Have you seen this video

[MTBME]

Here's a short clip of a guy launching off a cliff. Always trouble when the front wheel lands first.

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/hilljumpdown11.html

[Geoff G.]

that is josh bender doing the jah drop in kamloops bc. It is from nwd 2, and he did it like 3 or 4 years ago. It's a really old clip, but is interesting that it was just posted on bigboys

[MTBME]

I can't imagine all the different thought that go through your head on the way down.

[slapheadmofo]

I think it would be only one thought in my case:

"SH**********T!"

[Slider]

He barely missed landing straight, which would be the minimum for pulling that off. With that loose landing, you are talking luck more than skill, I think.

Slider

[MTBME]

Your right. He came about as close as humanly possible to making that landing. I wonder how the bike made out?

[DVRider]

Bender!

Somewhere along the line, I think I've heard he's tried that 3 or 4 times. But has now given up on landing it.

While it's an intersting clip from the Bender chapter of NWD, I think the director should have emphasized how hurt he actually got. Instead, he just shows him smiling with a black eye at the end.

Here's the bike he was riding during that time period:
http://www.singletrackworld.com/article.php?sid=308

[DVRider]

WOW! Newer, even more ridiculous bike:
http://www.singletrackworld.co.uk/article.php?sid=577

[jerseygirl]

Bender!

...While it's an intersting clip from the Bender chapter of NWD, I think the director should have emphasized how hurt he actually got. Instead, he just shows him smiling with a black eye at the end...



Out of curiousity, how hurt did he actually get?