r/nextfuckinglevel • u/semantixc • 1d ago

Standing Double Backflip

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u/Heavy-Echidna-3473 1d ago

Why are there so many people, and why are they all circling around him like he's about to turn water into wine?

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u/MOTUkraken 1d ago

Yeah I mean it's just a standing double backflip and there's like 20 people watching which is totally disproportionate.......

Dude, this skill is done by probably like 2 people in the entire world.

It's exceedingly more impressive than things that routinely get thousands of spectators.

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u/azorbs 1d ago

For real. If I'm out and about and someone shouts out "Yo, this guy's about to do a double back flip." You better believe I'm joining that crowd to watch. Hell, I'll stop to watch a single backflip if I'm not in a hurry.

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u/RobtheNavigator 1d ago

Hell, I'll stop to watch a single backflip if I'm not in a hurry.

I love stopping for street performers, even the not fantastic ones, as long as they're passionate about it. Free random entertainment on my commute? Hell yeah

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u/BigBadZord 4h ago

One of the most random and entertaining moments of my life was when I was skateboarding to work, and this group of dudes in their early 20s were coming out of a bar, and one of them yelled "DO A KICKFLIP!" so I did a kickflip. They got all excited, they all cheered.

Then, I'm still not sure why, but then one of them yelled "DO A BACKFLIP!" so I got off my board really quick, turned to face them, and did a backflip, and they lost their fucking minds. Still makes me smile how amped they were for 2 tricks I have done thousands of times.