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Professional skateboarder Jake Brown cheats death

post #1 of 7
8/4/07 at 10:46pm
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It was the wipe out heard 'round the world, making hearts stop from America to Australia: Professional skateboarder Jake Brown cheated death at the X-Games in Los Angeles.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/ESPNSp...3447416&page=1

Here's a video of the fall - don't watch if you freak out easily.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBvCrSjpx9I

More power to the guy, for wanting to skate again - gotta get back on that horse, after all. But geez... what a fall!
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post #2 of 7
8/4/07 at 11:09pm
I saw this on the news!! It was amazing. You can see him react and know how to fall.
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post #3 of 7
8/4/07 at 11:18pm
what an amazing fall eh? how scary!

i agree mel, you could tell he knew how to fall
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post #4 of 7
8/4/07 at 11:29pm
We've been watching the X Games all weekend and were watching when he fell .. it was amazing! I can't believe that one wrist and a brused lung is all he has!!!!


And did you guys notice his shoes fly off ... amazing
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post #5 of 7
8/5/07 at 12:19am
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I was commenting to my husband - it sure appear that he made a concious decision to try and fall on his legs and hip, instead of his shoulders and head. You could tell by the way he stopped flailing and tried to straighten out a bit. He's also really lucky he fell at the location he did - had he fallen on the flat of the quarterpipe, he would probably be dead, or MUCH worse off. That small slope, that let him slide after impact, probably saved his life.
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post #6 of 7
8/5/07 at 12:31am
We were watching at a restaurant last night and it was amazing. They kept showing it over and over.
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post #7 of 7
8/5/07 at 12:37am
WoW! Sent chills down my spine when he got up!
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