Skateboarder Falls 50 Feet At XGames

[EuPHoriC PoisoN]

:omg This HAD to hurt!

http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=3966817&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

[ThrillKillBill]

i liked how his shoes went flying off and that he was able to walk off but wow, that was brutal

[DoM cAbAn]

Wow, that must've sucked really bad.

[KewlBrettC]

I saw that clip on sportscenter, that looks really scarey. But he seemed to be ok.

[Fonkey Monkey]

when i saw that i was astonished that he was ok.
i think what i heard was he had a bruised liver and a bruised lung.ouch.

[teh x3nomorph]

How in the holy hell did his legs not break.


Wow, as a nurse that is all I can say, that dude is a tough son of a bitch.

I can only imagine what his body is going to look like tomorrow. Poor guy.

[Duface]

He is lucky to be alive. He was sent to the hospital after and I don't think they found any thing serious.

[Hulking Bubba65]

I saw this on Sportcenter too and was astonished.I'm glad that it is nothing really serious they said.And, oh,poison you should go introduce yourself in the member profile section.


P.S. I like your 20 Gamerscore;)

[razzleson]

Holy shit. That's all I have to say, when I saw him hit I was literally like :eek:.

It's crazy how people can walk away from stuff like that. But others can break their foot by simply walking into the edge of a couch.

Doubt anyone will see it, but here's a youtube link so you don't have to leave teh site.

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

And here's a shorter video showing how massive the impact way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mD0VMubReo&mode=related&search=

[Cold Rival]

Fuck! That's mental. He's a tough bloke, isn't he? Lucky guy.

[Liln The Hobo]

Wow, how can he walk after taking that huge fall? I would probably not be able to move after falling that far. Good thing he's ok.

[MovingWriter]

Jake Browns fucking rad, Ive never seen anyone bail that bad. And that ladies and gentlemen is why i dont skate vert =]

[Jdm7399]

When I was watching it on ESPN, I was shocked at what I just saw. He flew about 40-50ft. into the air and landed HARD! I'm glad he was able to get back up and walk away.

[Im a Manatee]

Man, that guy is built like an Ox to have survived that.

[Turbo VDuB 44]

An ox would even break his legs and spine with that...how is that humanly possible to not break everything. He had to have at least a concussion from the way his head snapped back and hit.

[Sil3nt360]

Holy cow I am shocked he got up and walked away. :eek:

[Bax x360a]

I couldnt believe it when i first watched the clip, had to watch it around 5 times before it sank in. Unbelievable, very lucky guy.

[infradude]

When a saw the news thing "Coming up Skater falls 50 feet" and I'm like thats nothing rofl and then I watch the video and man im suprised hes okay. One hell of a trick he did though.

HOLY CRAP

[fatces]

damn, i saw it on sportscenter and when i did i tough that the guy had broken the spine, but then he was walking with the help of others, still the low was harrrdd

[DeW222]

The reason he didn't brake his legs is actually because his shoes flew off. His shoes absorbed most of the impact and by flying off when they did they didn't transfer any of the shock to his legs/body. The rest of the fall was taken by his padding/helmet.

I've had a lot of falls from skateboarding & skiing, and there's nothing scarier than suddenly realizing that you're going to fall dozens of feet and you have about 5 seconds to think about it.

[ThrillKillBill]

The reason he didn't brake his legs is actually because his shoes flew off. His shoes absorbed most of the impact and by flying off when they did they didn't transfer any of the shock to his legs/body. The rest of the fall was taken by his padding/helmet.

I've had a lot of falls from skateboarding & skiing, and there's nothing scarier than suddenly realizing that you're going to fall dozens of feet and you have about 5 seconds to think about it.

Amen to that, my first attempt at a vert ramp drop-in went well at first but instead of launching straight up in the air on the opposite side, I kinda went outward over the landing. What sucked is the vert ramp was up on a hill with about a 15 foot drop to a shallow and rocky creek. I didn't break anything but i busted my head open, had many gashes and it seemed like i had a huge bruise on 80% of my body. My left knee was locked up and i couldn't walk unassisted for a few days (not that i felt like doing anything but laying very still for almost a week). Anyways I know the fall took 5 to 10 seconds but it felt like 5 to 10 minutes of slow motion free-fall. **shudders**

[sack-gobbler]

u guys think it looks bad on video... i saw this live and it literally scared the crap outta me and my two friends.... once it all happened we weren't allowed to even get close and personally i didnt want to. Lucky lucky person he is.. i mean i broke my wrist from diving for a baseball he broke no bones from fallin 50 feet in the air.

[Walcherina]

I'm surprised he didn't break his tail bone, his shoes went flying pretty far though.

[sawman90]

I saw that video last night.. it was so freaky how the guy just gets up and walks away from it, I'd be dead. I heard that he doesn't remember what happen

[Haly]

OUCH.
Glad the guy's ok, can't believe he walked away relatively unscathed.

[Conker Rules All]

on sportscenter they were giving a brutal description of his condition but it looked like he'll be ok but won't be skating for a while he might as well get into gaming:p

[deathbypig37x]

See, I saw this the night it happened, and I was telling everybody on Shadowrun, but they wou;dn't believe me or they thought I was exxagerating. In your face! He fell AT LEAST 45 feet, and and the strength to(with aid) stand up and walk outta there.
What was funny was RIGHT after that run, Bob Burnquist goes and beats Brown's score. Although, if jake Brown's board didn;t go flying, he probably would have improved on his previous 1st place score with that 720 over that huge gap. (He probably would have made so no one could have gotten close)
In your face to those who wouldn't listen!:p

[Brighton X]

Me and my brother saw that the day it happened & thought it was one of the sickest smashes we ever saw, my brother has done about that bad snowboarding, 2 YEARS IN A ROW IN THE SAME WEEK, it was freakin crazy.

[Bombstriker]

I was actually there in person and OMG the thud was SO LOUD!!!

[codedigital]

I can't image what would be going through my head as I realized I was falling that damn far....

[Vista]

I can't image what would be going through my head as I realized I was falling that damn far....


Mine would be...

"I wonder what my family will put on my gravestone"

--or--

"I hope I get a nice marble gravestone near famous dead people"

[JJBDude]

I saw this live on EXPN and was absolutely stoked that he just pulled the insane 720 (first one he's ever done accross the gap) so I had stood up and was going "fuck yeah he landed the 720 guys" to my friends that had got bored and went to watch Jackass, they got up came over but before they got here I had started swearing at the monitor thinking I had just watched Jake Brown die on live broadcasting. Definitely the gnarliest slams I have ever seen, amazing to know he has survived, he's fit to skate now by the way guys. :D

Watch his section in Blind What If if any of you like him as a skater, he has a sick section.

[antilucid]

As someone who once was in a major accident on a bicycle, I feel as lucky as this guy. I ended up with a broken neck after flying 30+ feet and going way too fast. I completed healed from the accident though it took some time. If his thoughts were anything like mine while in the air, it would have been "Oh crap....this is gonna hurt!"

[JJBDude]

As someone who once was in a major accident on a bicycle, I feel as lucky as this guy. I ended up with a broken neck after flying 30+ feet and going way too fast. I completed healed from the accident though it took some time. If his thoughts were anything like mine while in the air, it would have been "Oh crap....this is gonna hurt!"

Yeah, something like that must have been going through his mind. Thankfully he seemed to react well and turn onto his back, which was obviously the best way to fall as he didn't get much injuries. Makes me think if those guys skating the Big Air have practised (well maybe not 40 foot drop) how to slam if they go offcourse and fall to flat like that, because Jake seemed to know what to do.

[Bluntman428]

Skateboarders are tough sum' bitches.

He definitely knew how to take the fall, you can see him react when he realizes he's about to hit the ground and twist his body up so he landed on his back and not his face.

It's actually more common than you'd think to survive long falls without serious injuries. I read a story in the news about a kid who fell 5 stories from a hotel balcony and landed on pavement without getting hurt. He just got back up and walked back to his room with some scrapes and bruises.

Craziest I've heard of though is a professional skydiver who fell almost 2 miles into a bush and came away with some broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a broken ankle. Probably hurt like shit, but he fell almost 2 miles and walked away without dying or any permanent injuries. Insane shit.

[TacticalChaos15]

Skateboarders are tough sum' bitches.

He definitely knew how to take the fall, you can see him react when he realizes he's about to hit the ground and twist his body up so he landed on his back and not his face.

It's actually more common than you'd think to survive long falls without serious injuries. I read a story in the news about a kid who fell 5 stories from a hotel balcony and landed on pavement without getting hurt. He just got back up and walked back to his room with some scrapes and bruises.

Craziest I've heard of though is a professional skydiver who fell almost 2 miles into a bush and came away with some broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a broken ankle. Probably hurt like shit, but he fell almost 2 miles and walked away without dying or any permanent injuries. Insane shit.


Yah it is, it really is a miracle. I heard about the skydiver, freaking insane. However the little kid, that is crazy. I can't imagine. What the heck was he doing jumping over the rail on the balcony :confused:

[GhoSt GoAliE 36]

ya i saw that happen...i changed the channel before he hit the ground, i just imagend blood shooting out of his head and it made me sick.

[Vampire x360a]

i didnt see it on tv but dam that must have hurt real bad

[Nick G 42390]

My girlfriend and I were sitting down watching the X-Games when that happened, and when I saw that I was almost speechless. That was a huge ass fall and it sound horrible when he hit the ground. And both his damn shoes flew off his feet! You know you hit hard if your damn shoes and getting thrown from yourfeet when you hit te ground.

[TheNeXt6]

My girlfriend and I were sitting down watching the X-Games when that happened, and when I saw that I was almost speechless. That was a huge ass fall and it sound horrible when he hit the ground. And both his damn shoes flew off his feet! You know you hit hard if your damn shoes and getting thrown from yourfeet when you hit te ground.

I seriously was surprised, he didn't die and got up like he did....Jeez it's so sick to watch.