i saw it happen live, well live from my house that night... never in my life watching anything like this did i for once, feel like OH fuck, imma watch someone die tonight.
wow. its my worst nightmare as a boarder (snow, skate, etc) tw On 8/6/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just saying the same thing. These extreme sports competitions are > pushing the limits of human ability. A guy was recently paralyzed from the > neck down after a fall trying to do a double backflip in Moto X. Sooner or > later some of these kids are going to get killed. I know why they keep doing > it- ratings and money, but the organizers of the competitions need to show > some common sense and scale back the insanity. > > On 8/5/07, Vivec wrote: > > > > Since when did they make the ramps so huge that if you miss you run > > the risk of dying? Extreme indeed! Extremely stupid! > > > > And where were the guys with the stretchers, the little medical boxes > > etc. the EMT folks that should be standing by. The people in the > > T-Shirts looked like regular personnel for the event. > > > > Looking at it again, they said that he was about 25 feet up > > though.Still a ridiculous height to fly up to on a skateboard :-\. > > wow. > > > > Do they have many injuries during events such as this, or the previous > > rounds if this was the finals? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:239600 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
