Some guy just mangled his arm trying to do a double back flip on a snowmobile at the winter X games. I don't know why I'm watching this, but snowmobiles just weren't built for doing double back flips in the air. I think these guys must have a death wish or something. Ok, they just hauled the guy off on a backboard. Is this considered to be a sport?
Just turned it on. A guy apparently did the first front flip. He's crying and thanking his family and saying "We did it!, we finally did it!". Really...really, I'm sure you pulled this off in practice, and it's just a front flip.
I remember a couple years ago a guy tried some type of backflip at the xgames, bailed halfway through, fell to the ground from really high up, and had the snow mobile land on top of him. Crushed like half his body.
they kept saying "he's complaining about his right arm" like nothing really happened. The dude totally broke his arm. It was hanging weird as he stood up, stumbled a few feet and fell back down. Looked like a compound fracture to me. An x-game dude would have walked away if he was just "complaining about his arm." They seemed to purposely play it down and ignore it to not upset the TV audience.
Isn't that the guy who did a "I'm about to try to land the first ever double back flip on a snowmobile" AMA on Reddit?
Seriously. The "taking him down the mountain as a precautionary measure" bit was pure BS ...you don't take a guy down the mountain on a stretcher with him all wrapped up unless something's seriously wrong. And the way his arm was dangling after the snowmobile crushed and twisted it, I would think somethng's seriously wrong. When they nail the tricks, it's pretty awesome, but it does look like a death sentence. As for the front flip...it's the first time ever done in competition I believe, and I'd imagine for a reason. Trying to do that with a 450lb machine and land cleanly is probably not the easiest thing in the world.
i'm guessing dislocated elbow based on how he landed right on his arm. <object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AdDrKwckje4?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AdDrKwckje4?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>
Seemed like he could have landed it if he had a little more rotation. How many different tricks can you do jumping a snowmobile like that? I don't care for that particular sport. Has anyone died when the snowmobile landed on their head? If not, then I would guess it is coming at some point.
He made numerous passes at the ramp and psyched himself out. It seemed as if he never fully committed, and if you're going to attempt something like that, you have to go for it. If you hesitate, you won't get enough momentum to get your full rotation, thus end up in an accident.
