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Spanish professional freeride mountain biker Adolf "Loco" Silva suffered a devastating, life-altering crash during the Red Bull Rampage finals in Virgin, Utah, on October 19, 2025.

During his second finals run, Silva attempted a high-risk double backflip off a massive 90-foot step-down drop.

He under-rotated the second flip mid-air, missed the landing wheel-first, and was thrown violently headfirst into the hard desert dirt before sliding down the rocky slope.

Medics rushed to the scene immediately, and he had to be evacuated from the venue via emergency helicopter.

Silva sustained catastrophic thoracic spinal and upper-body injuries being a fractured T2 and T3 vertebrae, with dislocations extending all the way down to T6, a broken sternum and 6 broken ribs.

He underwent a five-hour surgery to stabilize his spine with plates and screws but the severe spinal cord injury left him paralyzed with no sensation from the chest down.

Doctors expected him to remain hospitalized for at least nine months, but he managed to get discharged in just eight weeks.

He has already begun adapting to his new reality under his personal philosophy "Still Loco," trying out wheelchair rugby, driving off-road buggies, and getting back on a modified motocross bike.