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flatspin Added a reply to Hymas crash and unhelpful flagger
8/11/2024 7:28pm Wasn’t exactly a “split second decision”. The flagger had enough time to smell the flesh of Chance’s arm burning below him. Plenty of time to realize what was going on. I can’t believe some of you guys are defending him.
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Chris_Buehler Liked a reply to forum topic Hymas crash and unhelpful flagger
8/11/2024 7:20pm
I would have flung that bIke off Chase like RC tossing that bIke off Stew. And if i got in trouble and was told my flagging sservices were no llonger nneeded, I'm fine wwith that
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TbonesPop Liked a reply to forum topic Hymas crash and unhelpful flagger
8/11/2024 5:09pm
It's a totally different situation if the bike and rider are still on the track, especially on the downside of a blind jump take off. One has to think this through situationally. And as for race directors telling your job is only to flag, if they told you to put a bucket of piss on your head in case there's a fire, would you do that too? Know the situation, be prepared, and do the job - which often requires critical thinking. I already noted in another post in this thread earlier that had the downed rider still been on...
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devotid Liked a reply to forum topic Hymas crash and unhelpful flagger
8/11/2024 5:08pm
In my opinion the problem here is that flaggers are supposed to be "experienced" in fast paced racing... and 95% of us would have flipped that bike off him in 2 seconds and then started flagging the scene. We all know as racers that a hot bike will mess you up when its on you. That would be #1 to me. I would have flipped that scooter right into traffic... Maybe thats why I am not a flagger though.... so yeah. But long story short... I think we can do better. Most def at this level.
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mb60 Liked a reply to forum topic Hymas crash and unhelpful flagger
8/11/2024 10:02am
I was wondering when someone would post about this. These flaggers amaze me week after week how incompetent they seem to be. Have they raced before or just total random people they hire off the street.
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TbonesPop Liked a reply to forum topic Hymas crash and unhelpful flagger
8/11/2024 10:01am
I went back and looked at the video. Hymas and his bike were both 100% completely off the track. Any MXer worth their salt as a man doing the flagging in that situation would have lifted the bike off of him first seeing that the exhaust was on his head and it was smoking (clearly burning something) then do the job flagging. Takes ~5 seconds to get the bike thrown off him then go back to flagging. You make light of it, but the bike being on top of him could have been way worse than it ended up being...
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VRR7 Liked a reply to forum topic Hymas crash and unhelpful flagger
8/11/2024 8:54am
He appeared to drag the foot peg uncaring across the riders body.
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flatspin Added a reply to Hymas crash and unhelpful flagger
8/11/2024 8:28am Thank you.
TbonesPop Liked a reply to forum topic Hymas crash and unhelpful flagger
8/11/2024 8:27am
Chance and his bike were both off the track or right on the edge. I would have quickly flipped the bike off of him to keep the exhaust from burning him (which it looked like it was), then flagged immediately after. I would have handled it differently if the bike and Chance were still on the track though. The flagger for the Web crash was an idiot. Looked like he was BS'ing with people next to him on the side of the track.
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flatspin Added a reply to Hymas crash and unhelpful flagger
8/10/2024 10:42pm There’s a rule against “outside interference”, however, to my knowledge there’s an exception when the rider is helpless and can’t move.
flatspin Started a new thread Hymas crash and unhelpful flagger
8/10/2024 10:26pm Nobody’s really going to mention the flagger that couldn’t take a second to lift the scolding exhaust pipe from Hymas’ neck? Half-ass one arm lift while doing a half-ass flagging attempt. C’mon dude. Lift the damn bike off the seemingly unconscious kids face and get to flagging.
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Johnny Ringo Liked a reply to forum topic Chase Sexton KTM125
8/3/2024 4:56pm
Amazing Bubba was able to beat 250fs on those things!
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twotwosix Liked a reply to forum topic Roczen In For Unadilla, Racing 250 Class at Ironman
7/29/2024 11:31pm
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flatspin Added a reply to Zach Osborne to ClubMX for last 3 Nationals???
7/24/2024 7:28am Would be great to see Obsorne out there, but also a big middle finger to Simonson? He’s been training and paying to stay at Club in hopes of this exact opportunity, only for it to get snagged by someone else last minute. The team apparently told Simonson like “hey be ready incase we need you” Not gonna lie, I'd rather...
flatspin Added a reply to Tire pressure gauge
7/22/2024 10:19pm My vote is LongAcre 0-60psi digital. Accurate to 0.3%. part# 52-53000 Reads 0.1psi increments I think retail was like $140. Comes with a nice hard case for storage and an extra fitting.
LungButter Liked a reply to forum topic Finish line flagger issue.. Washougal
7/22/2024 7:42pm
Pretty pathetic. Does MXGP have these kinda problems? Maybe they are the premier series in the world after all.
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Shred Liked a forum topic Finish line flagger issue.. Washougal
7/22/2024 7:42pm
We all kind of laugh that it happened but we have massively understated the problem. What is the problem? The AMA has had multiple flagger incidents, ranging from local flaggers to AMA full time employees, that have led to bad injuries, penalties effecting race results and championship points, and increased risk of bad injuries. The most susceptible time for injury to a rider is the end of a race when they are more worn out and the track is rough. We watched the top rider in the series do an extra lap at full race pace between motos. Thank god...
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Paul333 Liked a reply to forum topic What happened to the “DV’s thought on Haiden……” thread??
7/16/2024 1:05pm
BINGO! Monster money and the Deegan bought and paid for marketing machine ain't no joke...
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flatspin Added a reply to What happened to the “DV’s thought on Haiden……” thread??
7/15/2024 10:29pm How much did they(deegans) pay you? Or did they threaten you to delete it?
flatspin Added a reply to What happened to the “DV’s thought on Haiden……” thread??
7/15/2024 10:27pm I was just referring to vital.