Evel Live 2: Axell Hodges Breaks Down His Critical Injury | History

In this exclusive clip from 'Evel Live 2,' motocross rider Axell Hodges recounts how he severely injured his ankles while practicing for his record-breaking stunt.
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[@Cameragodchrisvlogs]

Axel: i couldn’t even walk Next scene: axel walking

[@micahhook3576]

CHRISGOTTA100ROUNDS he had a wrap on his finger that clearly wasn't right after the crash

[@ZeroBBQ]

@@micahhook3576 Lol it was just funny where they put the scene xd

[@braydennienhuser9547]

😂😂😂

[@sethhoper7872]

That’s all I thought

[@DeglanCarmody24]

It’s not funny he crashed badly don’t be a jerk

[@Versys16060]

Hey History, Could you hold a steady shot for a few seconds rather then throwing in all these flash edits ? Never could see the complete sequence and forces involved.

[@youtubeaccount9058]

0:37 is the one

[@michelevitarelli]

I agree. Not everyone has crippling ADD! Give us the long form.

[@flyinpolack6633]

It seems to be some kind of stupid editing method that every show uses now. It totally sucks and ruins the product big time

[@andreshidalgo2813]

They're holding onto the good shot until it airs this february

[@Womb2DaTomb]

This was a practice jump so nobody was really recording it, this is probably clearer than the actual video tbh

[@PhilipSepulveda]

Shouldve watched ronnie macs video on air wheelies first bud

[@NasdaqManiac]

Philip Sepulveda Such a underrated comment haha

[@Happygrowercbris420]

😂😂😂

[@garsspliffton3447]

Ron69 and pbr fn rules

[@holmesteadready]

Hahahahahahahahhaha word!!!

[@spoopytigrams9076]

That’s a fact right there

[@pavmik1]

1:35 bottom right corner. The dude on the bmx bike got me weak

[@edfrancis165]

The BMX guy pulled a bunny hop over the ramp in all his excitement to get to the crash scene!

[@MTnumber11]

I was about to comment on this, good thing great minds notice style points lol

[@pavmik1]

@@MTnumber11What sticks out the most is that its technically a tragic moment. Dude wasnt even sure if Axel was alive but he still finds time to have some fun lol

[@spacenipples7888]

HeadlightHeartSurgeon hits a trick on the way to recover

[@VlogEpicness]

Hey look a landing ramp 🤙🏻

[@kevinmoore4887]

I like Axle's calm, no hype demeanor. I hope he heals fully and has an injury free future. I really enjoy his free riding videos over the distance jumps.

[@kevincoates1597]

No hype? You didn’t like that cape & American flag?

[@motorcitydancampbell2472]

Uncle twitch has the medicine for that axel

[@VlogEpicness]

I didn’t know Alpinestars could fold like that.

[@marcd7332]

anything bends with that force of impact

[@beau_mcfadin_9253]

@@marcd7332 shut up hes just trying to make a small joke about how stiff those race boots are and he didnt ask for you to make a nerdy comment.....

[@marcd7332]

Beau_ McFadin_925 triggered

[@LogieT2K]

@@beau_mcfadin_9253 chill dude😂

[@ethankoster4626]

Did the same thing in gaerne sg12s, broke my tib and fib

[@Rick-jg8vx]

I love at the very end when the bike is still going in veers off to the right like “I am out of here”

[@bmxking6582]

I surprised his wrist didnt break when the front slammed down. That close up was brutal. Hope he heals fast and well, that dude makes amazing videos.

[@jeremyclark1237]

Best rider out there. Hope for a speedy recovery bro.

[@DirtNastyy]

Hahaha the guy at 1:35 just had to make a bike jump appearance 😂😂😂

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Nice break down of the CRASH, didn't say anything about what injuries occurred..

[@montanaplease]

I agree . Also they only showed like one or two camera angles which you know something that big of a spectating event there would be at least six different angles there and that's not even counting everybody with smart phones

[@yamkaw346]

John doe this was on a practice day so I don’t think any spectators were around to film it.i think theses are the only angles of it

[@kmart9328]

He broke both ankles

[@nolangray43]

Broke both ankles. He plans to attempt the jump again Asap

[@mroleg904]

@@nolangray43 but he was walking by his foot after that!

[@noezrider6361]

All these "he should've done this or that" Lot of experts on cycle jumping I see. Maybe y'all could show him how to do correctly.

[@fanoflakespeed9460]

Yeah don't do it is the correct way.

[@travisgeorge7602]

NoEZRider all I need is a "invite"

[@edpettit6563]

@@travisgeorge7602 the only thing keeping you from jumping/flying a dirt bike 400 feet is an invitation? Yeah, me too. I was thinking 500 foot though.

[@bgribbz]

1:35 Homie on his way to check...still gotta get that trick in...hahahaha

[@darrenmolloy9147]

Your a great athlete mate hope you get better soon . Live to ride brother

[@loreleiwhitcombe6371]

That is unbelievable. The bike ride off on it's own.

[@claygraham3722]

This was so gnarly! It takes balls to jump a ramp at 105 mph. Respect! I hope he tries it again soon. It's 2024, the year to break records!💯🤘🏼

[@MrDPdrum]

The hard part is the next jump. That was amazing.

[@lyonking6193]

Ronnie Mac would've made that no problem 😂🍺

[@hencetirta7633]

Easy for maC

[@ericbarabuscio1707]

Cut them fenders

[@keltoncanada7512]

Lyon King 619 hahaha I think he had a front brake red flag one it was a four stroke flag two had hella fenders flag three

[@NietJeffrey]

@@keltoncanada7512 Are you having a stroke?

[@SixOFord]

Yup it was the wind drag on the fenders. If he'd only took a hacksaw to that front fender he would have made it.

[@jmichaelb3632]

Shouts out to that dude standing on the ramp recording and putting the phone down before he even touches the ramp

[@jetsracing4706]

Well I see u on insta Man U still slaying keep it up👍🏽

[@mikerafonemusic6177]

Good jumpin axel! You went down like evel...glad your ok..it looked cool af!

[@JohnDoe-ud2cc]

mikerafone music I don’t think Evel ever hit a jump close to 106mph

[@ryanrosen270]

Everybody gangsta till the bike starts riding by itself

[@OfficialChickenJoe]

Everybody gangsta till Jah starts riding dirtbikes

[@stratsteveo106]

1:37 sweet bunny hop bro

[@desertrider325]

Can you play the clip from start till the bike falls from each angle and not edit it and chop it all up. ?

[@kenbush6942]

evel would have went clubbing before he went to hospital

[@turbodiesel1904]

Ankles has left the chat

[@bluearrows1906]

I would have never thought of a pro racer on the history channel thats so cool lol

[@kenthorne9705]

Pushing the envelope, somebody has guts enough to try the new. Knievel and his son, Travis Pastrana, Seth, Robbie Maddison, have paved the way for dare devils of the future. It's not stopping yet as more are trying new things, those who live long enough in being able to tell their story

[@dabullz2346]

How about the guy on the bmx rushing to help him took time to pull a trick on the edge of the ramp

[@livewire2474]

Haaaahaaa i just noticed that

[@TheRealMcFIy]

So lucky he stayed on as long as he did. The bike ate a lot of that impact.

[@beejel9628]

“Couldn’t even walk” *immediately cuts to clip of him walking

[@VlogEpicness]

1:36 This is how you do it Axell 😂

[@gregd2spam]

Thankfully you seem physically ok. Harder than it looks. 105mph is crazy fast.

[@joski9030]

I’ve never known a 450 to do more than 80 obviously geared

[@AKAviation97]

Legend has it the bikes still rolling

[@CorralesRacing]

Impresionante. 👍👍👍

[@tonygunk1886]

"Thats when i rode the boogie board" Lol amazing

[@dirtmen2204]

Went to see this live a bit disappointed in watching tv for about 3 hours before something happened no preshow or nothing but it was very exciting when the show began

[@own636]

Why not tap the rear brake to bring the front end down ??

[@xpusostomos]

Show us how it's done

[@fredgarvinMP]

Keep it pinned while air-wheelie-ing

[@mattdyer489]

He did. You can see the front drop a little half way through the jump. Back break doesn't do much when you have all that wind resistance.

[@pauldenham2952]

I agree, back brake would fix it, i think the colour of the ramp, height of the sun made it hard for him to judge the bikes angle to the ramp

[@cliftonjames785]

@@xpusostomos if you've ever jumped a dirtbike you'd know that hitting the break usually levels you out

[@JasonApexMusic]

Brings back the same feelings from watching the Seth Enslow overshoot

[@edpettit6563]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@e954rr2]

Glad you’re ok

[@IowaSpartan4]

Axel is one of the best ever

[@Nisotovski]

Legend 👌🤘

[@wendellrountree4899]

Glad you are doing ok man i know that had to do a number on your feet and ankles.

[@SoVicarious]

For sale on Craig’s list: used Kawi 450 hardly ridden tons of factory trick parts minor scratches from dropping it on pavement 😎

[@lancekippenbrock5307]

Bryan Farley that thing has tens of thousands of dollars in it

[@SoVicarious]

Lance Kippenbrock I know, Obviously was a joke

[@codywheeler9383]

Holy shxt that was gnarly !

[@roynelson7613]

Brother has balls of steel

[@BanjoSkrrt]

Send it 🤘🏻🤘🏻🔥

[@chrisb9701]

Brave Soul.

[@fanoflakespeed9460]

I would have liked to see Evels rocket actually land on the other side of the canyon.

[@noezrider6361]

It did, several years ago with a stuntman and a rocket built buy Evel's original engineer's son using the same blueprints with a few changes to the nose and parachute release. It's on KZbin. Not much publicity.

[@theoriginalmungaman]

Do it on an old Triumph and Ill be impressed!

[@ScottyLo]

Ouch. ☠️

[@jakedoyle8934]

Alpinestars are a great boot.awsome protection

[@johnnynobuddy1]

Still very impressive.

[@believe8263]

Rule of Thumb: When sliding, draw a smiley face on the ground before you get up. If the smiley face is 10 feet long you haven't stopped sliding enough to stand.

[@davedalessandroDalessandro]

Ouch!!!

[@joozywoozy]

when did this happen ?

[@DayNtheLife188]

Crazy af

[@haydenhopkins9191]

Mad respect

[@douglasmueller4684]

The only thing I would say. Use a little back brake Mabey. It all happens so fast.

[@JustinGuyer-hn9tz]

Axel you rule!!!

[@davidmcdaniel3592]

Watch robbie kneiv and his 500 the bike shock is all rebound look at when he rides. I'm surprised he hasn't done a off the seat bounce off

[@kyall4205]

It’s 2019 and that crash was recorded worst then evils back in his day. That’s ridiculous history channel.

[@rayfinkle8169]

Man that bike just kept going

[@Masonmartin32]

Only Axell Hodges would try to land a record breaker on one wheel 😂.

[@rogerdalemckinney2889]

Ouch

[@willie838]

No doubt about it, that's more full send than anything before. Full send: the next generation.

[@DeffectiveMirrors]

That moment of impact I just want to edit that WASTED from GTA

[@joshnavarro391]

😂😂

[@dillinheater]

Oh my, the close up of his toes touching his shin yikes... didnt see that before

[@richardkey4289]

Yeah, that was gross to look at, his feet bent up way too far.ouch!

[@spunn_co]

landed it in my books

[@puprilla]

Ya mine to

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

That was a practice jump not the record distance

[@spunn_co]

@Dave Pawson .08 of sec os a landing in my books

[@mxr7586]

That’s why ppl tap the rear brake to level out and bring that front end down a bit.

[@kawasaki36slatt53]

His feet were on the pegs because he was about to land

[@jeffreymoran6234]

He just learned to backflip but I never seen someone who is that tec on a dirtbike plus doesn't mind catching some really serious are off of a jump he's young he will just get better if you haven't seen him ride check out his dirt shark videos on KZbin

[@breannasoto3274]

😢❤

[@lukepatto4366]

I love how he's using all that moto lingo lol

[@cliftonjames785]

He literally used no moto lingo at all, so idk what you're talking about lol

[@LOVESEXDREAMS305]

That's why this was a jump for Ryan capes

[@edpettit6563]

Axel has more natural riding talent in his pinky than Ryan Capes has in his whole body.

[@jaredleavermx94]

He's the king of style couldn't he just throw a dank brake tap.

[@Happygrowercbris420]

😂 yes

[@michaelmaag593]

Right!? I was waiting for it..

[@drewb5084]

First thing I thought too, wasn't on the rear brake at all

[@douglasschmidt6873]

Lucky man

[@travisfrench147]

Cant tell if his back tire is spinning, why wouldnt he check the back brake to push the nose down, specially that far into the jump. Is it because the distance of the jump?

[@Zackyinked]

what was the distance supposed to be?

[@MichaelF1]

ThyPreciousAnkles have been slain. Respawn? (Y) N

[@durangojohn714]

Only here in San Bernardino lol

[@shitluck2jzgte]

Happens to the best of us

[@maxinetempest5079]

I work at that airport. Had to deal with that ramp for like a couple of weeks.

[@puprilla]

Must have been horrible

[@markmcmahen9442]

As a pilot it must have been annoying to you having to avoid the ramp.

[@zomgkilla1]

Deal with the ramp ? You’re so lucky to have even witnessed such skill in person ... this man is making history what are you doing ? Hating ...

[@rewadena4371]

@@zomgkilla1 lol history just missed the back break and failed!

[@jimmydean4444]

I dont understand why he didn't brake tap to level out?

[@mikeschoolcraft21]

You should have taped the rear brake to bring it down.

[@turbodiesel1904]

mike schoolcraft don’t think brake tapping works when your in the air that long

[@mikeschoolcraft21]

Turbo Diesel well deploy the flaps, no flaps? If you are in the air that long, you better talk to an engineer.

[@derek6115]

Maybe at that speed and air time dident wanna chance endowing

[@benwilliams5545]

Yeah cause that’s so easy at that speed and height lol.

[@mikeschoolcraft21]

Ben Williams you never rode a motorcycle. How does the height keep you from hitting the brake? He had a lot of time, fucktard.

[@jameszbierski391]

Anyone know how far he went

[@frankburdodrums8984]

All I have to say is, I hate when that happens. At least you did attempting a gnarly jump.

[@wfoholeshot8614]

I'm surprised he didn't tap the rear brake to drop the front end down(?)

[@Whatever___XYZ918]

Why distance was he going for and how far was this jump?

[@spunn_co]

457 feet across at 136 mph ...

[@kt-lc5zj]

obviously it was too far

[@andyrips834]

Needed the 500

[@asaphsarmy2637]

That which hasn't killed you has hopefully made you stronger!!!!!!!

[@aboveitall4763]

And 50 years ago 13 cars was crazy

[@magicyeti9256]

Tape your hands to the bars Kids!

[@doryman1000]

Huge respect for having the sack to hit that at that speed. No rear brake tap to try and bring the nose down?

[@isaiahwilson6225]

Going that fast = panic = lock-up fear = no brake tap. Happens to the best of us riders

[@cencoast_7.340]

Ever tapped the brakes going 105?

[@doryman1000]

@@cencoast_7.340 Well, it would have likely saved him....so.

[@cencoast_7.340]

doryman1000 You should contact him to let him know for the future, might save his life someday.

[@doryman1000]

@@cencoast_7.340 That's a great idea. I'll do that.....

[@stoney-wan]

"I slid about 200 feet" more like 20ft 😂

[@thesprucemoose7276]

Do you know what angle perspective is??

[@lorenmaly1637]

I can't tell, did he use back break in the air? Wouldn't that have helped?

[@neiltibbs648]

That will get your attention

[@nealhilt5839]

Good try for a long distance attempt. You know now for next time. Keep on straight ahead. Would a small parachute shorten the body crash distance?

[@michaelnobles2643]

Yipes, that looked rough

[@xpusostomos]

Wasn't there some other safer route he could have taken?

[@kmart9328]

Huh what do you mean

[@xpusostomos]

@@kmart9328 like drive around it

[@pauldenham2952]

Yep, if i can clear a double jump i ride around it, he could have done the same