Jake Brown 720 landed then a huge fall

[ernie]

From the X-games.

Lands the first 720 in competition and then it falls apart. Falls 40 feet but ends up walking away, though a bit wobbly.

WARNING: May be a graphic for some.

[FireFly]

Before I continue watching, when you say it's graphic, is there blood or broken bones sticking out, or what?

[Ozy_Flame]

Holy moly....He is LUCKY to be alive.

[Lucky boy]

Originally Posted by FireFly

Before I continue watching, when you say it's graphic, is there blood or broken bones sticking out, or what?

Nah just a crazy fall

It was pretty insane though. Shocked to see him get up after that

[octothorp]

Does a really good job to minimize the impact, twisting and pushing off the angled ramp with his feel and then taking the rest of it on his ass and back. Still, must have hurt like hell.

[Drunk Skunk]

Was watching live when it happened, and I had to look away. It's amazing that he got up, let alone walked off pretty much under his own power.

[ernie]

Originally Posted by FireFly

Before I continue watching, when you say it's graphic, is there blood or broken bones sticking out, or what?

NO but it is a scary/sickening fall that is likely to make your heart jump into your throat everytime you see it.

I repeat he does end up walking away.

[Fozzie_DeBear]

Oowwweeeee...it was a good thing he landed on the slope a bit...

[Julio]

This is a longer video and all...but it's a fata:

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=45696

[FireFly]

K, well that was okay. Usually I enjoy seeing skateboarders wipe out cause that mostly means they've bagged themselves. That was pretty scary though.

[Drunk Skunk]

Just saw on X-Center that he's still in the hospital with a concussion, bruised lung, and bruised liver. It's amazing that more didn't happen.

[MonsieurFish]

ahahahahah

im sorry but the dude with 15 seconds left...."HIS SHOES POPPED OFF!" thats kinda funny imo. brutal fall though that guy was nuts

[TheDragon]

Ouch. It's a darn good thing he landed like he did. Woulda been ugly had he landed flatfooted or put his arm out to break the fall.

[arsenal]

well after years of falling, these guys have learned how to fall to minimize the damage. still.. a 40 foot free fall to flat would be a rarity.

[urban1]

Im surprised they let him walk away. Pretty standard procedure these days to put a neck collar on and put you on a spine board. He could be fine but you could have bone fragments floating around your spine or cracked vertabrae and end up paralyzed well after the accident.

[Ro]

Jake Brown rips. He was one of the first guys to do the "loop," along with Tony Hawk and Bob Burnquist, and when Danny Way and DC first unveiled the SuperRamp, and that vert madness began (similar to what's in this video), he was also one of the first guys to drop in on it. The guy has huge balls.

[MacDougalbry]

Skateboarder Jake Brown, whose 45-foot free-fall Thursday night brought a hush to the Staples Center crowd, remains hospitalized after suffering contusions of the liver and lung, stress fractures in his vertebrae and a small fracture on the top of one hand.

[Resolute 14]

Ok, they got rid of street luge because of the danger, but they go with THAT event? Talk about the double half pipe from hell.

[Deelow]

I see Jason Ellis trying to the grab all the attention. Is he a decent skater? I enjoy listening to him on Faction.

[Biff]

On first view, I thought he planted right on his hip / pelvis / butt and I thought he would have completely scrambled his pelvic area. Unbelievable the guy moved afterwards let alone got the frick up and walked away. The other harsh thing was the whole lifetime he had after the skateboard left the party before he reached bottom. I can imagine the play-by-play in my head the whole 3 seconds on the way down. it would not be pretty. There would not be many happy thoughts.