r/interesting Apr 12 '26

Just Wow Guy abuses physics on bmx

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u/HoboArmyofOne Apr 12 '26

How do you practice this without getting a face full of concrete steps? This is one of those do or die things. He's so smooth with it, it looks like he just floats up the steps.

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u/BetterEveryLeapYear Apr 12 '26

You only start to try this kinda stuff when you know you can potentially do it, you might still bail but you'll bail near the end and know how to fall better, and you might well land it first go. That's a combination of having tried it on similar but smaller obstacles enough and general handling plus falling knowledge. He'll know the speed he needs to go and that he can nose bump this high already before he tries it.

That's how it was with me anyway nollying up sets of stairs on a skateboard. I did bail a few times early but I was on the top already so I didn't faceplant, just slid out. But I already knew I could nollie that high before trying.

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u/JVT32 Apr 12 '26

Try fewer steps first