Nyjah Skull Fracture

[Jim and Dan]

That's got to be a top 5 all-timer for brutal slams, hope The Jah makes a speedy recovery with no long-term impacts...

[Kielwasser]

I'm a big helmet advocate but I really wonder wether it would've helped him on this particular slam. He's lucky to be alive.

[in love w/ fs shuvs]

hellride culture sucks

[Sedition]

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So how confident are we that it's not AI generated? Strange this footage isn't on youtube or insta, or mentioned by anybody in the industry

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This is the first I’ve heard of AI giving someone a skull fracture. Technology is getting to be so dangerous!

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Not denying that some slam happened but its suspicious this footage is only posted in 1 place. None of Nyjah's crew have reposted this footage from what I know

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Would you post a video of your friend getting absolutely smoked? IDK, for me I'd wanna just move past it.

Moreover, I'd certainly ask permission first, too.

[CreepySweaty]

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So how confident are we that it's not AI generated? Strange this footage isn't on youtube or insta, or mentioned by anybody in the industry

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This is the first I’ve heard of AI giving someone a skull fracture. Technology is getting to be so dangerous!

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Not denying that some slam happened but its suspicious this footage is only posted in 1 place. None of Nyjah's crew have reposted this footage from what I know

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Would you post a video of your friend getting absolutely smoked? IDK, for me I'd wanna just move past it.

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Moreover, I'd certainly ask permission first, too.

“Hey bro can I post your slam?”

**cut to Nyjah lying unresponsive in a hospital bed**

Edit: I agree with the 2 posts above. No reason to post the slam. Just thought it would be wild to think about posting a slam while your homie is wrestling with mortality.

[Billy Bitchcakes]

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So how confident are we that it's not AI generated? Strange this footage isn't on youtube or insta, or mentioned by anybody in the industry

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This is the first I’ve heard of AI giving someone a skull fracture. Technology is getting to be so dangerous!

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Not denying that some slam happened but its suspicious this footage is only posted in 1 place. None of Nyjah's crew have reposted this footage from what I know

What are you doing then?

[Unkle Fleak]

Rip Jah. Internal bleeding is a terrible way to go.

[bokchoy]

How the fuck and whyxthe fuck did he sit up after that shit? Dude on some other shit. I definitely see dude being a spokesperson for a sports betting company in the future.

[munchbox]

wondering what low impact jah footage look like
would anyone watch that?

he been “send it” energy his whole career
would a “half send” fly with the fans and sponsors?

doesnt seem like the guy to give up the lifestyle

[QixHexagon]

He's very lucky he didn't break his neck and got paralyzed or even died. Seems he landed quite on his neck.

[vinithebr]

Logged in to make a funny lil quip, but after seeing the bail, I think it’d be a bit tone deaf.

Well, logged in, made a funny lil quip in another thread ..then I visited this. Holy shit.

I no longer have any desire to ever try big rails.

[Abyss1]

Holy shit that slam is giving me PTSD

Luckily he's got that Nike health care package

[Southernmost]

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So how confident are we that it's not AI generated? Strange this footage isn't on youtube or insta, or mentioned by anybody in the industry

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This is the first I’ve heard of AI giving someone a skull fracture. Technology is getting to be so dangerous!

[close]

Not denying that some slam happened but its suspicious this footage is only posted in 1 place. None of Nyjah's crew have reposted this footage from what I know

[close]

Would you post a video of your friend getting absolutely smoked? IDK, for me I'd wanna just move past it.

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Moreover, I'd certainly ask permission first, too.

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“Hey bro can I post your slam?”

**cut to Nyjah lying unresponsive in a hospital bed**

Edit: I agree with the 2 posts above. No reason to post the slam. Just thought it would be wild to think about posting a slam while your homie is wrestling with mortality.

So fried. It’s obviously a leaked clip. Not everyone posts their worst slams right after it happens. I also saw it on IG last night so it’s not only on TikTok. But yeah it’s prob AI and he’s faking the skull fracture so he can have a crazy comeback story.

[fuckingawesomesauce]

Heal up jah

[rawbertson.]

Some big rail friends told me in the past that feebles are the easiest trick to do in big rails cus you can lock it and your body can stay crossed on the rail more easy to scape.

I hope he doing well because heads fracture can be danger even after recovery.

idk what your level of bs feeble is like - this is a trick that evaded me for like 20 years and i am getting pretty good at them now
I dont think its necessarily easier, but back feeble / fs smith slows you down quite a bit, like look at Kevin Bakkell 38 stair smith grind into the bank or whatever in his last thrasher interview / part from this summer. I think he would have been going really fast on 5050 and might have been scarier to hold especially towards the end at that insane speed. you feel a lot more locked in on the feeble grind and then it slows you down a bit too to kind of make it feel less scary.
USUALLY on feeble grind you slip to boardslide and fall backwards, but thats not what happened here... it seems like his front foot actually went off the heel side of the board completely, but he was trying to press down with his front foot on the wood, but then the wood wasnt there, so then he just shot forwards and front flipped down a 14 onto his dome ;( praying for Jah rn his PSL team is gonna be cooked now

[idontlikeyouinthatway]

Remember how Cliche handled it in Freedom Fries for Cale Nuske?  No need to blast out someone's traumatic moment.

this solidifies my full 180 from Jah loather to Jah supporter.  Dude could be doing anything and he's really out here almost dying in the streets for no reason other than pure skaterat-ism.   If he thrifted clothes and made shitty art would the slash dogs "YIP" for him?

hope he heals up fast and has no lasting negatives from this.

[layzieyez]

If I had only seen the photo of the mountain of stairs without the footage and you told me he fractured his skull, I would have readily accepted it.

If I had seen the footage gif and someone posted it and said he was in a coma, I would have easily believed it.

I’m so happy he got away with whatever injury he’s already suffered and hope he’s going to be alright and recover fully.

He’s got some tough choices to make about his future and I hope he makes the ones that will be a better future and one he can live with.

I can’t help but think of the chorus to the song The Gambler from Kenny Rogers.

[Kielwasser]

Remember how Cliche handled it in Freedom Fries for Cale Nuske?  No need to blast out someone's traumatic moment.

this solidifies my full 180 from Jah loather to Jah supporter.  Dude could be doing anything and he's really out here almost dying in the streets for no reason other than pure skaterat-ism.   If he thrifted clothes and made shitty art would the slash dogs "YIP" for him?

hope he heals up fast and has no lasting negatives from this.

What happened to/with Cale Nuske?

[slapcurbsnotwomen]

I posted the slam on my story and someone shared it and a bunch of pros and industry people viewed it😂 but they also saw my meme I made (idk how to upload photos on here, help)

[Lame_Fella]

In videos past when you see his slams it does genuinely seem like he is miserable, I mean who wouldn’t be on his slams (outside of Leo who makes his look goofy) but it’s always made me wonder how long he can keep this up for. He’s been skating at a high level for 20+ years and is only 30ish.

I think it’s time for him to hang up (no pun intended) these bigger rails. His legacy is set and his Distress part proved that he can go smaller and still put out quality footage. Just don’t want dude to be in a wheelchair or have severe CTE by the time he’s 35.

[Kielwasser]

So how confident are we that it's not AI generated? Strange this footage isn't on youtube or insta, or mentioned by anybody in the industry

I've been on a few Video-AI jobs lately and I don't think any AI out there could so accurately show a skateboarding slam. With more mundane things like somebody running it can be indistinguishable from real footage when the fucking servers aren't melting (which is 9 out of 10 times) but sadly I'm pretty sure this slam is real and I really wish I'd never seen it.

[Dj Paul]

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Some big rail friends told me in the past that feebles are the easiest trick to do in big rails cus you can lock it and your body can stay crossed on the rail more easy to scape.

I hope he doing well because heads fracture can be danger even after recovery.

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idk what your level of bs feeble is like - this is a trick that evaded me for like 20 years and i am getting pretty good at them now
I dont think its necessarily easier, but back feeble / fs smith slows you down quite a bit, like look at Kevin Bakkell 38 stair smith grind into the bank or whatever in his last thrasher interview / part from this summer. I think he would have been going really fast on 5050 and might have been scarier to hold especially towards the end at that insane speed. you feel a lot more locked in on the feeble grind and then it slows you down a bit too to kind of make it feel less scary.
USUALLY on feeble grind you slip to boardslide and fall backwards, but thats not what happened here... it seems like his front foot actually went off the heel side of the board completely, but he was trying to press down with his front foot on the wood, but then the wood wasnt there, so then he just shot forwards and front flipped down a 14 onto his dome ;( praying for Jah rn his PSL team is gonna be cooked now

Just watched Kevin Baekkel's rough cut and the feeble grind on the big black rail next to flatground fs flip seemed for him the easiest clip in the video.

Crazy to see a dude like Nyjah suffering that type of slam on feeble grinds. I normal attempts he could just laid back and let board scapes. 

[Jamie Fortuneteller]

The fact he went limp and not stiff bodes well. When a knockout leads to stiffening of the body it's traumatic brain injury. This has a disturbing visual but the kids gonna be alright

[idontlikeyouinthatway]

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Remember how Cliche handled it in Freedom Fries for Cale Nuske?  No need to blast out someone's traumatic moment.

this solidifies my full 180 from Jah loather to Jah supporter.  Dude could be doing anything and he's really out here almost dying in the streets for no reason other than pure skaterat-ism.   If he thrifted clothes and made shitty art would the slash dogs "YIP" for him?

hope he heals up fast and has no lasting negatives from this.

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What happened to/with Cale Nuske?

If i recall correctly he straight up shattered his leg while filming for freedom fries (in the video they elude to it with some leg shattered artwork on some sort of silouette), he still skates and i feel like several years (prob more) i did see him do some insanely popped nollie fs noseslide or something.   for the love of game


also Arto almost died doing on a back smith, so i don't think it's a given that there's any "safe" trick when it gets to 12+ stair rails

[aleksander]

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Not to be that guy buuut what rail? Is there a famous big rail in Tempe?

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Maybe you should ask the OnStar guy?

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I wish I could gnar you several hundred times for this.

In 11 months when we talk about poty I’m voting for it.

[Sk8 Prick]

Crazy to see a dude like Nyjah suffering that type of slam on feeble grinds. I normal attempts he could just laid back and let board scapes.

Reminder that Arto's slam which he nearly died from in the intro of his Sorry part was also presumably a b/s feeble on a rail.

I do feel the b/s feeble is one of the safer grinds to do on a rail. You don't really have to balance, it doesn't slide as fast, and the risk of clipping on the entry (like on a front smith for example) is less likely. But I guess any trick on a big rail has a high probability of being devastating if anything goes wrong.

[Cheshire Cat]

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Remember how Cliche handled it in Freedom Fries for Cale Nuske?  No need to blast out someone's traumatic moment.

this solidifies my full 180 from Jah loather to Jah supporter.  Dude could be doing anything and he's really out here almost dying in the streets for no reason other than pure skaterat-ism.   If he thrifted clothes and made shitty art would the slash dogs "YIP" for him?

hope he heals up fast and has no lasting negatives from this.

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What happened to/with Cale Nuske?

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If i recall correctly he straight up shattered his leg while filming for freedom fries (in the video they elude to it with some leg shattered artwork on some sort of silouette), he still skates and i feel like several years (prob more) i did see him do some insanely popped nollie fs noseslide or something.   for the love of game


also Arto almost died doing on a back smith, so i don't think it's a given that there's any "safe" trick when it gets to 12+ stair rails

Not to be that.....ah fuck it; it's allude to - as in "Arto's animation also alluded to it being a bs feeble that caused his horrendous slam".
And I'm pretty sure I remember that trick being named in an interview regarding the slam.

[fur lined sea]

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Remember how Cliche handled it in Freedom Fries for Cale Nuske?  No need to blast out someone's traumatic moment.

this solidifies my full 180 from Jah loather to Jah supporter.  Dude could be doing anything and he's really out here almost dying in the streets for no reason other than pure skaterat-ism.   If he thrifted clothes and made shitty art would the slash dogs "YIP" for him?

hope he heals up fast and has no lasting negatives from this.

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What happened to/with Cale Nuske?

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If i recall correctly he straight up shattered his leg while filming for freedom fries (in the video they elude to it with some leg shattered artwork on some sort of silouette), he still skates and i feel like several years (prob more) i did see him do some insanely popped nollie fs noseslide or something.   for the love of game


also Arto almost died doing on a back smith, so i don't think it's a given that there's any "safe" trick when it gets to 12+ stair rails

Arto was also trying a bs feeble. There was a tiny hole in the rail his truck got stuck on as he was just warming up.


In Freedom Fries they also do an animation/character for JJ Rosseau (ankle).

[Allen.]

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Remember how Cliche handled it in Freedom Fries for Cale Nuske?  No need to blast out someone's traumatic moment.

this solidifies my full 180 from Jah loather to Jah supporter.  Dude could be doing anything and he's really out here almost dying in the streets for no reason other than pure skaterat-ism.   If he thrifted clothes and made shitty art would the slash dogs "YIP" for him?

hope he heals up fast and has no lasting negatives from this.

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What happened to/with Cale Nuske?

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If i recall correctly he straight up shattered his leg while filming for freedom fries (in the video they elude to it with some leg shattered artwork on some sort of silouette), he still skates and i feel like several years (prob more) i did see him do some insanely popped nollie fs noseslide or something.   for the love of game


also Arto almost died doing on a back smith, so i don't think it's a given that there's any "safe" trick when it gets to 12+ stair rails

Fwiw Cale fucked his knee up.

[GaryDahLegend]

bet he's pissed, er... will be, that the clip got leaked. he stacks whatever's gnar for video parts, that's like someone posting an ender.