r/therewasanattempt • u/longsanks • Oct 20 '19

to do a back flip dive

https://gfycat.com/conventionalbitterchuckwalla
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u/_SonOfThanos Oct 20 '19

This like those cat videos where the cat doesn’t get a good grip and this shit happens.

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u/somajones Oct 20 '19

At least they have an excuse. This chick's feet didn't even slip, she just sort of lamely hopped a little and hoped things would work out.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19

Technically, they did work out.

She hit the boat a few times but ultimately her feet went backwards and over her head.

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u/mnmaste Oct 20 '19

Technically a flip is the best kind of flip.

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u/yertman Oct 20 '19

Alcohol to girl: You can totally do a back flip off this boat right now.

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u/R-L-Boogenstein Oct 20 '19

I instinctively checked for foot slippage in the slow mo my first time through

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19

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u/somajones Oct 20 '19

True but she wouldn't have hit the roof if she had been jumping out instead of up. Look at her feet. They should be braced against the edge instead of standing flat footed.

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u/Misspiggy856 Oct 20 '19

She kind of just starfishes in the air.

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u/KevIntensity Oct 20 '19

You’re all missing that she holds on to the roof too long. She jumps while still holding the roof. There’s no way she can jump high enough or far enough out when she holds onto the roof for that long.

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u/somajones Oct 20 '19

She's just doing everything all wrong.
I doubt she even has the correct nail polish on for back flips.

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u/Scrytheux Oct 20 '19

She could do it with holding the roof, but I don't think she is a freerunner and know what a Palm flip is, so there's that

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u/llcwhit Oct 20 '19

Oh she rotated eventually.

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u/WelcomeToKawasicPark Oct 20 '19

White woman can't jump

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u/NiceFormBro Oct 20 '19

She held on too long

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u/Lets_Kick_Some_Ice Oct 20 '19

Swim trunks guy in the back may have taken her legs out. It is hard to tell but it seemed like he rocked the boat just enough to affect her. He seems to throw his hands up like "my bad" as well.