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Why this trick should be IMPOSSIBLE ft. Rodney Mullen - Skateboarding Science

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Skateboarding legend Rodney Mullen teams up with Physics Girl to explain the unusual physics behind skateboard tricks. Filmed with a phantom high speed camera at 1000fps, see Mullen's tricks like never before.

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Created by: Dianna Cowern
Editing: Jabril Ashe
Animations: Kyle Norby
Props: Kyle Kitzmiller
Science Advisor: Dan Walsh

Check out Beyond Slow Motion:
https://www.youtube.com/beyondslowmotion
and Kuma Films:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC497r18hyShx1ffsYcgK_kg

A million thanks to Rodney Mullen!
https://www.instagram.com/rodneymullen/?hl=en

Thanks to Kyle Kitzmiller
twitter.com/kylekengineering

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Resources:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01049489
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n-HMSCDYtM

More fun reading:
https://www.wired.com/2014/10/skateboard-physics-empzeal/

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