That dude holding the can is the luckiest guy ever: not only did he get the best possible view of the whip, but Danny Hart himself owes him a beer!

I still think that the most appalling thing about this is that the people who shut down the trails won't even admit the real reason that they're doing it (not around here,at least); they all are bleating about the environment. No ranger or cop that I've talked to has ever mentioned liability, and the people trying to shut down the project for a legal city-sponsored bike park that was initiated by riders only use it as a backdrop to their main argument. It allows them to vilify us further: "look at those damn kids, ruining our parks and killing nature", which makes it easier for them to justify what they're doing. I had one ranger blame creek damage that had obviously been done by cattle that graze on the land on the group i was riding with (last time I checked, bikes do not leave hoof prints). I definitely agree that suing because you hurt yourself is an inexcusable lapse in personal responsibility, but i also find it interesting that even the people who enforce the law can't accept or see what they're doing for what it is, or simply choose to ignore it.