SALT LAKE CITY – A Spanish mountain bike rider is in the hospital following a huge crash at the Red Bull Rampage event in Virgin, Utah on Sunday.

Freeride style mountain biker Adolf Silva had to be airlifted after he under-roptated a step-down double backflip off a cliff and crashed head-on into the dirt.

It was Silva’s second ride of the day and he had nearly completed his run. There were audible gasps from the crowd as Silva hit the ground and rolled to a stop. Live stream host Selema Masekela commented that they had heard that Silva may try a double backflip on the feature.

“We did not see him practice that at all this week because of the stakes,” Masekela said.

Host Tyler McCaull was up close and saw the whole thing.

“So many things have to go right _ the speed, the pull, the rota

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