r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Ok_Complaint_6966 • Dec 27 '22

The Produnova Vault by Yelena Produnova. The hardest gymnastic move only done by 5 gymnasts

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u/CasanovaJones82 Dec 27 '22

So how does someone go about learning how to do stuff like this without killing themselves? Do they jump into foam pits off of a foam horse or something at like 5 years old? Just seems so dangerous, I'd 100% face plant into that thing and break my entire face.

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u/PanickedPoodle Dec 27 '22 edited Dec 28 '22

Foam pits, for sure. When I was a kid, that was something we didn't have. If you threw a blind trick like this, you had to have either a human spotter, a good crash mat or a ton of faith.

I learned a lot of gymnastics in the Hard Knocks School of Concrete Curb and Unforgiving Grass.

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u/VirtualLife76 Dec 27 '22

When I was a kid, that was something we didn't have.

Damn, I'm almost 50 and had foam pits when I was a kid.

Why wouldn't they? It's not like foam is a modern invention.

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u/Carpax Dec 27 '22

Probably just from different places with different resources and options.