It is one year later after Jake Brown took the biggest fall known to man, and tonight Jake Brown returned. And it was a big moment when Jake Brown landed his trick which put him in first place....
Until Danny Way stole his spotlight. Although not quite the horrific tumble that Jake Brown took, Danny Way still stopped hearts in that arena tonight, and at homes around the world with a pretty rough landing that left him with a sprained back and a broken foot. And those are just the injuries known right now. Because after his spill, he told the doctors he would be going back up to try it again. Which he did, successfully, and landed himself in 1st place. It came down to the final run though, and Bob Burnquist (my favorite skater for many years) once again after falling a dramatic moment, steals the gold medal for the 2nd year in a row.
Here is Danny Ways fall, followed by his 2nd run after his fall.
Showing posts with label Jake Brown. Show all posts
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Monday, August 6, 2007
Jake Brown Update from X Games 13
Jake Brown was groggy from all the medication, but he knew where he hurt.
"My wrist is pretty sore and my back and neck feel like I've been through a car accident," he said Saturday morning during a phone interview. "I guess I've got a fracture in one of my vertebras, but it's pretty minor supposedly, so I came out all right."
The 32 Year old Jake Brown is fortunate to be alive after crash landing from more than 45 feet during Thursday night's skateboarding big air competition.
He also sustained bruises to his liver and lung, and a mild concussion. The liver injury is what's keeping him under watch at California Hospital Medical Center in downtown Los Angeles.
"I'm going to check out today," said the Carlsbad athlete, whose wrist injury is a small bone fracture. "I'm just waiting on an X-ray, and they want to make sure my liver's not still bleeding. I just want to get out of here, dude."
Brown, who finished second to Bob Burnquist based on a high-scoring previous run, said he has watched his ill-fated attempt to perform a 720-degree spin across the 70-foot gap and a 540 above the 27-foot-tall quarterpipe wall.
He nailed the 720, a first during a competition, but was too far to the left as he approached the quarterpipe at 40-plus mph.
"I was too far to the left of the ramp, so I started carving across toward the right and I tried to straighten up when I was going up the transition," he said. "And I started sliding a little bit and the only way to get out of that was to compress, and once I compressed I just shot myself out to the flat."
Brown, who was about 19 feet above the quarterpipe, said he was in "pure survival mode" as he fell toward the flat part of the ramp, and in mid-air he recalled that a similar thing happened to Pat Duffy, last December on Burnquist's backyard mega-ramp.
"I already knew my friend Pat Duffy had been in the same situation, and he didn't come out so hot -- he broke his legs," Brown said.
Duffy, who did not fall nearly as far as Brown, required extensive surgery -- including the use of screws and a plate -- to repair a broken leg.
"I was just trying to work out how the best way to fall would be," added Brown, who at the last instant, as he was flailing, turned and feet and back end first.
Eight minutes later he was helped to his feet, raising an arm for the crowd, and escorted to a wheelchair in the hallway.
Asked why he did not ask for a stretcher, he replied, "I knew what happened and I just wanted to test my body and see how wrecked I was, you know?"
Brown showed up Saturday at the Home Depot Center with skateboarders Danny Way and Pierre-Luc Gagnon.
"I'm doing great, I'm still walking so what more can I ask for," he told the crowd.
The fall was shown on the big screen and he remarked as he hit the floor, "Shoes everywhere, lights out."
He walked to the top of one of the jumps and acknowledged the crowd again. "I cant wait to come back."
MORE UPDATES: Jake Brown appeared to the fans at the Home Depot Center during the Freestyle Moto X Finals and talked to the fans, hes pretty banged up, broken wrist, bruised liver are the main injures. Using a cane to walk around he said he will be A O K and promises he will be back to take on the Skateboard Big Air again at next years X Games!
"My wrist is pretty sore and my back and neck feel like I've been through a car accident," he said Saturday morning during a phone interview. "I guess I've got a fracture in one of my vertebras, but it's pretty minor supposedly, so I came out all right."
The 32 Year old Jake Brown is fortunate to be alive after crash landing from more than 45 feet during Thursday night's skateboarding big air competition.
He also sustained bruises to his liver and lung, and a mild concussion. The liver injury is what's keeping him under watch at California Hospital Medical Center in downtown Los Angeles.
"I'm going to check out today," said the Carlsbad athlete, whose wrist injury is a small bone fracture. "I'm just waiting on an X-ray, and they want to make sure my liver's not still bleeding. I just want to get out of here, dude."
Brown, who finished second to Bob Burnquist based on a high-scoring previous run, said he has watched his ill-fated attempt to perform a 720-degree spin across the 70-foot gap and a 540 above the 27-foot-tall quarterpipe wall.
He nailed the 720, a first during a competition, but was too far to the left as he approached the quarterpipe at 40-plus mph.
"I was too far to the left of the ramp, so I started carving across toward the right and I tried to straighten up when I was going up the transition," he said. "And I started sliding a little bit and the only way to get out of that was to compress, and once I compressed I just shot myself out to the flat."
Brown, who was about 19 feet above the quarterpipe, said he was in "pure survival mode" as he fell toward the flat part of the ramp, and in mid-air he recalled that a similar thing happened to Pat Duffy, last December on Burnquist's backyard mega-ramp.
"I already knew my friend Pat Duffy had been in the same situation, and he didn't come out so hot -- he broke his legs," Brown said.
Duffy, who did not fall nearly as far as Brown, required extensive surgery -- including the use of screws and a plate -- to repair a broken leg.
"I was just trying to work out how the best way to fall would be," added Brown, who at the last instant, as he was flailing, turned and feet and back end first.
Eight minutes later he was helped to his feet, raising an arm for the crowd, and escorted to a wheelchair in the hallway.
Asked why he did not ask for a stretcher, he replied, "I knew what happened and I just wanted to test my body and see how wrecked I was, you know?"
Brown showed up Saturday at the Home Depot Center with skateboarders Danny Way and Pierre-Luc Gagnon.
"I'm doing great, I'm still walking so what more can I ask for," he told the crowd.
The fall was shown on the big screen and he remarked as he hit the floor, "Shoes everywhere, lights out."
He walked to the top of one of the jumps and acknowledged the crowd again. "I cant wait to come back."
MORE UPDATES: Jake Brown appeared to the fans at the Home Depot Center during the Freestyle Moto X Finals and talked to the fans, hes pretty banged up, broken wrist, bruised liver are the main injures. Using a cane to walk around he said he will be A O K and promises he will be back to take on the Skateboard Big Air again at next years X Games!
Sunday, August 5, 2007
X Games 13 Results
Well it has come and gone.... The X Games are over and holy crap what a year. "Unbreakable" Jake Browns fall, Pastranas DQ in the Rally car race, The unknown mystery rider coming in and making an attempt at the double backflip, and of course today, the last day of X Games Shaun White conquering yet another sport. After owning Gold in Snowboarding in the Winter X Games, going onto the Olympics and taking Gold in the same sport, came to the Summer X games to try his hand at Skateboard Vert and finally took the gold medal in that as well. 20 years old, and has gold medals in the Winter, Summer, X Games, as well as the Winter Olympics, what is next??? Below is where you can find out the winners of each event, and where everyone else placed.
August 5, 2007
* Skateboard Vert
* Rally Car Racing
August 4, 2007
* Moto X Freestyle Finals & Semis
* Moto X Racing
* BMX Vert Finals
* Moto X Super Moto Finals
* BMX Park Finals
* Moto X Freestyle Prelims
August 3, 2007
* Men's Skateboard Street Best Trick
* Moto X Step Up Finals
* BMX Big Air Finals
* Women's Skateboard Vert Finals
* Men's Skateboard Street Finals
* Amateur Skateboard Vert Finals
* Women's Skateboard Street Finals
* Moto X Super Moto Seedings
August 2, 2007
* Men's Skateboard Street Prelims
* Skateboard Big Air
* Moto X Best Trick
Friday, August 3, 2007
Jake Brown X Games Fall
Never in my life have I ever seen anyone fall this hard before. This guy fell 52 feet to the ground. Watch his shoes...
Already leading last night's X Games 13 Skateboard Big Air event going into his fifth and final jump, Encinitas' Jake Brown went for broke. The Australian native rolled down the 80-foot ramp, then spun two revolutions across a 70-foot gap.
Soaring up the 27-foot quarterpipe after landing, Brown attempted what's called a 540 McTwist, a twisting, turning trick with 1½ revolutions.
What followed was one of the most frightening falls in X Games history. The 5-foot-6 Brown lost his board, his momentum carrying him away from the quarterpipe ramp. Flailing and kicking his arms and legs like a tumbling cat, Brown dropped an estimated 45 feet to the flat wooden deck, landing so violently on his legs that one of his shoes flew across the floor.
For two minutes, Brown lay motionless on the deck.
“I seriously thought he was dead, broke his back or broke both legs,” said fellow skater Pierre-Luc Gagnon of Carlsbad. “That was the gnarliest slam I've ever seen in my life.”
Eight minutes after the fall, Brown stood up, then wobbled off the floor, waving to the crowd. Brown was taken to an undisclosed hospital for observation. Minutes after the deck was cleared, Vista's Bob Burnquist took the night's final run, landed a difficult trick, scored 96.55 points and took first place from Brown. Brown placed second with a 95.33 run. Gagnon took third.
Afterward, skaters were stunned and thankful that Brown walked away from a fall that silenced the Staples Center crowd.
“That's the most terrifying thing I've seen in my life, in the history of skateboarding,” said skater Jason Ellis, who rushed immediately to Brown's side. “His eyes were open and he wasn't breathing. I thought he was . . . dead.”
Ellis said that when Brown regained consciousness, he didn't know what happened.
“As soon as he was up, he goes, 'Do I have another ride?' 'What'd I do?' 'Did I try the 720?' ” said Ellis.
“You made the 720,” Ellis told him.
“What'd I do on the quarter?” Brown asked.
“Nothing, dude,” Gagnon told Brown. “You did nothing on the quarterpipe.”
Had Brown not walked away, Burnquist said he would have passed on his final run, giving Brown the victory.
“There's a part of me that would have liked to let Jake win,” said Burnquist, who was the heavy favorite because he had last year's Big Air ramp moved to his 12-acre home. “But it is a competition. He would have wanted me to go out and do my best. Not give up.”
After realizing Brown had survived a frightening crash, Burnquist said he broke down and wept.
“It is bittersweet,” Burnquist said. “He walked away hurt. It's a roller coaster of energy. Harsh.”
Ellis said he doesn't want to enter the event next year after witnessing Brown's accident.
“This contest,” he said, “you can die.”
The most serious injury suffered during a recent action sports event left bicycle motocross (BMX) rider Stephen Murray of Corona paralyzed from the neck down. Competing at the Dew Action Sports Tour on June 22 in Baltimore, Murray attempted a double back flip on dirt, a trick he has pulled off numerous times. He landed the trick in 2001 to win X Games gold.
This time, he landed on his neck.
Last night, Skateboard Big Air was staged inside for the first time. It was held outside in the parking lot at Staples Center the past three years and there were no serious injuries. Ironically, one reason it was moved indoors was to eliminate the wind and make the event safer.
“I like it a lot more (indoors),” said Newport Beach's Ryan Jetton, 25, before Brown's fall. “Any time you get the stadium element, it's huge. I grew up skating, surfing and snowboarding. But what these guys do is leaps and bounds beyond anything I could imagine.
“This is ridiculous. It just blows me away.”
Regarding the skaters' skills, Philipp Schau of Germany said, “Amazing, insane.”
Last night, skaters and spectators were just thankful one of the stars escaped serious injury.
As Brown was whisked away, down a Staples Center corridor in a wheelchair, he acknowledged his peers by waving his right hand.
“See you back at the hotel,” Gagnon called to him. “I'm buying rounds, shots of Patron.”
Already leading last night's X Games 13 Skateboard Big Air event going into his fifth and final jump, Encinitas' Jake Brown went for broke. The Australian native rolled down the 80-foot ramp, then spun two revolutions across a 70-foot gap.
Soaring up the 27-foot quarterpipe after landing, Brown attempted what's called a 540 McTwist, a twisting, turning trick with 1½ revolutions.
What followed was one of the most frightening falls in X Games history. The 5-foot-6 Brown lost his board, his momentum carrying him away from the quarterpipe ramp. Flailing and kicking his arms and legs like a tumbling cat, Brown dropped an estimated 45 feet to the flat wooden deck, landing so violently on his legs that one of his shoes flew across the floor.
For two minutes, Brown lay motionless on the deck.
“I seriously thought he was dead, broke his back or broke both legs,” said fellow skater Pierre-Luc Gagnon of Carlsbad. “That was the gnarliest slam I've ever seen in my life.”
Eight minutes after the fall, Brown stood up, then wobbled off the floor, waving to the crowd. Brown was taken to an undisclosed hospital for observation. Minutes after the deck was cleared, Vista's Bob Burnquist took the night's final run, landed a difficult trick, scored 96.55 points and took first place from Brown. Brown placed second with a 95.33 run. Gagnon took third.
Afterward, skaters were stunned and thankful that Brown walked away from a fall that silenced the Staples Center crowd.
“That's the most terrifying thing I've seen in my life, in the history of skateboarding,” said skater Jason Ellis, who rushed immediately to Brown's side. “His eyes were open and he wasn't breathing. I thought he was . . . dead.”
Ellis said that when Brown regained consciousness, he didn't know what happened.
“As soon as he was up, he goes, 'Do I have another ride?' 'What'd I do?' 'Did I try the 720?' ” said Ellis.
“You made the 720,” Ellis told him.
“What'd I do on the quarter?” Brown asked.
“Nothing, dude,” Gagnon told Brown. “You did nothing on the quarterpipe.”
Had Brown not walked away, Burnquist said he would have passed on his final run, giving Brown the victory.
“There's a part of me that would have liked to let Jake win,” said Burnquist, who was the heavy favorite because he had last year's Big Air ramp moved to his 12-acre home. “But it is a competition. He would have wanted me to go out and do my best. Not give up.”
After realizing Brown had survived a frightening crash, Burnquist said he broke down and wept.
“It is bittersweet,” Burnquist said. “He walked away hurt. It's a roller coaster of energy. Harsh.”
Ellis said he doesn't want to enter the event next year after witnessing Brown's accident.
“This contest,” he said, “you can die.”
The most serious injury suffered during a recent action sports event left bicycle motocross (BMX) rider Stephen Murray of Corona paralyzed from the neck down. Competing at the Dew Action Sports Tour on June 22 in Baltimore, Murray attempted a double back flip on dirt, a trick he has pulled off numerous times. He landed the trick in 2001 to win X Games gold.
This time, he landed on his neck.
Last night, Skateboard Big Air was staged inside for the first time. It was held outside in the parking lot at Staples Center the past three years and there were no serious injuries. Ironically, one reason it was moved indoors was to eliminate the wind and make the event safer.
“I like it a lot more (indoors),” said Newport Beach's Ryan Jetton, 25, before Brown's fall. “Any time you get the stadium element, it's huge. I grew up skating, surfing and snowboarding. But what these guys do is leaps and bounds beyond anything I could imagine.
“This is ridiculous. It just blows me away.”
Regarding the skaters' skills, Philipp Schau of Germany said, “Amazing, insane.”
Last night, skaters and spectators were just thankful one of the stars escaped serious injury.
As Brown was whisked away, down a Staples Center corridor in a wheelchair, he acknowledged his peers by waving his right hand.
“See you back at the hotel,” Gagnon called to him. “I'm buying rounds, shots of Patron.”
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