Suggerisco di dare un'occhiata al video
che ho postato nel 2021 riguardo a Silva. Era già stato in coma per 10 giorni, si era demolito il femore, aveva perso un rene. Questo commento secondo me riassume bene il tutto:
I've done some further research this morning. There's another very serious issue at hand here - the entrants they are allowing to compete.
Look at Silva's history. He's a viral MTB rider - nothing more. Look at his history. His brand is built on the double/triple flip, his exploded kidney, broken femur and seemingly....how little of a f*ck he gives about his own safety. Every video he released was focussed around this, and from what I can gather, his reputation was basically that of an underdog who was willing to just send it. Not a single decent section posted anywhere online. Just one Yeti video, pre-rampage which again...features the double flip and a huge no-hander off a massive drop.
What evidence was there that this kid was ready for anything other than to try and make it out of tricks out of his depth, alive?
Look at all the other Rampage entrants - the majority are accomplished outside of Rampage in some other form of competition. BMX dirt jump, DH, or Enduro. Not all, but a lot of them.
I've followed "extreme" sports for over 22 years, and I spotted a pattern in "pro's" after a while.
There are the naturally talented guys, lets take Brandon Semenuk as an example. Gifted athletes. They make it look easy. Then there are the kids who want to be them, the lifestyle chasers, the ones who do it for the image. Some of them are half decent because they live it, and push them selves so hard. But mostly, they can only gain a rep through the risk they take and physically or mentally they aren't real athletes. They always end up with severe injuries and near death stories.
Also, lets look at the word "Pro". A pro is a just someone paid by a company to promote product.
Simple as.
They're on the payroll to sell an image. These days, it doesn't mean they're amazing - it means they're getting enough attention for a company to warrant hiring them basically, as a sales representative.
What Silva sold was the attitude - get out there and try and make it work, no matter what.
My point here is these aren't Olympic level athletes coming through national programmes, selected for their talent who we can trust to probably make it through the terrain at hand safely, and take calculated risks.
These are now kids who are just capable of gaining enough views on YouTube that they can be trusted to shift product. And these kids are doing this to themselves.
Yes, homegrown is what makes our sports our own.
But - Silva wasn't even close to proven. Not even close.
If Red Bull is allowing a viral star to attempt a double flip off a drop the size of a house and disable himself - somethings drastically wrong in their selection criteria.
Ciò non toglie che a me dispiaccia per quanto gli sia accaduto, ma ricordo bene di aver pensato "Ma come si fa a prendere una decisione così stupida di voler fare un double backflip su quello step down?" al momento del crash alla rampage. Perché ciascuno di noi è la somma delle proprie decisioni, alla fine della fiera, e non c'entra redbull sul fatto che Adolf abbia deciso di tentare un salto con pochissime possiiblità di riuscita e con alta probabilità di un infortunio grave. Non pensa a sua moglie, ai suoi genitori, a chi gli vuole bene?