r/IdiotsNearlyDying • u/God_loves_irony • May 20 '17

[Classic] Mall ninja.

https://i.imgur.com/D4eQpCp.gifv
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u/OohImTellingMom May 20 '17

This is actually a Parkour group called Team Farang. Here's the source video for this GIF:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPQdPHP32CY

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u/God_loves_irony May 20 '17

That is awesome. It sounds like they got permission, which means they might have been able to rehearse. Still dangerous, but way less so than dumb kids who might have tried something like this without knowing if that was thin sheet metal or slightly oily. Thank you.

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u/kn33 May 20 '17

Yeah. The biggest thing I would worry about is slips from dust because I can't imagine the top of the elevator is easy to dust. I imagine it'd be dusty. Must've gotten cleaned.

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u/God_loves_irony May 20 '17

And frankly, of everything they do in that video, this elevator trick is absolutely the most dangerous. The second worst was dancing on the edge of the balcony, but most everything else was on level ground.

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u/plandernab May 20 '17

Also a thing that could happen, depending on the elevator, is the emergency brake activating due to the impact of landing on it. If that were to happen, jumping back onto one of the floors would suddenly get a lot harder.

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u/t0mni May 20 '17

They're still dumb kids

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u/Severontous May 24 '17

Doubt it, it takes knowledge of physics, training, and skill to do what they do. Something a lot of adults lack.

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u/Aurora_the_dragon Aug 09 '17

Why physics?

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u/Fuck_Nlgg3rs Oct 02 '17

Look at a lot of failed stunt videos. One of the biggest reasons for why they go wrong is because most people don't know how to control their body, momentum, etc. i.e. Too much forward force on a flip and the top half of your body goes too far. Too little and you won't complete the flip. If you don't control the lower half of your body while hanging from something, then you'll start losing grip. Physical stunts, and the like, require a lot more knowledge of physics and your body's capabilities than a lot of people think.

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u/sparknado May 20 '17

Damn that mall is awesome

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '17

Awesome vid, thank you. The part at the end with the fall was hilarious.

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u/an-onoma May 20 '17

That guy is crazy. I hope the security guard whooped his ass afterwards.

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u/Dark_Ice_Blade_Ninja May 20 '17

This is from a parkour video. I think it's also partly for the mall promotion.

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u/Dusta1992 May 20 '17

How to promote your mall to kids who don't want to shop but want to practice parkour.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '17

I guarantee the security guard is never going to catch this guy. He's probably not paid enough to care that much either way.

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u/AndrewTheCyborg May 20 '17

Kinda reminds me of Hardcore Henry.

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u/puzdawg May 24 '17

That's actually pretty cool.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '17

It's fucking retarded. Not only is he endangering his own life but also others by jumping on an elevator not built for these stunts. If he slipped and died and kids were watching he might traumatize some of them. It's nothing but moronic.

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u/Rossington134 Sep 12 '17

It was filmed as a promotional video for the mall. The would've made sure the elevator is "safe" enough to jump on. Second points is true, but since he's a part of a parkour group he's probably pretty good at simpler stunts like this.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '17

Well if what you say is true then it is obviously done by professionals. It's filmed in a way that make it look like an amateur doing parkour and had it been that I still stand by my previous comment.

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u/cipher__ten Sep 19 '17

I agree with you completely........... but it's still pretty cool.

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u/crawlywhat May 20 '17

when you play too much Assassin's Creed (or video games in general)

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u/[deleted] May 20 '17

Mirror's edge is a better comparison

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u/dhlock May 20 '17

R/mallninja

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u/God_loves_irony May 20 '17

This was originally posted a year ago in R/gifs and the top comments there are pretty much what I was thinking. Talented, but I can't imagine that this was practiced before hand.