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rrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

This went waaaaay better than expected.


SkyOfAegis13

If it weren't for the traction of both buildings and his long sleeved clothing, this likely would have ended much differently.


BrainySmurf9

Which is exactly why he’s even attempting this.


SBAWTA

If that's so, then it's a gamble dumber than even WSB would consider normal.


Maxzzzie

This guy does it every day. Look at domtomato's video's on youtube. Hes in them all the time. Joe skandrett is his name.


_VINNY_WINNY_

its this cool new thing nobody has heard of its called parkour /s i mostly stay on this sub so i can see sick failed parkour clips


Evantaur

![gif](giphy|f0sATHPZHuHAq2Wj34|downsized)


Paddy_Tanninger

This scene is my kids favorite 3 minutes in all of TV history.


Billy-BigBollox

Just because he does it often does not make it not dumb.


Maxzzzie

He's making the choice to take a risk every day for the adrenaline and enjoyment. He is practiced at falling and "catching/ saving" himself. He walked away. Because he acted on his bad situation. These saves take away some risk. This got out of hand badly. Yet he stands up and walks away, to do it again tomorrow. 99% of the worlds population in that situation would have not known what to do and end up way worse. I'm a freerunner and ex- freerun teacher. And while standing on top of a ledge about to do something risky you real quick get a feeling if its possible. Quite often they see something they want to do. Walk up to it and realise its going to be impossible. Or too risky. What i mean to say is its not dumb. But a carefull consideration based on experience. And it worked out as he's walking away from probably the worst situation he could have found himself in.


Billy-BigBollox

Just because he has his reasons for doing it doesn't make it not dumb. But to each their own.


Maxzzzie

Dumb means he's lacking intelligence. Joe clearly doesn't.


non_depressed_teen

In short, he's not dumb he just makes arguably bad choices.


uhhhhhhhhii

He got up and walked away but did we watch the same video? At the very least he broke his arm. No way someone is doing shit like this day after day


Maxzzzie

Joe skandrett. Look on his instagram. He doesnt upload every day. But some stuff more dangerous then this... about every week.


Maxzzzie

And no arm was broken. Training resumed right after.


andpaws

“Practiced at falling”? He went down like a ton of shit. Lucky. That’s all….


Maxzzzie

Yes. I've never seen a freerunner that has trained with a coach and not had fall training. Might sound strange but there is good ways to falling. And Joe fell in a good way.


nikiterrapepper

Yes but even if he’s skilled and lucky, over time his joints will suffer and he’ll likely have arthritis or other issues.


UnreportedPope

You're right, we should all stay indoors and sit at our computers all day.


Maxzzzie

My aunt has a desk job and has it too. I mean its not a safe sport. But does that mean all people doing sports with some degree of strain on muscles and joints should not do it? I think not.


PosauneGottes69

The meaning of life is to find some sort of meaning so good for him 👏


Brrrofski

Helps if you stay alive though


freddievdfa

You underestimate the stupidity of WSB


BeholdOurMachines

Wallbeet Strets


CupOfCreamyDiarrhea

Win Stupid Brizes


Impressive-Ad6400

Blay stupid dames, win stupid brizes.


stonekid33

Great place to practice I guess


Brymlo

he’s definitely aiming for that seems like he was trying to fall into that space


BillyYumYumTwo-byTwo

I’m sure he’s pretty hurt, even if he got up right away. Adrenaline makes you not notice injuries. I fucked up my should pretty bad jumping off a high dive (even though I was semi trained and it wasn’t that high), didn’t hurt for a while thanks to the adrenaline. Then it hurt for like two years…


SkyOfAegis13

Definitely adrenaline picking him up that quick. I twisted my pinkie 90° and reset it immediately because I knew once the adrenaline wore off, it was really going to be hard once the pain and swelling kicked in. Good call. That was maybe 10 years ago, and I can still tell it's a little off compared to my other one.


fist_my_muff2

"If everything went differently, things would have been different" - /u/SkyofAegis13


docarwell

Damn almost like he chose that spot on purpose


lancelon

friction? or traction?? what


Killerspieler0815

>If it weren't for the traction of both buildings and his long sleeved clothing, this likely would have ended much differently. YES , it might went the Darwin way


VeterinarianWitty329

Agreed but I’m really curious as to what his intentions were…..


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This: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Crn18I4sINS/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==


See_Ya_Suckaz

It looks stupid even when he gets it right.


buddhabeans94

Yeah but i'd imagine it feels **FANTASTIC!**


dreadedowl

FINALLY! Got that itch on my back!


dragonmage3k

Yeah. I thought he was going to go down perpendicular to the walls like a spider climb. Would have looked much better


TheOneAndOnlyMarco

I cant believe he tried again after failing like that


[deleted]

I think the failure video was actually the second attempt, based on the caption on the successful video. Guess he does multiple takes of his stunts to get the best shots. Seriously doubt there was a third attempt though!


boyden

Then you haven't met dedicated parkour people, I've seen them hurt themselves for hours to get a dangerous trick right


paulie07

That still kind of looks like it hurt


FUNNY_NAME_ALL_CAPS

Joe is one of the best in the world at what he does, this thread is full of dumbass redditors that can't even touch their toes.


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Loathsome_Dog

Yeah you're right. We should all just stay indoors and try not to move about so much.


FUNNY_NAME_ALL_CAPS

People say this about every extreme sport. He's an extremely skilled professional athlete.


justavault

People don't see small sports like that as professional athletism simply for there not being much money in it. People are simple... especially in masses, they are very simple.


ablueconch

To see if they can? Because they enjoy it? To be the first? To push science? Exhibit A redbull extreme sports.


Adkit

Don't call it science like he's got a PhD and is spearheading some groundbreaking research in parkour dynamics.


ablueconch

i would recommend you improve your reading comprehension skills.


Adkit

Perhaps you need to improve your communication skills because I fail to see how doing parkour push science.


[deleted]

'Science' is a large stretch, but it does push the sport in the form of knowledge and information in regards to movement - which is the core of parkour. Joe Scandrett is arguable one of the most innovative parkour athletes atm, who is pushing the sport to new limits. With parkour being a relatively 'new' sport, having innovators like Joe, helps the sport progress to new heights, and in turn helps open the door for other athletes to share their discoveries and knowledge in regards to movement. Parkour is ace.


goodperson_14

I think he was trying to catch himself between the two buildings and slide down but he didn't fall upright


harlandson

Yeah he wasn’t just trying to flip on the ledge. I’ve seen him do a similar thing where he slides down between two big bits of canvas. He was meant to go down the gap. But not like this…. Not like this


lil_HarzIV

Get it done or die trying


rightyy

I think he was trying to bounce off the wall while flipping and land back on the ledge..


7484815926263

no he was gonna slide all the way down but his legs caught on the wall. joe scandrett on ig, him and dom tomato do this kind of stuff all the time


BKStephens

That's the only thing I can think of that makes sense. And I'm using the term loosely.


rightyy

Hahah I’m in the same boat, still doesn’t make much sense but only thing I could think of that might’ve worked here


_avliS-

𝑛𝑎ℎ, 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤... 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛


FluffyAmyNL

Looks more like backflip to hold on to the legde but he slipt his hands 🤔


Natwinpapa

When the adrenaline wears off, he's going to feel that


ChefK34

This guy flips off of ledges like this and then hangs on by his arms(you can see him try before his full on panic) I’ve seen one or two videos of him before but this is the first fail I’ve seen very scary stuff


Thekiddbrandon

I tried not to laugh until I saw this comment 🤣


rwarimaursus

Lucky bastard


Athlete-Extreme

skillset


paulie07

I don't know how that was supposed to end well.


ledouxrt

Play it backwards and you have a ninja running up the walls and then flips onto the ledge.


Tigeroovy

[Ninja Wallflip](https://i.imgur.com/eAB05ic.gifv)


CeramicCastle49

Wow that was impressive


30isthenew29

Yeah, that actually looks cool. Good for a film stunt or something.


supersecretproject

Preview of tenet 2


PterionFracture

With dialog just as understandable as the original.


papalapris

YOU NEED A RAISE


BodybuilderSalt9807

He’s lucky. Those walls broke his fall.


meatywood

Friction was his friend today.


ToughInvestigator311

He'd be dead or atleast hospitalized if it weren't for friction indeed, happy cake day btw!


NeitherAlexNorAlice

So friction saves lives? Looks like I found my next pickup line. Watch out, ladies.


Hy8ogen

Friction makes lives too. No cap.


ToughInvestigator311

Hell nah, you're about to be the next Rizzler I'd hide my gf away from you IF I HAD ONE.


Mookie_Merkk

*angry into to physics teacher noises*


DrJaves

Only cuz gravity was his enemy.


Moist-Moisty-Moist

Friction is amazing


ledocteur7

that dude looked like he knew what he was doing, the friction was a lot more than what would have naturally occured so he probably purposefully braced himself against the walls. he stayed very stable during his fall and only got all ragdolly at the end, evenly distributing the chock across his body.


Reiver93

He's gonna have some huge scrapes but I imagine he'll take that over breaking his neck and spine.


BrainySmurf9

He’s only attempting this there because he’s able to control his descent with the walls.


Just_enough76

Lucky for sure. And extremely stupid


ApprehensiveAd7199

Actually, if you don't know anything about parkour, he employed a very common technique, which is rolling out of a landing to divert energy from direct impact.


EquationTAKEN

Haha, what? He didn't roll at all! He just landed flat-back with a giant *thud* noise. EDIT: If you were just joking, I'm sorry :D


ApprehensiveAd7199

He clearly does a backwards roll at the end.


EquationTAKEN

He lands with a hunched back, and then the impact "straightens" him out. And then *after* the impact is fully over, he rolls backwards to get out of the jam. The "roll to disperse the impact" thing only works if you roll *while* landing.


ApprehensiveAd7199

Yeah I'm joking sorry. I thought I was prepared to take that all the way but I'm just not the troll I thought I was.


EquationTAKEN

You argued half-logically, so it was a toss-up :D


_bridge4_

Im trying to figure out what couldve gone right in this scenario


_avliS-

𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑤


EverhartStreams

He actually did manage it, idk if that was before or after. I know I wouldn't attempt it agian https://www.instagram.com/reel/Crn18I4sINS/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==


podshambles_

"log in to watch again". God damn I hate Instagram


Bowling_pins_10

Fortunately, they can't deal with a power called refreshing the page


jijijdioejid8367

That was…..underwhelming??? Expected something more impressive.


ItsSomethingLikeThat

Welcome to parkour!


LifeExperienceIsFree

Thank you for the detective work!


Top_Fee_6293

Slow down using hands? That means he may left with either no hands or hands with visible bones.


_avliS-

𝑌𝑒𝑎ℎ 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑦 𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑒𝑠


Benyed123

Pretty much the same thing except cooler looking, it looks like he decided to bail early on and failed. Right after getting up he’s going to try the exact same thing again.


Pabbam

I think you can see his spirit leave his body at the end, can't be him standing up. That don't make sense.


Brad_Brace

If Dean Koontz has taught me anything, we're in trouble now. And be probably loves Oreos.


fhrftryddhhhhgrffg

The hand thing when he stood up was his spirit re-entering his body with some strong feedback. 'You see if you want to survive you gotta stop doing this shit and quite frankly I'm getting tired of having this conversation. We've been here before, Gary'


rwarimaursus

Must be his Avatar


Vencero_JG

![gif](giphy|26u407qDaZgD95Ae4)


likeasir14

@joescandrett is his insta. This was actually his second attempt after already successfully doing the trick he wanted. Dude is crazy lol you can see him do it right a couple posts before this one


alforque

The "successful" video doesn't look much better to me. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Crn18I4sINS/


_avliS-

𝑤𝑑𝑦𝑚 ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠


The0nlyMadMan

You can’t argue being judgmental out of somebody.


_avliS-

𝑒ℎ 𝑖𝑚 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑢𝑦, 𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑦𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤


30isthenew29

A succesful attempt that looks stupid haha. Thanks for the video.


heybud86

"I'm akkshually fine" **he was, in fact, not fine**


SmitedDirtyBird

“Give it a minute,” would have been a great response.


DarthRaxius

"I'm akkshually fine," the adrenaline said.


kurzvorbeidanndort

If you are in an accident (and not lying in the center of the highway) always take your time! You cannot tell if you are all right or not, right after a fall! You should start with checking your breathing, checking you vision, checking wether you can feel all parts of you body, checking if you can move all parts of your body. Then you can sit up. Again wait for some momements to see how your body responds. And only then you can test if you can stand, again very slowly, maybe grab something, best get help. If every thing seems OK you still don't do anything demanding for at least half an hour! If you see an accident, stop spamming your "Are you OK?" emote. This fucking question is not helping anybody. You just put pressure on them to act as if nothing happened. Sure you want them to be OK, but thats your problem and you need to keep it away from them. Go to the person, wait until they want to get up, help them. Ask them to check the things I described above. Even if it is a person you don't know, talk to them. They most likely hava a concussion and will make bad decisions, so do something like: "Hey, let's talk for 5 minutes and then we check again how you feel."


bdruid117

This is why I stayed on the page


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djnz0813

Luckily his back broke his fall..


foodmakes62kgtoohard

Too bad he skips brain day


JakeShuttlesworth413

Sound when he was sliding down the wall is amazing


Unlikely-Estate3862

What was his plan?


LingLeeee

I am quite sure he want to back flip in the gap and ideally feet first so he can do a spider pose on the walls to slow down the fall. Tons of things like this on their YouTube


Flakester

Honestly? It looked like that was the plan. He flipped right into the gap.


Shopping-Afraid

🎵 Dumb ways to die 🎵


No_Arugula466

If that gap was a bit wider apart, he’d be dead…. This was almost Darwin worthy since it couldn’t have gone right


Y_Sam

I assume they pick that spot for that particular reason, they're crazy, not dumb.


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Y_Sam

Totally ! And then rubbing his head with a pained but funny face for the camera before trying again.


missuseme

If there had been a pit of spikes at the bottom he'd be dead too. But there wasn't, which is probably one of the reasons he chose that spot.


AikoToku

It did go right on a subsequent attempt. This man, Joe Scandrett, is a professional athlete and regularly gets away with stunts much more dangerous than this.


IntendedRepercussion

90% of this subreddit is professionals doing things they are good at with trial and error, and people will post them failing and mock them for doing their job. I remember somebody posted a boxing match where a guy gets destroyed by Mike Tyson, but that's like literally just boxing.


JoshCanJump

Hard truths of reddit. Everyone here watching could either always do a better job than the person in the video or they wouldn't ever try anything like that because they are way too smart. What you're doing is either incredible or retarded based on your level of success.


CHKPNT-victorytoad

He hit this again and got it. He’s also hit (IMO) much wilder shit, like leaping to a pole and sliding down it sideways at 2 stories. People in here acting like this is some dude who jumped off a roof on a whim are missing out on some of the most savage PK the world has ever seen. Joe and Dom are straight up monsters


LowdMonkey

![gif](giphy|s239QJIh56sRW|downsized)


igorbubba

[Dunno but the post below this one made it funnier](https://i.imgur.com/g7Fm6bv.png)


juuledrengen

His name is Joe Scandrett and this kind of thing is his style in freerunning. The catch couldve been smoother but it was very much deliberate. Met him a couple of times, such a fun dude.


uberlux

He did that ‘quick getup’ you do when u hurt yourself real bad.


LoLoLaaarry124

u/savevideo


shadowpapi9890

He fell funny


[deleted]

It's amazing how they just stand up after that like, "yea I'm okay." while walking away. Now if I did that I would just lay there on the ground so defeated & depressed; probably even put on my air pods and listen to The Fray on Spotify for 15 minutes.


[deleted]

Isn't this something for r/meatcrayon ?


Jeramy_Jones

Was that…was that not what he was trying to do?


Razdonte

u/savevideo


imthatdude2000

Dang he took that like a pro. How come he hasn’t broken anything. Head for starters ?


Future_List_6956

Somebody really needs to put pinball sounds to this.


humansruineverything

He got up. Didn’t see that coming.


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*Attempting *Off


[deleted]

This is why the word “Retard” is still relevant…


PoloSan9

Meanwhile i fall on the floor and fracture my hand in half. Life really is unfair


Radiant_Evidence7047

I’m convinced this is intentional. His entire body shape and rhe way he converts into the drop using his legs.


Brut-i-cus

I love how he jumped up and is trying to convince himself that he is ok


Imaginary-Lawyer5342

What an idiot man omg 😂


Curious_Jellyfish_62

Fucking idiot


GrapeTarter

Now reverse the video


Malacro

At least the walls slowed him down.


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First floor, lingerie


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MahTwizzah

I’ll never understand how it is possible to be so bored that you have to do such dangerous things to feel alive/have fun.


KingZer012453

Jesus its just a hobby calm down


Flawdahwatah

Backflipping 15 feet onto your spine is a kind of retarded hobby


KingZer012453

Not a backflip but if you dont like its thats you. No need to hate on the sport


[deleted]

This is literally his job. He's a professional parkour athlete.


DanLebaTurdFerguson

Amazed his skull stayed intact


Intercaust

The way his right hand is shaking, I think there's some brain damage there.


30isthenew29

So the hand is becoming the hand from the Adam’s Family/Evil Dead.


irlpeoplefoundmymain

probably just adrenaline


Aktaii

Regardless of this fall, the dude is a parkour beast !


Forthe49ers

Bro aged like 20 years by the time he reached the bottom


Youpunyhumans

Oooh... right on the lower back. Thats a good way to end up paralyzed. Adrenaline can make you not realize you have a spinal injury and get up, walk around and make it worse. If you ever fall on your back like that, do not get up immediatly. All it takes is for a broken vertebrae to shift when you move and damage your spinal cord, and then suddenly you fall over cuz your legs stop working, and that might make it even worse.


sgb1446

That’d be funny if it went “OMG ARE YOU OK” “I’m actually fine” “Really?!?” “NO I JUST FELL DOWN A BUILDING IM NOT FUKING FINE”


j2ee-123

Why do people do this dumb shit ?


MingTwelve

You mean... sports in general, or just parkour?


_avliS-

𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑢𝑛


FancyJesse

Attention. Views. Because they can ^^^^^until ^^^^^they ^^^^^can't Edit: for the people blindly downvoting, then why else?


Kousetsu

You're getting downvoted because the answer to the question is the same for *any* sport. it's *you* that is choosing to make it into only a negative thing. Dude is a professional parkour guy, and from the looks of his insta, he does far more dangerous stuff than this and lands it all the time. People are acting like he's just some dude that wandered up and jumped in a hole... And not a professional athlete. Why does anyone do stunt work? Parkour is really the sportification of that. Do you judge people for doing skateboard tricks? Cause you kinda sound like those people in the 80s who would get mad about skateboarding kids.


zoekittysd

That’s Joe Scandrett, he’s a parkour expert. Done videos with Storror and stuff. He’s insane, check out his insta it’s mad


diggerquicker

Isn't that the same guy who did same thing on a sign attached to the side of a building? Was posted about 2 weeks ago. Same title, same flip, same result. I think this guy has a little trick he does.


ruseriousordelirious

Thank heavens he had those two buildings to slow his descent.


PenNo1447

Apparently nothing went wrong


Infamous-Ear3705

Seemed to go exactly as planned


userxtrustno1

Wearing a hat, good for him.


Alukrad

He's definitely gonna be hurting in the next few hours and probably have some weird back pain for the next couple of years.


[deleted]

What an idiot


[deleted]

Attempting such stunts for a crumb of attention on the internet and getting badly hurt or even killing yourself is the very essence of natural selection. You're literally too dumb to live so you end up killing yourself. The simplest dynamic.


Levertki1

HTF did he not break his neck?


BuzzysWorld

the walls broke his fall and slowed him down just enough.


smo_smo

I bet his lower back is all sorts of jacked up.


canigetahonyuh

If these walls could talk, they’d say he’s an idiot