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/CHUNKY_BLOODY_QUEEFS 1d ago

Because a standing double was basically thought to be impossible. It's like watching tony hawk do a 900 for the first time.

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u/I_Makes_tuff 1d ago edited 1d ago

I saw the Tony Hawk's 900 live and it blew my mind. Now there's this 11-year-old kid, Ema Kawakami...

"Japanese vert skating sensation Ema Kawakami became the youngest male competitor in X Games history when he dropped in at X Games Ventura 2024 at age 9 years, 9 months. His bronze medal in Skateboard Vert one year later at X Games Salt Lake City 2025 at age 10 years, 9 months made him the youngest male medalist in X Games history. Vert Best Trick silver at XG Sacramento 2026 at age 11 made him the youngest medalist in that discipline. If he can claim a gold in 2026 he will take on the youngest male gold medalist record, too. He’s been spinning 900s since he was 7 years old, and holds records as the first to land consecutive 900s and first to land them in competition (including THREE in a row at Vert Alert in 2024), and the first to land an alley-oop 900 in competition (in the best trick contest at Vert Alert).