jake brown plugs at x games

bjwok

no doubt everyone would've seen the footy by now so i won't post a link, but damn that's the gnarliest plug ever!

anyway, here's a pic of a young jake at the kareela hip ramp with a late flip well before they were popular or stylish, circa 91, pic by yours truly.

http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/6/5/51237/blastfromthepast/skate/021.jpg

roninmedia

That thing was amazing when I watched it live. It was cool when his shoes exploded when he hit the ramp but when you see him turning in the air, he is positioning himself to brace his fall so he doesn't hand straight on his back or neck. But like most of the crazy X-Games guys, he's a tough dude. He was back up I think two days later, showing up as a spectator at the skateboard vert event. He says he'll be back in a real event in about 3 weeks. Crazy man.

But not the gnarliest crash I've seen. Herman Maeir at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan in 1998 was probably the best I've seen. And that old footage of Evel Knievel trying to jump the fountain at Caesar's Palace,

bjwok

i wouldn't say it was cool to see at all. i feared the worst that he would sustain major injuries and be lost to skateboarding for ever. but, he made the best of a bad situation and no doubt he'll be back as strong as ever.

the only thing that needs to be said is:

"beware the 'nulla!"