Paris Rosen crashed hard after attempting a front flip during the Moto X Best Trick contest at the X Games 16 in Los Angeles.
Before his practice session, Paris Rosen, 29, had problems with the carburettor on his bike and had to stop to fix his bike. Because of this, Rosen was unable to practice and lost confidence in his bike and his ability to land the front flip.
During the attempt, everything seemed to go wrong. The bike only flipped about halfway as Rosen land hard on his back with the bike nearly falling on him. Rosen lied motionless for several minutes in front of thousands of shocked and silent fans. Medical personnel loaded Rosen onto a stretcher where paramedics rushed him to the hospital.
Doctors reported that Rosen was able to move his arms and legs and should fully recover.
When I was young, it took me weeks, if not months to learn how to do a kickflip on a skateboard. Each time I fell, I always thought I was tough and would dust myself off and try again. Only now do I realize what a pansy I was.
Other than Travis Pastrana's double backflip a few years ago, this has to be one of the most insane tricks I have ever seen attempted, successfully or not.
A group of long borders risk life and limb as they barrel down an expressway in New Zealand at speeds of over 60 miles per hour.
The group of daredevils from New Zealand and Canada, use long boards to travel downhill at highway speeds. These long boards are similar to surfboards but with wheels and reach speeds of 100 kilometers per hour or about 60 miles per hour.
The footage shows Canadian Andrew Chapman and a group of five others as they race down the Bombay Hills Expressway, passing cars and trucks. One of the riders can be seen as he is riding barefoot.
In New Zealand, pedestrians and long boarders are legally allowed to access highways, therefore no crime was committed.
The skill required to ride that fast, with cars and trucks around you, is insane. You have no brakes, either crash or slow down when the slope of the highway ends.
That guy with no shoes on and wearing just shorts and a helmet is crazy. Why would you want to do this with no shoes on? Luckily, this time, no one fell. With no shoes and a helmet, I am pretty sure that falling on asphalt going that fast would really hurt. Either way, so awesome.
What an amazing idea. If you like snowboarding or basketball or both, then you will be entertained greatly by this video. I want to start a petition for halfpipe basketball to be in the next Winter Olympics in Russia 2014. My favorite part of the video, other than that sweet back to back to back slams, is at the beginning with the Lebron style powder in the air. That definitely takes some skills to be able to snowboard up a halfpipe while doing spins and flips and slam down a basketball made of snow. Amazing.
