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60-year-old man belly flops from over 26 feet into just 10 inches of water to set world record. George Back. ... “I'm gonna do a belly flop into 10 inches of water from 26 feet, 6 inches for a ...
The clip shows the cuddly little guy sliding to the opening and then launching himself into the air, legs outstretched in perfect belly flop form with his eyes on the prize -- a tennis ball.
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He then progressed to letting people jump on his belly, being struck by a two-by-four, being struck by a sledgehammer, and finally being shot by a 104-lb. (47 kg) cannonball from a 12 foot (3.6m) compressed air cannon. [3] Richards limited his cannonball act to twice per day, as performing it more often was too painful.
The technique gained the name the "Fosbury Flop" when in 1964 the Medford Mail-Tribune ran a photo captioned "Fosbury Flops Over Bar," [5] while in an accompanying article a reporter wrote that he looked like "a fish flopping in a boat." [4] Others were even less kind, with one newspaper captioning Fosbury's photograph, "World's Laziest High ...
Le Pétomane du Moulin Rouge, 1900 (silent film clip). Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1857 – August 8, 1945), better known by his stage name Le Pétomane (/ l ə ˈ p ɛ t ə m eɪ n /, [1] French pronunciation: [ləpetɔman]), was a French flatulist (professional fartist) and entertainer.
This man shares his belly rolls and stretch marks to encourage male body positivity. November 8, 2018 at 5:34 PM. Body image activist, Stevie Grice-Hart, is starting a conversation around male ...
Straddle jumpers took off as in the Western roll but rotated their torso, belly-down, around the bar, obtaining the most efficient and highest clearance up to that time. Straddle jumper Charles Dumas was the first to clear 7 ft (2.13m), in 1956. American John Thomas pushed the world mark to 2.23 m (7 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) in 1960.