Tombstoning......Errr Why??????

How many times do I have to tell you, Portsmooof people are particularly thick!!

Oh and why are you condemning him for his stupidity ... you ALL ride motorbikes ... is that not asking for trouble?!!?

Originally Posted by graemepaterson

Yes some people would, and they may end up getting hurt.....like people jumping off piers.

WHO CARES....let them get on with it

Hallejujah! The penny drops

If you don't care, why bother to post in this thread then!

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Originally Posted by DanDare

Hallejujah! The penny drops

If you don't care, why bother to post in this thread then!

Because it bothers me other people give a crap........and the fact its good banter

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

How many times do I have to tell you, Portsmooof people are particularly thick!!

Oh and why are you condemning him for his stupidity ... you ALL ride motorbikes ... is that not asking for trouble?!!?

This is akin to riding through a giveway sign at a crossroads without even slowing down. Or pressing on around the blind bend at 80mph just after passing the "Farm Traffic" sign.

Jumping off cliffs or piers isn't the stupid part, it's not knowing what you're jumping in to that gets you hurt.

There's a clip on some Bravo show "Most Amazing Videos" or something, where a cliff jumper jumps feet first, hits the river bed and seriously hurts his back. D'oh, stupid guy huh? Not as stupid as his mate, who after seeing what happened to his buddy decides to jump in head first! That is one of those look away moments. Needless to say there was blood, but I think he escaped anything life threatening or mega serious somehow.

Originally Posted by Steve_God

Tombstoning can be as safe or dangerous/risky as you want to make it depending on how high you dive, not assessing the water that your diving into first, etc.

+1.

The tombstoners we hear about are just like the weekend warriors who ride sportsbikes down country lanes at 160+ where 100 would be pushing your luck, if you knew what you were doing. They're the most d***ish, have the most accidents and constantly get in the headlines.

I know lifeguards (who have had to rescue people who've been injured as a a result of it) who themselves tombstone regularly and have never come a cropper. I've done it in places where I know it to be safe and do not believe it's anywhere near as dangerous as people make out. It's like motorcycling isn't actually the oft-quoted 16 times more dangerous than riding a car, provided you don't ride like a t***, but stats have a very hard time reflecting whether or not you're a t***.

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The worse I have seen from LOTS of jump was a broken pelvis, and that was from a 40m bridge and an awkward landing.

All the newspaper crap sorrounding it is rubbish, and accidents are few and far between in the grand scheme of things.

Thats whats so annoying about it, because one mindless idiot jumps when the tide is out everyone gets clamped down on, and every other person who doesnt agree with it jumps on the band wagon.

Why is it called "Tombstoning"?

Is it the position you dive in or coz that is what it can result in?

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Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

Why is it called "Tombstoning"?

Is it the position you dive in or coz that is what it can result in?

Tombstoning is just a word sensationalised by the media, and now more commonly used rather than cliff/bridge jumping etc

Ouch... TBH