I just saw a video of some guys jumping off extremely tall buildings onto concrete, no rolling afterwards. How do their ankles not just snap?
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As a former parkourist (fun fact: the official name is ‘traceur’), it’s likely the video is edited or the building isn’t as tall as it seems (wide angle lenses can add to the appearance of distance). If that isn’t the case, then “luck and youth” is likely correct.
That said, you would be surprised at how high someone can fall from safely so long as momentum is converted forward, usually by rolling. I was a poorly conditioned 20-something who managed to jump off many high places without injury thanks to rolling. Of course nothing good last forever and I eventually did break a bone in my foot, though weirdly it wasn’t from a big fall – rather from a move I had done a dozen times, and I landed on a gym mat. Just goes to show that it’s not what you do but how you do it.
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