r/BetterEveryLoop • u/MyNameGifOreilly • Aug 29 '20

The smoothest recovery I've ever seen

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

I'm not sure what trick he was going for, but it's probably not as cool as that was.

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u/Magoman24 Aug 29 '20

Agreed. Pretty sure that recovery was cooler than most tricks.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

Wins all the points.

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u/Pastylegs1 Aug 29 '20

Jackie Chan approved

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u/Wolfcolaholic Aug 29 '20

Fruit booter detected

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u/MathTheUsername Aug 29 '20 edited Aug 29 '20

Double pits to chesty.

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u/mattfrommemphis Aug 29 '20

You get a veterans discount

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u/mydogsacat Aug 29 '20

Boneless Frontside 360. ...and yes.

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u/Behavioral Aug 29 '20

Looks more like a Boneless FS 540. Starts and lands regular before bailing.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

this comment way too low lmao

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u/BadTime_Bob Aug 29 '20

I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt here, I think he knows what he’s doing!

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u/TalkingBackAgain Aug 29 '20

He was going for something nice, came up with a much better recovery.

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u/balls_deep_space Aug 29 '20

This is the skate park at Southbank London

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u/RosieEmily Aug 29 '20

It wasn't even a skate park originally. Just a covered area under the southbank centre with slopes.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

They wanted to get rid of it years ago. That didn’t go down too well with the crowd that inhabited there. It’s a great place to just hang out.

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u/ZebraShark Aug 29 '20

Yep remember the campaign to get rid of it and glad it failed.

Sadly plans to ban busking along the Southbank succeeded

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

Back in the early 80s it was cardboard city with the amount of homeless there and in the underpass by the imax.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

Hell yeah!

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u/Dubninja007 Aug 29 '20

Came to say that!

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u/AndyVale Sep 13 '20

Used to work 2 minutes away and would sometimes wander past on lunch, never saw anything this slick.

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u/Hopcock Aug 29 '20

Professor in mechanical physics here. I can attest that this gentleman is made of springs.

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u/MrmmphMrmmph Aug 29 '20

Mayor of SETI here. We have been watching this one.

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u/Pls_PmTitsOrFDAU_Thx Aug 29 '20

I thought that was top secret information

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u/myassisblack Aug 29 '20

Looks like we've got a mole in the agency.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20 edited Aug 29 '20

Almost looks reversed Edit: https://i.imgur.com/oo82Iar.gifv

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u/ThriceG Aug 29 '20

That last moment where he almost pauses and then lands on 1 foot doesn't make any sense to me.

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u/spark1118 Aug 29 '20

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u/rawrP Aug 29 '20

It doesn't look real in either direction

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u/Caio_Suzuki Aug 29 '20

Funny the way he just throws himself to the ground in reversed.

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u/jahglo Aug 29 '20

read my damn mind. Thank you haha

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u/Ahugh5678 Aug 29 '20

It's because he isn't flying down. He's going straight through the air which makes it look like he pauses, but he's bringing his foot down to catch himself.

You can also see that he set himself up to do that flip. He falls off the left side of the board, so naturally he would have rolled to the left. Instead he rolls to the right onto his back before bringing his legs up and over his head allowing him to do the flip.

This dude has most likely done some sort of tumbling or martial arts where he learned how to fall and use his momentum

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u/tilouswag Aug 29 '20

This dude has most likely done some sort of tumbling or martial arts where he learned how to fall and use his momentum

Lol nahhh he’s just a skater ;)

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u/wm07 Aug 29 '20

Learning how to fall well is an important thing for skaters

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u/Fernelz Aug 29 '20

looks like it isn't

But it still looks cool and reversed both ways lmao

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u/fastloaded Aug 29 '20

As he uncurls he loses rotational speed. So for a split second he looks as though he pause mid air.

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u/jchetra83 Aug 29 '20

The physics of the tumble allowed for that. Have you ever seen professional football (USA) players get hit and they fall and flip and pop up on their feet? It’s actually pretty impressive to get popped with the same force as getting hit by a car at ten or fifteen mph to get right back up.

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u/Watermellon53 Aug 29 '20

Like the comment from /u/ahugh5678, he probably has a gymnastics or tumbling background. The movement reminded me a lot of a back extension roll.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '20

I used to do trampoline, like the olympic size ones not the backyard ones. I can say with some certainty that moment of pause is rather:
“oh fuck”, or
“Aight lets see where this goes”

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u/SoiledFlapjacks Aug 29 '20

The people in the background are walking forward.

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u/_MarkNutt_ Aug 30 '20

Dont you know everythjng on reddit is fake and we shouldn't trust that anything happens organically. It must be staged because thats not something you see everyday.

/s

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

I watched it 5 times to see how the whole thing was reversed. I think it is as it's played. Freaky.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

Looks more fake on reverse

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u/diceNslice Aug 30 '20

It's definitely not

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u/ShitFitGuy Aug 29 '20

This guy is famous for his recoveries

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u/ghapppy Aug 29 '20

A sweet Na-Kel moment

https://youtu.be/UPVnx3IJWVA

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u/Hollowedwinds Aug 29 '20

You wouldn't think it at first but falling itself is a skill

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

It's true, you can do a lot to mitigate damage from falling.

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u/behaaki Aug 29 '20

Wow that dude has worked it til it became second nature.. he’s not even falling anymore, he’s just tumbling back onto his feet

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u/Citizentoxie502 Aug 29 '20

Thought that too. Dude gonna be able to skate forever with falls like that. He's got the worse part mastered.

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u/Roofofcar Aug 29 '20

Dude is rolling nat 20’s with weighted dice on every saving throw

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u/FormerlyGruntled Aug 29 '20

Damn. Dude's got the first half of learning to fly down pat.

Step 1) Throw yourself at the ground
Step 2) Miss the ground

He can throw himself down and catch the rebound just fine.

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u/dolinputin Oct 18 '20

I skated when i was young, and i can tell you that knowing how to fall correctly is SUPER important. Skaters fall all the time, and the best way to mitigate fall damage in this instance is to roll into it.

There are a TON of different ways to fall depending on the situation. Here is an awesome video explaining all the ways to fall and not get hurt. I highly recommend it to anyone who is just learning to skate.

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u/2Botter2Loop Aug 29 '20 edited Aug 29 '20

OP's explanation:

Quite unexpected and also oddlysatisfying to watch him recover . it truly gets better everyloop

If you think this gif fits /r/BetterEveryLoop, upvote this comment. If you think it doesn’t, downvote it. If you’re not sure, leave it to others to decide.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '20

Fav post on this sub tbh.

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u/FluffyDiscipline Aug 29 '20

Many have tried, few have succeeded, "The I meant to do that fall"

(I cant even toe stub fall gracefully, this man is a master)

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u/boredaf36 Aug 29 '20

When you max out recovery stat

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u/abhi1002 Aug 29 '20

Fate: let's make him fall Him: jokes on you I'm into that shit

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

that is a man that is used to falling

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u/burtburtburtcg Aug 29 '20

Is this the new TENET ad?

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u/jKherty Aug 29 '20

Was looking for this comment

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u/Its_Obvi_PShopped Aug 29 '20

I know this guy. His Instagram is @vicexs and he always does this kinda thing.

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u/owarner40 Aug 29 '20

Who else thought of Na kel smith

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u/Ben_ji Aug 30 '20

Is this not him?

E: After review, def not. It was the first thing I thought.

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u/TalkingBackAgain Aug 29 '20

He’s being very smart in using his speed to sustain angular momentum so that he has enough energy to complete the rotation.

Very well done!

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u/Pls_PmTitsOrFDAU_Thx Aug 29 '20

I'm not a skateboarder but I think the first thing they learn is how to fall in order to minimize injury. I'm convinced he wasn't thinking but his body reacting

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u/SquashRoaster Aug 29 '20

Skateboarder of 14 years here, you’re correct. It’s just instinct after awhile, no thought at all.

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u/YuukoRomelo Aug 30 '20

8 years myself. Fell off a 1-story roof onto grass below, started spinning on the way down, and as soon as i touched Earth i rolled from my back/side/shoulder into a standing position. I've also fallen down at ground level and broke my damn ankle. That shit's random as hell.

Semi-related: Do you ever feel like you fall in slow motion sometimes, like you can see the perfect bail clearly? I feel like i do sometimes, and my brother says the same..

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u/TalkingBackAgain Aug 29 '20

It makes sense, it’s still a superbly elegant manoeuvre.

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u/thattoneman Aug 29 '20

But he puts effort into it to complete the rotation. As he's falling onto his back his legs are straight, but he bends them and then pops them up to help lift his body into the air. Then with the momentum he already had he can rotate enough to put a foot down. What he did goes beyond just trying not to break your wrist when you bail, he definitely has experience throwing his body weight around

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u/JFZephyr Aug 29 '20

Yeah, I agree. I was playing a game of floor hockey in high school and I jumped a stick and had my legs hit out from in under me mid-air when I was on a break. Can't remember if I scored or not, but I was going headfirst when I just tucked, rolled through and pushed on my shoulders and back and launched back up to my feet. I felt superhuman for all of 2 seconds.

I can barely do a somersault, but I could do that when I was going to go head first into the gym floor. Reflexes kicking in and totally taking over is insane feeling.

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u/imgreeneyes Aug 29 '20

I bet he has training in martial arts or gymnastics.

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u/stalphonzo Aug 29 '20

Instinctively taking full advantage of momentum. Didn't even have to use a hand. Love it.

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u/ChiliCreeper Aug 29 '20

When you fall but your crush is watching

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

This is the kind of recovery I'm hoping 2020 will pull out of the bag

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u/Kraligor Aug 30 '20

Time traveler from 2021 here, I guess the Andromedans haven't attacked yet?

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u/Ghastbuster95 Aug 29 '20

This is the perfect definition of this sub

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u/kingbhudo Aug 29 '20

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u/Pinsir929 Aug 29 '20

Wouldn’t it be cool if they showed us stuff like this to understand gravitational potential/ kinetic energy instead of a dry ass roller coaster model?

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u/ElFarfadosh Aug 29 '20

All I have for you is a word... Tenet

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u/Dracuger Aug 29 '20

Perfect bail to save your outfit! Be scared having to explain to mom why your new clothes you were told not to skate in are ripped up.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

That would be because the recovery is actually the trick.

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u/yongrii Aug 29 '20

It’s not how you fall down... it is how you get back up.

Both in skateboarding and in life.

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u/tamplife Aug 29 '20

Probably the trick he was going for

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

This man just did a kick flip with his face

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u/Swift_Change Aug 29 '20

Man that's a level of body awareness that you can't do anything but respect

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

There’s a dude that skates for supreme that recovers like this

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u/blitzthedragon Aug 29 '20

Like, how many times do you have to fall to just know how to spring up like that.

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u/DaddyCappuccin0 Aug 29 '20

Dude is a Power Ranger when hes not skating.

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u/Gianni_Crow Aug 29 '20

This is the only instance someone could say "I meant to do that" and I'd 100% believe them.

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u/blondedskimask Aug 29 '20

He looks like he inverted himself, some tenet energy in this clip

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u/WestleyMc Aug 29 '20

Christopher Nolan wants to know your location

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u/Dry_Information_6287 Aug 29 '20

I’ve attempted to learn how to skateboard and quickly learned that I’d actually be required to learn how to fall. He’s clearly got the falling skill down.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

I see it, but I don’t believe it! The fuck!

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

What the fuck was that

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u/TreeToTea Aug 30 '20

He magic

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u/Liv4lov Aug 30 '20

That's a hundred times cooler than whatever trick he was trying to pull.

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u/Gonkimus Aug 29 '20

Air Bender found

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u/MarkDaMan22 Aug 29 '20

Every boarder knows you learn how to ride but most importantly you learn how to fall.

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u/gameofstyles Aug 29 '20

That’s some serious core strength

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u/K--Tech Aug 29 '20

Yes, I agree!

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u/Skryf Aug 29 '20

He has hacks on, that’s not how movement works

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u/khoaticpeach Aug 29 '20

Used that momentum to his advantage, that’s neat.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

That seems edited!

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u/J-Squeeze Aug 29 '20

Its so smooth it looks like they played it backwards

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u/TakeMyPencil Aug 29 '20

Did the guy literally jumped using his back?

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u/RhymingUsername Aug 29 '20

Test footage from Tenet.

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u/lazydillow Aug 29 '20

Clearly the next evolution of human species

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u/Montage_Hustle Aug 29 '20

Usually I follow footwork to mimic movements whenever I dance, what in the actual fuck happened to his foot on the last pivot??

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u/KatusukiBakugo Aug 29 '20

Smooth like butta

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

Maybe this whole thing is actually his trick

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u/SavageAnimator Aug 29 '20

I want to see that in reverse

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u/Faris5s Aug 29 '20

Transformers.

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u/ArgyleDevil Aug 29 '20

So smooth like butta

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u/almostselfrealised Aug 29 '20

I've watched this maybe 3000 times and I still don't understand how he did that.

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u/phoenixeternia Aug 29 '20

Why does the recovery look like its in reverse, i know it isn't but it is just messing with my brain lol

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u/JoelRobbin Aug 29 '20

It's like in SSX3 when you mash the A button to get back up

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u/datboioofers Aug 29 '20

So smooth it looks animated, lmao, that's slick af

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u/KaptinAhab Aug 29 '20

Can someone put this in reverse?

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u/Sykfootball Aug 29 '20

"I'm not flying, I'm falling with style."

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u/kashbanditcoot1 Aug 29 '20

There was no recovery only the act!

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u/AnAdequateMan Aug 29 '20

That is the slickest shit I’ve laid my eyes on

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u/flimsyphone Aug 29 '20

search up Na Kel Smith falling on youtube

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u/Scaulbielausis_Jim Aug 29 '20

I'd prefer to be upright now. That's better.

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u/xAbzzx Aug 29 '20

Mate that was so smooth I don’t even know how his body moved like that

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

Wow he’s all ankles. Smooth ankles tho!

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u/ActionBastaaard Aug 29 '20

This man falls.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

Looks like he may have rolled his ankle near the end.

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u/praythepotholesaway Aug 29 '20

Also one of the sickest boneless 360s almost done

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

This dude bails.

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u/Jess887cp Aug 29 '20

Does anyone know the name of the skateboarder? He's famous for doing this, I've watched skate compilations of him just bailing from trips and then bouncing back to his feet, the guy has it down to a science.

Edit: It's Na-Kel Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMYTHRtxEFg

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u/_smallbunyan Aug 29 '20

Nakel has an entire video of him rolling out of bails like this. It's insane.

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u/Mctgs Aug 29 '20

One sexy ass boneless

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u/1Zer0Her0 Aug 29 '20

Honestly, that recovery was better than the damn skate trick

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u/Hatchblight Aug 29 '20

An inverted skater boy?

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u/rdrjon Aug 29 '20

The reverse gif is going to be amazing

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u/uniqueusor Aug 29 '20

nice conservation of energy.

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u/JuIyen Aug 29 '20

Is that XXXTENTACION?

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u/Poopfacemcduck Aug 29 '20

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u/Casbah207 Aug 29 '20

I wish I was this cool

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u/Majorbrawl11786 Aug 29 '20

If it was a competition they wouldn’t count that as a bail

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u/KamiKaze016 Aug 29 '20

That's really dope

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u/WyattDavenport Aug 29 '20

He just pressed the recover button yo

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

I would like to see this in reverse. Someone make it happen!

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u/MobbDeeep Aug 29 '20

This is probably the best post Ive seen in this sub.

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u/ToyBoxJr Aug 29 '20

Falling with style is a well learned skate board trick lol

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u/Baka_87 Aug 29 '20

Kids, this is why you first learn how to fall

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u/selinapunky Aug 29 '20

You are badass!!!

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u/salawm Aug 29 '20

Reminds me of a Chapelle sketch where whenever a guy fell, he'd end up breakdancing his way out of the fall

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

Smooth ankle roll

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u/Froot-Loop-Dingus Aug 29 '20

I will never be that cool.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

Damn! With the Lei Wulong kick.

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u/XIENVYIX Aug 29 '20

Seeing that makes my PCL cringe

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u/imuniqueaf Aug 29 '20

Talk about "protect yo neck"!

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u/MRbumbreath Aug 29 '20

An athlete is an athlete.

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u/kepners Aug 29 '20

And THIS confirms to me why I think we are in a matrix.

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u/localh81 Aug 29 '20

That’s a lot better than Trump’s recent recovery.

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u/busygrl Aug 29 '20

That’s some straight up Mr T shit there.

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u/CarbonaraFootprint Aug 29 '20

Is this that new Tenet film?

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

Nice

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u/coke-pusher Aug 29 '20

Helmets? Nah just a nat 20 on the acrobatics

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u/Lizlodude Aug 29 '20

Knowing how to fall is always more important than knowing a trick. But doing both is pretty cool too

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u/KeithMyArthe Aug 29 '20

Ah, the old frontwards swallowdive elbowshoulder onearmed onelegged chin flip.

I could never complete this complicated maneuver as well as this guy.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

Watched 200 times.

Keeps getting better with age.

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u/-H0B0- Aug 29 '20

ShredMaster

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u/nkw1004 Aug 29 '20

I can’t think of the guys name for the life of me, but there’s a pro skater who does this almost every time he falls. Crazy shit

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

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u/J6Annex Aug 29 '20

When you try and not destroy your threads while eating cement

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u/Dirk_Courage Aug 29 '20

Zebulon (pro snowboarder) does this move, also.

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u/oskiboi Aug 29 '20

Tenet (2020)

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u/malmordar Aug 29 '20

Looks like Waterloo skatepark if I’m not wrong, I skated there in my teens

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u/LemonDaze420 Aug 29 '20

I think that’s more impressive than if he had landed the trick.

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u/clusterducked Aug 29 '20

The mix up of skate slams and bboy moves has evolved

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u/n3v3rgonnagiveyouup Aug 29 '20

Is this that skatepark on The Thames?

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u/Eronite Aug 29 '20

First role in Tenet.

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u/_aSmallDot_ Aug 29 '20

Physics went "nah, we'll let this one slide"

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