My youngest son, not big on thinking things through

[ArmyRick]

So. A little background. My youngest son, Donato, age 14 just graduated grade 8. He has been a bit of a wild child growing up
-3 x different concussions (ages 3, 6 and 11) side note, he is actually a fantastic tree climber usually and still loves swings.
-Was run over by a ram and messed his knee up (age 10)
-Kicked by a yearling bull (age 13)

Yup, he is familiar with the ER.

So my wife and I take him to the after party for his grade 8 grad last night. At 11:30 PM my wife and youngest son come home. My wife proceeds to show me a video of my son accepting a dare. In the video (I'll see if I can post a link) he is on a rope slide with 3 people propelling him at high speed. He hits the end of the rope slide and proceeds to get thrown epically 6 feet into the air, doing like 3 flips and landing on his head, shoulder and butt at same time. He then proceeds to put is thumb up for ok. Mmmmm. Boy, your gonna feel that one in the morning.

 

[FSTO]

So. A little background. My youngest son, Donato, age 14 just graduated grade 8. He has been a bit of a wild child growing up
-3 x different concussions (ages 3, 6 and 11) side note, he is actually a fantastic tree climber usually and still loves swings.
-Was run over by a ram and messed his knee up (age 10)
-Kicked by a yearling bull (age 13)

Yup, he is familiar with the ER.

So my wife and I take him to the after party for his grade 8 grad last night. At 11:30 PM my wife and youngest son come home. My wife proceeds to show me a video of my son accepting a dare. In the video (I'll see if I can post a link) he is on a rope slide with 3 people propelling him at high speed. He hits the end of the rope slide and proceeds to get thrown epically 6 feet into the air, doing like 3 flips and landing on his head, shoulder and butt at same time. He then proceeds to put is thumb up for ok. Mmmmm. Boy, your gonna feel that one in the morning.

In another age he would have been the test pilot for Orville and Wilbur Wright.

 

[Staff Weenie]

Bubble wrap that kid!

 

[dapaterson]

When your wife says "Gee, I wonder where he gets that from?" she isn't really asking a question...

 

[Fishbone Jones]

My grandson is like that. Fearless.

 

[ArmyRick]

Great news. Or maybe not. I have to make sure his grandmothers don't see it. My son told me he is trending on tictock bigtime. Can I post a link from tic tock here?

Just so you know, he wiped out hard, some of his friends posted the video first on social media then checked to see if he was ok. Gotta love teen priorities

 

[ArmyRick]

First One NatoFlip01.mp4

Second One NatoFlip02.mp4

 

[ArmyRick]

When your wife says "Gee, I wonder where he gets that from?" she isn't really asking a question...

He probably gets it from her. She was a skate boarder, snow boarder, hockey player, competitive martial artist, daredevil and generally accident prone.

 

[mariomike]

Reminds me of this place,

The Rise and Fall of Action Park, New Jersey’s Most Dangerous Water Park​

New Jersey’s Action Park quickly earned the infamous nickname “Accident Park.”

The Rise and Fall of Action Park—New Jersey’s Most Dangerous Water Park | HISTORY

It quickly earned the infamous nickname “Accident Park.”

www.history.com

 

[medicineman]

First One NatoFlip01.mp4

Second One NatoFlip02.mp4

Looks like any Friday or Saturday night in any JR's Mess or Barracks in the Commonwealth...

 

[OldSolduer]

My grandson is like that. Fearless.

Mine too. He loves tree climbing but has never fallen out of one.

 

[lenaitch]

First One NatoFlip01.mp4

Second One NatoFlip02.mp4

I see the same 'enablers' in both. Reminds me of the old commercial 'give to Mikey; he'll eat anything'.

Fifteen seconds of X fame probably leads to a lot of ER visits.

 

[ArmyRick]

So young man doesn't seem to have had a concussion this time. But those who watched the videos, thoughts?

 

[Colin Parkinson]

So young man doesn't seem to have had a concussion this time. But those who watched the videos, thoughts?

We were kind of that level stupid at that age

 

[Blackadder1916]

So young man doesn't seem to have had a concussion this time. But those who watched the videos, thoughts?

He did seem to make 4 of the 5 points of contact but didn't keep it tight and tucked. No go.