Bad fall

[MuniAddict]

Watch only if you have 17 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg25-BCK-50) seconds to spare!


Or wait about 45 min. for Vimeo HD (http://vimeo.com/1707342)

[Shug]

Watch only if you have 17 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg25-BCK-50) seconds to spare!
Or wait about 45 min. for Vimeo HD (http://vimeo.com/1707342)
Yowzaa! I felt that through my mac! Thanks for sharing the pain.
You got up OK so assuming you are.
On the road at present and truly enjoy watching these uni-vids, especially yours Terry.

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

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[MikaelHebert]

old bastard, finally falls off (joke) :D

[JohnnyReggae]

Ouch !!! That must have hurt a bit. Had a fall or two like that :) But I'm sure you'll be up and about, and probably will be out for a ride tomorrow :D

[MuniAddict]

We're sorry. This video is no longer available?Both are up and working. The viimeo one just took a bit longer to go "live".

Thanks for the comments everybody. Yeah, it was a pretty hard fall, but it'll take more than that to keep this "old bastard" down, lol!:cool: So today I'll be riding in O.C. doing "Top of the world", and "Rockit", to make up for missing a day of riding yesterday! :)

[Harley]

Horray for 661 gear. Hows the right wrist, ribs and elbow?

[MuniAddict]

Horray for 661 gear. Hows the right wrist, ribs and elbow?My right wrist, ribs and elbow fine, and totally unaffected. But it could've been a lot worse had I not been wearing my gear! Luckily, the only injury was to my shoulder. As I was about to hit the ground, I tried to minimize the impact first with my right hand, followed quickly with my right hand slapping down.

I knew full well that I would have to let my right arm collapse soon after impact, or risk breaking it, so it was used only for a spit second in the hopes that it would at least soften the impact to my shoulder; which was one of the only non-protected areas. This was literally an Unexpected Dismount!:o

[The UniSLAB]

Looked like a normal fall to me. Did you get hurt something?

Your in pretty good shape so I wouldn't think something like this would hurt you. Anyways it looked funny

[1-wheeled-grape]

Am I seeing things... a terry Video with no peace sign! Please excuse me while I have a heart attack.

Ouch.

[MuniAddict]

Am I seeing things... a terry Video with no peace sign! Please excuse me while I have a heart attack.

Ouch.Haha, there are in the whole video. This was just a small clip from it. I just finished editing it and it will be up a little later today.:)

[rem48]

terry is human!!!!!???????

[MuniAddict]

Looked like a normal fall to me. Did you get hurt something?

Your in pretty good shape so I wouldn't think something like this would hurt you. Anyways it looked funnyIt was a very awkward type of fall and caught me totally off guard, so nothing that "normal" about it. Plus the camera can't show just how steep it was either, or show how hard I hit. And yeah, I'm in pretty good shape, but I'm still almost 53, so stuff like that can really take a toll. But I was back on the trail today like nothing happened lol!:cool:

[1-wheeled-grape]

Rem48, I don't think so. But I will not suggest alternative species because I want to see the video :D

[catinabag1]

you scared me when you put your arm out to catch yourself. that is how arms get broken. glad you aren't hurt. can't wait to see the new vid i hear is coming.

[MuniAddict]

terry is human!!!!!???????I don't mind showing my UPD's since they're fun to watch-well, maybe not as fun for me lol! I do think maybe I should have waited until the next day to ride since I had just driven 350 miles, checked in to my hotel quickly, and wasting no time, geared up and hit the Gondola to the top!

I admit that I was quite tired as well, having gotten up at 4am for the 6 hour non-stop drive! But my excitement got the better of me and I just couldn't wait! :o

[MuniAddict]

Rem48, I don't think so. But I will not suggest alternative species because I want to see the video :DHmm, I'm actually part leopard and terminator! I can run fast, but can't pronounce "Cal-eee-fornya" correctly.:o

[cbs]

Please dont take this wrong, but is that a general really bad fall? I just want to know because I am trying to *chill* a bit now that I realize I am not a kid anymore. Just cause I look like a kid/college student doesnt mean I am. Im 38 and have a busted arm and cant deny that my body isnt rubber anymore. I slammed skating falling 10 feet sideways in a concrete bowl. So I was hopping unicycling would be challenging enough to keep my interest without having to fall extreme heights. Im hoping if I get good, even 3-5' drops would give me enough rush. For some reason I crave that rush/challenge yet I'm not built like a tank either.

[Smilymarco]

Thats a bad fall, but by far not the worst i've seen...

It always depends on what you do. Terry is pretty extreme, so he has some big bails (and balls haha ) :D

[cbs]

OK cool, maybe unis are a little easier on the body the skating. I sure hope so!!!! Sprained ankles and sore shoulders are no problem, shattered bones are. My body seems OK on falls below 5 feet.

[samwii]

normal speed looked okay,
but slowmo was really cringeworthy... I felt that one

[MuniAddict]

Please dont take this wrong, but is that a general really bad fall? I just want to know because I am trying to *chill* a bit now that I realize I am not a kid anymore. Just cause I look like a kid/college student doesnt mean I am. Im 38 and have a busted arm and cant deny that my body isnt rubber anymore. I slammed skating falling 10 feet sideways in a concrete bowl. So I was hopping unicycling would be challenging enough to keep my interest without having to fall extreme heights. Im hoping if I get good, even 3-5' drops would give me enough rush. For some reason I crave that rush/challenge yet I'm not built like a tank either.
Well I'll be 53 next month, and I can tell you that I landed almost full force on my shoulder! It's not the worst fall I had, and it was also much worse than it looked in the video.

There's a video showing Jamey M. falling off his MUni while riding a steep DH section; it didn't look very steep or like a very bad fall at all...ON FILM, but it was steep as hell and the fall was bad enough that he sustained a broken back! So what you see on video can seem deceptively tame, when in reality it's anything but.

And if you've watched some of my more than 140 uni videos, you will also notice that I usually get right back up and do the SAME thing until I land it, whether it's jumping an 8 set of stairs, or doing a 6 foot ledge drop! (And a wide variety of other extreme Uni/MUni stuff that the average person would say I'm crazy to do..especially when they discover that I'm at least 20 years older than they thought!) :cool:

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

It depends how you're riding.
I ride 'stupid'. I go faster than I should and push my limits further than I can safely do so.
I've never broken anything but I've had internal bleeding and even gone blind briefly due to some crashes.

But when I'm riding within my limits, I don't have ANY bad falls.
The range of what you can do will grow, slowly but surely, as you ride more and more.
If you don't push yourself too much, you won't have any trouble.


I actually had some 'mental problems' related (I think) to unicycling though, haha.
I'm prone to that though so don't worry. :p

If you ride inside your limits, no harm will befall thee.

[cbs]

OK, I guess old age I'm learning I have limits lol. I donno, until I broke my arm, I kinda thought they could be pushed....

Well, I was stupid when I broke it. I only started skating ramps less then a year and I just started vert. I thought I could do the same tricks but on vert the rules are different. I tried to do a grab while carving round the rim. Here is me trying it once and almost falling as you see on the landing, the next time I was higher and landed straight down on my outstretched arm at the drain. :eek: Dont ask me why I was doing tricks sideways as thats about as dumb as it gets...

http://www.stonescape.net/~claudine/s7.jpg

So I know the way I am, it will take me a month to learn the thing. Maybe 2 because of my broken arm still if its not healed. (I didnt think it was broken so the pieces died, they put my hip bone in so only now its healing) Once I pick up 6 months later I'll be doing tricks and before you know it the adrenaline gets going and I gotta learn that to not get carried away lol. Sometimes I forget I'm not supergirl cause most kids think I'm 20 (and they egg me on!) that actually I'm an old woman that refuses to stop having fun. :o

[cbs]

Muni, btw, I'm impressed! Around here almost everyone is too old, too fat and too tired my age. Its sad.... I just pad up big time and go! Now I guess I better take things just a little slower. Giving up the fun is too hard..... I hope it takes me a long time to learn to ride the uni lol.

[arimane]

youtube says that this is a private video,and i'm waiting for vimeo to load from some minutes.:(

[MuniAddict]

It depends how you're riding.
I ride 'stupid'. I go faster than I should and push my limits further than I can safely do so.
I've never broken anything but I've had internal bleeding and even gone blind briefly due to some crashes.

But when I'm riding within my limits, I don't have ANY bad falls.
The range of what you can do will grow, slowly but surely, as you ride more and more.
If you don't push yourself too much, you won't have any trouble.


I actually had some 'mental problems' related (I think) to unicycling though, haha.
I'm prone to that though so don't worry. :p

If you ride inside your limits, no harm will befall thee.Well, Jamie was riding well within his limits. Sometimes it's just a fluke or bad luck. Happens to the best of them, including KH! He's still recovering I believe.

Muni, btw, I'm impressed! Around here almost everyone is too old, too fat and too tired my age. Its sad.... Thanks! Well, you're only what, 38? That's a lot youger than me! Just show your friends some of my viddys and they will see that I'm "Not 2 tired" at all!:D
Here,you could show 'em this one. It's just a quicky 1 min. compilation for some X games contest thingy, and it's rather old footage, but it's ok:
YouTube - 52 year old Extreme Unicyclist: Totino's X Game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPNWQZnyLzg)

youtube says that this is a private video,and i'm waiting for vimeo to load from some minutes.:(Both the youtube and vimeo link works fine. I just played them.

[cbs]

Thanks! Well, you're only what, 38? That's a lot youger than me! Just show your friends some of my viddys and they will see that I'm "Not 2 tired" at all!:D
Here,you could show 'em this one. It's just a quicky 1 min. compilation for some X games contest thingy, and it's rather old footage, but it's ok:
YouTube - 52 year old Extreme Unicyclist: Totino's X Game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPNWQZnyLzg)



Thats awesome! Even though I just started, I'm digging the uni. I'm selling stuff so I can get a good one once I learn and know what I want and need lol. I'm the opposite of tired, I'm hyperactive. To me being bored is the worst thing ever. So thats why I'm stoked to find something else fun to keep me occupied. :D

For a girl, 38 and doing action sports is pretty darn old! So far I think I might be the oldest female in my entire area at the skatepark. Most of the dudes dont know that tho lol.

[MuniAddict]

Thats awesome! Even though I just started, I'm digging the uni. I'm selling stuff so I can get a good one once I learn and know what I want and need lol. I'm the opposite of tired, I'm hyperactive. To me being bored is the worst thing ever. So thats why I'm stoked to find something else fun to keep me occupied. :D

For a girl, 38 and doing action sports is pretty darn old! So far I think I might be the oldest female in my entire area at the skatepark. Most of the dudes dont know that tho lol.Hmm, hyper, like me eh!? 38..good age. I just may have met soul mate, lol. Are you married? ;)

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

Yeah... I guess that drop I did where I almost died was well within my limits... :p
It was just stupider than consuming cyanide to try it with that ramp...

Jeez, tat's a sick pic though. That must have hurt so much... any vids of you riding?

[MuniAddict]

Jeez, tat's a sick pic though. That must have hurt so much... any vids of you riding?What pic?:confused:

[joeking36]

harden up princess!..... haha

[Unicaw89]

OMG, Terry ages like Chuck Norris! Each year adds more stength!

[joeking36]

yeah looks like it hurt

[cbs]

Hmm, hyper, like me eh!? 38..good age. I just may have met soul mate, lol. Are you married? ;)

I'm single lol! Not many dudes to keep up with me. Plus I'm kookie (silly) and have too much energy to sit around watching TV. I'm ADHD. So if I've got to be the organized mommy in the relationship, forget it.
But I have a boyfriend. He was there through making me bionic and is an incredible skateboarder so well see how it goes. But if you have a HUGE trampoline for flips lol...... :D

[cbs]

Yeah... I guess that drop I did where I almost died was well within my limits... :p
It was just stupider than consuming cyanide to try it with that ramp...

Jeez, tat's a sick pic though. That must have hurt so much... any vids of you riding?

Is that 4 me? No vids, just pics. I have a vid of me doing 1 handed pushups with my left arm. :D Got the video camera about the same time I broke my arm. Cool thing, the empty gap in my bone is now swollen up with bone now and looks like a bicept muscle hahaha. so I think its about healed. Soon I can ride the uni outside and late spring I guess I will sk8. But no tricks for a bit. I really busted up my arm. Ive been forced to learn the word patience, it sux.

[manon1wheel]

in that picture are you skateboarding or rollerskating or roller blading?
they almost look like skates.:confused:

[MuniAddict]

I'm single lol! Not many dudes to keep up with me. Plus I'm kookie (silly) and have too much energy to sit around watching TV. I'm ADHD. So if I've got to be the organized mommy in the relationship, forget it.
But I have a boyfriend. He was there through making me bionic and is an incredible skateboarder so well see how it goes. But if you have a HUGE trampoline for flips lol...... :DWow, you sound the the female version of me! I too have ADHD and if you've seen a lot of my vids you can see that I also have a wacky sense of humor too! If you ever break up, let me know! :D

[cbs]

in that picture are you skateboarding or rollerskating or roller blading?
they almost look like skates.:confused:

no NOT rollerblading ahhhhh, rollerskating! :D Blades are boring for me, sk8s are like riding a wave = trucks! blades are like riding in a straight jacket. They dont make them so I made a pair myself. flat aluminum/wood plate, skateboard trucks and wheels and my own design for sliders out of UHMW plastic. Got some old school mounts for toestops, pretty rad sk8s! Yes I get a few looks cause noone rollerskates bowls. I do whatever is fun rather then whats popular. I guess I will have to repaint a uni or something down the road lol. Heres a pic of my skates.

http://www.adinfinitum.de/forum/Vert-Skating/4852.jpg

It took me a month to be able to ride a ramp without almost breaking my butt but I'm stubborn lol. I hope it takes me almost 2 months to ride a uni because i read on the internet it takes that long for a broken bone to get strong again.

[cbs]

Wow, you sound the the female version of me! I too have ADHD and if you've seen a lot of my vids you can see that I also have a wacky sense of humor too! If you ever break up, let me know! :D

lol, sure thing! u already impressed me. :p i cant date anyone that isnt active after dating this one dude. he was smart, an amazing abstract artist, but he liked to sit around and drink and smoke and eat crap and cough up his lungs lol. my birthday i sat around all day while he decorated the Xmas tree for an expensive dinner. took so long since he was partially drunk. he thought it was a great date, i was bored outta my mind. i wished i had left and gone skating lol.