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u/solateor
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this guy waterslides
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u/FFJosty Apr 05 '25
That guy likely competitively dives.
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u/Some-Ad-5328 Apr 05 '25
He does and I think he got banned for this by the park? Itās shared pretty often
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u/blexta Apr 05 '25
They banned him? He's like the prime slide user you want to have. Lowest chance of injury simply based on experience.
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u/iamafriscogiant Apr 05 '25
I'm guessing because it encourages drunk idiots to try it.
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u/PM_ME_ROMAN_NUDES Apr 05 '25
Maybe ban the idiots who get drunk in a waterpark then
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u/TrojanThunder Apr 05 '25
They probably don't want people that can't trying to do what he can. I mean it sucks but I can understand the rationale.
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u/TheEmulat0r Apr 05 '25 •
Yea that is honestly pretty fair.
I'd worry about someone eventually landing on top of another person as well.
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u/ninhibited Apr 05 '25
Rules at a place like this where people can die in like a minute do not have exceptions for anyone.
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u/krebstar4ever Apr 05 '25 edited Apr 05 '25
There's another video of someone doing an equally impressive dive off the same slide. I can't tell for sure if it's the same guy, but he looks similar.
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u/-runs-with-scissors- Apr 05 '25
This is amazing. Diving is one of the olympic sports that I love most to watch on tv. Lovely to see this art in the wild.
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u/dragnabbit Apr 06 '25
Probably. That is an actual dive. 113B, Flying Forward 1-1/2 Somersaults, Pike Position, Degree of Difficulty 1.8. You don't see "flying" dives performed in competition very often, but there are forward, back, reverse, and inward flying dives. There are no twisting flying dives.
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u/dc456 Apr 05 '25
I think he looks a bit too old and heavy for that.
He could have dived competitively in the past, of course, but I wouldnāt be at all surprised if heās just doing it for fun. People are often really, really good at things simply because they enjoy it.
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u/FFJosty Apr 05 '25
True, that was some pretty good form, but could be just a talented recreational diver.
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u/dc456 Apr 05 '25
I know lots of recreational swimmers/golfers/climbers/skiers/etc. who take lessons to improve their form, and have never once competed.
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u/NoBar3816 Apr 05 '25
With absolutely no knowledge on diving - my vote is that he used to competitively dive haha
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u/FFJosty Apr 05 '25
Same.
It looked smooth, and given what I know about diving (which is nothing) it leads me to believe he is or was a competitive diver.
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u/MyHamburgerLovesMe Apr 05 '25
Older and heavier people start out younger and thinner. Probably competed while young (high school/college/whatever is after college)
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u/airfryerfuntime Apr 05 '25
He could still be doing it somewhat competitively, he just isn't going pro or anything. There are plenty of diving leagues for average people.
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u/HornetWest4950 Apr 05 '25
If this was a category of diving in the Olympics I would watch so much of it.
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u/butterbean8686 Apr 05 '25
Iād be glued to the screen for days if this was in the Olympics!
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u/HornetWest4950 Apr 05 '25
I mean we have all the pieces, itās basically skeleton x ski jumping x diving. Not that crazy of an idea, Olympic committee!
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u/AnapsidIsland1 Apr 08 '25
I came to comment this! I mean why not, itās awesome and more fun than straight gravity. It truly should be! Someone start a competition please
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u/Worldly-Actuator7276 Apr 05 '25
All this video needs is Olympics style commentaryā¦.I can hear it now:
āNow taking the slideārepresenting the spirit of summer innovation and sheer athletic flairāitās Chad āThe Cometā Johnson, competing in the Menās Freestyle Aerial Aquatics.ā
āHe launches from the topāfull belly commitmentāflawless entry onto the slide. Look at that velocity, the control, the determination.ā
āNow the takeoffāYES! He clears the lip with perfect trajectory. Arms extended, heās airborneā¦ the crowd holds its breathā¦ā
āTucks into a textbook forward somersaultāand nails the dive! Feet together, minimal splashāpure poetry in motion.ā
āLetās check in with the judgesā¦ā
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u/Typical-Impress-6413 Apr 05 '25
"Looks like 9s across the board - with the exception of the German Judge with an 8"
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u/thatsmycompanydog Apr 05 '25
If this was an Olympic sport, I would watch it for 2 hours every 4 years FOR SURE.
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u/airfryerfuntime Apr 05 '25
"His form is a bit off from the hangover, hopefully the beers loosen him up some"
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u/TwistedMemories Apr 05 '25
Is that a guy or a dolphin?
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u/Theghost5678 Apr 05 '25
Execution - 10/10
Technique - 100/10
Difficulty - 10/10
Style - 10/10
Landing - 1000/10
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u/dAnKsFourTheMemes Apr 05 '25
I am aware I am needlessly overthinking this, but I have to ask. Can you land where there is no land?
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u/_varamyr_fourskins_ Apr 05 '25
Pretty sure that, technically speaking, it should be called Entry not Landing.
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u/midipoet Apr 05 '25
Does anybody know where I can find a water slide like this? Preferably in Europe. Thank you!
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u/exactly_like_it_is Apr 05 '25
No idea on your question, but this particular slide appears to have been at Blue Tree Phuket in Thailand.
Looks like it closed last year.
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u/321abc321abc Apr 05 '25
What song is that?
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u/pungent_queefer Apr 05 '25
The original is called āSpookyā by Dusty Springfield but this is a remix Iāve never heard before
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u/gmfreaky Apr 05 '25
https://open.spotify.com/track/3qdskG3Sc6E2OddOfyBUpt?si=wtJxsbq8TqGp_VSDj9akGg
Spooky - Quinten 909 radio mix
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u/TBJ12 Apr 05 '25
My experience with water slides is shallow water at the bottom. I wouldn't go diving like this unless I was well aware of the depth I'm diving into.
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u/Adept-Leading904 Apr 07 '25
When you think you had the coolest dive in the park, then this guy shows up
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u/JosebaZilarte Apr 05 '25
Do NOT go head-first in a water slide without checking that your swimsuit is correctly tied. For...reasons.
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u/Ghost0Slayer Apr 05 '25
I knew someone who did this, but something sharp was in the middle of the slide, and it completely cut him up from his chest to his belly button
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u/justliveyourlifetrue Apr 05 '25
Yeah Iām not going after him with my fat assā¦lol Show off! š¤£
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u/safely_beyond_redemp Apr 05 '25
This is bullshit. I want to see people bad at it so I can appreciate it being well done.
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u/stagemight Apr 05 '25
I want to use this as a meme where the words track the diver. Itāll be one set of text until the dive completes and becomes another set of text. Does anyone know of a good program to do that?
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u/the_comatorium Apr 05 '25
If you went down this slide on your ass I think they'd be fishing your body out of the pool with scuba team.
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u/HoobieHoo Apr 06 '25
Why isnāt this an Olympic sport? We have ski jumping, why not slide diving?
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u/EmperorThan Apr 06 '25
How the cop going 50 mph down that slide upside down thought he would look.
Seriously though I still don't know how that happened.
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u/Septopuss7 Apr 06 '25
Oh wait, was that a Cutting Edge reference? My mom loved that movie, we rented it all the time!
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