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<< Haha, great clip. The dork let go of the rope too early. >>



No, he didn't. He had the height, just not the distance. The geometry of the ramp was wrong. It would have been OK had the ramp been about 10 feet closer to the building. With the ramp where it was, it should have been less steep, higher, and not curved up at the end. Then, with more speed, the guy could have made it.

As the ramp was made, it provided maximum height in too short of a distance, and dramatically slowed his forward momentum sacrificing distance for altitude. More speen without changing the sahpe of the ramp would have provided at least 2 times the height as opposed to distance.

Obviously when he tested his ramp, he didn't consider distance, only height.
 
that was chicago stunt biker Michael Rawlins and he was paralyzed from the waist down in that accident.
 
The sad thing is; when I was younger I used to do stupid sh*t like that and I have the scars to prove it.


😱
 
Hey at least he can tell his grandkids (if he does) that he did something almost perfect once in his life 😀
 


<< that was chicago stunt biker Michael Rawlins and he was paralyzed from the waist down in that accident. >>



Bummer. 🙁 It almost looked like he fell into a bunch of bushes, but I suppose even if he did, he was going to have some injuries.
 
YAY! My sig works!
ok.... sorry, this is probably not the best place to post that....
::mubles to self:: 'Think of something fast!

Owch! That must have really hurt. That guy isn't too smart.
 


<< that was chicago stunt biker Michael Rawlins and he was paralyzed from the waist down in that accident. >>



are you sure? i saw this clip in a motorcycle video, and they showed the guy afterwards, and he was fine, just broke his bike.
 
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