.

DaveMoral - 8-3-2007 at 03:46 PM

His fucking shoes went flying off dudes! Watching that in slo-mo is painful. He's young though, from what I understand. Those youngin's just bounce back like nothing happened at all.

DAK - 8-3-2007 at 04:15 PM

Fuck that crazy shit.

Muttley - 8-3-2007 at 04:35 PM

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Originally posted by DAK
Fuck that crazy shit.

Discipline - 8-3-2007 at 06:15 PM

That's fucking nuts!:o

crazyfists28 - 8-3-2007 at 06:19 PM

I'm not impressed by that stuff anymore. just waiting for someone to break their neck that's all..

BDx13 - 8-3-2007 at 06:49 PM

i'm curious... why not?
did (or do) you skate?

crazyfists28 - 8-3-2007 at 07:04 PM

did skate, but i just think that its a battle of what can they do next type thing. i like the technical stuff that they do on the street courses and even the regular vert. this is just a chance for them to do something huge based more on elevation than actual talent....

DaveMoral - 8-3-2007 at 11:47 PM

I don't know dude, takes alot of ability to twist like that... not to mention balls.

My favorite part is when Tony Hawk's all "his board went all squirrelly," I haven't heard that term in ages. That's just how long it's been since I've hung out with skaters. Especially one's from CA.

crazyfists28 - 8-4-2007 at 08:28 AM

I agree it takes a certain degree of talent and definitely courage, but to me the bigger they make the ramps, the "easier" it is to pull off tricks that would otherwise be impossible. it's fine, i just don't really care to watch it. i like the more traditional events. this is just the evolution of these games and the sport in general.

Siczine.com - 8-4-2007 at 01:07 PM

This is the first time they used this ramp and contest to my knowledge. Shit seems like it was added just for people to get hurt...and look, the Xgames are getting huge rankings from this shit and there have been quite a few injuries from this event.

BDx13 - 8-4-2007 at 04:07 PM

some pro doing a switch triple nollie heelflip to backside darkslide on a street course isn't marketable.
the general public is not gonna pick up a paper and read that story, nor will the local news include it in a highlight reel.
people just don't get what they see.

now, flying...flying people get.
you show the average fat football watching fuck a clip of some dude flying through the air, be it in a moto, bmx, showboard or skateboarding competition, then they're gonna take notice.

barc0debaby - 8-4-2007 at 04:21 PM

Real skateboarding

BDx13 - 8-4-2007 at 04:54 PM

Interesting choice of words, barc0de. A lot of skaters still don't consider what Rodney Mullen does 'real skateboarding'. They often argue that it's impratical. It must be a holdover mentality from those 80's freestyle days where dudes just skated in a circle all day.

Personally, I believe Rodnet Mllen's board control is unmatched.
He may not be the most versatile (equally good on vert as street, for example), but no one has as much control as him.

newbreedbrian - 8-4-2007 at 11:52 PM

awesome vid, i fucking idolized mullen and guys like per wellender when i was a kid. the freestyle guys invented street skating for sure. i was always way more into that stuff than vert skating. i'd take mullen over hawk anyday.

BKT - 8-6-2007 at 10:55 AM

That is the most insane slame I have ever seen in X-Games. I still have no idea how he walked away from that. He is lucky he landed on his back, if he landed on his front he would have died for sure.

I agree with the Mullen talk on here, he is one of them most amazing skaters ever, and anyone who thinks that what Jake Brown is doing is not "real skateboarding" is out too lunch. This is just another way to progress the sport and bring it to the masses. These athletes deserve just as much money as any NFL or Soccer fruits if not more and stuff like this will get them that moeny.

MM.

BDx13 - 8-6-2007 at 10:59 AM

MM, are you in Cali this week for X Games?

BKT - 8-6-2007 at 11:00 AM

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Originally posted by crazyfists28
I agree it takes a certain degree of talent and definitely courage, but to me the bigger they make the ramps, the "easier" it is to pull off tricks that would otherwise be impossible. it's fine, i just don't really care to watch it. i like the more traditional events. this is just the evolution of these games and the sport in general.


You have no idea what you are talking about. Stop talking.

MM.

BKT - 8-6-2007 at 11:02 AM

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Originally posted by BD
MM, are you in Cali this week for X Games?


Ya I got back this morning. I missed that slam, but the FMX was insane this weekend. Are MM boy landed on a camera man, that was fucked up.

MM.

JawnDiablo - 8-6-2007 at 01:03 PM

I was wondering if the dude in that video ended up with any injuries after he walked off...I mean that's a hard fall

clevohardcore - 8-6-2007 at 01:12 PM

I skated from 1988 to 1992. Loved it. I was not ass kick ass as some but I kept trying. Really go tinto hardcore/punk from it so I have fond memories and watch this stuff as much as I can on tv.

JawnDiablo - 8-6-2007 at 02:08 PM

i got into hardcre from skater dudes

BKT - 8-6-2007 at 07:32 PM

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Originally posted by juandiablo
I was wondering if the dude in that video ended up with any injuries after he walked off...I mean that's a hard fall


He ended up with a broken wrist and a brusied lung. Its fucked to think about that, he should be dead.

MM.

JawnDiablo - 8-6-2007 at 07:45 PM

damn, unreal

Spoiler - 8-6-2007 at 07:54 PM

as soon as he heals up...he'll be right back at it.
these crazy fuckers have all of my respect.
good to know he's ok