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Friend accidentally moto's off a 30ft cliff on video.

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derpina
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So yeah not skiing related but pretty entertaining and crazy. My friend went dirtbiking in Moab. He got turned around when he was going back over this hill... He was supposed to jump off of it a couple hundred feet to the right (where his friend goes down after his accident) where it was only a 10ft drop. Instead he goes off here...

Insanely he walked away with just a couple bruises. Bike needed new handlebars, levers, and plastics, but he was able to ride it out...

Talk about being lucky.


Oct 11 2012 1:45PM
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Drail
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Ok, I'll be that guy.

Tough to really tell in the video, but I am almost certain that the cliff was not even close to a 30 footer. I'd give it 15, maybe a little more.
Oct 11 2012 1:52PM
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ejm
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idk, looks pretty close, 25-30
Oct 11 2012 1:55PM
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derpina
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Haha yeah it kind of looks not as big because he landed so far away from it. He was nukkin. I'll try to find a pic where he's standing at the bottom of the cliff. Either way, insane fall.

15ft though? C'mon haha
Oct 11 2012 1:55PM
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seward
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... wut?
Oct 11 2012 1:58PM
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derpina
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New-Kin... going really fast. Guess that's maybe a moto term.
Oct 11 2012 2:01PM
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GEORGEzimmerman
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Oct 11 2012 2:04PM
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malux94
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Gnarly, i thought it was hard soil what he landed on but then I realized it was sand otherwise he wouldn't have been that lucky. Btw that's easily 25ft
Oct 11 2012 2:06PM
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_TK_
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using basic laws of physics, plus the vide it would of been close to 20 feet, but thats the best estimate from the vid and using the time fall so who knows
Oct 11 2012 2:07PM
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Ski_the_east01
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That's definitely pretty close to 30, it looks like a pretty good fall..definitely a butt puckering moment
Oct 11 2012 2:07PM
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seward
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and apparently also a book about transvestites

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Oct 11 2012 2:08PM
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derpina
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spectacular
Oct 11 2012 2:12PM
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derpina
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Good God. I should have known NS would turn this into a "how big that cliff really is" thread. Seriously this site has the toughest crowd.
Oct 11 2012 2:13PM
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Ski_the_east01
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hahahaha shut the fuck up
Oct 11 2012 2:15PM
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Peter.
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Oct 11 2012 2:22PM
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garrett.
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why the fuck did he let go and pretty much dive head first onto dirt?
Oct 11 2012 2:26PM
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derpina
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I don't know but luckily he did and walked away with no injuries so now you can ask him.

But really... It's a natural reaction. Human.
Oct 11 2012 2:30PM
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Cebra
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Now that guy's lucky
Oct 11 2012 2:40PM
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PlaygroundRapist
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Jumping without looking...

How stupid can you be..
Oct 11 2012 2:50PM
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Rialb
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Daddy must have never bought you a dirtbike
Oct 11 2012 2:55PM
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PlaygroundRapist
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I got a Steinway instead.
Oct 11 2012 2:57PM
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J_BISCHOF
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HA
Oct 11 2012 3:00PM
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.Apex.
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Oct 11 2012 3:05PM
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sweatshirt
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that was gnar!! and that was like 30 feet to flat everybody else can suck a fat one
Oct 11 2012 3:05PM
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midwestpowhunter
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reminds me of that kid that falls off the back side of the mountain whilst trying to ski
Oct 11 2012 3:29PM
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Cebra
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You're an idiot
Oct 11 2012 3:30PM
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45.
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Hahahaha

I hope this is troll physics - otherwise your not gonna do so hot in your course.
Oct 11 2012 3:34PM
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PhaedeD
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Look before you leap
Oct 11 2012 3:39PM
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pastysmasher
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probably worth doing.
Oct 11 2012 4:10PM
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.AR6rider.
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Guys...I did some quick math and, based on my calculations, including estimated Youtube velocity, angle of takeoff, and the drag coefficient of his fullface camera with attached GoPro camera, the height of the cliff was clearly Pi to the 3rd power. On a related note, fuck everyone who is trying to hate on the video based on the size of the cliff, because we all know you'd be shitting your pants if the same thing happened to you.
Oct 11 2012 4:19PM
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Round-Four
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its not cool to acknowledge that someone else has done something cool.
Oct 11 2012 4:22PM
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.AR6rider.
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Helmet...fullface helmet.
Oct 11 2012 4:23PM
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LivinOuttaBounZ
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crazy! Lucky!
Oct 11 2012 4:27PM
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roddy116
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MY ANKLES ARE BROKEN... lolnope
Oct 11 2012 4:30PM
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yaqwsxcde123vfr
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to bad mummy never loved you.

maybe you can drown your mind of a 10 year old in all your money.
Oct 11 2012 4:32PM
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NotGhood
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Oct 11 2012 4:37PM
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TOAST.
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assuming he used d=vt+1/2at^2 I wouldnt say he would be far off.
Oct 11 2012 4:46PM
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Willgum
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has anyone ever noticed the word accidentally has dental in it, but nothing to do with teeth
Oct 11 2012 4:55PM
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seward
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it also has the word nad, but nothing to do with dicks?
Oct 11 2012 5:02PM
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howlongcanausern
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whatever you say, pussy
Oct 11 2012 5:06PM
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.AR6rider.
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You clearly don't know too much about physics, do you?
Oct 11 2012 5:08PM
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HamFaceGirl
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LOLOLOL have you graduated from high school physics?
Oct 11 2012 5:26PM
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SneakyTurtle
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Oct 11 2012 6:00PM
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db21
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please be joking
Oct 11 2012 8:05PM
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Drail
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This is a 10M diving platform, which is 33ft.

Oct 11 2012 8:07PM
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Wallisch_pl
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.



Oct 11 2012 10:20PM
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Lucas
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and this is why about 1/6 of the time you are my favorite member.
Oct 11 2012 10:20PM
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Dragonite.
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This for sure. Rule number 1
Oct 11 2012 10:35PM
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profa_212
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Holy shit forgot about that video! That was much bigger than this though lol
Oct 11 2012 10:36PM
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SSteezle
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fucking idiot
Oct 11 2012 10:39PM
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Davy.Crockett
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this
Oct 11 2012 10:47PM
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