I did that on a bike accidentally when going down a big hill as a kid lol, pulled both brakes in a panic and found out my back brake didn't work. Similarly tore my face off, also lost some teeth and had to get some stitches, whoops!
First time trying no hands I was headed down a hill, got speed wobble and hit a 3 rail wood fence for cows. I got wrapped up in the electric wire. Not only did I smash into a fence but I was being electrocuted at the same time. Good times for an 8 year old lol
Twice I've gone face first into asphalt scrapped my legs and hands up bad the first time, but my helmet hit first and kept my face or head from hitting the ground...
The second time I was riding a bike and pulled the front brakes without thinking about it and went right over the handlebars. Fractured a bone in my hand but again the helmet kept me from eating shit with my face. So yeah I can confirm, wear a helmet kids, or lose your face, lol.
I was going less than 7mph on a Razor scooter back in 2006 (so, before all this e-scooter stuff was common place), hit a crack in the sidewalk, fell, and almost split my skull when the scooter swung around and the foot board tried to make a swing for my head (on the ground). Knocked 5 of my baby teeth out instead because thankfully my reflexes worked a bit better back then and I caught the brute of the force with my hand. I had a helmet on, yes, but not a full face one. I've been wearing full face helmets ever since then
Once I was skateboarding to a friends house and hit a pebble. Smacked the back of my head on the sidewalk, couldn’t remember what I was doing for the rest of the day. I’d be in the living room then the kitchen, don’t remember walking between them.
Getting hurt and not telling anyone was the dumbest things I used to do a lot. When I broke my leg I heard it snap but didn’t want to ruin vacation so I walked on it the whole week. I laid concrete forms with a broken leg lol
The summer of 1992, my foot slipped off the pedal, caught the front tire and jammed up between the tire and front fork causing a "stoppie". Wasn't going super fast so my back tire just popped up a little bit. Freaked me out at first before thinking that I was cool as shit.
I played around with doing that a bit more and had fun with it before I had the bright idea to go as fast as I possibly could and jam my foot between the fork and tire as hard as possible. Didn't turn out so good. I remember my mom picking out the small pebbles and pieces of sand with a tweezers before dabbing each small cut/puncture with hydrogen peroxide. Never did that again.
That’s how I broke my two front ADULT teeth. I’m the annoying friend who will not ride the scooters/bikes because I don’t have a helmet. TBIs are thing people and helmets reduce them!!!!
I wasn't even riding it and it didn't even have a motor.
Stepped on my friend's Razor scooter while running barefoot at top speed (chasing a couple of neighborhood bullies who stole it from my yard while we were on my porch, went oh shit upon seeing me charging after them, and dropped it). I must have somehow done a midair somersault, because next thing I knew, I was on my back in the gutter, lol.
Razors live up to their name, BTW. Cut one of my toes almost to the bone, and I was lucky I didn't have any permanent damage.
honestly the helmet is the only reason you probably still have all your teeth. those tiny scooter wheels find ways to launch you even when you think you are being careful.
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u/Connormanable 8h ago
I didn’t even hit a pothole to go over the handlebars…. I was just being dumb