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justin_o_guy2

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Didn't know that was a Thing..
08/27/23 at 11:10:49

Awake at four, YouTube videos on, watching Shorts and there is a woman who just Threw herself off the platform, laid out, looking like she was gonna just slam into the water. She tucked at the last moment. It's called Death Diving.. She won the world championship in 2021, got a Car for her trouble. The name? Naah, IDK, but she's blonde, pale and from Norway.. Tough Chick!
It's worth watching for a while, IMO. Me? Yeah, I never liked hitting the water, but I can appreciate the people who can.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.- Edmund Burke.

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Reply #1 - 08/27/23 at 13:34:56

I didn't know it was a thing that had caught on - but I used to do that 50 years ago and scare folks.

I did not tuck in the same way they are doing.....just before hitting the water I would put my hands on top of my head and pull in my legs up to my chest and roll up into as small of a ball as I could. It didn't hurt when you hit the water - even from a 10' board or platform.

I didn't do it a lot - just enough to surprise folks who expected I was going to go a belly flop from 10' in the air!

Someday I will be old......But not today!

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Reply #2 - 08/27/23 at 16:21:44

Gotta say,Dave, I'm surprised. If you go look, they jump from considerably more than ten feet. I stopped doing the high board before I was twelve. Did you know that a skinny kid with wet trunks and the drawstring Tight could go feet first and the air balloon his trunks out and when he hits the water, the air can shred those drawers? Ohh,that can happen. Walking home with a towel wrapped around me was just the cherry on top.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.- Edmund Burke.

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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5008 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Didn't know that was a Thing.. Reply #3 - 08/27/23 at 18:01:24 Hey , That’s Super Dave a true American Daredevil !
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Reply #5 - 08/27/23 at 19:15:08

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 08/27/23 at 16:21:44:

Gotta say,Dave, I'm surprised. If you go look, they jump from considerably more than ten feet.

Yep, the X Games, Red Bull....and YouTube have resulted in kids doing far more aggressive things than we used to do as kids in the 60's/70's. We just didn't push our luck as far as they do today.....and most of us survived! Wink

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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5008 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Didn't know that was a Thing.. Reply #6 - 08/27/23 at 21:03:52 Back then you weren’t cool unless you were airborne, we jump up ,down over,we would find something to jump. Jumping off a 90 ft drop off on a Honda trail 90 can be hair raising , but I was kool ! I remember I felt like I fell out of the sky.
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5008 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Didn't know that was a Thing.. Reply #7 - 08/27/23 at 21:21:58 At 7 got my first mini bike and after that I just wanted to ride. Everyday was like “On Any Sunday” everyday. Everyone rode something. Didn’t know it then but it was a very special time in motorcycling , history. Eat sleep & drink motorcycles. I’ve been I’ll ever since !
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Didn't know that was a Thing.. Reply #8 - 08/29/23 at 08:26:31 On Any Sunday” and Endless Summer should be seen by every kid. I'm thinking it's time to watch them again. Talk about Different Times...
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5008 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Didn't know that was a Thing.. Reply #9 - 08/29/23 at 10:32:33 My recommendations , On any Sunday 1 , 2 , 3 and Why We Ride. Need to watch them all again , never forget what got us here. Great feel good movies for the not so young. Good movies for all like minded folks.
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