Awesome Pictures Thread

[rk47]

[Ironwood]

Holy hell, is that first one real ?  because it looks insanely unlikely.

[rk47]

well... racial profile does match the earth character creation on favorite class: athlete

[ajax34i]

The floor is raised, and judging by how it behaves when he passes in front of the windows I'd say they have trampolines under the blue mat.  Second one, the wall isn't vertical, thus allowing the upside-down silliness (also, it's well practiced, judging by the pre-existing white talcum spots).

[Ironwood]

I was running under the impression that there were other trampolines, but it's still quite impressive if it's real.

It just looks tooooo fast to be so.

[HaemishM]

Even if it is trampolines under that last little bit, still an impressive landing considering how high that last flip jump is.

[kaid]

Even if it is trampolines under that last little bit, still an impressive landing considering how high that last flip jump is.

You know you caught some air when you are in danger of bouncing off the roof.

[SurfD]

Holy hell, is that first one real ?  because it looks insanely unlikely.

Considerign that I remember watching a Tramoline routine at a live Cirque du Solei perofrmance that was remarkable similar to that (but involved like 8 people jumping all over the place and through hoops and small openings in thing at the same time), I don't doubt that it is probably real.

[rk47]

I'm more worried about the brain colliding with the skull at that speed. :I Me no med expert, but it's gotta hurt if it slams too hard rite?

[Samwise]

I'm more worried about the brain colliding with the skull at that speed. :I Me no med expert, but it's gotta hurt if it slams too hard rite?

For a second I forgot which thread I was reading and I thought "that's the LEAST of that poor bastard's worries".

[Tale]

With Google-fu and wading through some comments, I found the video.

Edit: tracked down who he is - US gymnast Aaron Cook. More tumbling starts at 0:20 in this video... with some pain on a landing.

Edit again: He has his own YouTube channel, but I can't find the one that's gone viral on it. However there are lots of videos of him in the same gym. And there's this one.

[Stormwaltz]

Goddamn. That looks exhilarating.

[rk47]

I'll gladly perform a brain transplant if he ever needs it. 
No charge, just sign the waiver.

[Ironwood]

Like an egg mate, like an egg.

[Tale]

Here also is a guy called Andrey Krylov power tumbling.

[Teleku]

:I Me no med expert,

[Trippy]

I'll gladly perform a brain transplant if he ever needs it. 
No charge, just sign the waiver.

With only one hand too!

[Signe]

I thought gaming one handed was gross but one handed brain surgery is just skull fuckingly sick.  Bad RK!

[bhodi]

Jazz hands!

[Nightblade]

[rk47]

[Ironwood]

Um, is that legal ?

[Cyrrex]

It fucking should be!

[Abagadro]

You should get extra points.

[Trippy]

It's not legal now. Dunno if it was legal back then.

[Brennik]

Back then it was.

[Merusk]

I figured it's like the other things that get tried in sports.  "Well let it happen this time since there's no rule against it on the books."  Next year there's a rule against it on the books.

Which is sad because tennis with air-racket would get me to watch.   

It also means we wouldn't have passing in American Football with our current mindset to creative rules lawyering.

[Sky]

Rackets with retractable cables that go into a wrist unit? Yes, please.

[01101010]

Rackets with retractable cables that go into a wrist unit? Yes, please.

Rackets with bungie cords attached like surfboard cables? hell yes. I see an opening for Xtreme Sports in this. 

[Signe]

Yeah?  I see an opening for Xtreme face waffling.

[ShenMolo]

Sand viewed under a microscope




http://geology.com/articles/sand-grains.shtml

[Ironwood]

He looks a lot better since the banning.

[Cheddar]

He looks a lot better since the banning.

/golfclap

[rk47]

[Tale]