For my second Actlab project I wanted to focus on my life as a stunt man. I had never even considered that I would be risking my life in a stunt show, knowing that there was safe mats and padding used in the show, along with strict safety standards and methodology. Accidents, however, do happen in the show's past years. One of the guys crushed his knee because his horse rammed him into a wall. Another stunt man had pyrotechnics explode in his face as a result of a faulty system malfunction. Yet another stunt man fell off the "slide for life (a long zip line) because his gloves were wet and didn't have enough grip to hang on tight. Fortunately, I have never been hurt nor have I had a life-threatening experience. I felt, for this project, that I should tell people of my experiences as a stunt man at Six Flags Over Texas. It's not easy to become a performer; it takes much skill and training to perform these stunts as well and safely as possible.
I performed a number of stunt falls on a table in front of the class. First was the suicide fall, where I jump into the air and land flat onto my back. The only way to land safely from this fall is to land either in a three-point landing (making your body hit the gound at three points: your feet, your arms, and your butt) or land completely flat (distributing the force of the fall over the greatest possible surface area). The second fall, called the Header, is a faulty front-flip where you intentionally land on your back.
Then I showed a video project that, though humorous to me and my friends, is not received humorously by the general public. I showed it, however, because I felt that it accurately represented my personal views on death.
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