# Is suicide cowardly and selfish? (split)

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**Created:** [April 7, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-suicide-cowardly-and-selfish-split/257747 "2011-04-07T06:53:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-suicide-cowardly-and-selfish-split/257747/25 "2011-04-07T08:03:59Z")

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> [@Buffalo Bills 2007 Season Discussion](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buffalo-bills-2007-season-discussion/35063/1018):
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> WHO THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT
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> WHATS HIS NAME? LINK?
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> jesus this is so hard to figure out, colin who, who the fuck is colin ?
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> :rofl

> [@Who buys used cell phones?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-buys-used-cell-phones/40559/10):
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> ![http://4gifs.com/gallery/d/181434-1/Van_ramp_BMX.gif](http://4gifs.com/gallery/d/181434-1/Van_ramp_BMX.gif)

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> [@X-box live gamertag thread\*\*edited with list\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/x-box-live-gamertag-thread-edited-with-list/22265/1202):
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> What? O\_o
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> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin\_Winkelmann](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Winkelmann)
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> > **Colin Winklemann** (February 26, 1976 – August 11, 2005) was a professional freestyle BMX rider and is the current (2000) [World record](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_record) holder for ‘Longest BMX Jump’. He rode for DK Bicycles[[1]](http://dkbicycles.com/index.html), taking 2nd place in the 2002 [Toronto](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto) LaRevolution Street contest.  
> > He started riding as a young child in [Okinawa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawa), [Japan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan) where his father was stationed at a military base. It was in Japan where he first saw magazines and videos about BMX and freestyle and started trying to do some tricks. He was a fearless rider, attempting stunts such as jumping 116 feet over 13 [Ford Explorer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Explorer) sport utility vehicles, for which he earned an entry into the [Guinness Book of Records](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_Book_of_Records).  
> > In July 2004, Colin attempted a stunt that involved a ramp mounted on the hood of a van that was driving toward him as he rode toward it. He failed in the attempt, suffering severe injuries, including breaking both ankles, fracturing a [vertebra](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebra), and breaking several bones in his [wrist](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrist). He also dislocated his ankle and right foot.  
> > Immediately following the crash, Colin was rushed by [ambulance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambulance) to the [University of Maryland Medical Center](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland_Medical_Center) in [Baltimore](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore) where he began a long rehabilitation. Following extensive surgery on his shattered ankles Colin was put in a stable situation, although it was unclear whether he would be able to ride again. 6 months on from the crash, he was able to walk unassisted, although notably with a limp. However despite this progress, Colin found his injuries and his inability to ride too distressing. On 9 August 2005, Colin committed suicide by [carbon monoxide poisoning](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_monoxide_poisoning) from the exhaust pipes of his motorbike in his garage at his home in Greenville, NC.[[1]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Winkelmann#cite_note-0)

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