We’re not allowed to say it, but the possibility of wipeouts is why breakneck downhill racing and bobsledding are high-interest events. I don’t want anyone to suffer agonizing bone snaps, but if I’m being nakedly honest something inside me…something a bit cruel goes “yes!” when a gifted downhill racer wipes out at 85 mph.
I also love it when big-wave surfers lose their luck or their curl groove and get eaten by the wave.