I'm not sure how it happened really. About a month ago when we were riding a buddy asked me what the hell i did to my nerf, i said "what the hell are you talking about" then saw it. My best guess is that I ran over a rock with the front tire, then the weight of the quad dropped the nerf down on it. I still don't see how that could mess it up that bad though, that wasn't the first time these nerfs took a hit. I don't know how I could have hit it hard on anything, if it was something sticking up that high I would have destroyed my a-arms on it. Eh, it gives it character.