--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > Where's that yogic flying video I saw where they showed an > > > accomplished gymnast trying it by effort alone, and saying that > there > > > was something to it, because he found it so hard? > > > > > > Anyone know where that is? Is it on YouTube? > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > > > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=KOW2wIFhioo > > Looks to me as though the poor gymnasts are trying > to hop on a mat, not on foam. The mat's nice and > thick, but it isn't resilient. > > Not only can't they get any lift, but they're > having to use some of their energy to keep from > landing too hard, so they can't get up any > momentum from hop to hop. > > I'd love to see them try it on our foam, and I'd > also love to see the yogic flyers try it on the > gymnasts' mat. I'm guessing there'd still be a > difference, but it wouldn't be nearly so stark. >
Thicker foam would provide far less support for the initial push-off. And no-one woulkd want to fall from two feet up onto a regular wrestling mat.
