Adrenaline junkie or not, no one likes wiping out, smashing their face into cement or breaking limbs. However, if you participate in extreme sports, it’s more than likely that at some point you will be injured, or could even face death. So, before you decide to try something like snowboarding down Mount Everest with a rocket strapped to your back, check out these extreme sport mishaps, and remember, these are the guys that survived.

Skateboarding Falls

Although you have to admit the 10+ second, multi-level, railing grind was pretty impressive, with that talent, don’t you think he should’ve been able to jump off before hitting the sign?

This is a great example of how extreme sports can hinder one’s reproductive abilities. I’m sure his future wife will understand it was too tempting a line to not try.

Obviously, x-rays weren’t needed to determine a fracture of the left arm.

Inline Skating Mishaps

Take special note of the bounce after the initial impact.

A 10-foot fall onto cement and metal can’t ever end well, but I think this poor guy found the most painful way to do it. Hey, at least there won’t be another generation of maniac idiots spawned from this obvious genius.

Snowboarding Accidents

Considering the fact that he somehow managed to make it past the first fall, and avoided creating an avalanche, I guess this fall could have been worse.

Apparently no one warned this guy that snowboarding down a rocky mountain wasn’t the best idea.

Okay, there are no falls in this clip, but it had to be included because it’s simply amazing and it would have killed almost anyone other than the now legendary Norwegian snowboarder, Terje Haakonsen.

BMX Crashes

Considering he was riding a bike towards a cement wall and metal door, he couldn’t have expected a much better outcome.

Dirt Bike Collisions

This guy quickly found out that trying to cheat by cutting across the track wasn’t the way to win, but good try.

Extreme sports like motor cross are for professional athletes only. I know it looks easy and fun, but don’t be fooled, it can be quite dangerous, especially if you are a middle aged obese woman…

Bungie Jumping Disasters

Scaring yourself silly can be a fun past time, and there are few better ways to do it than jumping off of a platform and hurtling toward the ground with only a bungie cord preventing you from splattering on the pavement. The best part is that if the bungie cord doesn’t snap, you still have a shot at dying in a retarded way. Just ask this guy, who almost gets strangled by the bungie cord under his own body weight.

Sky Diving Trouble

Getting sucked out of an airplane and stuck on its wing probably wasn‚Äôt this guy‚Äôs sky diving dream. I’m not sure if I’d consider him extremely lucky, or extremely unlucky. Either way, I bet he is the only person in the world who can say he‚Äôs been cloud surfing like Kit Cloudkicker from Tailspin.

Skiing Falls

If you have ever watched ski jumping, this is probably exactly what you secretly wanted to happen. Turns out, it’s as spectacularly awesome as you imagined, plus the guy lives.

Surfing Wipeout

Big wave surfing isn’t for the faint of heart. Wipeouts like the one in this video can push surfers 20 to 50 feet below the surface. Often times they only have about 20 seconds to get their bearings and swim to safely to the surface before the next monster crashes. Surviving more than three consecutive breaking waves is considered near impossible.

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