Bad Brains

BMX freestyle pro Rick Thorne has 27 screws in his head. He also once broke his palate and eye socket when he crashed into the corner of a loading dock. About the episode, he says, “Fluid from my brain was leaking out through my mouth.”

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Lovely.

However, he usually hits his mark. This includes riding the side of a moving semi for the Discovery Channel's Stunt Junkies program not long ago. A veteran of Tony Hawk’s tour, Van’s Warped Tour and the X-Games, Thorne also recently appeared in Mall Cop with Kevin James.

This summer, he’s touring with his own bike-and-skate show, which will feature competitions that anyone can enter, free swag, and live music from Thorne’s rock band, Good Guys In Black. The nearly 40-year-old will also ride, so would-be daredevils should take that as inspiration. Seeing as he has somehow managed to survive this long, you’ll probably be okay.