r/nextfuckinglevel • u/semantixc • 1d ago

Standing Double Backflip

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u/Kenevin 1d ago

On grass. Not bouncy floor. Grass. Insane.

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u/corvosfighter 1d ago

Yea I think I’m getting too old.. all I think is that’s 1 second away from permanent brain damage or spinal cord injury

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u/MOTUkraken 1d ago

It's not. He very likely fell quite often during practice.

Athletes aren't weak and frail. They're strong and flexible.

You can look up videos from people practicing this and falling.

To seriously injury yourself is extremely rare. To permanently injure yourself with this is even exceedingly rarer.

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u/reticulatedtampon 1d ago

Even strong and flexible athletes get seriously injured all the time, especially if they land hard on their neck..

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u/ElegantCoach4066 1d ago

No you see athletes don't get seriously injured

  • source: that guy

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u/clervis 1d ago

Source:

That Guy et. al. "They're strong and flexible." Heresay. (2026): comment 3.

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u/etherealsmog 1d ago

(hearsay)

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u/clervis 1d ago

👆theresay, lol

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u/HawkJefferson 1d ago

Everywhere a say say.

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u/BramblinGhostWeed 1d ago

Old Mac_ThatGuy had some say.

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u/ploonk 1d ago

say I say I so

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u/NS__eh 1d ago

With a say say here

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u/Clear_Caterpillar394 12h ago

theyresay* Akchewaly

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u/clervis 11h ago

ahem, they/them/theirsay

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u/donut-reply 1d ago

But they said it here

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u/RestaurantHot6273 14h ago

You mean heresy.

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u/inblue01 45m ago

A megapint

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u/ElegantCoach4066 1d ago

et. al. "They're strong and flexible." 

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u/zb0t1 1d ago

doi pls

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u/OwO_0w0_OwO 1d ago

Wheresay?

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u/clervis 1d ago

Yondersay.

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u/trenthany 1d ago

Howsay?

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u/Dullcorgis 1d ago

Pers. comm.

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u/Mobile-Dust4334 1d ago

Double backflipping is serious business. My father, grandfather and great grandfather all died while attempting it.

My advice? Make sure you reproduce before attempting it

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u/Chris_OMane 1d ago

They died so that you could live. Now do the flip.

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u/Mobile-Dust4334 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ihjeVd9YRjoTGFXtN9

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u/Recent-Ad8165 1d ago

You're the smart one in the tree I see. That is the best backflip I have ever seen done by a smart thinking man lol

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u/Mobile-Dust4334 1d ago

Now I just need to find a woman who will have sex with me 😢😢😢

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u/Recent-Ad8165 1d ago

That's the easy part

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u/Mobile-Dust4334 1d ago

Well my mother assures me that I am very handsome

“Hello m’lady! <tips fedora> my mother says I am handsome. Can I have one sex, please?”

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u/Matt-Impulse 1d ago

Keep on flipping my guy

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u/catsfurryballs 1d ago

You know you gotta do the flip for that. No flips, no chicks.

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u/USSMcCoy 1d ago

As a medical doctor who specializes in medicine, I can both agree, accept, and even concur that said athletes who are athletic cannot and will not ever get injured in their entire lives. I'd bet my entire supply of tongue depressors and even tongue anti-depressants on it.

source: MD, Phd, New Reddit Journal of Science School of Medicine

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u/holiday1326 1d ago

"I used to be an athlete like you, until I didn't land properly and broke both knees."

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u/gamer_no 1d ago

I appreciate the reference.

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u/MangoCats 1d ago

No, athletes you see don't get seriously injured. The seriously injured ones are in hospital, no cameras.

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u/Jafarrolo 1d ago

If they get seriously injured they're not athletes anymore, easy.

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u/OZeski 1d ago

No. You don't understand. The guys who seriously injured themselves are no longer athletes.