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[–]Null_Error 510 points511 points ago

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[–]_The_Highlander_ 287 points288 points ago

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Saved my brain man. I knew his was backwards but I just could not imagine how it went.

[–]BowlerNerd 68 points69 points ago

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It's that perfect landing at the end. The gif looks great both ways.

[–]Thread_Kaczynski 34 points35 points ago

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Its pretty amazing to me either way. How do people dream this shit up? And how many necks have been broken during the execution of stunts like this? I can just picture a Death Valley of broken neck idiots.

[–]Bacon_Cats_And_Tits 17 points18 points ago

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I did this on accident when I was just a tyke. For some reason I got it in my head if I ran and jumped on the ball like that, It would roll and I would magically stay on top of it for the ride. Needless to say I was not too clever. Also I didn't land on my feet. Complete 360 and landed hard. Luckily my neck broke my fall.

[–]aaronxxhadley 4 points5 points ago

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Luckily my neck broke my fall. Joe dirt reference?

[–]Bacon_Cats_And_Tits 3 points4 points ago

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Right on, man!

[–]LettersFromTheSky 6 points7 points ago

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Luckily my neck broke my fall.

That doesn't sound so lucky.

[–]Bacon_Cats_And_Tits 30 points31 points ago

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Could have landed on my ring pop. Now that would have been unlucky.

[–]PCsNBaseball 0 points1 point ago

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I think you actually did land on your ring pop; otherwise, your name would be Bacon_Cats_Tits_And_Ring_Pops.

[–]OmniaII -1 points0 points ago

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360?

Ran, Jumped on ball indicates feet first, 360 indicates back to square one, your feet.

Either your feet are on your head, or you did a 180

[–]Bacon_Cats_And_Tits 4 points5 points ago

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I jumped trying to land on my ass laying down, did a 360 and a bit more. If I had spun a just a bit slower I would have landed on my back. No such luck.

I'm bad at explaining things.

[–]PooPooDooDoo 0 points1 point ago

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I thought it was really obvious what you meant, it's not like any normal person says "I did a 378".

[–]Bacon_Cats_And_Tits 2 points3 points ago

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He thought I tried to jump on it feet first. I think.

[–]OmniaII 0 points1 point ago

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that's how I read it...

[–]WubWubMiller 0 points1 point ago

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A 360 would work, if he jumped on the ball like in the gif, he would be about horizontal when he landed. Or he did a 540.

[–]tbradley6 2 points3 points ago

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I watched this for five minutes trying to think how it went, and decided it should not be possible either way

[–]StackR 0 points1 point ago

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Haha yes. I was wtf'ing about this watching it over and over. His little jump in the beginning looks soooo epic (although fake), but it's funny regardless.

[–]ijamess 90 points91 points ago

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Thanks. It was oddly odd to imagine this backwards.

[–]I_AM_A_DRONE 36 points37 points ago

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Understandably understandable, my good sir!

[–]StackR 3 points4 points ago

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Rightly right you are!

[–]Thinc_Ng_Kap 3 points4 points ago

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but the backwards is the forwards...

[–]meftical 28 points29 points ago

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[–]supermegaultrajeremy 8 points9 points ago

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The fuck is this?

[–]Styxie 0 points1 point ago

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I think thats the Star Wars disneyland thing :)

[–]Poochie94 2 points3 points ago

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Source on the unreverse of this gif?

[–]bbibber 2 points3 points ago

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[–]trunksbomb 65 points66 points ago

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I had to watch these several times each before I was sure that the OP's gif is the reverse and your reversed version is the actual gif.

[–]MestR 4 points5 points ago*

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I did too, but came to a different conclusion. I'm confused.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kSlk3jLY-g this may clear things up, the sound and fingerpoint only make sense in this direction. There are lots of related videos of people doing the same thing. However, i'd be wary of watching them especially if you have plans for the next two hours, they ARE addictive.

this is the same guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5xH7ovUqCE&feature=related

[–]elpaw -1 points0 points ago

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He just has to do everything topless, doesn't he? /welljel

[–]WazWaz 0 points1 point ago

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For highly elastic objects like this, there isn't a lot of difference.

[–]koolman101 5 points6 points ago

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Makes far more sense now.

[–]Realmonster 15 points16 points ago

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he still trying to fucking kill himself, or at least give his mother a heart attack

[–]Rawwar13 1 point2 points ago

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Dammit. Now there's milk all over my table. Curse you, ruining my breakfast with your hilarity.

[–]jp_lolo 2 points3 points ago

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oh thank you. i was trying really hard to imagine it.

[–]Specific_Mime 2 points3 points ago

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Can someone make a "deal with it" gif outta this, I need more gifs... ALL THE GIFS

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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is there anything you can't do on the internet these days with a free app or a website dedicated to do it?

[–]vivasativa 0 points1 point ago

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Mesmerizing.

[–]mom2meerkat 0 points1 point ago

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I came here hoping for this. Thank you!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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it was great also

[–]Lobstertrainer 0 points1 point ago

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This way looks a million times more safe. I cannot imagine how one can summon the courage to throw their head forward towards a giant bouncy ball rolling above what seems to be a concrete floor. The courage!! Parkour!!!

[–]furtiveraccoon 0 points1 point ago

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that's.. actually even more impressive. one or two inches off and he would have headplanted..

[–]Parahdox 0 points1 point ago

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thanks man, I was going to ask this of you guys but it seems you have every thing under control.

[–]Slehpher 0 points1 point ago

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either way that looks like fucking fun to succeed at.

[–]backstab -3 points-2 points ago

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[–]hotsizzlepancakes 31 points32 points ago

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i could try it front and back 100 times and still eat shit 100% of the time.

[–]Cptn_Badass 23 points24 points ago

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i could try it front and back 100 times and still die from a broken neck 100% of the time.

More likely, for me at least.

[–]brutishbloodgod 7 points8 points ago

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And come back to life at least 99 times, so you've got that going for you.

[–]trennerdios 0 points1 point ago

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Stop setting my heart on fie.

[–]ghostly5150 0 points1 point ago

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i could try it front or back 1 time and still die from a broken neck 100% of the time.

[–]greatdivide 1 point2 points ago

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That's what she said

[–]jarofclay 61 points62 points ago

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I think I stared at that 20 times to imagine it backwards. Hurts the cranium.

[–]Ragnalypse 27 points28 points ago

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Pretty sure it's backwards as-is.

[–]RageDoll 11 points12 points ago

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The video I saw on YouTube showed him doing it this way... But then that's YouTube, they're as credible as a potato...

[–]jamesrom 19 points20 points ago

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Can't tell if serious or sarcastic. That gif is definitely backwards.

[–]dracdliw 6 points7 points ago

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Potatoes are quite credible.

[–]MtnyCptn 6 points7 points ago

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Tell that to the Irish

[–]Zanedude 3 points4 points ago

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How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman?

None.

[–]dracdliw 0 points1 point ago

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I am irish =)

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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physically possible to do though

[–][deleted] -4 points-3 points ago

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Newton would like a word...

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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energy is conserved here I see no issue with it

[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points ago

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Going forward he had sideways momentum which lost to the flip. Going bacwards he just suddenly picks up that sideways momentum. I don't think that would be possible, just utilising the balls roundness. Most of it would be absorbed by the ball and directed downwards, bringing the whole system to a halt.

[–]jackflash2011 4 points5 points ago

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Newton's laws are completely time-reversible. If momentum and energy are conserved going forwards, they are conserved going backwards. Assuming the ball is elastic, which is probably a safe assumption, otherwise energy could have been dumped into the floor and thermodynamically can't be dumped out of it.

[–]sivadb 0 points1 point ago

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Energy was dumped into the floor and into the air regardless of the ball's elasticity. This isn't 100% reversible. However I think the losses are negligible enough that it could be reversed with only slight differences in the end energy to the original start energy.

[–]jackflash2011 0 points1 point ago

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This is what I think.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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In the forward version the momentum is created by the jumper as he runs.
In the reversed version he gains the momentum essentially from his downward momentum and transforms it into lateral motion through the ball.
It would be impossible to transfer his downward motion 90 degrees like that backwards.
Once more: 1 has initial momentum and the other one does the exact opposite.
Also if you would jump on the ball like that it would just most likely stop and transfer the rolling motion into pressure to your neck.

[–]sivadb 0 points1 point ago

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I understand that. But you can't simply reverse ALL the energy in any system like that without thinking critically about it. I do believe the action could be reversed, but not the energy. As in, there's no way that something real will ever happen that looks exactly like this posted gif. Because it GAINS energy from the floor when in reverse instead of losing it when going forwards.

[–]aterian -1 points0 points ago

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While it may be technically possible for the floor to spontaneously cause him to do the back flip at the start of the reversed version of the gif, with no impetus on his part, the odds are quite low.

Also, a similar amount of energy would likely have to be transmitted to the ball, which would have sent it flying instead of merely rolling.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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But in this case the most imprtant factor is that the ball would not be able perform backwards as illustrated.
In an ideal world and perfect uncompressible spheres, maybe. But the original statement was that it could be done in the real world.
I submit that it's not possible. Even if I'm wrong I'd like an answer. I totally admit that I might be wrong BTW...

[–]jokubolakis 0 points1 point ago

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[–]feelinweird 11 points12 points ago

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Watching it over and over and waiting for this to happen.

[–]Sjoerder 14 points15 points ago

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[–]LaTormenta 5 points6 points ago

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[–]ENKC 0 points1 point ago

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My favourite gif ever.

[–]HiImCako 3 points4 points ago

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[–]cloacamassima 2 points3 points ago*

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[–]Beeslo -2 points-1 points ago

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Thank you. I snorted in my office.

[–]jf93jdklsa921 2 points3 points ago

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Probably not a good career move. You want to keep your drug use in the executive bathroom.

[–]CantHugEveryCat 4 points5 points ago

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Tried this. Now I'm a paraplegic.

[–]like__the__color 2 points3 points ago

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Aww darn, now you REALLY can't hug every cat

[–]adorith 15 points16 points ago

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This image is way more hilarious than it has any right to be.

[–]WoundedTownsman 8 points9 points ago

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The original is still pretty impressive

[–]follypop 3 points4 points ago

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The two guys in the background acting like this is an everyday occurrence at crazy gym.

[–]KnightsWhoSayNii 2 points3 points ago

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How does his neck not break?!

[–]djnikadeemas 4 points5 points ago

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Because that video has not been posted on Liveleak yet.

[–]noiplah 4 points5 points ago

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Can't help but hear BOING! every time he "jumps" at the start :D

[–]DopeZebra 7 points8 points ago

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Better backwards...

[–]notbookies 21 points22 points ago

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This is the backwards version.

Unless you were saying this is the better version, in which case... clarify.

[–]impshial 4 points5 points ago

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The backwards version is better when you run it backwards. It now resembles something I can actually attempt.

[–]NeckTop 14 points15 points ago

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notbookies: This is the backwards version. Unless you were saying this is the better version

impshial: The backwards version is better when you run it backwards.

What is this I don't even

[–]Thinc_Ng_Kap 3 points4 points ago

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That thing inside my head hurts.

[–]Quazz 4 points5 points ago

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Yay Belgium :3

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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I like your chocolate dude.

[–]Quazz 13 points14 points ago

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Thanks, I put a lot of work into it.

[–]pschermann 2 points3 points ago

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Backwards

[–]hipsterdysplasia 3 points4 points ago

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Am I right in thinking that this is actually physically possible?

[–]Tashre 16 points17 points ago

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Yes; this gif is reversed.

Most obvious clue is the amount of lift and hang time he manages to achieve from his small leap by somehow only extending his knees (feet remain at a right angle, not pushing off against the ground, and even if they had, it would require insane amounts of lower body strength to pull this off).

[–]XxDarkKissxX 3 points4 points ago

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I was literally thinking the same thing. "THAT IS NOT HUMANLY POSSIBLE"

[–]funkmasterflex 0 points1 point ago

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You seem to be making the argument that the gif would not be possible.
You could in fact recreate the gif in real life. The 'jump' he performs is feasible, and then energy/momentum are conserved whether you go forward or backwards in time.
However, as you say, the body behaves differently when landing vs jumping so that would always give it away.

[–]Mr_Stillian 5 points6 points ago

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Isn't kind of obvious it's reversed? Look how little he bends his knees for how high he "jumps". White people can't do that.

[–]leet_hacksaw 1 point2 points ago

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Oh yeah... Well black people can't swim.

[–]IAmAlistairHennessey 0 points1 point ago

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Forward or backward, it's still damn impressive.

[–]lukeman3000 1 point2 points ago

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Impressive forwards and backwards.

[–]The-Dudemeister 1 point2 points ago

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its too bad we don't get to see the 10 to 20 failed attempts before this.

[–]betocantu 1 point2 points ago

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I would love to see a blooper of this.

[–]Ragnalypse 2 points3 points ago

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Sweet, I'm going to try this.

[–]octopie12 1 point2 points ago

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makes you wonder how many times he broke himself before actually getting it right...

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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could be not reversed, couldn't be?

[–]Zam0070 0 points1 point ago

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Like a boss

[–]bradg97 0 points1 point ago

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Alright guys, let's try this one more time. Take 386.... and ACTION!!!

[–]TheEpicFails 0 points1 point ago

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Guys got some big balls to be able to do that

[–]Kaon_Particle 0 points1 point ago

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This guy must have giant balls

[–]SexualHarasmentPanda 0 points1 point ago

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USA - 9.8

[–]Chardonneh 0 points1 point ago

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can't.....stop......watching.......(help)

[–]HiZenBurg 0 points1 point ago

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Question to gymnasts; how hard would would it be to land this backwards?

[–]Cha0tikz 0 points1 point ago

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Does anyone else wish they uploaded the fails as well?

[–]absolutezero52 0 points1 point ago

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Only in Belgium

[–]T2112 0 points1 point ago

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My brain.....

[–]iHaveADD 0 points1 point ago

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OP posted this 7 hours before this on gifs: http://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/qyeuh/perfect_gifnastics/

I could understand if the post didn't get any attention and he just wanted to post it again, but the other post has more karma than this one. This is just trying to get more worthless points.

[–]HuggableBear 4 points5 points ago

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Or maybe show it to people who don't subscribe to r/gifs...

[–]Unidan[S] 0 points1 point ago

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Couldn't it just be both?

[–]GWEEDOspeedo 0 points1 point ago

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"I must go now; my people need me"

[–]Revanx17 -1 points0 points ago

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[–]vxx 1 point2 points ago

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What is about to read the comments first? You don´t have to look deep , it is the fucking top comment.

[–]royf5 -2 points-1 points ago

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pfff, you can see the wires.

[–]krazyhades -2 points-1 points ago

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Very old gif.

Sometimes I forget that reddit is about 14 months behind /b/

[–]FoghatIsAmazing -3 points-2 points ago*

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What I want to know is how in the hell do you find out that you're good at this without breaking your damn neck? I mean I feel like a bad ass when I jump over the last two steps...

Edit: I know the gif is reversed. The forward version is what I was referring to.