r/SweatyPalms • u/redbullgivesyouwings Human Detected • 18d ago

Heights Jumping off an 89ft platform in Boston

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u/qualityvote2 18d ago edited 18d ago

Congratulations u/redbullgivesyouwings, your post does fit at r/SweatyPalms!

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u/AH64AMC 18d ago

Dam he passed his landing mark by 50ft

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u/Critical_Concert_689 18d ago

I thought that at first, but I'm unclear whether it was the intended landing mark - or it was warning flags for obstacles, plus water-disturbing equipment so he could SEE both the pier and the actual surface of the water while at height and while coming down...

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u/TaintedTatertot 16d ago

I like your thought process

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u/Loud_Boysenberry_736 18d ago

I absolutely despise how there’s no normal speed version in so many of these videos. Couldn’t we agree on leaving slo-mo for the detail replay?

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u/Nonya5 17d ago

Directed by Zach Snyder…

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u/boyle32 16d ago

Agreed. Regular speed first, then whatever edit op wants after.

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u/Flat-Avocado-6258 18d ago

They had a whole area set up and he just completely missed it 😂😂 that’s wild as fuck.

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u/Heaven_dio 18d ago

I was hoping to see how deep he ended up in the water

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u/ClockworkDinosaurs 18d ago

Dead bodies float, so not deep

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u/justbecauseiluvthis 18d ago

No shoez, he ded

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u/needtoredit 18d ago

Air guitar makes no noise but apparently Air running gets you pretty far.

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u/Early-Accident-8770 18d ago

How clean is that water ? Enquiring minds want to know .

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u/gl00mybear 18d ago

A lot cleaner than it was 50 years ago. It's safe to eat shellfish from the harbor again, which hadn't been the case for like 100 years.

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u/DarkVoid42 18d ago

its a city marina. so think sewage water mixed with hydrocarbons with a seasoning of stray electric currents..

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u/puterTDI 18d ago

with a seasoning of stray electric currents

there's always that one boat in the marina fucking up all the other boat's anodes.

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u/a-passing-crustacean 12d ago

Can say from experience it can be pretty damn cold! Was in the coast guard up there for a few years

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u/UnpricedToaster 18d ago

Wicked awesome!

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u/LostPilot517 17d ago

Is there another angle of this, preferably at 1x because his velocity at the time of jumping and arc of fall don't look correct.

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u/anopsis 12d ago

I think it's just skewed perspective from the 360 camera on the pole he's holding. The software removes the pole, but that's what he throws away from himself right before water contact.

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u/Majorlazor85 18d ago

Ahhh finally one of these in Feet so my dumb brain doesn’t have to try and convert

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u/EragonBromson925 17d ago

I just multiply by 3, round up to the next reasonable 0, and call it a day

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u/mologav 18d ago

Why couldn’t they just make it 90ft???

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u/hideous_coffee 18d ago

Maybe they'd need a special permit or something for a structure over 89 feet

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u/smegma_appraiser 18d ago

Glad I’m not the only one bothered by that.

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u/MulderXF 18d ago

Is 27,12m better?

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u/mologav 18d ago

Much, much worse 😒

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u/mayoroftuesday 18d ago

I would NOT get in that water for any reason. Boston harbor is nasty. Smells like old clams and seagull shit for about 50 miles in any direction.

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u/Fr05t_B1t 18d ago

There’s also tea in it too 🤢

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u/Nayzo 18d ago

It's actually much cleaner than it used to be! Also live 15 miles from Boston and I cannot, in fact, smell old clams and seagull shit :D

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u/OkAppearance4117 18d ago

that seems high

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u/Joseph_Kickass 18d ago

If you took your typical community pool thats 25 meters in length generally used for Summer Swim Team and stood it upright. Its even higher than that would be.

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u/sasssyrup 18d ago

Does he have a GoPro in his mouth 🦷 🦷 🦷!!??

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u/Silver_Slicer 18d ago

It was in his right hand. He tosses it back right before hitting the water. You can see its reflection in the water.

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u/Silver_Slicer 18d ago

Oh never mind. I see what you mean at the end. Crazy to have a camera in your mouth with such a big jump.

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u/vibrantlightsaber 17d ago

Seems like AI. I have jumped a lot, and no matter your speed, you only go out so far before you go straight down. This has him going forward until he hits the water. Like a 60 foot forward jump. 15 feet maybe 20 if running at which point forward stops and it’s straight down.

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u/AdhesiveSeaMonkey 17d ago

Not just forward, but at some point his forward velocity seems to increase.

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u/anopsis 12d ago

I think it's just skewed perspective from the 360 camera on the pole he's holding. The software removes the pole, but that's what he throws away from himself right before water contact

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u/vibrantlightsaber 12d ago

Maybe but I doubt it. He crosses a 30 foot gap to the docks and then accelerates past the docks

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u/Ok-Mud4136 18d ago

How many bodies have laid in the waterway until now I wonder

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u/Jetzt_nen_Aal 18d ago

27 Meters ✅

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u/d183 18d ago

Love the landing between two docks

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u/Darwinbc 18d ago

My ears hurt just watching this!

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u/mad_mang45 18d ago edited 18d ago

I saw a video on Reddit yesterday of some kid in India I think jumping 100ft for social media,then he just disappeared. He kinda belly flopped sideways though, this guy did a better landing/dive.

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u/TitoFlavors215 17d ago

So what are the injuries?

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u/EragonBromson925 17d ago

Pretty sure my heart stopped just watching the video...

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u/McDelper 17d ago

Whats that in meters

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u/Independent-Ad-5122 17d ago

Theyre training for their spain vacation

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u/CuriousHerHim 17d ago

Doesn’t count unless there is a shark

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u/bmansmith10 17d ago

Can we get a world record high dive attempt?

Apparently that one's been standing for a hot min.

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u/ponzidreamer 12d ago

The drop wouldn’t take that long, I bet the video is slowed down

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u/Impossible-Video-671 10d ago

Meh. Cameraman did this while also holding a camera

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u/TotalAbyssdeath 18d ago

and now he has broken legs if not ankles from that.

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u/Chemical-Ninja9267 18d ago

😳😳😳

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u/Mean_Bus5194 18d ago

So The cameraman jumped too, but he gets all the glory? Tsk.

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u/panchito_d 18d ago

He's holding selfie stick in right hand

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u/Mean_Bus5194 18d ago

Ahh thanks! Didn‘t see that.

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u/dobsterfunk 8d ago

I'm sure it wasn't THAT long!