I had a team mate take a bad crash on Rainmaker today during practice runs for the Specialized Enduro at the Colorado Freeride Festival.
Bike Patrol shut down the course and had a few riders keep or inform other riders that the course was shut down. There was another rider half way between keeping anyone that may have passed to tell people to stop.
Well, I wouldn't think that a professional rider from Specialized would ever think of blowing past the trail closure... he did. Many riders identified him: Curtis Keene from Specialized and another rider (Not Identified, but was thought to have been on the same team).
What's worse, he rode at speed and almost hit Bike Patrol medics, 3 riders that were helping out and the crash victim himself (who was in pretty severe condition to begin with).
His actions were poor, but worse, he put many others at risk of injury.
My team mate suffered a broken collar bone (bent the hardware that was already in there), broken scapula, broken rib and a partially collapsed lung. He was moved to a level 1 trauma center, but is expected to make a full recovery.
If a trail is closed and a rider is down, please don't ride anyway.
Bike Patrol shut down the course and had a few riders keep or inform other riders that the course was shut down. There was another rider half way between keeping anyone that may have passed to tell people to stop.
Well, I wouldn't think that a professional rider from Specialized would ever think of blowing past the trail closure... he did. Many riders identified him: Curtis Keene from Specialized and another rider (Not Identified, but was thought to have been on the same team).
What's worse, he rode at speed and almost hit Bike Patrol medics, 3 riders that were helping out and the crash victim himself (who was in pretty severe condition to begin with).
His actions were poor, but worse, he put many others at risk of injury.
My team mate suffered a broken collar bone (bent the hardware that was already in there), broken scapula, broken rib and a partially collapsed lung. He was moved to a level 1 trauma center, but is expected to make a full recovery.
If a trail is closed and a rider is down, please don't ride anyway.