DeMotivators

[Turbo Beast]

[onebadmollafolla]

It's all down hill so there isn't a hard hit when it's that steep. If he landed on a flat spot he would be dead.

This is the exact answer! I learned this the hard way when I first did enduros and motocross. You can fly through the air for an eternity if you land on a down hill slope (especially in enduros). Land on flat ground after being even 4' in the air and you'll pay dearly!

[green-lantern]

This is the exact answer! I learned this the hard way when I first did enduros and motocross. You can fly through the air for an eternity if you land on a down hill slope (especially in enduros). Land on flat ground after being even 4' in the air and you'll pay dearly!

Same school I went to lol, dropping in they call it, in the snow anyway, crazy on dirtbike. I spent most of my motoring life on a dirtbike. We had this thing called the wall. It was insane! We dropped quick and far but the landing was smooth. I broke a YZ frame trying to land on flat jumps. good times

[NickS VR4]

This is the exact answer! I learned this the hard way when I first did enduros and motocross. You can fly through the air for an eternity if you land on a down hill slope (especially in enduros). Land on flat ground after being even 4' in the air and you'll pay dearly!

Someone should have told that to the guy we had to fly out to the trauma center. Guy was jumping dirtbikes and had a massive jump set up, with a metal ramp (30ft tall) to land on a dirt landing that was about 50-60ft tall. Well he overshot the landing and landed on flats. Pretty sure he broke a lot of bones, including his pelvis. Pretty sure he survived though.

[green-lantern]

Someone should have told that to the guy we had to fly out to the trauma center. Guy was jumping dirtbikes and had a massive jump set up, with a metal ramp (30ft tall) to land on a dirt landing that was about 50-60ft tall. Well he overshot the landing and landed on flats. Pretty sure he broke a lot of bones, including his pelvis. Pretty sure he survived though.

While the snowmobile thing was impressive it wasn't as impressive as landing correctly on a landing ramp. The whole jump was down his landing ramp. As everyone knows you have a landing ramp to reduce landing impact. You miss it you're fucked.

[green-lantern]

Good example here

[onebadmollafolla]

Same school I went to lol, dropping in they call it, in the snow anyway, crazy on dirtbike. I spent most of my motoring life on a dirtbike. We had this thing called the wall. It was insane! We dropped quick and far but the landing was smooth. I broke a YZ frame trying to land on flat jumps. good times

Oh yeah, I LOVE going off big hangers. Where we do a lot of our riding there are designed areas to drop off and free fall for 30'+. It's the easiest thing in the world to do and the landing is so easy to absorb. It's just terrifying when you first start out. You're never more than a few feet off the ground but you are in the air for a LONG time.

Someone should have told that to the guy we had to fly out to the trauma center. Guy was jumping dirtbikes and had a massive jump set up, with a metal ramp (30ft tall) to land on a dirt landing that was about 50-60ft tall. Well he overshot the landing and landed on flats. Pretty sure he broke a lot of bones, including his pelvis. Pretty sure he survived though.

I have had my share of crashes and I will say flat landings are the scariest ones for me. If I can tell I'm losing it and am going to be hitting a tree it's unpleasant. When I am in the air and realize I fucked up timing/distance and am going to land flat I start cry like a baby knowing what's about to happen.

[NickS VR4]

I never got into very large jumps with my quad or dirtbike. I mainly landed on flats and didn't go much higher than 15ft.

Now skiing, I started to get into some big jumps a couple years ago, landing on the downhill part of the headwall. I remember the first time I tried to do a double jump, wanted to make sure I had enough speed to clear the gap... overshot the landing, and while in the air, you just say "shit, shit, shit". It sucks when you are in the air, and you clearly know you overshot it.

Also happened to me doing a big jump, landing was great, but definitely hit it faster than I planned. I'd say I was about 25' in the air and went a distance of about 75'. I haven't come close to that since. Was over half way down the landing. I'm sure other have done bigger, but when in the air that long, it gives you plenty of time to regret being that high in the air.

[RealMcCoy]

This is the exact answer! I learned this the hard way when I first did enduros and motocross. You can fly through the air for an eternity if you land on a down hill slope (especially in enduros). Land on flat ground after being even 4' in the air and you'll pay dearly!

Paying dearly is being 8' in the air and coming down on flat hardpack without the bike....

20+ years ago I had an 81 KX250 that I swear was the machine of death... I don't know anyone that ever rode that thing that didn't pay dearly for the experiance....

I love my CR500... It's a dream to ride compared to the old death machine...

[onebadmollafolla]

Can't remember if I posted this a while back but it's always good for a laugh. Supposed to be representative of Brits.