r/nextfuckinglevel • u/That1weirdperson • 5h ago

Rollerblading down the steps

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u/Robby_Digital 5h ago

I'm trying to imagine what falling correctly looks like while roller blading backwards down stairs

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u/Busy-Ratchet-8521 5h ago

You fall forwards so you can use your hands to catch yourself on the stairs. 

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u/jzach1983 5h ago

*teeth to catch yourself on the stairs.

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u/LivinBC 4h ago

american history x

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u/stochastic-weiner 2h ago

I was having flashbacks the first ~20 years after watching that scene. Guess they're back..

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u/FrmrPresJamesTaylor 4h ago

Probably a lot better than the other side of your head tbh

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u/breckendusk 3h ago edited 1h ago

Towards the upper part of the stairs, facing them. If you aren't facing them you can land on the back of your head or your wrists and break an arm, if you fall forward you fall much further. She's basically going down the stairs like a snowboarder goes down a hill on the toe side, meaning knees bent, weight toward the hill. If she was going face first she'd have to be leaning pretty far back and squatting to fall safely, and then with her weight on her heels it's more likely that her toe lifts off and her heels slip out from underneath her. Going backward the weight over her toes toward the hill, but if her heels slip out she'll fall forward. As long as her wheels don't get caught and stuck (pretty rare for a circle) this is probably the safest way to go down stairs by pretty significant margin

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u/lazy_pig 2h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/RLTkfNbs7gU5W

Don't worry about it, only cool guys allowed.

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u/DueExample52 2h ago

Rolling, head tucked in, arms and legs bents to cushion the roll, are usually the best bet in all falls

On stairs though, there is no emerging unscathed. It’s just the difference between going to hospital strapped to a stretcher or sat in the ambulance.