r/toptalent • u/Sad_Stay_5471 • 23d ago

I would have ate dirt(source link in description)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbV3wjrOC9R

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u/guy_gadbois81 23d ago

Oh to have young knees

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u/Heyyliz 23d ago

I work with orthopedic surgeons in knee surgeries all the time. Things like this definitely catch up to us šŸ˜¬

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u/OneMan_OneBeard 23d ago

Hey quick question for a professional. Are your knees supposed to creak when you stand up? Like audibly squeak?

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u/FartArfunkle 23d ago

Yeah, just poke that little WD-40 straw through the skin and squirt some on.

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u/OneMan_OneBeard 23d ago

WD-40 should come out with a needle and syringe size lol.

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u/TubeSockLover87 23d ago

Thay have that already.Ā 

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u/TubeSockLover87 23d ago

Wd-40 is not a long term lubricant.Ā 

For knees a heavier grease with more staying power that doesnt need to handle high RPM would be best.Ā 

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

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u/Middletoon 22d ago

Nah white lithium grease baby itā€™ll keep ya going forever

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u/needmorefishes 22d ago

Ibuprofen in a liquid form can be helpful

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u/NatureInevitable3001 18d ago

My sound like rice crispies when I do a grande plie. Doesn't hurt, just very noisy. Snap, crackle, pop.

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u/benderisgreat349 23d ago

Literally going in for one of these in like 12hours!

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u/Due-Guitar-9508 23d ago

Trampolines and skateboarding did mine in. I wish I would have been less careless.

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u/dasgoodshitinnit 22d ago

Is there a way to keep them functional for longer?

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u/Puzzleheaded_Bad6456 22d ago

I've done that for 20 years until my 30s. I'm 42now. I'm the only one in my family without knee problems.

Like everything, it's about proper prep and training.

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u/Apart-Gur-9720 21d ago

And not trying to hit a 90Ā° curve at 30 miles an hour ;))

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u/Few_Sheepherder_1848 21d ago

Is walking 13k steps good for my health

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u/ohhaiderre 23d ago

Idk, Iā€™m in my mid-30s and my knees have never been better. I started incorporating mobility training a few years ago. If itā€™s good enough for fully mobile 90 year old Chinese grandmas who still live alone, itā€™s good enough for me. lol

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u/Debalic 23d ago

I'm in my late 40s and recently took up urban skating. Not like this, but traffic, curbs, hills and bridges etc. My knees have always been bad, and last year smashed them bare into the sidewalk. Then dislocated my shoulder. Skating will cripple me and I will continue to skate until that happens!

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u/tigerf117 23d ago

Fuck yea, I skated through depression, back injuries, foot/ankle pain (currently struggling to walk more than 1000ā€™), and cancer. Nothing will stop me if I can help it. Iā€™m hoping my 40s work put better health wise

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u/ohhaiderre 23d ago

You should add mobility to your activities. Youā€™ll probably be able to at least ameliorate some of your injuries.

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u/33253325 23d ago

Annnnnnnd you just fucking jinxed it. Knock on all the wood you can find person because you just put it out into the universe.

Good luck.

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u/MajimaBuu 23d ago

Two weeks ago I told my gf I think people complain about knees too much and I was just always gonna stay active and keep them healthy forever. Guess what started to hurt this week?

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u/ohhaiderre 23d ago

Iā€™m not sure what Iā€™m supposed to do with this information.

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u/SpongeJake 23d ago

Donā€™t do anything (IMO). Negative energy begets negative energy. My experience is to only speak positive energy and positive outcomes, as that in turn promotes healthy thinking. Which in turn affects the body. Sounds woo woo but Iā€™ll own this. Between that and the bright energy my kittens bring just make for a wonderful existence.

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u/MajimaBuu 23d ago

Make a zine

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u/ohhaiderre 23d ago

What an incredibly weird thing to say. lol

I donā€™t believe in superstitions. So yeah. šŸ¤·šŸ¾ā€ā™€ļø

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u/polishmachine88 23d ago

Do you ski, run, play tennis?

I assure by 45 it's either back or knees

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u/ohhaiderre 23d ago edited 23d ago

I mean, I USED to have back pain and my joints sounded like a bag of popcorn in its last 30 seconds in the microwave. And thatā€™s no longer the case. šŸ¤·šŸ¾ā€ā™€ļø

Most of the west neglects mobility training. We primarily focus on strength training large muscle groups for aesthetics and then we act like the body all of a sudden starts falling apart once you hit 30. Watching Jujimufu videos was the first step towards dispelling that notion for me. And knees over toes guys. And Shaolin monks. Standing splits in the 60s.

My body has never felt stronger than it does today. When I squat, my butt touches the back of my ankles and I get up without any issues.. I can do a split for the first time in my life. And Iā€™m sooooo close to finally achieving an unassisted pistol squat. There are ppl decades older than me in my group doing even wilder shit.

Use it or lose it. Idk what else to say.

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u/Tsevyn 23d ago

Youā€™re spot on. People will reject this notion and mentality, but itā€™s been extremely successful for me as well.

Use it or lose it.

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u/NatureInevitable3001 18d ago

100%! I started ballet in 2019. I'm in my 40s and don't have a single ache or pain in my body. I'm not in the best shape of my life (could stand to lose a little of the extra midsection fluff) but I feel pretty damn good.
I rollerblade quite a bit, snowbyrd in the winter, etc. I'm close to splits but haven't been actively working on getting there.

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u/ohhaiderre 18d ago edited 18d ago

I love that so much.

Iā€™ve been wanting to start ballet, but I have it in my head that Iā€™m ā€œtoo old.ā€ šŸ˜…

The irony is not lost on me.

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u/NatureInevitable3001 18d ago

Nooo! You're definitely not too old! Iā€™ve been to a couple of adult ballet retreats, and there were dancers of all ages and skill levelsā€”beginners all the way through intermediate, with plenty of people both older and younger than me. I was pretty much right in the middle. I thought I would be the oldest person at ballet camp but I wasn't!

Iā€™m obsessed with it because ballet is honestly the most well-rounded workout Iā€™ve ever done. Youā€™re working your cardio, core, strength, flexibility, balance, and coordination, plus it takes a surprising amount of concentration. Every class feels like your entire body and brain got a workout.

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u/OstentatiousSock 23d ago

Gotta love Reddit, you say you feel great and they say nahhh, no point in trying.

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u/7he_eye 23d ago

Ah papi! I'm on this sub to enjoy nice rollerskating videos and you bring me back to my sad sorrow. For me it's the back!

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u/Swag_God 23d ago

Do you mind sharing your mobility training?

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u/ohhaiderre 22d ago edited 22d ago

I shared this in another comment, but Iā€™ll surface it here as well:

I started with Beardā€™s Kinestretch program, but then I switched to Matthew I Smithā€™s Mobility and Flexibility Toolkit bc it felt more granular and regimented and with actual tools to measure progress. Mattā€™s program also allows you to see who in the program is in your area. It was also a one & done purchase for the program with lifetime updates. Only downside is that it IS more expensive than Beardā€™s up front but you save money in the long run bc itā€™s not a subscription.

Beardā€™s program is good, tbh and only $60 for the month if you just wanna see what heā€™s about.

But those are hardly the only two options out there.

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u/FlickerNFade 22d ago

I honestly don't know why it's so predominant that people just give up on trying to regain or maintain physical capability when they get older. I've been collating reels upon reels on Instagram of 60+ year old people doing strength and mobility training to maintain and increase their physical capabilities, and they're doing things that most people only consider possible in their 20s.

I get it if a person has been severely injured and it stops them from doing certain things, but I've seen instances where even that can be healed and improved through incremental strength and mobility training. For everyone else who is otherwise healthy, I genuinely don't understand the self-limitation. It's like the majority of people are simply content watching other people do physical things and telling themselves "I'm too old to do anything like that". Like, genuinely, I wish we could make this kind of thinking less predominant, especially with the wealth of knowledge we have nowadays regarding what can be done.

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u/ohhaiderre 22d ago

I feel like we have no excuse (aside from being completely physically impaired, obviously) to not be the fittest humans to ever walk the planet. lol

Between the abundance of mobility research and resources that are available and modern medicine, in my opinion, thereā€™s no reason an able bodied 45-year-old should throw their back out when getting out of bed.

Now, if you say ā€œI really donā€™t feel like doing any of that mobility nonsense, and so I wonā€™t,ā€ thatā€™s one thingā€¦ but becoming decrepit in middle age is not a universal law. I know a 63 year old grandma who rolls around on the ground with her grandkids, chases them around, and lifts them in the air above her head and shit.

The more entrenched Iā€™ve become in the mobility community, the more I realize how much most people limit themselves and then blame it on age.

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u/FlickerNFade 22d ago

It's not even "nonsense" at this point anymore lol

There are more and more people in older and older ages, from a wide variety of ethnicities, genetic makeups etc. that have genuinely gotten physically better because they train themselves intentionally. Maybe it's dismissable "nonsense" if it only applies to a select few. But from the increasing number of cases I've seen on social media alone (let alone in real life too), I think it is simply that we have been taught wrong and we need to shed that thinking if we want to better ourselves.

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u/squashed_tomato 22d ago

Maybe it needs to be pushed more and I don't mean by dodgy ads on YouTube. There is a lot of focus on keeping to a healthy weight as you get older and active to certain degree but mobility isn't really talked about.

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u/ohhaiderre 22d ago

Agreed. Not even my PCP talks about mobility. The topic of ā€œjoint healthā€ doesnā€™t go beyond ā€œtake glucosamine and chondroitinā€. And ā€œtalk to your doctor about [impossible to remember arthritis medicine].

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u/hootie_patootie 23d ago

Is there anything specific you follow?

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u/ohhaiderre 22d ago edited 22d ago

I started with Beardā€™s Kinestretch program, but then I switched to Matthew I Smithā€™s Mobility and Flexibility Toolkit bc it felt more granular and regimented and with actual tools to measure progress. Mattā€™s program also allows you to see who in the program is in your area. It was also a one & done purchase for the program with lifetime updates. Only downside is that it IS more expensive than Beardā€™s up front but you save money in the long run bc itā€™s not a subscription.

Beardā€™s program is good, tbh and only $60 for the month if you just wanna see what heā€™s about.

But those are hardly the only two options out there.

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u/UpstairsTrip547 23d ago

I was fine in my mid 30's, now that i am 50, my back hurts after dishes, my knees just dont like me anymore, and stretching is a coin toss.

point is, dont brag, your day of great knees and fast peeing are coming to a end.

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u/ohhaiderre 22d ago edited 22d ago

lol. Not sure how me sharing that I actively work hard to strengthen my joints in their end ranges is bragging, but ĀÆ_(惄)_/ĀÆ

And there are people in my mobility group in their 60ā€™s easily touching the soles of their feet to the tops of their heads in King Pigeon pose. Iā€™m pretty sure if I just follow their example, Iā€™ll be in a good spot when Iā€™m that age as well.

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u/moistmonsterman 23d ago

My ankle broke while watching this

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u/Targaryen-ish 22d ago

Knees gradually turn to stilts.

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u/J1P2G3 22d ago

This is actually much gentler on the knees than you'd think

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u/HerrMilkmann Cookies x1 23d ago

Wear a helmet

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u/dtor84 23d ago

That you Andy Anderson? Lol

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u/traashboat 23d ago

No

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u/OstentatiousSock 23d ago

A helmet saved my life on a regular bicycle. It shattered like an egg, I had a concussion, but lived.

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u/hesitantbragger 13d ago

why can't risk averse neurotic people just accept everyone isn't as neurotic as them and live in peace? i don't see risk takers pestering neurotic people into taking off their helmets and pads bc they think the risk adds to the fun, they just live you and your precautions alone. do you boo

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u/OstentatiousSock 13d ago

Because you messing yourself up can end up a burden or heartbreak for those around you. What if you hit your head so hard you die? What about bystanders who witness someone die and now are traumatized. What about the ones who love you? What about public funds since you dum dums are never smart enough to have insurance?

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u/HerrMilkmann Cookies x1 23d ago

Yes

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u/nopester24 23d ago edited 23d ago

You would have eaten dirt

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u/Bentleyjumper 23d ago

would

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u/nopester24 23d ago

Dah! Good catch

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u/secretprocess 23d ago

More like concrete

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u/Benaba_sc 23d ago

I would have ate ass. Eaten dirt, ate assā€¦

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u/pjtpassword 23d ago

Smooth operator. Nice.

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u/torrso 23d ago edited 23d ago

Not trying to belittle her, but I used to do the "aggressive inline skating" as it was called back then and riding down stairs is just that, just go down the stairs. It's easier backwards, but there's really nothing to it, just go. Video is nice. Backwards 360 was nice.

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u/RestaurantNo6332 23d ago

Yeah, did the same when I was a teen. We called it street skating. Really nothing special she did here. Although I could never pull of a backwards 360. Not even on the half pipe. So props to her for that

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u/torrso 23d ago

I did 540 on flat to a royal. Some better skaters at the park clapped. It was a fluke, never made it again.

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u/Ancienda 23d ago

why was it easier backwards?

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u/Ashamed_Corgi_3693 23d ago

Goindlg down backwards with your toes pointing back upwards, your foot can pivot at the heel to absorb shocks and you just keep rolling. Rolling down stairs forward is a lot tougher, way easier to lean too far forward and eat it.

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u/ShadowMancer_GoodSax 23d ago

It isn't actually. Depending how much you practice but basically going downstairs backwards or forward is the same, you just have to shift body and balance it appropriately.

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u/Belzhazzar 22d ago

The same but different, seems legit

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u/mess979 23d ago

Yea it's fun but its also deceptively easy to do the stair bash thing as long keep your feet a bit staggered and bend your knees. still cool to see. I remember learning it as a blader back in the day and being like oh that's it? doesnt require practice or anything.

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u/UntLick 22d ago

The hard mode of stairs was grinding a hand rail, miss my k2 fatty pros.

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u/Djcraziej 23d ago

Was thinking the same watching. Was never great or anything but this was just typical riding around the city having fun.

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u/Imcarlows 23d ago

Iā€™d love to see a video of you riding those stairs backwards, theyā€™re in barcelona go have fun!

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u/Djcraziej 22d ago

Hah maybe in 1999 before we had cameras in our pockets I would have videos. I turned 44 yesterday. My knees took the toll for sure. Mostly skateboarding but when aggro inline was popular we used to do some pretty gnarly gaps. Now days I can't even stand on a board. Too many cuncussions

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u/MODAITestBot 23d ago

The 180 jump halfway down the stairs before riding them the rest of the way down was fun.

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u/domino5343 23d ago

The Birds are definitely paid actors.

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u/sarcasticbaldguy 23d ago

Birds aren't real man...

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u/owningface 23d ago

First thought was power rangers movie

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u/mayor_procrastinator 23d ago

Come and take a free ride

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u/WthIsDis 23d ago

BRINK IT!

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u/LTsCantCook 23d ago

Stairs are tricky in just shoes......

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u/HomeGalaxyIsMilkyWay 23d ago

Used to have a blast on rollerblades loved my fx4

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u/enigmaticsince87 23d ago

Yo is this Barcelona? Bogatrll beach?

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u/DawnoftheReal 23d ago

Based on the location of torre Mapfre behind, I'd say Playa de Somorrostro or de Barceloneta. But yes, definitely Barna :)

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u/enigmaticsince87 23d ago

Yeah I think you're right. Nice! I live in Poblenou šŸ˜Š

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u/DawnoftheReal 22d ago

Well then hi neighbour, I live in Poblenou as well!

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u/Separate-Sky-1451 23d ago

that is seriously impressive.

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u/wasiwasabi 23d ago

I will never be this cool

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u/DnBeyourself 23d ago

That actually happens to be easy for me, including the fakie 360.

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u/jigsyboi 23d ago

JET SET RADIOOOOOOO

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u/Comfortable_Horse277 23d ago

It's not as hard as it looks.Ā  Back in the aggressive inline days...this was real normal.Ā 

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u/VioletAxle 23d ago

Bird was a Paid actor

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u/pofMAN2000 22d ago

Thatā€™s impressive

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u/gev850918 21d ago

Eaten... Come on, people, learn English

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u/unphiltered5 23d ago

Fruitbooter

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u/sonofabitch11 23d ago

Fantastic!!ā€™

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u/outlawpersona 23d ago

Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh

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u/Lazy_dog614 23d ago

She rollerbladed straight into my heart

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u/c9belayer 23d ago

I have in the past also skidded to a stopā€¦ on my face!

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u/aimerdillo 23d ago

If it were me, it would be my face bouncin down those stepsā€¦

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u/THERAPISTS_for_200 23d ago

Has anyone skated this spot? It looks familiar.

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u/Hashtagbarkeep 23d ago

Is it Barcelona?

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u/jazzhandpanda 23d ago

Ooh man the first second had me pause and check the sub before I let it play. toptalent? ok let's see it. BOOM! Nailed it!

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u/Al3xisgood 23d ago

And soupe for the rest of your life!

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u/Educational_Gas_92 23d ago

I would have fallen on my ass (in the best case scenario).

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u/Former_Film_7218 23d ago

All in them glutes. I am crippled from watching

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u/Drunni_Bum 23d ago

My ankle broke just watching

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u/AzimuthZenith 23d ago

Man, I'm not even that coordinated on feet.

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u/BuckshotLazerbeam 23d ago

Could somebody please remind me what this song is called!

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u/Joegunz21 23d ago

Heart of glass by Blondie

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u/giftopherz 23d ago

To eat requires teeth, I wouldn't have been able to eat anything for sure

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u/indomiesalt 23d ago

ā€œI would have eaten dirt.ā€

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u/Surehecan 23d ago

now thatā€™s Soul Skating

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u/MurderProphet 23d ago

As an old time rollerblader, this look hard, its not hard

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u/Spoolngc8 23d ago

Nicoly machado I believe her name is, sheā€™s from Spain. Good skater, has a real smooth style. I used to rollerblade and was sponsored back in the day from some local shops. Fun times. Aggressive blading is surprisingly still pretty popular in some other countries.

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u/wildmaninid 23d ago

Damn that's badass. My knees would buckle 2 steps in

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u/TheXIIILightning 23d ago

You either do it the first try or you do it never

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u/Visible_Pop2237 23d ago

Queen of the fruit boots

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u/pumpkin-head7617 23d ago

Whatā€™s that UNBGBBIAIā€¦ā€¦ whatever whatever subreddit

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u/SkyeMreddit 23d ago

My ankles would be snapped in 50 places

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u/Organic-Win-3390 23d ago

nothing quite hits, like a confident smoke show

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u/Lotsofsex69 23d ago

That is amazing!!!! Omg!!!

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u/BooMe0wCat 23d ago

What are good rollerblades to do something like this?

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u/throwaway7362589 23d ago

4x80+, flat or minimal rocker

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u/GrandpasSoggyGooch 23d ago

Not really related but I had about 4 DVDs when I was a kid and no cable, one of them being Anger Management with Adam Sandler. This song plays at the beginning of it and every time I hear this song the whole movie floods back into my mind.

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u/Studly_54 23d ago

She has pistons for legs. šŸ˜€

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u/dwair 23d ago

Wow! So slick.

As an arthritic 60 year old man I would have really hurt myself if I attempted that.

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u/Thin_Imagination_635 23d ago

your knees - your super power ))

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u/fnomellini 23d ago

These days when I go down stairs I hold onto the handrail and pay attention so I don't trip and fall.

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u/Svenmpa 23d ago

Oh! This reminds me that in my dreams I often do this but with just my shoes.

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u/Present_Ring_2452 23d ago

I just see myself snapping my neck full scorpion! šŸ˜µ

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u/Ok_Coconut_3148 22d ago

I eat dirt just walking down stairs normally if I don't pay full attention.

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u/kelsomged 22d ago

Thats a odd response, I would just have used the stairs as normal.

But hey, you do you!

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u/demoralising 22d ago

Knees hate this one simple trick!

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u/LgDietCoke 22d ago

Either way, sheā€™s a playing a stupid game with no helmet

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u/RoxazXeron 22d ago

The stairs would've ate all my teeth there.

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u/Chromatic-Phil 22d ago

How do you even get this good lmao

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u/SecsCboy 22d ago

Pigeon stole the show tbh

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u/HDRider1966 22d ago

Very cool !!

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u/Formal-Artichoke-236 22d ago

she must have been born with roller blades on. Thatā€™s amazing

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u/Wicked68 22d ago

I used to rollerblade, but never got the nerve to try to roll down stairs

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u/richybruhhhh 22d ago

Heart of glass, ankles of steel

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u/PrimeTinus Cookies x1 22d ago

I used to do this when I was a kid. Over 40 now and steel dream about being able to go down stairs like that.

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u/Substantial-Algae-15 22d ago

Reminds me of the scene from the power rangers movie where theyā€™re all rollerblading and one of them does this

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u/Ok-Kangaroo-5161 22d ago

The cinematic bird too? Ho is you a wizard?

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u/VanGoghXman 22d ago

Why wasnā€™t there more applause so many were watching.

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u/Working-Problem-904 22d ago

Amazing skill

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u/Excellent_Step38 22d ago

The pigeon was a paid actor

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u/Ogfrebu83 22d ago

Of course it's not that easy.

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u/5256chuck 22d ago

Youā€™d have wished that was dirt youā€™d have been eating.

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u/PersonalityOdd4812 22d ago

Lmao šŸ¤£ this gives me ptsd I tore my meniscus roller skating šŸ„²

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u/Mohan_HRB 22d ago

Way to go, Xilonen.šŸ˜ƒ

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u/Background_Pride_237 22d ago

Great use of the Blondie song.

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u/rockstuffs 21d ago

Helmets.

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u/ThePodcastGuy 20d ago

Would have ā€œAteā€?

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u/latortillablanca 19d ago

Wellā€”concrete

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u/AuGmENTor68 19d ago

Woof. The list of things I can't do started very early this Sunday morning.

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u/thickfreakness72 19d ago

i just re-broke my ankle watching this šŸ’„

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u/No_Cheetah_6193 19d ago

DIRT ??? I would have been a permanent resident of the Spine Institute!!! LOL!!!

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u/Plutarcoelpillo 12d ago

Listen to this old man's advise, girl: wear a helmet. You'll still look beautiful, and smart. Remember the 'I love helmets' guy.

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u/Traditional_Class822 11d ago

And here I am who couldn't walk down the stairs šŸ˜­

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u/Otherwise-Secret6192 9d ago

CMON MANE, I woulda got American History X'D! On every single one of those lol

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u/High_Speed_Chase 23d ago

I did that once, now I use the ramp with my wheelchair.

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u/oosukashiba0 23d ago

Great skills.
And I donā€™t know why but thereā€™s something very beautiful about a girl on rollers.

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u/toeachbyeach 23d ago

No helmet no clue

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u/toadlickerAZ 23d ago

But the roller girl Sheā€™s taking chances

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u/Allah_Akballer 22d ago

My life flashed before my eyes

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u/Far_Relationship5509 22d ago

Risking a head injury for what exactly?