re: 18 year old Arizona teen swiftly arrested after epic bike stunt

There were no cars coming, so there was nothing dangerous about it if you have the skills to make the jump. This kid had the technique and body position to make the jump. He more than likely made a couple of approaches to test the face of the takeoff, felt comfortable with the lip on the face and sent it.

That was probably a 100-120 ft jump. There is usually one of these at each local MX track, and many more in the free ride ours out west.

Dangerous for 99.9% of the men in the world? Absolutely. I have a son and son in law that could jump it and I would have zero concern watching them do it as long as traffic was clear.

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We used to do dumb shite like this all the time!

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A Honda CR250 I had when in jr high is why I had to quit baseball

Jumped a dirt pile going 80 and nosedived it, tore my right shoulder up and dislocated my hip and ripped skin off my leg. To this day I cannot throw a baseball due to that shoulder