Whats the fastest speed youve fallen at?

[fiasco]

I fell twice on jakes rash, first time I was passing someone on the inside at like 65-70 kmh and slid on the side of the road on my back, second time two people fell behind me and an evo got stuck in my wheels. it wasn't super fast but I fell strait on my knee

[NorCal DH]

35 mph. no leathers, just helmet and gloves

[Thunder]

35 mph. no leathers, just helmet and gloves

owie did that tickle?

[southshorelocal]

40 mph only had on a t shirt and shorts no helmet or pads

[GravityRider15]

Around 60 mph.....hit a rock on dragons tail, threw me into insane wobbles and I slid on about 30 different parts of my body. Ripped my zipper on the leg of my leathers apart, but other than that I was fine.

I've seen sick video of that road. I'd like to skate it some day

[Tonyz]

10mph hit a sidewalk while not looking, was checking for cars and before I knew it I was on the grass.

[BoMbHiLlS92]

I fell between 40 and 45 two weeks ago thanks to some idiot driver, thankfully I was wearing my fullface and heavy clothing, still couldent move though after.

[BoMbHiLlS92]

40 mph only had on a t shirt and shorts no helmet or pads

Not smart man

[southshorelocal]

Not smart man

Yea i know and you think I would learn but i still dont own a helmet or any pads

[flamangodrumer]

Yea i know and you think I would learn but i still dont own a helmet or any pads

You were scaring me when you were doing that hill in Paradise with me and Jeff, and that was about 35mph.... You were getting some weird tweaking speed wobbles.

Anyways, fastest I have fallen was about 30mph. I had a full face and gloves but my elbows were torched. I drifted a corner when I was a noob and didn't really mean to. It freaked me out and before I knew it, meh.


Btw, I was wearing a sweatshirt..

[ccebeling]

I took my humu up to 35, Bad Idea. Hit a pebble and it wobbled out from under me sending me flying in the superman position. I ducked my head and ninja rolled, resulting in scars on my elbow, shoulder blade, and tailbone (i was sliding while i rolled), and a sprained wrist. Humu's are deceivingly stable.

[transitioned]

I fell at about 35 mph. Got some bad pavement/holes induced wobbles, my Dervish started to flex and torsion like a mofo, I freaked out, tried to foot brake...it got worse. FAIL -> FALL!

Hit the pavement, rolled over "judo style", and got up in a jump (read below). Got some road rash, mainly arms and legs. I was wearing just the helmet.

The worse was there was a car that had to swerve around me, when I was falling... He was coming really fast behind me and I didn't notice it was there. I just didn't know it was there.

Anyway, it could have hit me, had I fell sooner/later..whatever. I was lucky. Couldn't stop thinking about what might have happened. I was like , couldn't sleep. Still don't like to remember that episode...not because of the fall ( I have had a lot of worst falls as far as pain and injuries is concerned), but because of the whole "what if" car deal.

[PMC]

40 mph only had on a t shirt and shorts no helmet or pads

You better learn quick and buy a helmet and pads, or you will be sorry if you fall, I'm not wishing you bad luck or nothing but you're taking a big risk that is not worth taking. BE SAFE !!!!!!!!!

[243racing]

probably 35 mph

[Robwedge]

Thank God I haven't fallen yet these sound like horror stories.

[ski_bum55]

I fell going thirty. It was the first time I had been out in a while and the first run down a steep hill. I went to slide at the bottom of the hill (doing a slide with both hands out on the toeside, I don't know what you call it) and freaked out and didn't get the board to slide. So now my feet are on the board that is pointed down the hill all while my gloves are scraping pave. I preceded to run into a curb which gave me a bad case of road rash on my leg right below the knee. It took a weeks worth of gause before I could get it to stop ozzing.

[C-Town]

Eh, worst for me was 32 going down hill. A construction site had formed by the hill leaving lots of little hard to see rocks all over the bottom plane of the hill...

[hakrsakr]

I was going 35 and I realized there was now way my stock s9 wheels were gonna have the grip to make the turn at the bottom. I then proceeded to execute the worst footbrake of all time. I rolled out of it, at least I had a helmet.

[azsurfer]

Worst wreck for me (to date) was around 35+. I wasn't going to ride that day, so I didn't have any gear with me, but I watched another dude nail the hill, and it didn't seem to be so bad, and decided to try it on my Dregs Fattie with Indy's and Krypto 70's and abec 7's. (Needless to say, NOT an ideal downhill board). I got going a LOT faster a LOT quicker than the guy who went before me (later I found out he was running abec 3's). I got squirrelly, and launched, somehow taking most of the impact on the back of my wrist, and then on my shoulder. The back of my hand was total hamburger and I snapped my scaphoid bone (muy importante bone in your wrist) in half. I had to dig dirty asphalt out of the back of my hand. NOT FUN.

A large doctor bill and a titanium screw in my wrist later, I pad up every time now.

[Thrills4Hills]

Really steep hill in the Foothills of the Salt Lake Valley. Short, bad road surface, blind turn, just a generally bad hill. I had just flipped the washers on my RII's, found out my Unit tool wouldn't fit on top of the hill, and decided "Fudge it." Pretty bad decision. Death wobble around 35.