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So @SoutherlyBuster and I were out landboarding at Brighton beach today and we were having a blast. We first did the big upwind trudge all fine, some jumps and such along the way. Then came the high speed down winder. I was ripping along having a great time when out of nowhere my front left wheel came off!! My axle immediately dug into the ground and I kept going, (doing about 40km/h+). I did a full 360 while being dragged along, hitting my leg, back and head with some pretty decent force. Luckily I still had control of the kite and could bring it back to a zenith. So, why did my wheel come off? Well when I took a closer look at the wheel that had rolled off it had a mighty hot, seized bearing. My guess is that it rubbed against the lock nut until it came off. I was damn glad I was wearing my helmet because I hit the hard packed sand really hard, and the GoPro recorded the lot! You can see the huge mark it made on my helmet: So, moral of the story: Keep tabs on your wheel bearings and always wear a helmet. Oh, and I'm editing the footage at the moment so it will be up later.
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