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Bone-Breaking Skateboard Drops - What's the Biggest We Can Go?

Rad Rat Video2 skaters recommend it · 2 mentions in 2024
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40K views · 8 years ago · Trick science

Rad Rat Video looks at how big a drop a skater can survive and ride away from. Compares Jaws, Lyon 25 and Louisville 25 against human body limits.

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Linked in a thread on highest theoretical drop, since it defines what survivable means and shows how close skaters already are to that limit.

Body and biomechanicsPhysics of skating#RadRat#Jaws#Lyon25#Louisville25#bigdrops#landingimpact

“It gets really interesting when you define "survivable" because if we're talking a 50% survivable rate then we can talk pretty high”

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u/ImmortalAce2024 · 4 points

Yeah he even theorized how high you could drip into a bank versus flat ground. Rad Rat, what's the highest survivable fall. [VIDEO] It gets really interesting when you define "survivable" because if we're talking a 50% survivable rate then we can talk pretty high...but even landing perfectly there's a 50/50 chance you die/crippled on impact or you roll away. Most people who have done drops say 15 ft is probably where

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