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<blockquote data-quote="Blk04L" data-source="post: 15579744" data-attributes="member: 48574"><p>"The guy in the video is Colin Winkleman, a professional BMX rider who once set a Guinness World Record by jumping over 13 Ford Explorers on a bike. In 2004, fellow rider/daredevil Travis Pastrana apparently <a href="http://www.23mag.com/gens/winklema.htm" target="_blank">held a contest at his house</a> to see who could film the craziest jump. Colin's attempt was to ride up a ramp attached to the front of a van that was moving toward him. He hit the ramp too fast and ended up falling nearly 20 feet on to the pavement.</p><p>—is that the crash would destroy Winkleman's life. He <a href="http://www.23mag.com/gens/winklema.htm" target="_blank">reportedly broke and dislocated both his ankles</a>, broke his wrist, one of his lower legs, and cracked a vertebra in his neck. After a year of rehabilitation, he was still unable to ride competively or even walk without a limp. The resulting depression over the loss of his craft apparently <a href="http://www.istv.com/news/articles/69/1/Colin-Winkelman-Update" target="_blank">led Winkleman to commit suicide</a> in August 2005."</p><p></p><p><a href="http://deadspin.com/5463552/sportsnation-unaware-that-weird-web-story-had-tragic-ending" target="_blank">http://deadspin.com/5463552/sportsnation-unaware-that-weird-web-story-had-tragic-ending</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blk04L, post: 15579744, member: 48574"] "The guy in the video is Colin Winkleman, a professional BMX rider who once set a Guinness World Record by jumping over 13 Ford Explorers on a bike. In 2004, fellow rider/daredevil Travis Pastrana apparently [URL='http://www.23mag.com/gens/winklema.htm']held a contest at his house[/URL] to see who could film the craziest jump. Colin's attempt was to ride up a ramp attached to the front of a van that was moving toward him. He hit the ramp too fast and ended up falling nearly 20 feet on to the pavement. —is that the crash would destroy Winkleman's life. He [URL='http://www.23mag.com/gens/winklema.htm']reportedly broke and dislocated both his ankles[/URL], broke his wrist, one of his lower legs, and cracked a vertebra in his neck. After a year of rehabilitation, he was still unable to ride competively or even walk without a limp. The resulting depression over the loss of his craft apparently [URL='http://www.istv.com/news/articles/69/1/Colin-Winkelman-Update']led Winkleman to commit suicide[/URL] in August 2005." [URL]http://deadspin.com/5463552/sportsnation-unaware-that-weird-web-story-had-tragic-ending[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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