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Dog Gone s01e03 - Road Rash


I noticed Ponch has some real road rash on his right forearm, about 4 - 5" long and 2.5 - 3" wide. I figure the stars didn't do anything but the initial take offs and stops in the early episodes. There's a lot of shots of the bikes in motion with their faces cropped out. It makes me wonder if he went down taking riding lessons or learning on his own.

It's interesting to see the various states of healing during the show. It shows that scenes weren't filmed in order during the week as the wound goes back and forth from heavy scabbing to nearly raw.

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And a few episodes later, s01e05, Jon has some good right elbow road rash.

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I know, I noticed that too. I even looked close to Erik's arm in the next episode and the rash seemed to be gone. He must have been a really fast healer.

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Actually they did their own stunts on many scenes. Not the heavy,really dangerous ones but simple stunts and got a lot of bruises,bumps and road rash while doing it. I've seen some interviews and read articles of them saying so, and how much fun they had while doing it. That is how Erik got badly injured on his famous accident.

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