Brazilian mx champ killed?

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 12:51pm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/brazilian-motocross-rider-swian-za…

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Titan1 9/20/2011 12:24pm
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Thanks OCScottie!
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raddad 9/20/2011 12:29pm
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Wow, Its a shock to hear that, I have talked with him and raced at the same track in a state championship race (in another class). In Brasil he was one of the top riders like Jorge Balbi. RIP amigo..

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Barrett57 9/20/2011 12:47pm
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RIP Sad
iudi2006 9/20/2011 12:53pm
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Wow, I've devastated right now, Being Brazilian i really had high hopes for that kid to do well in the GP circuit.
Fica na paz. RIP.
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500guy 9/20/2011 12:58pm
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raddad wrote:
Wow, Its a shock to hear that, I have talked with him and raced at the same track in a state championship race (in another class)...
Wow, Its a shock to hear that, I have talked with him and raced at the same track in a state championship race (in another class). In Brasil he was one of the top riders like Jorge Balbi. RIP amigo..
I thought it was Balbi , maybe reword that a bit ?

Terrible news , Condolences to all involved.
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raddad 9/20/2011 1:06pm
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raddad wrote:
Wow, Its a shock to hear that, I have talked with him and raced at the same track in a state championship race (in another class)...
Wow, Its a shock to hear that, I have talked with him and raced at the same track in a state championship race (in another class). In Brasil he was one of the top riders like Jorge Balbi. RIP amigo..
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I thought it was Balbi , maybe reword that a bit ?

Terrible news , Condolences to all involved.
I said he (Zanoni) was one of the top riders "like" Jorge Balbi..NOT that he was Balbi, just comparing him for those in the USA that know Balbi and how fast he was. The best to his family and friends
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rocrac 9/20/2011 1:08pm
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Very sad RIP
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GmacNw 9/20/2011 6:39pm
9/20/2011 6:39pm Edited Date/Time 9/20/2011 6:46pm
Is he throwing a heel clicker before he lands??? Its hard to see, but it looks like he does a heel clicker and G's out on the landing. That seems to cause his feet to rip off the pegs and its all over from there... Sad deal, hate to see any rider get hurt let alone killed. He did have a Leatt brace on.
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phcross 9/20/2011 7:07pm
9/20/2011 7:07pm Edited Date/Time 9/20/2011 7:24pm
Very sad news. It was his first racing after a broken arm.

Swian Zanoni was a great rider and an awesome person! He was freakin fast over here!

This season he was riding for the Martin Honda Team in the GP's series in the MX2 class.

He also was part of the 09 Brazilian Team in the MXdN

A great guy, Ill me missed!!!

Good speed!





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Aweful news. Man I hate hearing about people dying doing what they love to do. So sad. RIP brother.
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stash124 9/20/2011 8:31pm
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GmacNw wrote:
Is he throwing a heel clicker before he lands??? Its hard to see, but it looks like he does a heel clicker and G's out on...
Is he throwing a heel clicker before he lands??? Its hard to see, but it looks like he does a heel clicker and G's out on the landing. That seems to cause his feet to rip off the pegs and its all over from there... Sad deal, hate to see any rider get hurt let alone killed. He did have a Leatt brace on.
it does look like he did a heel click on the first jump, and then landed weird causing him to wreck. very sad, RIP
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Premixed 9/20/2011 11:13pm
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in the video, it looks like he had a leatt on, at least the video i saw.

bad PR for leatt if people start talking about it.

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Reinier_Reis 9/21/2011 4:09am
9/21/2011 4:09am
He usually does a heel clicker on checkers, and i think he can´t complete and landed with his left leg up and out of balance. So Sad. and that was in the last lap, think 1/4 lap to go.
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DL 9/21/2011 4:30am
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Very sad. Best wishes to his family. If he hit a tree after Ging out and getting pitched over the bars then shame on the track for having a tree that close the the track in a high speed section like that. RIP Swian,
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MCfan4life 9/21/2011 4:38am
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Premixed wrote:
in the video, it looks like he had a leatt on, at least the video i saw. bad PR for leatt if people start talking about...
in the video, it looks like he had a leatt on, at least the video i saw.

bad PR for leatt if people start talking about it.
Like you just did....

No reason to even mention it in this thread.

Sad news indeed. Condolences to the young man's family.
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CamP 9/21/2011 8:37am
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Premixed wrote:
in the video, it looks like he had a leatt on, at least the video i saw. bad PR for leatt if people start talking about...
in the video, it looks like he had a leatt on, at least the video i saw.

bad PR for leatt if people start talking about it.
From the recent pics I've found, he's wearing something else that looks like a smaller, more compact neck brace that I've never seen before.

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steveada 9/22/2011 6:41am
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So sad, RIP.

I know in this sport an accident like this can happen. One second everything is good, and the next second you are flying through the air out of control but two things really bother me about this accident. My first concern is trees along the track. I know that in many cases it is not really possible to get rid of all trees around a track that could become a hazard, but there should be something, hay bales, padding etc, giving some amount of protection. My second concern is the heal clicker. I am not trying to berate this man, but maybe someone can learn from this and prevend another serious injury/death. Doing a little trick over the finish line at the end of the race is one thing, since usually the finish line jumps give decent air time, have fairly clear landing areas etc. However, pulling a trick during a race in the middle of a rythym section is just asking for trouble. A little bobble and you have no time to recover. Sure, everything aligned in this accident to have the worst possible outcome, but it was completely unnecessary and that makes it even more tragic
HNR Engineer 9/22/2011 1:26pm
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Premixed wrote:
in the video, it looks like he had a leatt on, at least the video i saw. bad PR for leatt if people start talking about...
in the video, it looks like he had a leatt on, at least the video i saw.

bad PR for leatt if people start talking about it.
CamP wrote:
From the recent pics I've found, he's wearing something else that looks like a smaller, more compact neck brace that I've never seen before. [img]https://www.crossracing.com.br/crossracing/galeria//62016a8be65d6ed07e89.jpg[/img]
From the recent pics I've found, he's wearing something else that looks like a smaller, more compact neck brace that I've never seen before.

Camp, the neck brace he is wearing is called a MR PRO from a Brazilian company

http://www.mrpro.com.br/produtos/mr-neck-brace/?lang=en

His crash is pretty knarly, RIP fellow racer.
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burn1986 9/22/2011 4:24pm
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Man, that's not good.
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moscrop940 9/22/2011 6:27pm
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Just saw the crash...was not anything insane, looked like his foot came off in a rhythym section....his bike actually hit some spectators.

I heard a few people say he hit a tree butt there were no trees anywhere close to the accident.

Its a trip though, how a not so big crash can take a life, but some people can endo off a triple and walk away....when its your time its your time

Rest in Peace brother,

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