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Why not require stand up landings.
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is this Derek VanB? just curious, i think it is. Derek i don't usually post, but i just wanted to say that the most painful injuries i sustained during the competition were abrasions to both hands. one is pretty deep. anyway, they happened during two of my zone accuracy rounds, where there was a bonus for standing up (or no deduction). i was trying to stand up, happened to land where there wasn't much gravel to slide on, and face planted. i slid in all of my distance rounds and wasn't hurt in the least. might be a lucky coincidence, but i can't remember ever being hurt at all when i've slid in, and i've done some downwinders on a Velo 96 for fun that were pretty brisk (16mph).
hope you're doing well man, would love to see you in the sky somewhere.
i 've read most of the posts on this thread, and i hope people can stop making this into a personal thing. it doesn't seem to me that Derek has made any of this personal.
then again, that's why i don't post much.
Say what you mean. Do what you say.