[billorites]

"Wow....the pavement won that battle."

Yeah, what my kids call a "face-plant."

[thoughtomator]

"face-plant" is an old skateboarding term - there is a halfpipe technique called a "hand-plant", where you balance yourself on one hand while you lift your feet and the board above your head momentarily, and "face-plant" derives from that in the obvious way.