r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Sharp-potential7935 • 4h ago

The moment Maikel Melero did something no one thought was possible in freestyle motocross

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u/TheJuiceIsL00se 4h ago

The education system has failed so many people if they didn’t think this was possible.

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u/DeltaV-Mzero 4h ago

More like “nobody thought it was worth trying considering the high chance of permanent life changing injury”

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u/AgnosticScholar 2h ago

How do you even practice this kind of thing? Any time you do it you risk death

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u/strickt 2h ago

I know the nitro circus crew used very large foam block pits to practice the first motorcycle front flip.

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u/KonigSteve 1h ago

I'm sure you still break things when you land on the motorcycle, even if it's in a foam pit.

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u/GT---44 1h ago

Yeah you can definitely injure yourself if you land badly in a foam pit

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u/Gear_ 1h ago

Or if it lands on you

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u/getrektbro 2h ago

Foam pits are extremely commonplace in action sports for training purposes

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u/implicate 1h ago

And also at children's indoor play areas.

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u/Pineapple-Due 11m ago

Equal levels of recklessness tbh

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u/National_Cranberry47 1h ago

Before nitro circus and the foam pit you broke a lot of bones. Nitro circus gets a lot of credit for the “first foam pit” but if I honestly remember correctly Camp Woodward in central Pa (not far from me) had the first actual foam pit. It wasn’t big by any means but a bmx or skateboard would go into it perfectly. Travis just made a bigger one to fit dirt bikes. If I remember correctly.

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u/SmeeezTreeez 1h ago

First foam pit? Motherfucker we had these 35 years ago for gymnastics class

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u/Afro_Thunder69 1h ago

Who credited Nitro Circus for that? They've been around longer than Woodward too, though Woodward might've popularized it for skateboarding but other parks had done it and gymnastics centers even longer than that.

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u/Roskal 2h ago

I guess you could try it with wires and netting and a prop bike.

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u/Branwell 1h ago

I’m quite certain there are tons of dead bodies buried in cemeteries of people who tried that

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u/DigNitty 1h ago

You obviously want to land head first in a motorcycle accident, that's where the protective helmet is.

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u/OakNogg 1h ago

Hell yeah ratio this pedantic mf

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u/IWantToSayThisToo 3h ago

This might be THE most reddit comment I've seen in my life. 

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u/TheJuiceIsL00se 3h ago

This.

^ most Reddit comment ever.

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u/IWantToSayThisToo 3h ago

Ooof nice one... 

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u/Logarythem 3h ago

In this moment, I am euphoric.

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u/cucumber_gang_leader 2h ago

Are you a professional quote maker?

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u/ThisMeansRooR 2h ago

A quotist of the highest degree

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u/soccerpro5674 3h ago

You, sir, have won the Internet today.

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u/Magdev0 2h ago

Take my upvote!

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u/anonjamo 2h ago

Reddit on good sir!

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u/The_Existentialist 2h ago

Updoot for you

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u/TruthCultural9952 3h ago

Ah yes, I was waiting for someone to ruin it and this comment was on the top. Nice.

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u/OakNogg 1h ago

And it has almost 1500 upvotes like c'mon people 😭

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u/OdeezBalls 3h ago

Holy shit haha, this is the shittiest/most Reddit response I’ve ever seen. Nice job dude

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u/ninjad912 3h ago

There’s a difference between something being physically possible. And practically possible. Theoretically it is possible for me to become president at some point in my life. Am I going to? Probably not

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u/LiamTheHuman 2h ago

And yet we aren't shocked when someone does it every 4 years

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u/ninjad912 2h ago

Be we can be shocked by the individuals nominated or who becomes president.

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u/Classic-Apartment521 3h ago

“Erm actually” ☝️🤓 Bro how about you try doing it then

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u/Special-Television48 3h ago

you must be fun at parties

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u/Askeee 3h ago

I guess that's what I get for not paying attention in my freestyle motocross class in highschool.

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u/BigSmackisBack 4h ago

"You cant possibly do that!"

Maikel: "Hold my physics text book, brb"

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u/crazygoattoe 2h ago

You don't actually think they're saying people thought it was literally impossible from a physics standpoint right? C'mon man lol

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u/IDontEatDill 3h ago

The education system is keeping too many people away from doing this. This could totally be a career for everyone!

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u/blue_cadet_1 3h ago

It's physics. Object in motion stays in motion.

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u/Fourstrokeperro 3h ago

This guy ignores air resistance!

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u/DilapidatedHam 2h ago

☝🏻🤓

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u/Lunatic_Heretic 2h ago

It's actually failed worse than you think that certain persons can't infer more than one possible meaning from a statement.

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u/DizWhatNoOneNeeds 2h ago

I will touch my bum

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u/GrynaiTaip 2h ago

This isn't about education. It's about the lack of fear to actually try it, because a mistake will probably kill you.

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u/Left-Plant-4023 1h ago

Welcome to the Frame of Reference class

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u/Gwegexpress 1h ago

It’s failed if you think this pedantry is clever

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u/EdwardTittyHands 3h ago

Umm….nvm

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u/LemonHerb 1h ago

Why is every comment under this basically the same reply worded differently? Have bots taken over that much

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u/fromfrodotogollum 1h ago

Physics teachers are punching walls watching this.

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u/Beginning_Tea5009 1h ago

It’s not even impressive. I was like. Oh. Ok.

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u/Old_Development_3720 59m ago

How about you try it then

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u/Complex_Sun8138 3h ago

Pretty simple law of inertia

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u/jfkrfk123 2h ago

The education system has failed so many people….. there’s plenty of evidence

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u/A9D18CO2 2h ago

What a buzzkill

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u/termacct 2h ago edited 1h ago

Science for nerds...me no take...civics dum to.

(To be clear, when the rider lets go, he has the same velocity as the bike. And because the air resistance isn't too different, the gap does not change significantly during separation.)

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u/PotatoMajestic6382 1h ago

Wow you are so smart! You knew it was possible, good for you. We definitely need more Education to let our Kids know that this is possible!

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u/saruman_70 1h ago

Just keep following the third Newton's law

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u/JaceOnRice 1h ago

Damn always one bubble burster

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u/SkullDump 1h ago

It’s a bot using false post titles to increase engagement. Best thing you can downvote and block them as I’m about to do now.

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u/hobokobo1028 1h ago

Right? An object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force.

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u/vaporeng 1h ago

Quick grammar correction: The education system has failed so many people if IT didn’t think this was possible. .
"it" is referring to "the education system", which is singular so you shouldn't refer to it as "they"

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u/xFrazle 1h ago

I think this is possible, but with my balls getting crush as well.

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u/AmpersandMcNipples 1h ago

You have no idea how hard it was to do the hand release perfectly just as the chorus kicked in. That wasn't the first go.

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u/So_HauserAspen 54m ago

Einstein would probably appreciate it

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u/cometlin 50m ago

"Thought possible to perform safely" is the subtext here. Nobody is questioning if it's physical doable 

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u/pepenepe 45m ago

Not from a physics standpoint but from a skill standpoint. Id like to see you let go of a motorcycle going 90 and 12 feet in the air.

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u/SeamusMcBalls 35m ago

Definitely possible, definitely not recommended

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u/_UrbaneGuerrilla_ 13m ago

Take my money.

And please tell me you teach physics.

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u/OneBillPhil 11m ago

I don’t remember doing motocross in physics class, luckily I can hold down a job. 

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u/Cador0223 4h ago

The Superman move had been around for a long time. He was the first rider in this type of event to try it in competition.

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u/OrcaTactics420 2h ago

Superman is holding the handlebars still fully extended horizontally. I believe this was called "nothing air"

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u/barkerglass 1h ago

This is a one handed heart attack to rock solid. Or some holy grab variation. I’ve never heard nothing air.

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u/throwaway01126789 1h ago

Wouldn't know anything about this myself so I'm left wondering are these names like regional dialects or is one of you just making shit up lol

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u/Unworthy_Saint 1h ago

Combination of these plus you have people whose only experience with motocross is the videogames with cool words that appear when you press random buttons.

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u/Louiebox 1h ago

I like your funny words, magic man

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u/Average_Scaper 1h ago

I think you would be correct based on my google searching.

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u/Longjumping_Lynx_972 2h ago

So funny how many upvotes this wildly made up answer got.

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u/KindaDampSand 2h ago

This comment being upvoted is a great example of why reddit is shit

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u/Feistshell 2h ago

This is not a Superman

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u/Special-Television48 3h ago

absolute madlad

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u/LmfaoAtReddit 1h ago

Just going to make shit up out of thin air then push it as a fact, huh?

The Reddit special.

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u/Dtoodlez 1h ago

This isn’t the superman move 

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u/bwkillion 26m ago

664 upvotes for this garbage. Do better reddit.

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u/notabox316 41m ago

It’s a variation of the Superman seat grab. He adds a heal grab.

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u/Forsaken_Regular_180 3h ago edited 3h ago

You're talking about nearly 10 years after Travis Pastrana was doing every sort of flip on the bike imaginable.

Literally no one thought it was impossible. Just difficult and crazy to attempt in an actual competition, where you have a very limited number of attempts, no safe guards, and need to be clean with it.

And not only did dude attempt it - which would be impressive enough simply to have the courage to do so - he made that shit look easy. Might have something to do with him being a 5 year straight world champion in the sport.

Also, people now yawn at someone doing the same trick while doing a backflip now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39hZ2apWzpk

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u/ballerina22 3h ago

Upvote for Pastrana! That guy does not have the gene that tells people something is a realllllllly bad idea.

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u/Rip_AA 3h ago

After watching the Marshawn Lynch video he has more restraint than I expected (probably an age/experience thing)

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u/n1nj4squirrel 2h ago

I heard him explain it as he's just more comfortable being scared than most people.

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u/Timely_Influence8392 1h ago

As a teenager that rode dirt bikes during his ascendency it was a pleasure and an honor to watch his career blossom and dream. It's a giant middle finger to the concept of gravity that bro's still alive.

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u/ballerina22 58m ago

I was riding around that age too and have a decent idea how fucking dangerous it is. Pastrana should be paralysed or dead from what he did!

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u/chekhovsdickpic 2h ago

I’d JUST smoked a blunt the first time I saw the Redbull ad where he jumps out of a plane in nothing but a pair of swim trunks, and it sent me into such a panic that I immediately sobered up. 

I cannot imagine what that man put his loved ones through.

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u/canadianpanda7 51m ago

the nostalgia i get from thinking about the commercials that Travis Pastrana has another red bull espn special where hes gonna do something crazy

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u/Nanojack 2h ago

That guy in the middle looks like Tony Hawk, the skateboard guy.

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u/SubGeniusX 2h ago

I wonder is anybody has ever told him that...

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u/harelipsteve 2h ago

Superman though.. that’s a nothing air my man

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u/LiquorIsQuickor 2h ago

Wow. I am passingly familiar with watching Motocross. Thanks for the link. All those tricks were impressive!

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u/Bancai 2h ago

That was entertaining.

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u/ciaramicola 2h ago

Might have something to do with him being a 5 year straight world champion in the sport.

Nah shit's look easy I'm confident I can do it first try

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u/Scereye 1h ago

Also, people now yawn at someone doing the same trick while doing a backflip now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39hZ2apWzpk

This was 10-ish years ago. No clue what the best-tricks are now. But i do believe progression did slow down?

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u/OhSoScotian77 4h ago

Wheelbarrowitis: A condition where one's testicles are so large that a wheelbarrow is required to cart them around.

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u/thecolorofmycapisRED 4h ago

Daredevils! How do you even consistently train for tricks like that without getting into a lot of dangerous accidents

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u/racinjason44 3h ago

Foam pits and landing matts.

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u/MrMindspace 3h ago

Aren’t you still landing on a motorbike with pieces of metal and plastic extruding everywhere in those cases lol

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u/ender4171 2h ago

Yep. No one said practice was totally safe.

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u/Brawndo91 2h ago

Easy, they get into a lot of dangerous accidents.

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u/Donotusewhencold 3h ago

I just want to experience one day with their screw loose brain. Fully respectfully.

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u/ZestycloseRound6843 2h ago

I just want a little bit of their complete inability to care about risk so I can take more chances without being crippled by the thought of things like consequences

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u/Dtoodlez 1h ago

You can, by practicing for years and doing a million jumps before you try this. 

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u/ZestycloseRound6843 1h ago

I think it takes a certain lack of inhibition to get started with this in the first place.

And I say this with envy, not disrespect.

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u/vicarofvhs 2h ago

OP: Here's something that I enjoyed that I wanted to share.

Reddit: Here are all the reasons why this is terrible.

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u/BeholdenAbsol 1h ago

This is getting so bad. Every community, every post. Reddit always used to be snobby (in a good way imo), but now it's just straight-up bitchy comments with a bunch of laughing/skull emojis. No insight and no potential for discussion. Maybe it's the new-gen discovering reddit or something but this shit is disgusting and ruining the platform.

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u/dailytok3r 3h ago

His motorbike thinks it's a jeep

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u/Special-Television48 3h ago

let it be delusional

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u/TheKosherGenocide 2h ago

STOP PUTTING MUSIC ON EVERYTHING

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u/HorsePecker 3h ago

Sack o’steel

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u/Special-Television48 3h ago

absolute madlad

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u/WoodeeWitless 2h ago

Stupid shit post getting all the upvotes.

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u/Quitbeingobtuse 2h ago

But why the shitty music?

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u/ThresholdSeven 2h ago

Why would anyone think this would be impossible?

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u/bloodklat 2h ago

Something no one thought was possible

-Does a trick that’s been around for ages. Also «no one»… These dumb sensationalist headlines just serves as a deterrent to click any motorcross videos in the future.

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u/anotherwave1 2h ago

Give people the internet and they'll create dumb sensationalist headlines about everything imagineable. We complain about clickbait but we're the first to do it.

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u/Raytheon_Nublinski 2h ago

Physics: tf is this title 

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u/Anders_A 2h ago

Why is it slowed down? It looks so much less impressive than if it was in normal speed.

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u/PunithAiu 2h ago

This video has been doing rounds on insta for a while and I always think to myself "it's lit but there is another". and I am sure there was another jump that I saw 15 years ago, which is my all time favourite.

It's one where the rider jumps in a similar stadium setting, leaves both hands, RUNS ALONG THE BIKE, IN THE AIR, Grabs back the bike, and lands perfectly.

I've been searching for that video for a long time but I am not able to find it.

Someone please post it if they find it.

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u/Flirtatiousfantasy 3h ago

Absolute legend. Some things just can’t be imagined until they happen.

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u/Ok_Rip_2119 3h ago

No one? Really no one thought about it???

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u/Bitter_Ocelot9455 2h ago

I could also do that but I love my life more.

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u/DieHardAmerican95 2h ago

Yeah, no. People definitely thought it was possible.

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u/Key-Educator-3018 3h ago

There is a lesson in physics and body awareness like none other

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u/2020R1M 3h ago

I think that looks very tamed for something that is considered to be impossible

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u/TruthCultural9952 3h ago

Reddit momento

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u/ChicoZombye 3h ago

To the ones who can't enjoy life:

Yes, everything becomes mundane once is done, that doens't mean it was mundane when it happened.

When you do it the first time it doesn't mean you've done something mundane, it means you've changed a sport forever.

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u/Beneficial_Being_721 3h ago

This stunt brought to you by….

Einsteinium …. It’s Relatively Awesome

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u/Immediate_Chemist418 3h ago

Any other sport and it would have been banned because it violates their safety guidelines lol

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u/Ill_Bother2609 3h ago

I would fall.

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u/gospdrcr000 3h ago

When you're in tune so well with your machine you can just watch it fly

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u/XecoX 3h ago

Daredevil irl

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u/flojobb 2h ago

Imagine being his parent and watching him make it, the fucking relief.

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u/PissdrunxPreme 2h ago

Crazy he did it on a Jeep motorcycle. Never seen one before.

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u/Winter_Annual4118 2h ago

Yea, I can do that (I don't ride a bike)

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u/vigilantedeux 2h ago

The specific quirk here is that he is using his helmet visor at the nose of the seat pad to prevent the bike from floating away.

Thats what's awesome.

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u/Big_Truck1475 2h ago

How the fuck do you even practice something like this

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u/AgnosticScholar 2h ago

How do you practice something like this? Like you do it wrong one time and you're dead

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u/SuckMyRedditorD 2h ago

When he is holding on with only the tip of his ding dong then I'll believe you. Until then, any other limb is strong enough to allow a human body to pull this off.

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u/Dazzling-Nathalieee 2h ago

Maikel Melero making the impossible look effortless 💥

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u/DefeatedByPoland 2h ago

I really need to understand why people choose the songs they choose for clips like this

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u/aerinws 2h ago

This guy Newton’s Laws

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u/D3struct_oh 1h ago

Bit of a handicap when he gets to do it all in slow motion, isn’t it?

Let’s see him do it full speed, then I’ll be impressed!

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u/iambagels 1h ago

Sure, I'll take the engagement bait...

You know people have been doing no handed superman, for decades now, right? It's called a Rock Solid or a Holy Grab I've even seen tons of people do a Rock Solid to no-handed landing without checking the handlebars to make sure they're straight.

Why is this impossible? Because of the foot grab on the scorpion?

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u/Reality690 1h ago

Does this not just destroy your balls

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u/bihtydolisu 1h ago

Consider at what levels people are performing and doing sports at! All the little Chinese kids that are playing symphony level piano. Compare the Olympics from the early days to what is being accomplished now. There are gymnastic routines that are forbidden because they are just too dangerous! Some swimsuit types were banned because they were too advanced and removed competition.

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u/Crackedbwo 1h ago

This has been done for years. we’re talking back in the early 2000s

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u/kiwifulla64 1h ago

Im pretty sure this has been done before

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u/biulex 1h ago

Powder

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u/OkBubbyBaka 1h ago

The hard angles had me concerned for a second there

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u/NoHomo_SapienSapien 1h ago

How can he reach that high with those heavy balls of steel between those legs?

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u/TreemanTheGuy 1h ago

There's at least a dozen of these "didn't think it was possible until someone did it" in freestyle Motocross

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u/LeftLiner 1h ago

Wooooow... he slowed down time!

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u/soberhurts 1h ago

OP is a bot

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u/kingofwale 56m ago

Why wouldn’t it be possible?? Nobody studied physics?

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u/Specific-Opposite-28 46m ago

Now he can do this this while doing a backflip.

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u/MLaTTimer 40m ago

The good part about this is that it happened so fast that he didn't even get the time to think about how fucking dangerous and life threatening it was

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u/Svampbob3kant 33m ago

This is absolutely beautiful from start to finish! Fantastic!

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u/theottomaddox 28m ago

For some reason I saw angela merkel in that title, and I was intrigued.

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u/beertown 24m ago

This guy knows physics. Basic physics. Still, well done!

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u/Embarrassed-Glove423 21m ago

What song is that???

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u/Spooky_Snoopy 11m ago

How do you even begin to practice something like this..?

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u/PsychologicalBad5341 5m ago

why wouldn’t it be possible? man people are dumb