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Derek Spong Crash

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andy_boy
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBZPfA4B_s4



Oct 20 2006 10:22PM
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timoski
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fuck, that looked prety bad, but not "inches from death bad"
Oct 20 2006 10:25PM
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hprychitka1242
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thats a nasty sound when he hits the wall....yikes
Oct 20 2006 10:26PM
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alfredrunner08
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he almost died i think but i could be worng
Oct 20 2006 10:27PM
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andy_boy
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Your opinion may change if you see the first person helmet camera view of Mike Wilson doing that exact same jump...
You get an actual feeling of how fast they were actually going (98MPH), it's crazy.
But yeah, from that angle it doesn't look "deadly" bad.
Oct 20 2006 10:27PM
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El_Rick
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shit
Oct 20 2006 10:28PM
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DaleT
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yooo that was so baddd
fuck
Oct 20 2006 10:29PM
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timoski
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yea thats what i'm saying. i guess the angle doesn't do it justice, i guess i expected it to be way more gnar. it kinds of puts things in perspectiv you know? (he was going like 90), but that kind of freaks me out in how normal it seemed, like how similar it looked to fucking up the biggest jump in a decent park, yet he almost fuckign died.

but proly just teh angle
Oct 20 2006 10:31PM
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Black-Bandanna
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he knocked down the 'E'
ha....i hope hes aight...
Oct 20 2006 10:36PM
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Black-Bandanna
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what were his injuries?
Oct 20 2006 10:37PM
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andy_boy
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According to Schoening:
"he came up short breaking 3 or 4 ribs, did something to his spleen (his bro said they wern't sure)He also ripped 2 out of 3 layers of the aorta...for those of you that don't know what that is, its the pump to your heart and basically if you tear all 3 your dead. Dspong had heart surgery yesterday, I'm not exactly sure what Evan (his bro) told me if there was a 90% chance of him being paralyzed, i was in to much shock to even remember. I was lucky enough to talk to derek not long after he got out of surgery and he sounded great for the condition's he was in."
Oct 20 2006 10:39PM
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quebski6
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he ruptured 3 veins going to the main arteries of his heart and collapsed a lung, derek is a tough kid... his chance of survival was very low.. for him to hit that jump first before any of the other pros that are twice his age took balls, derek is the man.
Oct 20 2006 10:41PM
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switch_9
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thats some crazy shit
Oct 20 2006 10:42PM
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TimmyP
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that whole set up just looked dangerous. You could hear how hard the snow was on the inrun. When he hit the snow had no give to it, it gave in what looked like a foot.
Oct 20 2006 10:51PM
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zackb
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fuck
Oct 20 2006 10:53PM
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tjski
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fuck that sucks. i hope he isnt paralyzed.
Oct 20 2006 10:54PM
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TimmyP
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in the BC when they are jumping, the snow has some give at least. And as a result he nearly died, this really errks me. i dont think i will buy a "Rage" film, simply because they come up with unnecessarirly dangerous jumps.
Oct 20 2006 10:55PM
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Rez4frederick
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no shit that setup is fucked, there appears to be a good chance of either not clearing it and dieing or overshooting it and dieing.
Oct 20 2006 10:56PM
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andy_boy
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Mike Wilson overshot three times, and skiied out of it. It's not too bad that way.
Oct 20 2006 11:01PM
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Rez4frederick
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lol, but thats mike wilson...hes supernatural when it comes to overshooting.
Oct 20 2006 11:05PM
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R.Fahey
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Dude.... you don't need to see it to know that going 90 mph and comiming to a complete stop hitting a solid wall of snow can kill you.
Oct 20 2006 11:12PM
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flyinghighagain
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yah that looked pretty brutal i hope he pulls through this
Oct 20 2006 11:21PM
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tjski
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this makes you think how big is too big?
Oct 20 2006 11:25PM
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Jorgen.
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damn
Oct 21 2006 3:43AM
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Barmski
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where is himself to contest this bs serously dspong is a good kid
Oct 21 2006 4:12AM
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BenBach
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Oct 21 2006 4:22AM
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windhamskibum
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i hope you get banned
Oct 21 2006 5:37AM
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skiermw
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my bad. i didnt realize the got that hurt
Oct 21 2006 8:46AM
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i+am+ghetto
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new news to that...
mike wilson was interviewed by the german ski magazine skiing - the next level.. first he talked about his personality and what happened at that gap jump crash he did in yearbook...blablabla...
and then following question´s asked:
This year at the rage shooting on mt shasta where u also took place in derek spong got injured very hard. Is there a comparison between yours and derek´s crash?
mike answered:
the same on both crashes is that they happened on kickers which - as they were - couldn´t be jumped safety. but there are a lot of differences. my jump was just to big. honestly we had no idea what we were doing. but the booters ball kicker just didnßt had enough pop, cuz a size like that is normal today. So Derek´s crash makes me way more angry cuz the crew should had known, how inrun and jump off play together. At the msp shoot we had no experience and nobody knew how to build jumps like that. i wasn´t in the park @dereks crash and when i heard about it i get really angry. derek is a great skier but he had not enough experience to know how to jump it(other who got that issue, plz find a better translation 4that). he should have insist on the jump being shaped new. but if you want to do something so hard you act not in your mind.if nobody does it, you try it.although you have no clue if it works. i´ve done things like that too and it was big bullshit.But by looking back i noticed that i just was the guy who attempted everything just beacuz nobody was ready to try something new. at least i learned in this way alot about inrun-speed and flying curves...
Oct 21 2006 9:57AM
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i+am+ghetto
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so i hope u´ve all understand it my english ain´t that great..
Oct 21 2006 9:58AM
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396222687862
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wow, thats nuts. props to derek for hitting hit, get well soon man.
Oct 21 2006 10:19AM
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Erie
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how old is he? and dose anyone have the vid of mike wilsons crash?
Oct 21 2006 12:17PM
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i+am+ghetto
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16 or 17 not sure...
no the old one he´s talking about can be seen in yearbook and the new overshoot from the same kicker as spongs crash is in corduroy
Oct 21 2006 1:36PM
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ZavierV
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The whole booters ball thing was suuper sketch to begin with. They should have never of gotten the idea. I mean, if the jump is big enough to merrit being towed in by a snowmobile down a hill so that you can go 98mph, then, yeah. No good.
Oct 21 2006 1:39PM
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TMswitch06
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jesus christ dude, that was hard to watch
Oct 21 2006 2:15PM
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Schoening
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Oct 21 2006 2:39PM
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eastchris
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I hope he gets better, thats brutal
Oct 21 2006 3:25PM
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invaderskier36
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wow what do u even think when u know ur not going to make it just wow get better
Oct 21 2006 3:39PM
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Osek206
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wow that shit was OD.
Oct 21 2006 4:14PM
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JamesB
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so fucked.. any news on spong
Nov 22 2006 11:19AM
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WONTON
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hes fine and moving about...im thinking its just no vigorous physical activity this season. dont quote me on that tho
Nov 22 2006 11:33AM
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wAy2sTeEzY4u
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sooo lucky to be alive
Nov 22 2006 11:49AM
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pesja
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shit, think of running in 90mph straight into a wall! thats the same pain! im so glad i lived it trough!!! i hope he gets well!
Nov 22 2006 11:53AM
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*snowman*
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thats a hard crash
Nov 22 2006 12:03PM
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skidemon22
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can someone post a link to the helment cam video please, i want to see that. thanks.
Nov 22 2006 12:43PM
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hardey
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fuckk!!!!! very bad crash, i hope he's gettin better soon
Nov 22 2006 1:05PM
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kabozo101
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fuck that looked like it hurt a lot
Nov 22 2006 1:54PM
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FigmentFilmski
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amen brother, mike wilson can live throguh everything
Nov 22 2006 1:58PM
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TimothyLord
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they were going 98 into that. craaazy stuff right there
Nov 22 2006 2:37PM
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SlickRick.
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i didnt need to see that... hope he wont be paralyzed
Nov 22 2006 3:04PM
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