Urethra Franklin
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Jan 31, 2013 13:11:45 GMT -5
From CNN:
Snowmobiler Caleb Moore has died, his family said in a statement Thursday.
Moore, 25, was competing in the snowmobile freestyle final of the Winter X Games last Thursday in Aspen, Colorado, when he came up short while trying to do a back flip.
The front skis of the machine clipped the landing hill and Moore shot forward over the handlebars. The 450-pound snowmobile struck him as he slid down the hill and the machine tumbled over him.
"He will be truly missed and never forgotten," his family said in a statement.
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Push R Truth
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 31, 2013 13:29:15 GMT -5
I really don't know so I'll ask:
Did it happen on Live TV? Or was this not broadcast.
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nm
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Post by nm on Jan 31, 2013 13:32:32 GMT -5
I really don't know so I'll ask: Did it happen on Live TV? Or was this not broadcast. yeah, i just got curious and watched it on youtube. he was inches away from landing it too. very sad.. RIP |
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Talent Name
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Post by Talent Name on Jan 31, 2013 13:37:38 GMT -5
Very sad, and coming almost a year after Sarah Burke passed as well. His brother was injured as well during the X Games as well
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 31, 2013 13:49:15 GMT -5
Damn.....I remember catching ESPN replaying the clip of his failed stunt while at work one morning. Didn't seem too serious(considering the kind of gruesome looking injuries some extreme sports athletes have survived).  |
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Post by Error on Jan 31, 2013 14:13:39 GMT -5
I was reading an article on Deadspin from a guy who was there and how bad this accident was and how someone would die sooner than later. Shame it happened even sooner than he thought.
RIP.
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lionheart21
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Post by lionheart21 on Jan 31, 2013 14:23:15 GMT -5
Such a tragic story. I heard about this yesterday, and how his family had already come to grips with the fact that they knew he wasn't going to survive.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Jan 31, 2013 14:26:13 GMT -5
Not to sound like a jerk, but I don't understand why people participate in such high-risk 'sports' like this. The potential for death seems very likely, unlike the big 4 North American sports, where death on the playing field almost never happens.
Regardless, RIP. That's tragic.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 31, 2013 14:29:16 GMT -5
Not to sound like a jerk, but I don't understand why people participate in such high-risk 'sports' like this. The potential for death seems very likely, unlike the big 4 North American sports, where death on the playing field almost never happens. Regardless, RIP. That's tragic. It is the adrenaline rush. Extreme sports athletes love it. |
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Push R Truth
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 31, 2013 14:30:23 GMT -5
Terrible accident. I feel for the family and the dead.
To be brutally honest... I'm surprised we don't hear about more deaths from the XGames. So many of those amazing tricks make all other sports look a safe as patty-cake. Flipping Snowmobiles just seems like one of those "only a matter of time" sorta things. Like jumping over exploding buses on a motorcycle.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Jan 31, 2013 14:39:42 GMT -5
snowmobiles weren't meant to be flipped
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