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So you know Dean personally? How about Ryan or Davi? Have you ever had a training session with Ryan?
If you answered no to any one of those questions then don't make wild speculations about something you don't know about. Pretty simple.
Ryan is about as dumb (IQ) as they come and about as emotionally intelligent as a graham cracker. This is the fool who starts fights at the track, he's the fool that chooses the very worst times to be outspoken about neck braces (something that he knows jack shit about - what research has he done?). The dude is an idiot.
To Simply put it, I'm not a fan of the guy because he whines and complains every time shit doesn't go his way. I have Zero Fucking Tolerance for Cry babies.
It's why I'm not a Stewart fan. Excuses for everything
what's bd stand for Big Douche?
I found it logical that the body is built to absorb certain impacts and by putting the brace on you're disturbing the body's natural ability to absorb that impact.
It's been awhile since I've listened to the podcast but I remember at the time thinking it sounded like a rational and logical way to come to the conclusion he has. Usually we just hear him spewing his hate for neck braces without the logic part.
Even though who could blame him, it has been the downfall of greater men
Moto 1 his speed was good, but about the 25 minute mark or so he was gassed. Baggett was coming like a demon and wasn't going to stop until the checkers.
Moto 2 he rode well, but cruised home the last 10 minutes or so.
Track was tough and the pace was fast..
I think Dean just needs some time to get his fitness back.
Enough said.
Pit Row
What I'm getting at, is we wreck in so many different ways. Some of which the neck brace will help and some of which would seemingly hurt. My decision to not wear a neck brace stems from the fact that it seemed to hinder my ability to move my head while riding to see what's going on around me. And if you can argue that wearing one will help in as many ways as it can possibly hurt, why spend the money. Either way you have a 50/50 chance seemingly.
I'm sure we all agree here that a helmet will HELP protect your head in the event of just about any type of crash. The reason we all believe this is because the logic behind the use of a helmet is actually a pretty sound theory. The helmet takes the force of the impact and disperses it throughout the structure of the helmet, thus helping to reduce the impact to your head. It makes sense to just about anyone with half a brain, but we all know that if you hit your head hard enough on the ground, the helmet isn't going to be able to absorb enough of that impact and your going to take a nap that you may or may not wake up from. In other words, we all know that the theory behind why a helmet helps keep you safe is a pretty sound theory, but we also know that the theory has it's limits in the real world. Wil Hahn's recent skull fracture that he suffered while wearing a helmet in a crash comes to mind.
It's the same with a neck brace. It's a pretty logical theory to anyone with a brain that a force sent down your spine from your neck will hurt you pretty bad, but if you can HELP direct SOME of that force to a less critical part of your body's structure, you have a better chance of coming out of the crash with permanent use of your legs, or body, or life. But just like the helmet example I gave you above, the theory behind why a neck brace can help you also has it's limits in the real world. If you hit yourself hard enough on the ground, some things are going to be destroyed no matter how much protection you have on.
A neck brace will not hurt you in as many ways as it will help. The pros far outweigh the cons. I understand why you don't want to wear one, and that's fine. There were a many a folks surviving bad dirtbike crashes long before neck braces came about. Like I said above, surviving a nasty MX crash, IMO, is nothing short of a miracle. The fact that anyone survives a really bad MX crash has more to do with chance of luck than it does any type of protective gear they have on. That's why you hear a lot of riders say in interviews that they were LUCKY to come away from a certain bad crash OK. You'll never hear a rider say "It's all good. I was wearing my helmet and neck brace, so I knew I'd come through that terrible, nasty crash just fine." It's also the reason why some riders have a hard time bouncing back mentally from a really bad crash, or they lose their edge as they get older. They know things could have been much worse, and that they were lucky to come out alive. Will they be that lucky next time? Who knows, so maybe they should tone it down a little?
Watching that Supercross special on CBS Ryno seemed frustrated with Dean being a head case. Dean was prepared but couldn't deliver it seemed. I think that break-up was probably mutual. Ryno couldn't give him anymore. Dean needs something nobody can give him.
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