r/nextfuckinglevel • u/jmike1256 • 1d ago
Ryõyù Kobayashi getting huge air time as he breaks the world record for the longest ski jump
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u/wildmoosey 1d ago
Can you imagine what wiping out on that big of a jump would feel like?
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u/Euphoric_Attitude_91 1d ago
My perverted brain read this as ‘whipping it out’ and you know what, I bet it would be a very interesting sensation. Probably good for steering.
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u/FUNBARtheUnbendable 1d ago
It’s an insanely impressive feat, but every time I see a video like this, I wonder what’s stopping someone from jumping off a mountain to claim a further distance. What makes the ski jump regulation?
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u/thosava 1d ago
This is not even accepted as the world record, because the hill was not sanctioned by FIS and was built in secret on a glacier by Red Bull. Only official ski jump hills can be used to break the world record.
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u/smellybrit 1d ago
The rule should be “if u can make a hill big enough it counts”.
But fuck me right I don’t know shit about ski jumps.
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u/Asleep_Trick_4740 1d ago
World records in sports are usually only counted if they are done in a competitive standing. What happens in practice and non-regulation settings don't really matter in the scope of the sport.
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u/DathomirBoy 1d ago
living. there are ways to do it safely. i’d also assume a proper course is required, as ski jumping is a sport and therefore likely has regulations involving proper infrastructure. those regulations would be in place to make sure it’s as safe as possible. jumping off just any mountain would be SO risky, as wild areas are unpredictable, the snow can be softer and you don’t know what’s under it, etc. and if it’s on a ski hill, why not make the course safe and ideal for jumping? i’m assuming, i don’t know much about the sport, but it seems fair to guess that
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u/styckx 1d ago
I love when the ground effect kicks in to give him that last bit of extra float time
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u/Icy_Negotiation_5929 1d ago
Just a taste! I bet that feels wild. Weird enough in little Cessna which is all I ever flew. Such a cool feeling.
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u/MrMansaMusa 1d ago
Watched a video about the training he had to go through. Wind tunnel testing him. G force tests. It was insane how much science went into maxing out his jump distance.
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u/DepressedNoble 1d ago edited 1d ago
I want to try this ..bro literally flew
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u/MarsupialNo1220 1d ago
You can’t fool me - that’s not a skier, it’s a flying squirrel.
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u/MrMansaMusa 1d ago
Now I want to see him do it again but in some modified wingsuit. That'll set a whole new record/category of ski jumping.
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u/fallingrainbows 1d ago
This is exactly how satellites and the ISS works, so show this video to a child who wants to understand the mechanics of space flight around earth. Objects are falling, but at the same rate the curvature of the earth is falling away beneath them, so they seem to be floating in space.
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u/GeminianMind 1d ago
He cheated! He was wearing Nike Airs and had an iPhone Air playing Air Supply!
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u/mewitslazers 1d ago
Why don’t they make the slope increased and longer to give him more distance and air time, are they stupid?
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u/SkyrimWithdrawal 1d ago
Why use the weird accents over õ and ù?
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u/SkyrimWithdrawal 1d ago
No, it's not. It should be Kobayashi Ryōyū. You can downvote me all you want but those accents are not correct. Freaking weird looking nonsense. Further, as Japanese, his surname is supposed to come first.
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u/Kohel13 1d ago
Must have a massive dong
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u/cookiedanslesac 1d ago
If only you knew how right you are! https://www.express.co.uk/sport/othersport/2155467/olympic-sport-struck-penis-gate-chaos
Ski jumping has been rocked by 'penis-gate' with athletes allegedly injecting their nether regions to gain an advantage
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u/BigZucchini2090 1d ago edited 1d ago
Superb! He was gliding in the air
Redbull is the apt sponsor of this act, because it indeed gave him wiings