There usually isn’t a good reason for us to feature car videos, but any time Travis Pastrana is involved, if even for a minute, the video is usually worth watching.
Such is the case with DC Shoes-sponsored Ken Block’s Gymkhana Five: Ultimate Urban Playground, San Francisco.
A time-tested putdown among boys and adult males is the “You throw like a girl” insult meant to highlight the targeted male’s inability to throw some object with the appropriate force needed to get the object moving and continuing along the correct trajectory. In other words, as the male of your species you should posses the innate ability to throw a ball, but instead you lob it overhand like a female that’s never thrown a pitch or a pass in her life.
Of course, the action verb throw is replaceable with just about any action the insulter wishes. But if you’re a motorcyclist, and a buddy attempts to slam you with, “You ride like a chick!” then hang your head high. After you watch the lil’ lady in this 2011 video competing in the popular Japanese sport of motorcycle gymkhana you’ll wish you had two-wheeled skills as mad as hers.
I’ll be the first to admit that the procedure to get a motorcycle endorsement (and a car license for that matter) in this country is incredibly easy. If you’re smart, you sit in a classroom for a few hours, answer some basic questions, learn all the controls, perform a simple riding test, and you’re off to the races. Look at what the Japanese have to do to get their certification! Check out the video after the jump.
