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It’s super impressive and world-class! But naysayers will still quibble with the “standing” start.
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I love that it was filmed in shorts in a grassy back yard on a sunny day. The way all backflip challenges should.
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Oh sure, but how many necks did he have to break first?
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I’m jealous, all I can do is a single back flop.
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Esteemed tricker Nick Fry lands his first amazing standing double backflip.
Not shown: Esteemed trickster Nick Fry botches his standing double backflip for the zillionth time.
Also very important that it be performed with no shirt, for some reason.
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Roundoff to full layout backflip, also filmed in a grassy backyard, also with no shirt, and with 100% more swagger. Hold my beer dude.
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I don’t know how you practice this. Do you just wear a neck brace preemptively the first 50 times?
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Here you go! It’s no longer a “making of” video; we now take “journeys”.
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And here I thought this guy was going to faceplant.
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I like this guy better.
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Once he hears this, he’ll go back to good ol’ fashioned “making of” vids.
The importance of full commitment can’t be overstated.
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Speaks to the poisonous snake inspired origins for such back flips.
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Bboy Gravity did this much cleaner in a breaking battle earlier this year.
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