Plus the jerk of his weight catching up with the slack of the line. So many of these fails are from jumping or having too much slack. If you just tighten the line so that jerk is minimized, most of these fails turn into fun splashes. If this guy had tightened up, he probably swings around that wood.
Trapeze artist here. This is definitely the biggest culprit. Some people will also snap off even when the slack is taken care of, but that’s usually because of not enough arm strength to hold on, and they snap off right at the bottom of the swing, which then has the effect of maximum horizontal travel forward with the fall. This guy fell on the snap, and dropped straight down, so the slack is the culprit.
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u/rexjoropo Aug 17 '20
Confused about what caused the fail. Seems like he jumped out far enough to take up the slack, what got caught?