X-Games

[Noj]

Worst. Fall. Ever.

It's tough to believe Jake Brown walked away from this.

[Soulstation1]

i saw this last night

i can't believe the guy didn't break both ankles

[.:.impossible]

holy shit. that was INSANE. he stuck the first landing. if i was next to make that jump, i think i'd bail.

[Soulstation1]

do skateboarders use stick-um or something like that on their shoes and board?

[catesta]

That guy must be made of rubber.

I'm most surprised "the best medical staff in the business" allowed him to walk off like that, dude could have had some major internal injuries.

[JSngry]

Holy shit.

[Noj]

do skateboarders use stick-um or something like that on their shoes and board?

Just sneakers and grip tape (like sandpaper).

[Soulstation1]

X-Games = Crazy Ass White Boyzzz

[Shawn]

Good L-O-R-D! Glad the guy was okay...but it furthers my opinion that if people were supposed to skate they would have been born with retractable wheels in their feet.

[connoisseur series500]

X-Games = Crazy Ass White Boyzzz

[NaturalSoul]

Holy shit.

my thoughts

[Jim Alfredson]

Best in the business? I would've put him on a stretcher just to be safe!!! Sweet mercy, that was insane!

[catesta]

Best in the business? I would've put him on a stretcher just to be safe!!! Sweet mercy, that was insane!

Looked more like three paramedics working for free tickets.

While all of them did nothing but sit and look at him, my favorite was the fat guy that stopped about 6 feet away to sit and look at him.

It's almost as if he didn't want to get too close and grossed out in case there was blood or a bone sticking out.

[JSngry]

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-xgames...rack=crosspromo

Brown begins recovery

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

Brown, 32, who was injured during the big air competition on the mega-ramp during a silver medalist performance, is expected to be released from the hospital today or Sunday and make a full recovery.

"Doctors said there was no paralysis or anything like that," said Bryce Kanights, team manager for Adidas, which is among Brown's corporate sponsors.

Kanights was critical of X Games medical personnel for not immobilizing Brown immediately and placing him in a stretcher.

A hospital spokesman refused to discuss Brown's condition.

The Carlsbad skateboarder, who missed the transition after soaring nearly 20 feet above the 27-foot quarterpipe and landed backside-and-feet first on flat wood, lay motionless for about two minutes.

He was rolled over a minute or so later and helped to his feet eight minutes after the fall. He was then escorted to a hallway and placed in a wheelchair.

He also suffered a mild concussion and could not immediately remember performing a 720-degree spin across the 70-foot gap leading to the quarterpipe -- the first time that maneuver has been accomplished in competition.

But he was still in good spirits.

"One of the first things he did was ask for Bubblicious gum," Kanights said.

-- Pete Thomas

[JSngry]

X-Games definitely needs to step up the level of on-site medical care. How they handled this was amateur at best, potentially felonious at worst.

Edited August 4, 2007 by JSngry

[JSngry]

http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_6541955

X Games skateboarder Brown still in hospital

BY KEITH LAIR and TONY CINIGLIO Staff Writers

Article Last Updated: 08/03/2007 11:49:33 PM PDT

CARSON - Jake Brown remains in California Hospital Medical Center in downtown L.A., bleeding from his liver after Thursday's life-threatening Skateboard Big Air fall at The Staples Center.

The skateboarder from Carlsbad suffered a stress fracture in his vertebrae, a fracture on the top of his hand, a concussion and contusions of his liver and a lung, Team adidas manager Bryce Kanights said Friday. Brown is sponsored by adidas.

Brown, on his fifth and final run Thursday, was trying to become one of the first to do a 270-degree spin over the gap. But he never had a chance to do his planned McTwist 540 on the quarterpipe ramp.

Going faster than 40 mph after the landing, he lost control at the top of the pipe and fell 45 feet to the bottom of the ramp. He landed feet and tailbone first, his shoes popping off on impact. He lay motionless for two minutes before ESPN emergency personnel rolled him onto his back four minutes later. He walked off, with help from the emergency crew and other skateboarders, eight minutes after the accident.

"The first thing he asked me was for Bubblicious gum," Kanights said. "He wanted to come to the Street competition. He's a trooper."

Kanights said Brown will remain hospitalized until the bleeding in the liver stops. He is no longer bleeding from his lung. He is expected to make a full recovery.

[Jim Alfredson]

He should have been imobilized and placed on a stretcher. The fact that they let him walk away is S-T-U-P-I-D.

[catesta]

X-Games definitely needs to step up the level of on-site medical care. How they handled this was amateur at best, potentially felonious at worst.

A message from the X-Games medical staff:

"hey dude. we got the best in the business, the fuckin' best man!, so back the fuck off"

"you're just pissed 'cuz ur old"

"yeah man, u don't know me!"

Edited August 4, 2007 by catesta

[JSngry]

X-Games definitely needs to step up the level of on-site medical care. How they handled this was amateur at best, potentially felonious at worst.

A message from the X-Games medical staff:

"hey dude. we got the best in the business, the fuckin' best man!, so back the fuck off"

"you're just pissed 'cuz ur old"

"yeah man, u don't know me!"

A word from Mr. Jim after applying the necessary footwork -

"Hey guys, remember those balls you used to have?"