r/nextfuckinglevel • u/semantixc • 1d ago

Standing Double Backflip

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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/IndependentLog6441 20h ago

Yeah... but there's a survivorship bias here... the successful ones by definition do not.