Easter Weekend at Ocotillo Wells, we had some people camp near us. They were in their twenties. 3 guys and 2 gals. I was sitting in camp with the cousins watching people ride when we saw 2 of our "neighbors" ride by without helmets on. They were riding pretty hard too.

As I sat in my chair, I saw the pair of riders go zooming by our camp and heading across the wash. I thought to myself, "this guy is gonna crash without a helmet on". I debated jumping up and grabbing the video camera because I thought I would capture it. I decided against it and sat there as they rode out of my sight.

They were still in Brando's sight when it happened. He came over the ridge and crashed right on his head. I could have had the whole thing on tape, too!

He wasn't seriously hurt, but enough that he laid there for a few minutes before getting up, then sat on his bike for about 10 minutes before riding back towards camp. Only he didn't go back to camp, he went across the other ridge and continued jumping. His girlfriend was jumping without a helmet too. (See PICT).

It simply amazes me to watch people do this. Especially people that are supposedly adults. Riding without helmets is against the law in this state, not to mention that the brainiac had just crashed on his head a few minutes before, but somehow felt he was good enough to still not need a helmet.