and the people saying he's posting this for attention... isn't that kind of why YOU'RE making a post to begin with? if you didn't want attention, you wouldn't be making those comments.

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And anyway, when you try it, load a video of yourself doing it, so we know your weren't cheating...

That doesn't really prove anything because he could post a video of anyone.

ok, i will post a vid, here it is, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9x3ghTWL8g

And anyway, when you try it, load a video of yourself doing it, so we know your weren't cheating...

That doesn't really prove anything because he could post a video of anyone.

The professional gymnasts don't jump on hard ground, they jump on special platforms made for them (hint when watching the Olympics the ground they were flipping etc on bounced and recoiled under their feet. The only reason that some of them don't get hurt when they do fall is because they jump on that. I know that this is what Fletch has just said, but I had to read it twice before I understood it so I was just simplifying it! XD

thanks for that, i probably should have thought to put in simpler terms, i dont personally understand exactly what it says, just the general gist

PROTIP: If there good enough they remove the soft mat and try it then

PROTIP: watch the olympics

"Another gymnastics event that both male and female athletes strive to perfect is the floor exercise. This event allows competitors to express their personalities through a choreographed routine of dance and acrobatics. The floor on which these routines are performed is covered by an American National Standard. ASTM F1931-98(2004), Standard Test Method for Characterization of Gymnastic Landing Mats and Floor Exercise Surfaces covers the measurement of shock absorption characteristics and rebound properties of landing mats and floor exercise surfaces. With the guidelines in this standard, athletes can reduce risk of injury while ensuring that mats used in training and competition have the same hardness and shock absorption."

http://www.ansi.org/news_publications/m … x?menuid=7

besides which, when you actually are good enough (your own opinion not withstanding) to do this stuff without a mat, then maybe we wouldnt make such a big deal out of it... though considering your just being a show off at school cuz you cant seem to find any other way to get noticed, i would still think its stupid, whether you were a master gymnast or not

yea, i do it because its fun and because i might join gymnastics later on

PROTIP: gymnastic rooms have soft floors because they're smart.

but Ill have to agree partailly with fletch talon, SAFETY SHOULD BE YOUR #1 PRIORITY WHILE DOING THESE THINGS DARKMASTER.

(Ignore everybody else and dont have them tell you whats stupid and whats not. Theres nothing wrong in doing somthing that you like to do. )

people enjoy graffiti, but if youre not an idiot then youll go about legal ways of doing it, in which you're not defacing property that people have spent their own money on

people enjoy doing backflips but the "not-stupid" way of doing things is to do it in controlled conditions and be professionally trained

even stuntmen for the most part have a strict set of safety precautions to take and even when they dont, theyve practiced and been trained for years so they know exactly how to land without hurting themselves

now, people have broken their spines leaning back on their chairs, doing backflips off of objects onto hard surfaces is sure as heck going to be more dangerous

so how about you stop encouraging the idiot (not that anything anyone says is going to penetrate that thick skull anyway)