[al]

from the x-games 'big air' comp, a true horror - they were getting 30ft air out of 20ft vert, which makes this a 50ft fall onto the flat - amazingly he walked away

[Bubba]

Jeez that's nasty

[Fiend]

Much better video with more details and less of that fucking ear-splitting rawk bollox:

Must have been a bit scary for him when he was in mid-air....

[slackline]

Must have been a bit scary for him when he was in mid-air....

He probably felt a bit like

[Jaspersharpe]

I know he must have felt a bit of a cunt but Keith Harris is pushing it.

[Bubba]

When he slams, his feet hit first and they are ever so slightly still on the transition - that might have made all
the difference between walk and splat?

[SA Chris]

When he slams, his feet hit first and they are ever so slightly still on the transition - that might have made all
the difference between walk and splat?

Doubt the transition would make that much difference at that angle. I think the fact that he lands pretty flat and spreads the load, as well as a bit of spring in the boards means he got lucky. Doubt he would get out of bed straight away the next morning though.

[andy popp]

When he slams, his feet hit first and they are ever so slightly still on the transition - that might have made all
the difference between walk and splat?

Doubt the transition would make that much difference at that angle. I think the fact that he lands pretty flat and spreads the load, as well as a bit of spring in the boards means he got lucky. Doubt he would get out of bed straight away the next morning though.

I think even the bit of transition he hit must have helped, he doesn't bounce back up much, which you'd expected if he'd landed on absolute flat. He did spend sometime looking down contemplating what was coming didn't he, you can see him trying to improve the position he was going to land in.

[Jim]

I think the transition helped loads

[Bubba]

Even a tiny bit of transition makes a huge difference.

[Stubbs]

A reminder of what it looks like when it goes right!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=70rWrkk7D0w

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fhfx-S7lHPc

[al]

A reminder of what it looks like when it goes right!

amen - makes climbing look low on skills to me

[andy popp]

A reminder of what it looks like when it goes right!

amen - makes climbing look low on skills to me

Not just low skills but low balls as well. The very first run on the mega ramp must have been a real voyage into the unknown. And the ramps are such beautiful constructions, sure there can't be any plywood climbing structures that even begin to match up.

[Bubba]

I love the way he mixes street style with vert - that first link is beautiful.

[andy popp]

I'm sure stuff like this will have been posted before, but you can't really have too much of a good thing. Loving the lighthearted playfulness of this.

[clm]

love what happens to his shoes when he hits

[Bubba]

I'm sure stuff like this will have been posted before, but you can't really have too much of a good thing. Loving the lighthearted playfulness of this.

Mullen is sick...godly skills

[Paul B]

Mullen is sick...godly skills

He's got nothing on this err dog.

[Bubba]

That is Mullen-Hound

[AndiT]

I think if he'd tied his shoes laces, then his feet would would have snapped off and flown into the audience rather than just his shoes.

I'm never tieing my laces again.

[AndiT]

Not just low skills but low balls as well.

Me and Mark have often said this. There is quite simply nothing 'extreme' about climbing, when you see what happens in other sports. You see clips of people of people riding off cliff tops which are higher than most routes on Grit and getting away with it, even with falls, and you can't top rope a big drop off first! Nutters.

[DubDom]

Me and Mark have often said this. There is quite simply nothing 'extreme' about climbing, when you see what happens in other sports. You see clips of people of people riding off cliff tops which are higher than most routes on Grit and getting away with it, even with falls, and you can't top rope a big drop off first! Nutters.

A friend of mine fell off a ladder painting recently and was lucky not to lose his feet, (christmas in a wheelchair and all) does that count?

 Seriously though - this guy was lucky and not thinking too deeply about what he was doing either.