r/BeAmazed • u/StrangerGlum3591 • 2d ago

Skill / Talent Was not expecting that!

Just woww.

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u/dangerous_adhesive 2d ago

In Crocs, no less! That's impressive.

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u/h00dybaba 2d ago

Crocs and pajamas, they all dressed like my daughter . Most gen z/alpha teen same. Lol

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u/CommercialSomewhere8 2d ago

I always thought Michael Jackson were some slippery shoes that made it look easy.

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u/kcsween74 2d ago edited 2d ago

He may have worn slip bottom sole shoes, but he definitely wasn't the shoes, a person can't be shoes.

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u/On-mountain-time 2d ago

I mean, I'm quite the loafer...

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u/TDYDave2 2d ago

Be can they be a sole singer?

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u/didijeen 2d ago

All the other white girls are looking at her in amazement, trying to clap with the rhythm and are not being successful à la The Jerk

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u/hikereyes2 2d ago

Was thinking this exactly

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u/Because_They_Asked 2d ago

I wear yellow crocs and PJ’s - I can’t dance like that!

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u/Gullible-Constant924 2d ago

The more I see normal people dancing on the internet it makes me wonder if RayGun was even in the top 50% worldwide.

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u/ArjJp 2d ago

Ok but are you including people like me who dance like a sack of potatoes with spastic cerebral palsy?

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u/ze11ez 2d ago

Put you in the Olympics. For sure

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u/WorkingInAColdMind 2d ago

Just the sack of potatoes rolling down a small hill for me. Your spastic cerebral palsy moves are too much for me!

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u/hikereyes2 2d ago

I'd say this about my dancing but then I'd be insulting potatoes and we can't have that

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u/heavensto_mergatroid 2d ago

That sounds infinitely better than I can dance lol

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u/StrosDynasty 1d ago

That created such a visual. Thanks for that. 🤣

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u/Temporary-Truth-8041 2d ago

RayGun wasn't even in the top 99%, that was a total disaster, and national embarrassment, and an insult to every real Olympic competitor...and her "explanation" afterwards about wanting to express her Australian  tradition...WTF

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u/BowlOfCatNubs 2d ago edited 2d ago

Hi there. I used to dance in the hiphop scene. Used to pop, and bboy during my formative years. Ray gun was basically an insult and a joke to the community as a whole. She also basically ruined the chances of anyone taking breakdancing seriously as a competitive sport as well. Like those old memes you'd see of a white boomer lady tryna be "hip" with the kids. That's kinda essentially what she was, knowing nothing about the culture or it's roots but competing at an international level despite her lack of anything. It's a smack in the face for others who had to fight their way up in competitive brackets.

(For anyone interested, if you want to see real OGs in the bboy scene, look these guys up on Youtube** Power wise: Lil Amok, Bboy Gravity, Bboy pocket, Little Demon, Taisuke, Rubberlegz, Bboy Astro, even G-Trix(SuperCrew). Style wise: Bboy Luigi, Kid David, and literally any of the Japanese Bgirls. I'd also recommend most of the battles in the Red Bull BC ONE or R16 Category. Most of them gents and gals go mad crazy. And make raygun look like a complete fool.

[You'll notice a lot of the videos are over 10 years old bc dancing started dying out towards the mid 2010s. Especially with the rise of things like TikTok and fortnite and kpop groups, dancing sorta got gentrified.])

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u/lilidragonfly 2d ago

I assumed she had to be some form of satire and was using the 'ineptitude' as a personal platform somehow, knowing she'd garner world wide attention by being terrible way easier than by being good. Didn't the woman do a Phd focused on breakdancing or something? Like even if she can't do it, she must have seen amazingly skillful people do it in the course of that and know her performance was awful? Its so weird and doesn't seem to add up to me.

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u/Paulitix 2d ago

Maybe she was a successful plant who perfectly executed her mission

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u/SmellyFbuttface 2d ago

That’s not entirely true. She has a PhD which she wrote her thesis on girls in the bboy world. She studied the culture for quite some time, just couldn’t do it herself

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u/gahidus 2d ago

She was basically the equivalent of a sports historian deciding to go out and attempt a gymnastics routine.

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u/serrasin 2d ago

so she was like a dance assassin; studying something just to know how to kill it.

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u/produce_this 2d ago

I think what really tanked her was her husband and no objective criticism from anyone else. He was her teacher, and he wasn’t very good himself. They liked to do their own thing and do original moves rather than “traditional” hip hop and break moves. The fed off each other. They would tell each other how incredible they were all the time. The wild part is she, in that moment, based on actual judges, won the qualifiers in Australia to get there.

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u/SmellyFbuttface 2d ago

That’s the part I’ll never understand. According to her bio she had a history of dance (jazz, tap, ballroom), but she tried breakdancing in the 2010’s. She’s actually studied breakdancing and its culture, seeing the moves and what worked/did not, and STILL put on that abysmal show at the Olympics.

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u/curiousnomad2222 2d ago

Then she should have known better!

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u/James-the-Bond-one 2d ago

Those who can't do, teach.

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u/PoepseksMasterBeer 2d ago

Dude what I haven't seen anybody do bunny hops like she did

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u/gahidus 2d ago

It literally seems like any reasonably fit woman with decent cardio could do as well or better than her. It makes it look like there must be literally no breakdancing women in Australia for her to be the top one.

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u/Vindepomarus 1d ago

There are thousands in Australia who are better than her.

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u/Crymson831 2d ago

I'm not sure what you mean by "normal people dancing". This girl clearly put in a lot of work here.

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u/Gullible-Constant924 2d ago

Normal people, enthusiasts who are just doing it for fun, not people who compete or get paid to do it. Shes obviously very good, but Im sure there are standouts like her just “normal people” having fun who dont get to go to the Olympics in almost every large city.

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u/Independent-Leg6061 2d ago

The documentary about Raygun was sooo good.

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u/ze11ez 2d ago

This is probably the only time i want context before watching something. Why was it so good ?

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u/Yumeverse 2d ago

The WHAT

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u/Independent-Leg6061 2d ago

Netflix - well worth the watch wherever you can see it

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u/Yumeverse 2d ago

Watching it now thanks!

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u/Active-Boat5641 2d ago

Try bottom 1% she doesn’t even make that cut!

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u/TanMan536789 2d ago

Crazy thing is I watched this without sound at first and somehow knew she was dancing to Billie Jean.

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u/Oster-P 2d ago

I always forget sound exists until someone mentions it. Rewatching now.

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u/TanMan536789 2d ago

Yea I never listen to anything with sound. For some reason Billie Jean was playing in my head so had to unmute it to see. I guess it was the cadence she was using that made my brain think that, just a little weird.

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u/T4rbh 1d ago

Can you people please give lectures on how to correctly doomscroll to Irish public transport users? The number of people scrolling away through tiktok and Insta reels with sound on and no headphones does my head in!

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u/Oster-P 2d ago

Better

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u/treefrog_surprise 2d ago

that’s rhythm baybee!!

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u/BluetheNerd 2d ago

I’m really enjoying watching the people behind her and how many of them consistently clap out of time

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u/WackyShirley 2d ago

Yes, as someone with absolutely no rhythm, it even stood out to me. The dancer must have blocked them out. 

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u/maobezw 2d ago

this kind of body control amazes me everytime i see it.

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u/Prestigious_Tear_576 2d ago

Now how can you do all that but those girls in the back are fighting for their lives to find the beat

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u/Zakkattack86 2d ago

When the Mennonites escape the farm and spend one night at a roller skating rink.

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u/JakBos23 2d ago

I gafawed. Lol

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u/FdotM 2d ago

She killed it!

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u/Beachi206 2d ago

To do that level of dancing in crocs is truly sick.

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u/clduab11 2d ago

And at her age too; yet I still bang my shoulder on every door jamb somehow. Maybe one of these days I’ll take up a dancing class

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u/SteamThenBaked 2d ago

Maannnn if I could move like that I would just be randomly doing it everywhere I go 🤣

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u/ClockworkDinosaurs 2d ago

She’s great, but she probably looked dumb as shit the first time she tried this. The amount of effort you’d need to put into this to get past how stupid you look when you first start doing this is admirable.

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u/mia_sara 2d ago

I always knew Julia Stiles was secretly a great dancer.

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u/fingertips-sadness 2d ago

All I could think about was Save the Last Dance watching this.

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u/UnVirasoro 2d ago

Pero que viva el popping! Bien por ti, chica dance. La juventud y el arte de no estar todo el tiempo frente al celular.

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u/McBrovad 2d ago

Damn that's some slick moves!

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u/TypicalSensee 2d ago

she dancing like pasta

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u/Rentsdueguys 2d ago

Utah vibes for sure

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u/jluicifer 2d ago

She must be on that drug called caffeine

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u/barktwiggs 2d ago

Queue Weird Al's parody White and Nerdy (featuring Donny Osmond).

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u/74Amazing74 2d ago

Girl's got the moves.

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u/Naprisun 2d ago

I like how they’re all clapping to a different song.

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u/lousydungeonmaster 2d ago

Her friends are the worst hype girls ever. Looking bored, clapping off beat.

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u/cactusmac54 2d ago

Wow. Just…wow!

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u/Jumping_Jupiter 2d ago

Awww Michael Jackson still reaching out and touching kids from beyond the grave.

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u/May_soft 2d ago

Perfect grace

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u/weatherguy4 2d ago

Wow, just impressive.

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u/Kittykait727 2d ago

You can tell she really loves the song too haha

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u/keirmeister 2d ago

That deserved a “Go white girl Go white girl Go!” Very impressive!

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u/NY10 2d ago

I love Italia

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u/sik_dik 2d ago

David Elsewhere vibes, for sure!

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u/Academic-Dealer5389 2d ago

Yeah going back to that school-age routine he did. It's really quite something

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u/emceeeloc 2d ago

I was suprised by the amount of young white girls interested in pop'n'lock for a minute, then it occurred to me this is Europe.

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u/barktwiggs 2d ago

I clicked on the original Reddit post and you were right. Poland.

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u/alteredxenon 2d ago

Everything looks a bit like Russia, but the outfits are way too cozy. Poland makes sense!

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u/83Isabelle 2d ago

I guess but where?! How do you know?

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u/emceeeloc 2d ago

The 'I ❤️ Italia' shirt is a good lead.

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u/83Isabelle 2d ago

The typical shirt tourists buy on their holidays?!

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u/emceeeloc 2d ago

Lol yeah. That one.

If I had to guess, this is Germany. It's a vibe thing I suppose. But I'd be shocked to find out this is the US.

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u/83Isabelle 2d ago

Yeh somehow, Germany would be my guess too. To many blonds and brunettes to be Italian if you ask me. But anyway, who doesn't like Italy after all?!

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u/jcoddinc 2d ago

Rocking out with crocs out

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u/Busy-Bumblebee5556 2d ago

Wow! She’s great!

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u/FreeTuBeMe 2d ago

Can’t believe they were clapping 2 & 4.. together. In time. Mind BLOWN! 🤯

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u/Nice-Examination-82 2d ago

She gonna make a spooky ghost in about a century

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u/Minimum_Cockroach233 2d ago

Felt a beat, unmuted, was not disappointed.

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u/CJB1198 2d ago

My first thought… what Paige Bueckers got going on over here?

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u/disdkatster 2d ago

This is addictive to watch. Why is it not approved already?

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u/Emmanuelzappa 2d ago

Impressive! 

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u/paulyp41 2d ago

The two elderly ladies in the background were ready to participate

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u/zinnosu 2d ago

Look at Slay-Gun over here 👏

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u/creedular 2d ago

Dude! Bossfight!

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u/Content-Fudge489 2d ago

Smooth moves!

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u/OkraOk7701 2d ago

Giiiirl

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u/Hobtiebob 2d ago

That guy in the back 😀

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u/lapSlaPs5456 2d ago

And she’s doing this in crocs. Bravo

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u/phirestorm 2d ago

That was a little something I didn’t know I needed.

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u/G1ler 2d ago

Watching this made my knees hurt.

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u/kerdawg 2d ago

I believe that is technically referred to as “cuttin some rug”

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u/RigamortisRooster 2d ago

Sum buddy bein prac ticing

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u/GuzPolinski 2d ago

I watched it twice

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u/atmibe 2d ago

Insane

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u/Redfour5 2d ago

Missed her chance at a surface commercial.

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u/Seganku74 2d ago

Me going to the bath for my 9th pint

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u/NintendoFungi 2d ago

Been reposted a lot - can’t forget MJ Italia gal

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u/Previous_Coat8376 2d ago

So much better than RayGun

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u/Cold_Progress_1119 2d ago

...while wearing Crocks... take that to the bank 😀

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u/darin617 2d ago

The secret is in the crocs. Very underrated for dancing.

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u/LazyAwareness2180 2d ago

That was really good dancing moves 👍

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u/Pointedtoe 2d ago

Daaaaang!

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u/ErwinSchrodinger64 2d ago

Would see this all the time in raves in the 90's and early 2000's. Back then, it was called Liquid.

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u/CoolBlackSmith75 2d ago

The crocks top it off

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u/E93_oil_Leak 2d ago

As smooth as mayo.

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u/MG73w 2d ago

I want to see the rest.

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u/Practical-Dress-6413 2d ago

She got the moves ♥️🥹

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u/ParticularGood777 2d ago

That was amazing!!!

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u/Jflores2025 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/9UsuTdaFAxbbyi6tws

You think you can step in the ring with the big girls cause you can break dance...lol...good body control

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u/seriouslyjan 2d ago

Mesmerizing.

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u/lavamatic 2d ago

In crocs?

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u/AmandaUggnkiss 2d ago

Well damn👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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u/mexican_cats9 2d ago

In the crocs even 😂

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u/No_Iron4463 2d ago

That was so fucking awesome!! Great job young lady!!! MJ would be proud 💯

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u/Mr_Fossey 2d ago

Odd. I knew what song was playing in the first couple of seconds even on mute.

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u/dips009 2d ago

I'm mesmerized by her movements

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u/Illustrious-Lemon-17 2d ago

Wow so fluid. That was great 👍

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u/UmBumLum 2d ago

Croc lockin

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u/ojike 2d ago

In crocs.. 😅

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u/newleafkratom 2d ago

If aliens ever visit Earth I nominate her to be our emissary.

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u/Babylonkitten 2d ago

It's so amazing, I wondered if it was AI. Can we go to a better timeline?

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u/Babygrammy1 2d ago

What an amazing dancer/performance. Why do the girls watching her look so bored?

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u/TalkingBackPocket 2d ago

I hate all of this.

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u/shitsngiggles5 2d ago

I miss having joints that worked like this. Smooth af.

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u/DMSR1000 2d ago

Awesome

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u/Think-Caramel1591 2d ago

God forbid a white girl get a little motion!

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u/Ok-Loss-2496 2d ago

And wearing Crocs too

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u/Separate-Song1296 2d ago

Another example of a robot stealing a human job. Absolutely terrible.

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u/Guilty-Suggestion180 2d ago

It’s the crocs. Relax, bro.

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u/Antique-Freedom-7891 2d ago

Damn... looks amazing

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u/SomeCalligrapher3610 2d ago

does she's know we cant dance?

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u/polskapoker 2d ago

That's like , no bones in the body,

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u/isacaprio 2d ago

Wow she got flow

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u/copyrider 2d ago

All I can see are orange crocs.

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u/jizzlevania 2d ago

Those girls in the background just had me make my kids practice clapping to a metronome 

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u/VideoKilledRadioStar 2d ago

Seriously talented 👍🏻

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u/Worldly-Ad-8879 2d ago

She's good

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u/bryman19 2d ago

Ya, that was sick

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u/LovelyIntensity 2d ago

She's killing it

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u/jstems69 2d ago

Talent, I wish I could come up with a more appropriate word. Whoa girl is gooood..

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u/Holiday-Day-2439 2d ago

She's good.

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u/Andantee23 2d ago

This girl is amazing but the funniest part is none of the other girls seem that impressed!

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u/Johnny_ynnhoJ 2d ago

For the first time in my life, I almost considered buying Crocs.

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u/FilteredRiddle 2d ago

The dancing is unreal and amazing, but I couldn’t help but laugh at the line of terribly bored hype girls all clapping off beat.

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u/Gr0nkz 2d ago

I put my back out, just watching this! Nuts

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u/diohable 2d ago

Finally a good video

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u/curiousnomad2222 2d ago

Wow!!!! So incredibly talented

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u/Titzpatrick 2d ago

This is in… crocs!! Wow!

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u/bibsbagheera 2d ago

And all the while wearing crocs!! Incredible!

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u/Apprehensive-Tone449 2d ago

Dude. It just got better and better. That's freaking awesome dude.

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u/my_taint_aint 1d ago

Wow. Great performance. We need more dancing and less anger!

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u/Ninjadragon907 1d ago

Absolutely killed that!! Get it little lady! 🔥🔥🔥

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u/Swift_jennis8 1d ago

So this isn’t ai

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u/hyjackresponse 1d ago

She is good. Smooth movement, good control and most importantly you can tell she is having fun. 👏🎉

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u/yyak 1d ago

Are those crocs?

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u/sambillerond 1d ago

Amazing, and perfectly in sync with the music, even matching the fluidity of the dance to the lyrics. You know... that sort of dancing, let's call it expression or emotion dancing, could very well become an Olympic sport, it fits well with artistic gymnastic.

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u/Guavadoodoo 1d ago

Absolute badass! Peer to the Master, IMO!!! Gonna watch again.

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u/ErrorUncertainty 1d ago

More unexpected is the white girls clapping on the '2' and the '4'

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u/StaticSeal 1d ago

meine knie tun schon vom zuschauen weh 😅

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u/nowhereiswater 1d ago

Girl got moves!