Well, he did land on his feet (captured on the next frame). That is quite a feat.
I guess that's not a fail but he didn't complete the trick as he wanted (and did on two occasions that I saw). Thanks for the comment and thanks to all who commented and looked! Cheers, frank Attila Boros <[email protected]> wrote: >Impressive skill! Since he landed without a scratch, I wouldn't call >that a "fail". Nicely captured with just the right amount of blur. >Like it! > >-- >Attila > > >On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Christine Aguila ><[email protected]> wrote: >> Wow, a bit scary. I admire guts! :-) Cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> On Oct 13, 2013, at 12:00 AM, knarf <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I posted one of Charles actually riding down the rail, and it was >mentioned by Dave Mann how the pros need many takes to get it right. >Charles did the trick twice (that I saw) but missed a few more times >than that: >>> >>> >http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/10/if-at-first-you-dont-succeed.html?m=1 >>> >>> I don't like to show "fails" but in this case it's to underscore the >difficulty of the trick and how much hard work and practice it takes to >get it right: >>> >>> >http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/10/where-rubber-meets-rail.html?m=1 >>> >>> Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> frank >>> >>> >>> “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
