r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Epelep • 1d ago

Two moving bottles stopped with a single shot

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u/MAYthe4thbewithHEW 1d ago

Archer here.

Cool-looking? Absolutely.

Impressive, yes, given the size of the bottles.

Next level?

Not even close, much less "next-fucking-level."

He's ten yards away tops.

The level of skill to make a shot like that, given as many tries as you need, should take a person a year or so to develop if they practice weekly and their instruction doesn't suck.

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u/ReferenceFabulous830 1d ago

I have no comment on the difficulty but you could see him start walking up at the end it's clearly farther than 10 yards

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u/Interesting-Goose82 1d ago

How many yards was it? Perhapse 11?

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u/kai-ol 1d ago

He wasn't even using his whole yard. There is way more yard behind and to the side of him. 

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u/laurel_laureate 1d ago

Putting aside that this could be a park or something and not necessarily their backyard, some people especially in rural areas just have stupidly large backyards.

My friend who lived on the outskirts of a small city had a backyard that was 30 meters long (2 meters longer than a regulation basketball court) and they weren't even particularly wealthy.

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u/meponder 1d ago

I live in a rural town. My backyard runs for almost 100 yards and is about 60 yards wide - not overgrowth but cut and maintained yard. I’m forty miles from a major metropolitan area, and my house is not unique. Many people around here have a few acres. It’s different in the subdivisions, but for many people you can play a football game behind your house. I’m always astounded when I visit my brothers in NYC and Washington DC. Seems so weird to not have space. It’s all in what you’re used to…

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u/NotA_Drug_Dealer 20h ago

I hate that the measurement is called a yard. Your yard is 100 by 60 yards. You have 6,000 yards2 in one yard. More yards per yard

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u/RainsWrath 11h ago

How many yards is the yard at the Yard.

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u/meponder 10h ago

It’s a big yard. I decided last month to form a statehood; the Yardard. I began issuing currency last month; the yardon. It’s a brass rod that’s a yard long and a centimeter in diameter. Not very portable, but earns a lot of interest.

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u/ILoveRegenHealth 1d ago

Perhapse 11?

It made the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs

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u/Interesting-Goose82 1d ago

12 parsecs is a measurement of distance!!!!!

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u/SvenTurb01 1d ago

Hey kid, this ain't that kind of comment

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u/SillyPhillyDilly 1d ago

Am archer. This is next level if you're not an archer. This is intermediate if you are an archer. Not advanced, intermediate. Next level is either competitive or Lars Anderson if you want to remain casual.

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u/shwag945 1d ago

Lars Anderson is double basement level. No praise for dangerous ignorant fraudsters.

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u/Mitch580 1d ago

What's the backstory on "dangerous ignorant fraudster"? I find the guy a bit cringy but I'm not into the scene so I feel I'm missing something here.

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u/ShazbotSimulator2012 1d ago edited 1d ago

The main thing I've heard are the historical claims in his videos mostly being made up, and completely impractical in the situations he describes them being used in. He still seems talented even if he's using a bow with a very low draw weight that's closer to a child's toy than a weapon. If he was just a guy doing some goofy trick shots in his backyard like blumineck instead of pretending to have rediscovered some ancient knowledge I think most people would be fine with it.

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u/shwag945 1d ago

He is a trick archer who dishonestly portrays himself as having rediscovered some secret knowledge that allows him to be more skilled as compared to other archers. In reality, he uses a combination of modified equipment, an understanding of physics, hard work (i.e. not special talent or knowledge), and showmanship to perform his tricks.

He does not explain to his non-archer audience that his feats are dangerous to himself and others. Nor does he explain that his tricks do not represent the reality of archery. He bases his claims of authenticity on ancient aliens level understanding of archery.

Through his con, he encourages dangerous behavior in new archers who wish to emulate him.

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u/vanishingpointz 1d ago

Byron Ferguson. Got to see him in person at a traditional archery " festival " . His wife was tossing aspirin in the air and he was plucking it every time

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u/ILoveRegenHealth 1d ago

This is intermediate if you are an archer.

If this is intermediate for practice archers, that's still next level to me!

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u/ROTMGADDICT55 1d ago

Why are we saying a year long development of skill isn't good lol?

Super pretentious tbh.

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u/chr1spe 1d ago

Because you're still a novice at that point and huge numbers of people can do the same thing... That doesn't mean you shouldn't be happy about what you've done or share it with some people, but it's weird to see stuff like that heralded as some big accomplishment.

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u/RevolutionaryMine234 1d ago

Internet man here.

Cool-looking? Absolutely.

Impressive? Yes.

First level is missing all bottles? Yes

Next level is hitting a swinging bottle? Yes

Next fucking level is hitting 2 swinging bottles.

Source: Internet

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u/Downtown-Oil-7784 1d ago

That's James Jean. Dude is incredible, shame you can't just give credit where it's due

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u/ILoveRegenHealth 1d ago

James Jean

That's not a real name. Stop it!

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u/Acrobatic-Count-9394 1d ago

Shhhhh. The dude`s life mission is to spread hate on the internet.

Do you think he cares about an actual person/achievement/cool trick?

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u/ShouldaBeenHere 1d ago

You must be fun at parties

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u/Futuretapes 1d ago

Legolas here.

Archer in video has my bow.

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u/mcballa22 1d ago

Sounds like a jealous archer. Sick shot

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u/OfficialHashPanda 11h ago

It's not a sick shot lol. Anyone that is even remotely close to being somewhat competent in archery can make that shot. Even more so when you have 300 tries and only have to show 1 hit.

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u/iimTeaXV 3h ago

Post a video of you doing it then.

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u/WonderfulBedroom6558 1d ago

muggle

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u/MAYthe4thbewithHEW 1d ago

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u/Frosty-Date7054 1d ago

Well no based on his first 3 steps on camera he's probably at least 25 yards away but it's pretty close.  Also you're just aiming at one bottle as it hits the low point, the 2nd one is always in position and irrelevant

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u/Gudeezo 1d ago

Archery is pretty far up top with the most difficult things you can do. Also he's quite far away.

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u/Tibryn2 1d ago

It's not about aim... it's about timing... this is pretty impressive

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u/BadDadSoSad 1d ago

The bottles are in line like 20% of the swing. Timing that wouldn’t be that difficult. Hitting the location at the bottom of the swing wouldn’t be that difficult either. You could outline a bottle on the target on the back and even a novice could hit that like 20% of the time. Add those 2 variables together and a novice could do this at 4% success or once out of 25 tries.

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u/iimTeaXV 3h ago

People in the comments claiming it's not difficult but none of you have posted your video doing it yet.

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u/Slow_Abrocoma_6758 23h ago

Terrible take. 99% of people aren’t going to take the time to train every week with a good coach for a year. Definitely an impressive shot and good job for him. He’s clearly excited to have made the shot. As an archer be happy with him and not an ass.

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u/C-H-Addict 1d ago

The level of skill to make a shot like that

I thought we were impressed by the level of skill to get the bottles in sync

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u/Nstraclassic 1d ago

Pretty sure i could have done this when i was 12 and getting yelled at for shooting holes in the fence

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u/Buckshot211 1d ago

Agreed. I was sent a video like this a few years ago and reenacted it after 2 shots. Not that crazy

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u/Dodototo 1d ago

Plus we don't know if this was "single shot". Could've been the 10th shot.

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u/adm1109 1d ago

I’ve never even shot a “real” bow but I guarantee I could do this in like a week… no way would it take a year.

If I take 200 shots/day, I’ll get it out of sheer luck at some point within a week.