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: Not SURE he broke it on ramp . But he hit wood
: and steel at 85-90 mph. So as I said before
: it would have been a miracle if he did'nt .
: But I really dont know if he suffered a
: break there AND at the wall but OUCH !!!!!
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: Yeah, I think you just proved me wrong Mike.
: I had to take a magnifying glass to this
: being that zooming in loses resolution. His
: left leg wasn't on the peg as I thought and
: it's easier to see how his leg could have
: been laying on the ramp like his Dad's photo
: showed you. All that writing I did was for
: nothing. Now, the question I have is...did
: he break his left leg on the ramp or on the
: wall or both? Thanks for setting me
: straight on this.
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: Ralph, Gary's dad showed me a side view pic
: of him hitting the ramp . And from knee to
: foot his leg is laying on the ramp. Look at
: the pics Dave posted (Thanks man) . His foot
: is not back on the peg 1/2 way to the wall .
: Also see the pics where he is walking up and
: down the ramp zoom in and note the
: "white/gray side of his sole . That is
: the light colored line you see going
: sideways of the ramp. The one that looks
: closest to his hand . As opposed to the one
: closest to the front wheel .
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: Yeah Mike, I found it and I have to disagree
: that his foot is visible there. There is
: some flapping action of the pant leg going
: on where the slit in the fabric occurred
: after his knee came in contact with the ramp
: about halfway up the ramp but, if you look
: at the photo that Dave provided which is the
: same photo on this website under
: "jumpers" showing him only a few
: frames later at a rate of 30 frames per
: second at the bottom of the ramp clearly
: shows his foot on the foot peg. The timing
: difference of the photo you referenced and
: the one at the bottom of the ramp is less
: than a second apart. It would have taken
: more than a second to get his foot back on
: the peg in my opinion. I used to think the
: same as many others here that he snapped is
: leg hitting the ramp but, after I looked at
: it closer and studied it a bit I'm convinced
: otherwise. I could be wrong, though.
: Anyway, to copy and paste a "link"
: just do a copy/paste of the address bar.
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: Sorry I did'nt mean it was ripped off . I
: dont know how to link to you tube . So got
: to youtube put in Gary Wells . Find Gary
: Wells attempts caesars palace fountain jump
: with interviews . At 41 seconds pause. That
: is his foot and leg you see on the ramp .
: Yes I know it is probably eleswhere on the
: web but ...
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: I'm a little confused by what you wrote Mike
: on "his leg is laying from knee to foot
: on top of the ramp". The one pic that
: Dave provided showing him at the bottom of
: the ramp shows his left foot on the foot peg
: with a slit exposing his knee directly
: above. Is this what you were referring to?
: The reason I keep harping on this is because
: some have said that the smudge mark on the
: landing ramp looks like his foot when his
: foot is clearly on the peg.
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: Trust me Gary was in complete control of the
: bike . And rather he thought he was going to
: move the bike back in line with the ramp OR
: Get away from the ramp . He is not crossed
: up due to being out of control . I believe
: human nature would make a person aim for the
: ramp . Another thing Gary was a flat track
: racer . And you steer the bike or sprint car
: or semi in the direction you want it to go .
: Gary's dad Ralph was running a BMX track in
: Phoenix before he died. And showed me a
: close up pic of him hitting the ramp . The
: bike is in a "wheelie" laying
: against it . And his leg is laying from knee
: to foot on top of the ramp . Which was a
: flat bed trailer . Nasty
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: But if he knew he was going to land on the
: right side of the ramp (looking from his
: view) he made it worse by crossing up the
: motorcycle to the right instead of the left.
: In fact if he didn't cross up the motorcycle
: at all the chances are he would have landed
: on the landing ramp even if it was a little
: to the right. Instead he crossed the
: motorcycle to the right and that caused the
: bike to move even further to the right.
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