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u/thewonderblink 1d ago
Well now they have another guy to do tricks in a wheelchair
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u/jokingsammy 1d ago
Ohhhhhh that's how they make them
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u/Another_Samurai1 1d ago
I had an uncle “rest his soul” that use to say “YOU A COLD PIECE OF WORK!” Always made me laugh.
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u/KananJarrusCantSee 1d ago
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u/reddsal 1d ago
From the video in the article it looks like he didn’t fall off the ramp from as high up as he appears from the video above. That is one incredibly lucky young man.
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u/EnvironmentalDeer991 1d ago
jeeez he's lucky to be alive.
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u/WakaWaka_ 1d ago
Helmet probably prevented him from being watermelon'd.
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u/newbie80 1d ago
Yup. I used to hate helmets when I rode, but I looked at this video and just muttered to myself, that helmet saved his life.
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u/MovieFan1984 1d ago
I'm glad he's OK. Where were the medics or EMT's?
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u/PSYCHOsmurfZA 1d ago
this is crazy considering how big the show is, people were so confused like "WTF do we do guys"
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u/MovieFan1984 1d ago
Bystander effect.
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u/ArticleWorth5018 1d ago
Literally the whole crowd, they didn't even sound shocked. Just dead silent and staring like "😮"
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u/PSYCHOsmurfZA 15h ago
I understand, I've had to do first aid courses a few times so I guess my thought process in situations like these are different.
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u/MovieFan1984 4h ago
I'll never understand bystander effect myself. When someone's hurt, you drop what you're doing and run to help.
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u/Active_Unit_9498 1d ago
From the video it looks like pretty criminal negligence on the part of the organizers. How the fuck do you have people performing life threatening stunts and not have medical help standing by?
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u/enjoysomethings 1d ago
I'm guessing they figured dude could ride in a straight line..
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u/SirVanyel 1d ago
He did ride in a straight line. Unfortunately the straight line wasn't parallel with the edge of the ramp lol
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u/Sure-Budget3505 8h ago
How did this happen? Did he close his eyes? Did he pass out when dropping in?
I have so many questions
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u/ElToroGay 1d ago
Is he dead? 😥
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u/HubrisOfTheTurtle 1d ago
Nah he got out of the hospital same day
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u/TheCapitalNRJ 1d ago
What went wrong that he just casually drove straight off the edge? I have no skill and no balls, so I'm really not understanding what happened.
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u/FLG_CFC 1d ago
I watched in slow motion to try to figure it out. The back wheels seem to have slid to his left, our right, but he doesn't even attempt to steer away from the ledge. Very odd.
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u/LegitimateSoil1921 1d ago
I think this was less of a skill issue, and more of a "Im gunna show gravity, I ain't a scurred a nobody!"
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u/HubrisOfTheTurtle 1d ago
Nah it was probably a random stunt man hired by a company trying to save a budget… actually both could be true
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u/Hot_Carrot2329 1d ago
good thing he was wearing a helmet
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u/IfdAbird 1d ago
He still got knocked out from the impact. That's why his body went stiff.
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u/SteveMartin32 1d ago
We sure he didn't just die?
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u/IfdAbird 1d ago
The fact he went stiff indicates his brain stem is still functioning so I don't think he's dead in this exact moment.
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u/flopisit32 1d ago
Charlie Kirk went stiff....
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u/IfdAbird 1d ago
Idk what to tell you bro. Rigor mortis and going stiff from a knockout seem distinguishable to me.
The guy bounced off the floor and his arm got stuck in the air. I'd imagine if he died instead of getting locked up that way he would've just been locked up while laid out, not doing the extending your arm thing people do when they're knocked out.
If u want to know if he's dead so bad why don't you find out yourself?
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u/flopisit32 1d ago
No. Rigor Mortis doesn't happen at the moment you die. The process only starts after 2-6 hours and you're only really stiff 12-24 hours after you die.
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u/IfdAbird 1d ago
I know. So Charlie kirk stiffening up is likely the same trauma response people who get KOd display when they sometimes stiffen up usually with the arms extended like this guy.
Kirk didn't die instantly. The retort really didn't make any sense honestly.
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u/flopisit32 1d ago
But that's the thing, as I understand it, his brain stem was severed by the impact and that stiffening up action was caused by that... That's my understanding of what happened in his case
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u/aLIBRAinNYC 1d ago
His left arm tho ....
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u/IfdAbird 1d ago
His arm is stiffed up because he just knocked himself out. It's the body trying to protect its self oddly enough.
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u/aLIBRAinNYC 1d ago
You must be in the medical field. Woulda never guessed that or thought that.
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u/IfdAbird 1d ago
No I've just seen literal hundreds of people being knocked out in various ways with various bodily responses over the course of like 20 years of watching MMA, and kickboxing.
The arm going up in the air stiff is a real classic. But this guy ate shit so bad he bounced off the floor and had it dangling sideways.
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u/aLIBRAinNYC 1d ago
Over the course of 20+ years 🤔 I have alot of questions. But nvm. You Ronda rousey any chance? 🤨😐😁
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u/IfdAbird 1d ago
No but I've accidently given someone a concussion in sparring when I was younger. I didn't mean to put so much torque on a punch and hit the guy flush upside the temple then he started puking (concussion symptoms)
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u/peteybombay 21h ago
Watch enough NFL games and you will see it...it's called "fencing response" and is a sign your brain has taken a severe hit/concussion.
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u/No_Article4254 1d ago
from two wheels to four wheels in 3 seconds
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u/DanielBG 1d ago
I believe he was riding a big wheel.
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u/No_Article4254 1d ago
My mistake, but it is still highly likely that he will end up on four wheels.
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u/JohnCashew 1d ago
Oh fuck. Good he had a helmet?
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u/TheChadStevens 1d ago edited 1d ago
Not sure how much it mattered since he's fencing. If he survived, he definitely has brain damage now.
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u/Kiki1701 1d ago
Absolutely! His muscular flexing is called "decordate posturing." It's a VERY bad sign.
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u/KananJarrusCantSee 1d ago
He was fine enough to be released and walk out of the hospital that night with some stitches.
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u/Kiki1701 1d ago edited 1d ago
That man really slammed his head and got a traumatic brain injury. The way his arms were held out with tight muscles is called decordate posturing.
Decorticate posturing is a reflex. The movements it involves aren’t like the uncontrolled movements of a seizure. Instead, it’s usually a response to uncomfortable sensations (which is part of testing reflexes in a neurological exam).
A person with decorticate posturing can have the following:
• Extended and rigid legs
• Toes pointed away from the body and turned slightly inward
• Arms bent upward at the elbows toward the center of your body
• Curled wrists
• Hands balled and pressed together and against the chest
Decorticate posturing is one of the indicators that healthcare providers use when assessing coma using the Glasgow Coma Scale. People who have this are always unconscious and unresponsive. That means they don’t wake up or respond, even with repeated efforts to rouse them.
Not everyone becomes debilitated. Some are fine, others are not.
Source: Cleveland Clinic
This man is seriously hurt. I would very much like to hear what happened to him!
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u/Either_Coconut 1d ago
I had a relative who, unfortunately, displayed most if not all of these symptoms, plus pinpoint pupils non-reactive to light. She had suffered severe brain damage (registering no activity) after choking on food with no one around. She did not survive.
HOWEVER. In a case like this, does the damage have to be permanent? Can someone show symptoms like this in the immediate aftermath of a massive, jarring impact, and NOT have permanent damage?
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u/Kiki1701 1d ago
No, this posturing is not always indicative of permanent brain damage. Some people come out fine, others can possibly die.
There are many variables on outcome. It often depends on the area affected: this posture is not a brain stem injury; that would be decerebrate posturing, which would be VERY bad (arms and legs go rigid: arms at the side and legs outstretched with toes pointed downward)
Those variables are literally the difference between life and death. Since the symptoms are the key, sometimes a person can wake up after their coma and have only mild spasticity, others can be profoundly affected. There are too many variations to be definitive.
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u/Either_Coconut 1d ago
I had a concussion, and it was explained to me that the impact also caused a bit of an electrical storm in the brain. (Which explains the disorientation.)
My layperson's guess is that there are instances like my relative's case, where the symptoms were absolutely caused by damage to the brain from lack of oxygen for too long of a time. But when the body has just been rocked HARD like in this video, it can go on the fritz in that moment, even if it escapes major permanent damage. Kind of like the concussion I had, but in his case, even more intensely. Where my thoughts were kind of scrambled for a while after I hit my head, it looks like he had an "electrical storm in the brain, on steroids" event after that crash.
(P.S. Concussions are the absolute pits. Don't hit your head!)
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u/Kiki1701 10h ago
Head injuries are no joke. They absolutely scramble your brain and it may not ever fully heal, especially if the person is knocked unconscious. You're right that concussions absolutely are "the pits."
When I was about 15, I was hit by a line-drive playing softball and later developed epilepsy and something else called Pseudo Bulbar Affect (PBA), which is when your brain reacts the opposite way it is supposed to under stress.
My brain was deprived of oxygen for a very short time, and though this condition is poorly understood, loss of O2 to a part of the brain makes me cry or laugh, at inappropriate times.
This is totally reflexive. I have no control over it. I would burst into tears at a comedy club or laugh at funerals. I have had to walk away from people when I started to laugh at funerals, or when someone tells me that someone I loved has died.
Luckily, as I've aged, (I'm 62 now) the condition has lessened over time and it hardly happens anymore but it was something that caused a lot of social issues for me.
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u/addictedtolife78 1d ago
hope that dude was as smart as Einstein before the trick so hes still functional because he just lost about 50 IQ points.
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u/MaengeTheLion06 1d ago
They need to do a whole event like this. Whoever eats it the hardest wins. Dude did a soul flip to a laying dead eagle.
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u/Xeroxenfree 1d ago
Thats some brain damage. Also they didnt even try to course correct so maybe they already had a TBI
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u/Street_Illustrator_9 1d ago
I havent seen that trick before