How the hell do you practice this?!

[InTheSlot]

Wow.

[Mike__]

HAHA thats hilarious how they don't even go see how the girl is right after.

Thats pretty cool, they should do it with a ball next time.

[Agamemnon]

Oh... my... God....

That is a MUST watch video.

[InTheSlot]

Originally posted by fotze@Jan 21 2005, 11:01 AM
God I hate streaming video, the slowest progressing technology on the web.

cool once it loads. Crazy how proud the guys are even though the chick smoked her head.

I don't think she smoked her head...just seemed like she banged it a little. I'm sure if she did hit it hard enough she'd had a HUGE lump and probably maybe even been knocked out or a little dizzy...she was pretty high after all.

[arsenal]

She probably fainted like 2 seconds after the video cut out. She looked kind of wobbly on her feet.

[BlackEleven]

I would guess its fake. There seemed to be something strange with the reflection of the light in the transparent backboard. I also doubt someone would make that swooshing sound if they passed through the net.

That's just my opinion though, take it for what its worth.

[Frank the Tank]

That has to be fake. Shot at a very convenient angle as well.

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

no one is skinny enough to fit through a basketball net like that.

[Bill Bumface]

I made a little frame by frame. Could be real, but the bottom left frame looks like her hands should have got caught up in the mesh and ripped out her arms, and the image of the girl looks to clear/bright in the top left frame. There deffinately are people that could fit through a basketball net though.

[RougeUnderoos]

http://pumpupthemovie.com/

It's a cool clip but it's part of a movie.

[BlackEleven]

I am pretty sure its video compositing .. i.e. one clip on top of another.

Very good fake though.

[Mike Oxlong]

Originally posted by Mean Mr. Mustard@Jan 21 2005, 06:59 PM
no one is skinny enough to fit through a basketball net like that.

Diameter of a hoop is 18" there are lots of people who could fit through.

Still don't know if it is real though........

[Tron_fdc]

Originally posted by RougeUnderoos@Jan 21 2005, 07:18 PM
http://pumpupthemovie.com/

It's a cool clip but it's part of a movie.

I'm not gonna ask how you knew about that....

Check out the old skool moves, "steak in the windpipe" just got added to my dance repertoire.

[Bill Bumface]

If it was fake.. would you put in the part of the girl smoking her head??

[arsenal]

I don't think its real. It seems as though there are few missing frames just as she is going through the hoop.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally posted by hulkrogan@Jan 21 2005, 12:31 PM
If it was fake.. would you put in the part of the girl smoking her head??

I would because that makes it look real.

The end of the clip is a clear promo for a movie. It's a very clever advertisement and I bet it's being sent all over the net as we speak.

I think it's possible to do such a thing and maybe they actually did it but I don't think so.

[Mike F]

Fake IMO.

Even if she could make it through an 18" hoop that clean (doubtful), there's no way she gets through the netting.

And whacking her head from that height ought to have a much more significant effect on her head and the backboard.

[Cowperson]

From the frames above, the best argument that its a fake would be the position of her hands. The net is being pulled forward by her legs but her hands remain straight down.

How is it that she didn't have her arms yanked out of their sockets when her hands went through an open part of the net in the bottom left frame provided above?

EDIT: Sorry Hulk, I see you said that above as well.

Cowperson

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally posted by hulkrogan@Jan 21 2005, 01:31 PM
If it was fake.. would you put in the part of the girl smoking her head??

Yes, that makes it look more real.

[Bill Bumface]

You know what would sell even better? Just have them actually try this and have people laugh at the hilarious aftermath of her smacking her face on the rim and falling to the ground in a heap.