same thing as in this video: http://videosift.com/video/Russian-Somersault-Car

Tags for this video have been changed from 'russia, somersault, car, flip, front, roll, rollers, rollover, forward' to 'Netherlands, somersault, car, flip, front, roll, rollers, rollover, forward, dutch' - edited by laura

*cute *wings

1. Wave
2. Nod
3. Turn Around
4. Target
5. Wings
6. Shake
7. Hello
8. Climb Rope
9. Coin Drawer
10. Piggy Bank
11. Flip Card
12. Bowl
13. Play Dead
14. Slinky
15. Fetch
16. Somersault
17. Basketball
18. Bat
19. Slide
20. Ring on Peg

I'd say the tractor did great -- it even kept running after doing a backwards somersault. It was the driver who was Captain Fail.

The trick with the potato chip lid is a valid, useful skill.

The somersaults on the treadmill looks like fun.

Thank you for the promote fissionchips!

In reply to this comment by fissionchips:
*promote

Some athletes and physics say that a somersault would increase the max distance of the long jump, however the technique has been banned for safety reasons
Would make the sport a lot more interesting to look at.

Here is an article on it:

July 29, 1974
The Flip That Led To A Flap
The sport's august officialdom is alarmed by a new long-jumping technique that could endanger a few necks—and the 30-foot barrier

[...]

In contrast, Ecker points out that the flip enables the jumper to take off from the board almost at full speed and at a more desirable higher angle. When he tucks and rolls into a somersault, wind resistance is cut. And since rotation is working with him rather than against him, his feet will land—assuming correct execution—well ahead of his body, and the latter should follow on through so that he does not fall back in the pit. In practice, the hardest part of the new technique to learn is landing. "Wiping out in the flip," Delamere says painfully, "is coming down butt first." To preclude that dire end, the East Germans reportedly have theorized that a half-twist should be added to the flip so that the jumper lands facing the board.

Few things in sport prove as easy in competition as on paper, and the flip is no exception. While the dynamics of the new technique may satisfy the laws of physics, the danger factor is at least a worrisome possibility.

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similar to this classic from Le Mans:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Horrifying-Sports-Car-Somersault

No, no, no, This is a car flying:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Horrifying-Sports-Car-Somersault

What's even more impressive is that all the gymnasts you see at the Olympics winning the medals have faceplanted and otherwise epic fail-ed a huge number of times in their training. While they have harnesses and such to learn with, at a certain point they have to get up on the balance beam and do a somersault, and let hilarity ensue.

Yah, you'll never see a punch like that land in a real fight. He was cocked and loaded when the guy started his somersault thingy.

you like planes? we're practically brothers then.

In reply to this comment by xxovercastxx:
As several other people, I was trying to assess the risk as I watched. I would imagine that dipping your landing gear into the water a little too far would likely cause the plane to smack right into said water, possibly followed by a less-than-graceful somersault flourish.

It seems possible, however, that the landing gear might just snap off. Remember that actual landing isn't done at anything near top speed, so the gear doesn't need to handle the horizontal force during landing that it would be subject to as it dips too far into the water.

It's interesting to keep in mind when you watch this that as a plane nears the ground (or water surface), the air being forced down off the wings creates a buffer that pushes the plane back up into the air. Even at normal landing speeds, this can make the last vertical 10' or so a bit tricky as the plane resists ground contact. At full speed that force would be far greater, so holding steady like this, despite the smooth appearance, would be something of a wrestling match.

As several other people, I was trying to assess the risk as I watched. I would imagine that dipping your landing gear into the water a little too far would likely cause the plane to smack right into said water, possibly followed by a less-than-graceful somersault flourish.

It seems possible, however, that the landing gear might just snap off. Remember that actual landing isn't done at anything near top speed, so the gear doesn't need to handle the horizontal force during landing that it would be subject to as it dips too far into the water.

It's interesting to keep in mind when you watch this that as a plane nears the ground (or water surface), the air being forced down off the wings creates a buffer that pushes the plane back up into the air. Even at normal landing speeds, this can make the last vertical 10' or so a bit tricky as the plane resists ground contact. At full speed that force would be far greater, so holding steady like this, despite the smooth appearance, would be something of a wrestling match.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somersault

Somersault means the same thing as frontflip... but I will revise the title accordingly. Thanks for the plug on the other slackline clip by the way.

But it's a flip, not somersault.