What happened to Jake Brown after his slam?
What happened to Jake Brown after his slam?
Brown’s injuries were a fractured wrist, fractured vertebrae, bruised liver, bruised lung, ruptured spleen and concussion. Following his recovery, Brown then won the gold medal in the Big Air event two years later at X Games L.A. and then defended his title in 2010.
How did Jake Brown survive the fall?
So not only was he in the ambulance but I took a gold medal from around his neck.” Brown survived. He walked away (with help) with a fractured wrist, fractured vertebrae, bruised liver, bruised lung, ruptured spleen, whiplash and a concussion. He spent three days in the hospital and was off the board for three months.
How tall is the mega ramp quarter pipe?
The quarter pipes can be 5.4m (18′) or greater in height and serve as either a speed brake, or as another launch point from which the athlete sails directly vertical into the air off the top lip of the ramp, before falling back down and landing on the quarter pipe transition again.
Is vert skating dead?
And vert? Well, it’s alive and well at X Games, where skaters like Sloan, Jimmy Wilkins, Clay Kreiner, Mitchie Brusco and Moto Shibata continue to advance the discipline. Brusco, who has the 1080 and now the 1260 in his bag on the mega ramp, threw down a 900 in the vert competition this year, good for a silver medal.
What happened Peter Smolik?
Peter Smolik took the world by storm with his technical skating during the Shorty’s and Osiris days. He has been on the low for a few year, but now he’s back. Smolik is set to drop a new part in Transworld’s next video, and Skate Mafia just picked up a major distribution deal.
Where is the biggest Big Air ramp?
In 2013, Adil Dyani set a world record after jumping from a raised platform into a quarter-pipe ramp with a height of 30.8 feet (9.39 meters) from drop point to wheels touchdown at the Royal Norwegian Air Force control and alert station in Mågerø, Norway.
How much does it cost to build a Mega Ramp?
Skateboarder Evandro Mancha goes airborne at the Mega Ramp in Vista, California. Completed in September after more than a year of construction, Burnquist’s Mega Ramp cost US$280,000, part of which was covered by his apparel sponsors Oakley and Hurley.
Is Tony Hawk going to Olympics?
The 53-year-old skateboarding legend isn’t competing in the games, but he is serving as an Olympics correspondent with NBC. TOKYO, Japan — The name Tony Hawk is synonymous with skateboarding.