Australian teens hospitalised with burns after 'jump through fire' bike stunt goes wrong (+ video)

Findon Skid Kids have been doing this stunt for years, and it occasionally goes wrong, like this. I grew up in Adelaide and stories about Skid Kids getting burnt were an occasional occurrence of my childhood.

It's good to get children outside doing something active, rather than sitting on their couch playing video games. And when things go wrong, as they occasionally do, it's nice to see that the parents aren't immediately suing the organisers.

Good on them
They got away with it, very sore and scarred maybe but you do stupid things as a kid.
Agree that damaged kids isn't good but nor would be a world where people didn't do stupid things.

Hmmm... makes me think that compulsory helmets in Australia might be a good thing

Who'd have thought that riding through fire could be dangerous?

I love how casual the supervising "adult" is about the accident. He seems to feel that a child getting 2nd degree burns every now and then is a cost of doing business when you're jumping through fire hoops.

Even if the stunt is the great idea that he purports it to be, doesn't it seem that properly prepping the cardboard is of paramount importance, rather than merely an "oops, we forgot to cut the slits in the flaming cardboard and some children faced potentially life-altering injuries."

What an ass hat.

3... 2... 1... Just counting down to the nanny Australian state introducing mandatory flame-retardant clothing for cyclists, to go with the compulsory helments.

Everyone Relax "DaveO's" on hand. Bet he was on cardboard cutting duties.

Dave (Witness) at 0:43 is exactly the sort of authority you want reassuring the public. I'm sure he's come straight from retrieving another six pack from the cooler to give his PR statement. Most reassuring, especially since he didn't want to give his surname.

Oh well, hope the kids aren't hurt too bad. Too many more stunts like that and you remove yourself from the gene pool.

eejits!

St John Ambulance isn't possessive. St Andrew's is.

Sorry, it's the type of thing that you start off not noticing and then slowly over the years turns you into a gibbering heap every time you hear/see it...

Sorry for the kids involved, but it does sem like a dat sort of stunt to pull. Anyone doing that here would probably have some awkward questions to answer about training and use of young riders. Just because they have been doing it for 55 years does not mean it is right, and the organiser is quoted as saying that burns have happened before. Surprise....!