I never knew about this episode, but Tony Hawk’s “tweet” today prompted me to investigate. Seriously, even if you have some sort of crazy skate loop at home, don’t try this!
From the Jackass website:
…a particularly tense moment from the California episode of Wildboyz in 2005 when we shot with Tony Hawk. The bit itself seemed harmless enough, get Tony and Bob Burnquist in monkey suits and have them skate around with Louie the chimp, but when Tony dropped in to do the loop, he lost it at the fateful 12 o’clock position and went bananas through the air until he hit the ramp’s flat bottom below with a sickening smack. I wasn’t there, but those who were thought Tony was dead…