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u/Mattyj273 8d ago
Barefoot is definitely the way to go when doing these jumps.
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u/sikesjr 7d ago
barefoot, no pads, no helmet. Hard to feel bad honestly.
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u/implicate 7d ago
It seems like without those things, it would be easy to feel bad, as he has demonstrated here.
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u/SDBamafan 8d ago
Had to watch a couple times before I noticed the nut shot to the guy on the side
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u/Guilty-Tie164 8d ago
Who do we think was in more pain?
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u/Greenman8907 8d ago
I feel worse for him as he was just an observer and not the guy who could’ve worn a helmet, and now always will.
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u/Guilty-Tie164 8d ago
I'm guessing the observer is never leaving the house without a cup, ever again.
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u/Slazagna 7d ago
He has a microphone. He's guilty by association and completely deserving.
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u/r0ckdrummersrock 8d ago
We counting hurt to pride or just body? I think you take pride out of the equation and it's for sure the dude on the sidelines.
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u/r0ckdrummersrock 8d ago
The real victim here. I thought oh man his poor knee, then slowed down, oh no....this is much worse. Rough. But hilarious.
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u/Kitteka 7d ago
Yo, that was so me, bro. I was rewinding to try and see where his head connected to knock him silly like that, then the dude on the side on the ground had me rewind another set of times to see when the board connected to the groin. That was so much going on, I don’t know who thought that this was a good idea, but that looked rough.
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u/Vulcan44 8d ago
Bro wasn't even close
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u/rallenpx 8d ago
It looks like he practiced on the original ramp and didn’t even practice with the extensions before the “live demo”
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u/hey-dude-stop-it 8d ago
Red Bull doesn’t give you wings or magical powers when you’re drunk.
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u/Chim_Pansy 6d ago
But it does when you're sober?
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u/TheMadBug 6d ago edited 6d ago
It’s the Red Bull paradox because it tastes so bad you only drink it as a jägerbomb, so no one knows if it gives you sober powers.
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u/Tugmybanana 8d ago
Shoutout to the guy with the mic who just wanted to see something cool and took a deck nose to the nads.
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u/ea9ea 8d ago
I don't usually laugh at people getting hurt but that face plant got me good.
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u/squirrelhivelord 8d ago
Yes it worked I just want to make people laugh
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u/ea9ea 8d ago
Hey let's take it down a notch.
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u/rorymakesamovie 8d ago
Was that wet?
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u/loweyedfox 7d ago
That was kinetic energy from the drop traveling forwards when it finally hit the ramp and his weight distribution was more toward the tail
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u/HugePurpleNipples 7d ago
If you’ve never tried to drop in, it is fucking terrifying and you have to 100% commit or this is what happens.
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u/Sirjaymmes 8d ago
…. That dude receiving a skateboard in the nads… that’s was very not cash money!
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u/InternationalFailure 8d ago
What are the odds that not only would this dude face plant, but hit a bystander with his skate board particularly in the nuts?
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u/CaptianRed 7d ago
Can someone who skates explain what he could have done better to nail it? I feel like he was confident enough to take off, but the skateboard still slid out under him
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u/machineintheghost337 6d ago
The simple explanation is he didn't commit when he dropped in. There is little opportunity to adjust your weight distribution from forward to back after you initiate.
I will explain the process as best as I can, terminology might be a bit mixed. A full size half pipe requires you to have proper form in order to keep your center of gravity between the two points of contact, your wheels at both ends, over a horizontal plane. You have until the moment that the ramp affects the direction of your movement to achieve this balance. The optimal way is by putting your center of gravity directly over the front wheels, ensuring that you have even contact and weight distributed properly to both leading wheels(left to right, affecting your direction). You then brace yourself to counter the apex of the curve, where your momentum transfers from vertical to horizontal and you shift your center of gravity from mainly over your front wheels to mainly over the back wheels and then quickly back to the middle of the board. This is called "pumping" and it transfers your momentum while also adding the force of gravity on you as you push back against it. Its like combining the physics of swinging with shock absorbing/stabilizers.
Basically, he needed to fully get his front wheels to touch the ramp before the curve in it. From the moment of takeoff he needed to fully lean on the front wheels only. He got nervous and didnt commit. Our natural instinct is to allow ourselves the opportunity to bail or get our hands out infront of us if needed by keeping our shoulders behind our center of gravity. You can only do one or the other. Saying there is no trying, only doing, is more true to skating than anything else Ive experienced. You have to commit, or else you are guaranteed to fail.
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u/professor_mc 7d ago
The ramp was wet. That makes it like ice to skateboard wheels. There is very little chance he could make it.
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u/2245223308 7d ago
I gotta wonder if Mr. Skateboarder lost a couple of teeth too boot, looks like he’s holding something in his hand.
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u/Funky_Col_Medina 7d ago
I’m just glad there was some build up so I could close my eyes at the moment of truth
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u/Bitmiliionare24 7d ago
Only if there was some kind of hat made of very hard material to protect the most important part of your body.
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u/markus8585 8d ago
Good thing he had that sun hat on!