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For me I have always been one to bail from the bike. the majority of the times I have bailed from the bike is when I cross rut on the take off. I would rather tuck and roll than get slapped to the ground by my 220lb dirt scooter. I learned that the hardway, the longest I have ever been knocked out was because of cross rutting and trying to stay with it....landed completely sideways and was out for 8 minutes.
But on the other hand you have guys like my brother who has a death grip on the bars not matter what the situation is. I have no idea how or why but he just cant let go of the bike no matter how dire the situation may be.
normally ill jump off the front or the back when i think the bike will go that way anyway,
The Shop
Me personally, I've always held on to the bike. The worst case I ever had was I went for a blind double that was further than I judged. It was probably an 80' double and I made it 70', you know the sweet spot where it's much worse than a flat landing. I hit right into the face of the landing. It happened in slow motion too. I remember reading somewhere that you should take your feet slightly off the pegs, let the bike hit and rebound a bit then you hit the pegs and let the suspension reabsorb your momentum. That's what I did and ended up with some sore nuts, a black eye and a bruised feeling body. Other than that, no major injury. I had never felt more fortunate. Ha.
Anyway, when coming up short I've always tried to brace and get the front end up as high as I could. I try to be on the gas as well. If you guys saw Tracy's crash in qualifying, I think bailing was the right choice as that case would have been nasty.
I've bailed off more times than I can count and it usually ends up OK. Endo...always bail...always!
Pit Row
I've endo'd and remember pushing my bike sideways to, hopefully, not get pulverized. It worked that time.
Kenny Bell tried to bail... Didn't end well.
I 've had good outcomes by staying on the bike for the most part. But you never know i stayed on and came up way short on a high speed jump and ended up losing a leg and having a triple arthrodesis fusion on the other foot, so you just don't know.
Try to get on your arches when coming up short, protects your ankles more.
What Bowers did the other week was pretty cool and got away with it, that took some skill lol
Terrifying wreck.
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