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Watch As A Motorcycle Tries to Skim Across Water, but Ends Up In a Face Plant
Skimming across water is possible, and many have done it and made it look easy...which is the problem. There's a lot of technique - and more importantly, speed - involved in riding your dirt bike over the surface of water. Skimming across a lake or stream takes a lot of speed and balance, and typically involves pulling back on the bars, planting your weight over the rear tire and using your power and speed to keep you from sinking. Well, this guy doesn't do any of that, and ultimately face plants himself on the opposite side of the stream.
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It was a Perfect Storm of Stupidity as this guy and his friends were riding in a dried-up lake filled mostly with mud. This is also why you wear a helmet, but one dumb move typically follows another.
