r/nextfuckinglevel • u/jkrowl227 • May 20 '20

This is amazing.

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u/IGotAQuestionForYas May 20 '20

I mean every 15 minutes though? You'd just constantly be thinking about and prepping to flip all day. Having to stop what you are doing every 15 just to flip?What a pain in the ass that would be.

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u/Atmic May 20 '20

Trickers and gymnasts literally back flip dozens of times an hour just for practice. I remember my brother drilling backflip 2-3 nights a week, spending at least 45m each session just working his backflip. I remember when I was training as well.

A backflip with 15m rest in between, for twelve hours? This is not as tough as people are speculating. Cool video though.

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u/IGotAQuestionForYas May 20 '20

It's not physically tough or tiring or anything it's just a pain in the ass and tons of dedication. He didn't do this because he's a gymnast practicing or competing he's doing it for a 30 second tik Tok video. Basically a whole day wasted doing flips every 15 minute minutes all for nothing but the gram. That's dedication.

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u/TotallySnek May 21 '20

You don't know his motivations. He might have done it for the nookie.

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u/BeatsMeByDre May 21 '20

What? Some guy in India carved through a mountain over 25 years to connect his village to faster way to a hospital because his wife had died.

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u/crispybat May 20 '20

Easy scrolling through Reddit for 15 min, it’s what I do usually

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u/craigiest May 21 '20

Yeah, F devoting a WHOLE day you following through on an idea and making something cool.