I’m not talking about pipe. I mean stuff like this
I understand bailing. You roll out of a fall, that makes sense. I mean when you do land something like this, how is it that your body can take the impact? Is it dispersed through the momentum of the board?
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The body can take impacts pretty well.
But, it isn’t just that, it’s how you land.
If you watch that video, he hits the ground, beds his knees all the way up into his chest, and then rolls out onto his back.
In that, he is using the muscles in his legs to start to slow his fall.
And then he falls/rolls out onto his back, spreading the force of his landing out over a larger area.
Then the fact that he spreads out the fall by rolling/sliding instead of one sudden stop lowers the impact on the body.
If you made the same jump and landed poorly, you could easily break you leg, arm, head.
Skateboarders learn how to fall.
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