Do you guys know why did throw a stone before jump? Cliff diving, High diving, are dangerous. These people are awesome. #cliffjumping #basejump #shorts
He's been trying to get rid of that rock for years. He is addicted. He tries to throw the rock away but he always ends up chasing after it. It's a really sad story.
For those of you who want an actual answer, there could be a couple different reasons why he does this. 1) To agitate the water so he can see it better. 2) To gauge the distance from the top to the water. 3) To break the surface tension (Long answer: Bonds form between the water molecules called hydrogen bonds. They form because the hydrogen/oxygen atoms are slightly negative or positive. Therefore, opposites attract and you get water tension. The rock breaks the bonds in order for a smooth contact with the water for the diver.) Thank you to those who corrected me in the comments!
It's to break the surface tension of the water. Old iron workers that built bridges were trained to throw their hammer into the water if they were falling. Doing so would often save their lives
@@miklet7629key word here is "throw." if I throw something below me while I'm falling, it will reach the surface faster than I will edit: also, gravity affects everything the same. if you hold a feather and a bowling ball in a vacuum and drop both at the same time, they fall at the same rate. mass doesn't matter when it comes to how fast something falls.
@@lunytunez3634cause it is wrong cliff jumper here u throw a rock down too see if ther is any flat trash in the water for example a paper back 2cm under the water will brake your legs if it's laying flat down same with fishes braking the water tension is a myth
Not only does it help with surface tension, but it can help you time your rotation. In other words, you can get a feel for hoe long youll fall to make sure youre in a safe position at the time of impact.
To disrupt the static surface of the water. The rock creates ripples which reduce the surface tension so that in the case that if he hits the water flat it doesn’t hurt as much.
i do it to calculate my fall time if im gonna do a backflip or a somersault and its also used for surface tension, it feels like concrete if you dont break the surface
Because he was sick of not being able to smell what The Rock was cookin, but then he realized he wanted to give it one more shot and jumped in after it
Our teacher actually told us about this. When you jump, satan is waiting there to catch you lacking. He's making sure to hit the devil first before diving into his demise.
Lmao 🤣 I started out reading your comment so seriously, because the one right above was real scientific and yours said "my teach taught us about this"... So all seriously I read about hitting the devil so it can't get you!! 😅 lmao 🤣 thanks for the laugh! 😁
Something like that happenend in a small town in eastern Germany in 1961. It was the first sighting outside of the "Tegernsee" in the south of Germany. It's attributed to an ancient Bavarian Beer Kult (CSU) founded by his leader "Edmund Stoiber". This group is known for it's evil behaviour and it is only "tolerated" in Bavaria. I hope i could teach you something about german History. You're Welcome.
This is actually also done to find out that whether the water body is deep enough or ok to dive into it, as if the stone sinks then it means that is OK to dive whereas if it floats , it means that the water body is deep enough which is a dangerous indication of diving into it.
It’s used for two reasons, it’s used to break the water tension for a smoother entrance into the water and it’s also used as something to aim for so you know if you have enough time for the flips, as it’s difficult to perceive distance when looking at a solid colour
The surface tension bit is an absolute myth. Throwing a rock does nothing to make the dive easier. It’s origin was for divers to locate their entry point since finding exactly where you’re going to land in a sea of blue isn’t very easy. This origin however has been distorted by people thinking themselves smarter than they are. In this scenario he doesn’t even land in the bubbles.
@@brianjc720 yeah thats right, Im cliffdiver and know that Its only for aiming and handling your flips better cause you can see when landing is coming.
It's to break surface tension. Water is like concrete, when the water breaks the area surface tension even if he messes up some he will likely be alright. Probably does help for spotting though.
for someone who wants an actual answer, there are a few reasons. 1. when he throws it, it breaks the water tension so it wont feel like he hit a truck when entering the water. 2. when you throw a rock, it falls at a certain speed, and when you count, you can gauge how far the drop is. sometimes the depth perception from up high can feel weird, and this can reassure divers how big of a drop it is. 3. it was not the reason in any of these clips, but sometimes divers will break away loose rocks from a cliff they are jumping from. that way they have a more secure, and controlled takeoff. otherwise you could possibly get put into a coma if you hit the water the wrong way. you can also break bones... 4. as I said before, depth perception can be tricky, and if you are jumping out, throwing a rock can let divers know how far they need to jump, or simply just to know exactly where they hit so they can more successfully do tricks. or just to jump. they are being careful, thats all. Edit: if someone actually read this, thank you. and I hope this helped :)
It's mainly superstition. Yeah less expirienced divers could use the help by looking at the rock, but points 2 and 4 don't apply to these clips because they aren't looking at the rock.
hey , the main reason is to indicate to the "save team" where u will land and they can come closer to help in the shortest time if it's needed (bad fall can happen anytime)
The man in the videos name is Mike Hunt Hertz. After finding out his wife was cheating with a local man Mr. Hertz did some mild social media stalking and found out where his wife and the mystery man would be going to meet eachother. Once he knew the location where they'd be he devised a way to get his revenge. Mr. Hertz would simply throw a rock off the bridge and take the man out with a swift blow to the head plunging to the depths below to confirm the kill directly after impact. Once the kill was confirmed he would then T-bag (also known as Skull F***) the mans lifeless body as he rose back to the surface as if he was a call of duty god popping up out of the water infront of his stunned and horrified wife and shouting "Tah Dah!!" causing her to go into shock and faint thus drowning to death. He would then swim away down river where he had his car waiting and go home as if he was never there. The whole thing would look like an accident leaving Mr. Hertz as the unsuspecting grieving husband but in reality he would be free of his cheating wife and rich off of the life insurance money. What you see in the first clip above is Mr. Hertz doing a test run of his plan trying to make sure he has the timing and angles down just right for the plan to work properly. The second clip is Mr. Hertz attempting to execute the plan but it goes wrong. He beomes too excited and enraged. Seeing red he throws the rock with extreme force missing both the man and his wife below. Mr. Hertz then proceeds to execute stage two of the plan jumping but when he reaches the edge he realizes that he missed the man so he decides he will Execute a triple 360 inverted face f*** on the man killing them both instantly Infront of his wife. It was later revealed in the autopsy report that the man Mrs. Hertz had been having an affair with was named Buster Himen.. he was 69 years old. Poor old bastard never knew what hit him. After the Incident the wife whose name was later revealed to be Anita went back to her maiden name Dickenme then later moved to Chappaqua, New York where she found a job working for the clinton family as a secretary before going missing the same day as the clintons chef after rumors began to surface she had been giving Mr. Clinton sloppy toppy on his giggle stick. Some thought Dickenme and the chef ran away together until the chef was found dead of drowning. Ms. Dickenme was never seen or heard from again... some say she killed the chef and is in hiding. Others say hillary had her killed out of jelousy. The truth is we may never know what happened to Anita Dickenme..
😂😂😂😂 man!!! Your comment is too far down and it sucks that ppl usually don't scroll down that far to read comments because everyone needs to see this 😂.. I believe it!!
Could be a visual aid because of conversational insecurities , I sometimes carry a little Lego head in my pocket for when I take a female to a concert . It saves time and helps avoid damaging conversation
I heard it was for breaking the surface tension of the water, but it's actually for the surface tension of his biceps and forearms from releasing the rock. His arms feel lighter so he can free fall more freely.
@@ktown604 because he knows he’s X amount of feet above it. Through the whole jump he is constantly adjusting and SPOTTING his landing. He look’s away because he knows where he is and doesn’t want to blow his face apart from the speed. Would you stare directly into a fire hose full blast? Because that’s what it will feel like if you stared at the water while entering. Some women have given themselves an extra hole down there from entering the water using the wrong form. Mythbusters found that “breaking the surface tension” prior to entering water. Does absolutely nothing.
It gives you reference to the distance from water. Spinning you see blue and light blue, but with the white ripples you can have a reference marker indicating the distance you have left
Nope. Its just to get air bubbles in the water so when you hit te water, it wouldkt hit to hard. Swimmingpools with high jumpplanks habe a system for this. With a button..
*For anyone wondering, throwing the rock before jumping, disrupts the stagnant (still, non flowing, flat surface) water to make it much much less painful when you hit the water after it’s been disturbed by the rock 😊 Basically newton’s law of movement; an object (in this case water) in motion remains in motion (or not in motion), until acted upon by an unbalanced object…. Aka the rock. Making it move to allow for more movement to occur more easily. In straight terms, if you throw something like a rock down to disrupt the water first, your less likely to “water flop” 😂🫨 The more you know 🌈* (If you understand the last thing I said, we’re probably about the same age and we should be friends 😂🤭😘)
Ripples give a visual clue to spot the landing. Really glassy water sometimes can mirror the sky when your flipping. Helps you figure out timing and trajectory if you’ve never jumped the spot before. Surface tension disruption is not significant with a rock. That is not the reason we throw rocks
It's the surface tension. Jump and forget to disturb the waters surface tension, bet you will throw a rock if u still walk good. But all clif diving do something to disturb still water. Waterfalls work good too. Doesn't take much but if you give a Dann about getting old with your body intact, you'll bomb a rock. When you jump you adjust yourself by watching the water come at you not a count to time. Timing is visual. I don't have to be pro to know that. You learn that by the time you start 10m jumps
What most people don't realise is that rocks are sensational high divers, but terrible swimmers. It's all well and good cheering them on as you marvel at their descent, but it's probably the last thing they'll ever do.
The rock is actually an injured professional high diver. His injuries were so gruesome that he looks like that now…don’t judge. Dude is just helping the guy feel human one more time.
To break the water tension before he jumps 🎉🙌👏 that very smart, hitting a flat water surface at the speed is similar to hitting concrete at that speed!😢😅
This is mostly done in areas where there is more surface water tension, like lakes. If the water is too still, the person jumping breaks the tension-that can be painful and destructive. But By throwing a stone first, cliff jumpers break the tension of the water.
He gets 2 things, first : he breaks the water tension so the impact is less hard. Two: he gets to know how much airtime he gets before landing in the water
Damn I'm dumb! I thought he saw a rough looking patch of water, that was selling meth to child. He threw the rock because he wanted the Crack dealer waves attention
It’s supposedly to break water surface tension so the water doesn’t resist you as hard soon entry. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure you’d have to basically be following the rock down for it to work tho bc the water surface will just form again quickly. That’s why at the Olympics, it is a constant mist for the diving events. I believe doing this actually serves the purpose of visualizing the free fall. you fall roughly the same speed of any rock, and cliff jumping often occurs at awkward, non conventional/practiced heights. So having something you can watch fall before you, to gauge the extra quarter and half seconds for rotation is huge. Obviously in this video, dudes are just throwing a rock and looking away/diving multiple seconds after the rocks contact with the water. I believe it’s just a collective habit of the cliff jumping community, and plenty people do it without any real thought into why it’s being done.
He grew up with those rocks in his home town of Milwaukee. They always dreamed of BASE jumping together and he promised those rocks he’d take’m one day. What a guy fulfilling his promise. Sad part is the small rock never made it back 😢
its to symbolize his struggles in the past when he felt like he had hit «rock bottom».Its a way of showing gratitude for where he is now, and even tho he is at the top he will always remember the hard work and dedication it took.
@@skoobyi i was just joking. Its actually because he checks the water for ice. if he dont have a thermostat on him he cant posibly know the temprature, and therfore he cant know if the water is frozen. So by throwing the rock he is 100% sure that theres no ice. In a case where there is ice the stone will make a hole in it that he can jump thru. Look at it as safety measures. This guy said in an interview «better safe than sorry»
@@stillcursed4135 Wrong again. The real reason is because “It breaks the surface tension. Water molecules H20 are dipolar, meaning one side of it has partial positive (hydrogen) and one partial negative side (oxygen). And since opposite charges attract each other, the water molecules will align hemselves in an ordered way to create a "surface", It's called hydrogen bonds. When they throw the stone this arrangement is disturbed, the water molecules become much more disordered, the bonds breaks and so does surface tension. When the diver jumps in, the impact will become less hard because he isn't falling on a "surface".
@@skoobyi ACTUALLy the rock has his victims ash so he makes you think that it’s for surface tension ,but in fact he’s just getting rid of his grandma’s mysterious death
its all to do with distance perception as when at hight its hard to judge water. Thats why cliff divers and high divers have water spraying on top of still water.
I literally had to paused the video from self repeating just to read more of the comments. 😅Spent more time reading those comments compared watching the videos. Legendary people.
@@barry8692 no one’s debating the existence of surface tension. But that’s definitely not doing anything to help him in this case and isn’t affecting the surface tension for him in an advantageous way whatsoever
Either surface tension like everyone has been saying but I think it allows him to count how long it takes to hit the water, so he can decide on what tricks he should do before jumping
This is good idea but in order for it to work you would need to know the weight of rock before dropping so he can use weight and time to determine the height this will work better if you brought a 5lb weight with you every time you dive
The real reason they throw stones in is to break the barrier of the water surface. In the Olympics they spray the surface of the pool with water as diving in to still water is like hitting concrete. If the water has ripples, it absorbs the energy of the impact easier. In short, the stone is taking all the impact from him.
It also gives us perspective of height and distance yo. Sometimes 100ft looks lower than 70 from different launches. Ricks and cliffs make everything look lower than it is, and big open and structured ramps look so soo much higher, so it’s good to know where you’re going to land roughly. Often when there’s rocks or earth to clear at the same time
Oh Thank You!!! At first I thought everyone was joking then I started realizing not one person knew as to why he actually threw it. Glad to see we're not completely to far gone yet. 💯
He is giving a headstart in the race to the stone and trying unsuccessfully to beat it in the race. Legend has it that he is still doing it as we comment
@@badmontingz1219 You’re 100% wrong on both accounts. The water is sprayed onto the surface to help the divers orient themselves in relation to the surface of the water.
@@ClittoralWombatShits r u saying, so when they are spinning they know where they are aiming for so while in rotation they know when to come out of a tuck or rotation ?
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He just marks where hes gonna jump
So it doesn't feel like he jumped onto solid concrete
@@PI_razy_drzwigonna *land*
Where was the second location with the platform?
He throws the rock to disturb the water making it easier to see while he's flipping to know when and where he's landing
He's been trying to get rid of that rock for years. He is addicted. He tries to throw the rock away but he always ends up chasing after it. It's a really sad story.
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Just like UA-cam Stories (my rock)... 🤣🤣
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Damn… what a dilemma…
For those of you who want an actual answer, there could be a couple different reasons why he does this.
1) To agitate the water so he can see it better.
2) To gauge the distance from the top to the water.
3) To break the surface tension
(Long answer: Bonds form between the water molecules called hydrogen bonds. They form because the hydrogen/oxygen atoms are slightly negative or positive. Therefore, opposites attract and you get water tension. The rock breaks the bonds in order for a smooth contact with the water for the diver.)
Thank you to those who corrected me in the comments!
I was guessing he was using it to time the fall 😂
V cool! Thanks!
Ayy check the scientist over here
I had a feeling that was the reason
Thank you for the explanation
It's to break the surface tension of the water. Old iron workers that built bridges were trained to throw their hammer into the water if they were falling. Doing so would often save their lives
So the hammer is going to reach maximum velocity quicker then a full grown man?
@@miklet7629yes
@@miklet7629key word here is "throw." if I throw something below me while I'm falling, it will reach the surface faster than I will
edit: also, gravity affects everything the same. if you hold a feather and a bowling ball in a vacuum and drop both at the same time, they fall at the same rate. mass doesn't matter when it comes to how fast something falls.
Best answer yet sad it only had 27 likes 😢
@@lunytunez3634cause it is wrong cliff jumper here u throw a rock down too see if ther is any flat trash in the water for example a paper back 2cm under the water will brake your legs if it's laying flat down same with fishes braking the water tension is a myth
Not only does it help with surface tension, but it can help you time your rotation. In other words, you can get a feel for hoe long youll fall to make sure youre in a safe position at the time of impact.
The surface tension thing is a myth. It reforms instantly. But good call on the sighting propose 🤔
Finally a reasonable answer.timing.
Not timing because he doesn’t watch either rock fall
@@alanhubbard5441he doesn't have to, he just need to hear it
😅😂 wtf.. you made that up and wrote it like you believe your own self 😂 wow
He threw it to get rid of whoever is swimming below. That'll teach them not to wander around where they aren't supposed to be. Very good man.
Very rational indeed
Finally the proper explanation 💯
And the stones threw in someone head
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Because if he threw it after, there is a slight chance the stone might land on his head 🤕
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To disrupt the static surface of the water. The rock creates ripples which reduce the surface tension so that in the case that if he hits the water flat it doesn’t hurt as much.
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Or doesn’t kill him
@@michaelgreene543 can't study?
@@michaelgreene543 dummmasssss
i do it to calculate my fall time if im gonna do a backflip or a somersault and its also used for surface tension, it feels like concrete if you dont break the surface
That's not how surface tension works.
@@comfortablynumb9342 it works when im cliff jumping a 70-80 ft cliff so how you gon tell me otherwise
@@574InTheWRLD okay, I'm not going to argue with you about physics.
@@574InTheWRLD it doesn't work for me as a cliff jumper/dødser, the impact doesn't change if I have thrown a rock or not
He wanted to make sure his free trial of gravity hasn't expired yet.
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Too break the water or it's like hitting concrete
The Rock issued him a challenge. Race to the water. He was so confident he gave The Rock a head start. The Rock won
He needed to show the sharks he exercises his 2nd amendment
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These responses are priceless. Such wiseasses 😂😂
The Internet is truly a beautiful thing.
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Ngl they all were on point and had a strong point 😂❤
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Because he was sick of not being able to smell what The Rock was cookin, but then he realized he wanted to give it one more shot and jumped in after it
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makes sno sense nice try
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He wanted to make sure that the laws of gravity still existed before he jumped. True story.
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As opposed to floating into space? 😂
And he realised the heavy hammer just kept going down due to its mas as the butterfly landed on his wrist ,
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@@Crosshatch1212 tf u smokin G???l 😳
He's just getting the water mentally prepare itself for a far bigger rock.
This is actually correct.
@@frostenough8974 I was thinking this lol. That’s actually pretty much the point 🤣
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The surface of still water is hard, imagine jumping on to a concrete wall from a height
Our teacher actually told us about this. When you jump, satan is waiting there to catch you lacking. He's making sure to hit the devil first before diving into his demise.
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Lmao 🤣 I started out reading your comment so seriously, because the one right above was real scientific and yours said "my teach taught us about this"... So all seriously I read about hitting the devil so it can't get you!! 😅 lmao 🤣 thanks for the laugh! 😁
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Something like that happenend in a small town in eastern Germany in 1961. It was the first sighting outside of the "Tegernsee" in the south of Germany. It's attributed to an ancient Bavarian Beer Kult (CSU) founded by his leader "Edmund Stoiber".
This group is known for it's evil behaviour and it is only "tolerated" in Bavaria.
I hope i could teach you something about german History. You're Welcome.
This is actually also done to find out that whether the water body is deep enough or ok to dive into it, as if the stone sinks then it means that is OK to dive whereas if it floats , it means that the water body is deep enough which is a dangerous indication of diving into it.
One time he jumped and the water was frozen, he will never make that mistake again 😂
The rock wanted to jump too, but cannot do it on its own. Guy's just being a good bro
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We only do things with consent around here😂
It’s just no one in this world is worth leaving my boi no one maybe 2
For safety, if someone is on water you hit him with the rock, so he goes deep underwater and you can jump safely
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Dwayne Johnson wasnt available, so he brought his own rock lol
Instead of doing this you can tell the water a joke Instead to break the tension.
I'll be here all week folks.
All week gah dammit 🤣
That's very intelligent of you.
*Water* the odds that the sea doesn't like the joke?
Lol
I didn't wanna laugh at that. I really didn't. You gotta be stopped 😂
To check if the wind is going Up or Down. Notice how he jumps immediately after he sees the rock is going down and not up.
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It true...
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Meanwhile in my head : *To scare sharks or any dangerous fish*
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Would probably attract anything swimming not scare it pretty sure sharks would think any splashing etc is something in distress
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@@FluffScripts I miss a lot don't worry not so smart today
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You guys got it all wrong... He threw the rock so he can destroy SpongeBob and the rest of Bikini Bottom.
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Funny
I thought it was his beef with Aquaman 😂
I knew it !
The real terrorists!!
He was trying to hit his wife so he could collect insurance money.
Maybe, the first guy was trying to hit his wife … but the second one was trying to kill his wife..😂😂😂
That is not a rock, that is his best friend who got stoned.
Indeed if ya stoned too.. so yeah xD
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It’s used for two reasons, it’s used to break the water tension for a smoother entrance into the water and it’s also used as something to aim for so you know if you have enough time for the flips, as it’s difficult to perceive distance when looking at a solid colour
Pseudoscience
The surface tension bit is an absolute myth. Throwing a rock does nothing to make the dive easier. It’s origin was for divers to locate their entry point since finding exactly where you’re going to land in a sea of blue isn’t very easy. This origin however has been distorted by people thinking themselves smarter than they are. In this scenario he doesn’t even land in the bubbles.
@@brianjc720 yeah thats right, Im cliffdiver and know that Its only for aiming and handling your flips better cause you can see when landing is coming.
I always thought they throw the rock and "count" the time in their head to time the flips when they jump.
It’s so they can see the surface of the water. Glassy reflection is hard to gauge distance.
He is making sure everyone at the bottom has there cars extended warranty......what a nice guy!!!😊
It's tough love. If the rock doesn't learn to swim now, it never will. When he sees the rock drowning, he jumps in to save it.
Great can be a standup comedian
Bro.. come on man.. 😁😁 I'm actually looking for answers..
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Thank you so much! 😝😝😝 you win 2 internets!
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Making sure the gravity is still working
That was good.
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Brilliant. Definitely the best answer 😂😂😂.
Looks like we all became comedians because of that dude…
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He's the kevin heart to that rock, may their friendship last forever ❤
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@@gogirlglow3262 Thank you 😂
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We actually throw the rock to make the spotting of your flips easier :)
Ahh I didn't know that! I just find the most crowded places to jump.
Finally a real answer! Thank you.
So you throw the rock straight down then jump outward? That's not spotting your flips, that's superstition.
It's to break surface tension. Water is like concrete, when the water breaks the area surface tension even if he messes up some he will likely be alright. Probably does help for spotting though.
@@Unstable23 that was my exact answer pretty much. So to hear about how it's used to spot was not what I was expecting.
for someone who wants an actual answer, there are a few reasons. 1. when he throws it, it breaks the water tension so it wont feel like he hit a truck when entering the water. 2. when you throw a rock, it falls at a certain speed, and when you count, you can gauge how far the drop is. sometimes the depth perception from up high can feel weird, and this can reassure divers how big of a drop it is. 3. it was not the reason in any of these clips, but sometimes divers will break away loose rocks from a cliff they are jumping from. that way they have a more secure, and controlled takeoff. otherwise you could possibly get put into a coma if you hit the water the wrong way. you can also break bones... 4. as I said before, depth perception can be tricky, and if you are jumping out, throwing a rock can let divers know how far they need to jump, or simply just to know exactly where they hit so they can more successfully do tricks. or just to jump. they are being careful, thats all.
Edit: if someone actually read this, thank you. and I hope this helped :)
Something i learned today years old❤. I dont know swimming, but its good to know. Thanks a lot
@@rohitmeshram5249 yeah no problem :) I was really into high diving for a few years, so I know a lot of the tricks and secrets kinda.
The water tension is a common misconception
It's mainly superstition. Yeah less expirienced divers could use the help by looking at the rock, but points 2 and 4 don't apply to these clips because they aren't looking at the rock.
hey , the main reason is to indicate to the "save team" where u will land and they can come closer to help in the shortest time if it's needed
(bad fall can happen anytime)
Guy: You ready?
The Rock: Aim for the bushes
One of my favorite movies 😂
I was really hoping people would get this 😂😂😂
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this deserves more likes but most of the populations IQ isn't high enough yet
Hahaha. This comment needs more love!
The man in the videos name is Mike Hunt Hertz. After finding out his wife was cheating with a local man Mr. Hertz did some mild social media stalking and found out where his wife and the mystery man would be going to meet eachother. Once he knew the location where they'd be he devised a way to get his revenge. Mr. Hertz would simply throw a rock off the bridge and take the man out with a swift blow to the head plunging to the depths below to confirm the kill directly after impact. Once the kill was confirmed he would then T-bag (also known as Skull F***) the mans lifeless body as he rose back to the surface as if he was a call of duty god popping up out of the water infront of his stunned and horrified wife and shouting "Tah Dah!!" causing her to go into shock and faint thus drowning to death. He would then swim away down river where he had his car waiting and go home as if he was never there. The whole thing would look like an accident leaving Mr. Hertz as the unsuspecting grieving husband but in reality he would be free of his cheating wife and rich off of the life insurance money. What you see in the first clip above is Mr. Hertz doing a test run of his plan trying to make sure he has the timing and angles down just right for the plan to work properly. The second clip is Mr. Hertz attempting to execute the plan but it goes wrong. He beomes too excited and enraged. Seeing red he throws the rock with extreme force missing both the man and his wife below. Mr. Hertz then proceeds to execute stage two of the plan jumping but when he reaches the edge he realizes that he missed the man so he decides he will Execute a triple 360 inverted face f*** on the man killing them both instantly Infront of his wife. It was later revealed in the autopsy report that the man Mrs. Hertz had been having an affair with was named Buster Himen.. he was 69 years old. Poor old bastard never knew what hit him. After the Incident the wife whose name was later revealed to be Anita went back to her maiden name Dickenme then later moved to Chappaqua, New York where she found a job working for the clinton family as a secretary before going missing the same day as the clintons chef after rumors began to surface she had been giving Mr. Clinton sloppy toppy on his giggle stick. Some thought Dickenme and the chef ran away together until the chef was found dead of drowning. Ms. Dickenme was never seen or heard from again... some say she killed the chef and is in hiding. Others say hillary had her killed out of jelousy. The truth is we may never know what happened to Anita Dickenme..
😂😂😂😂 man!!! Your comment is too far down and it sucks that ppl usually don't scroll down that far to read comments because everyone needs to see this 😂.. I believe it!!
I'm gonna screen shot your comment and keep it forever lmao
This comment needs its own post!!
Krygerm, is an alias for Donald Trump,the only one who would come up with such an off the wall story like this one!!
Its the soundtrack that lends credence to this theory
"If the stone can do it, so can i"
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Then try to throw the rock on concrete pavement next time... Then jump .. I'd like to see what happens..
He threw rock because He knew we would check comments 🤣
Aswr, honestly that's y I checked 🥲🤣🤣
Gotta break the surface
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It's his pet . Where he goes his pet goes with him , they've been inseparable since he rescued it from the rock shelter
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No, he's the stone's pet
Could be a visual aid because of conversational insecurities , I sometimes carry a little Lego head in my pocket for when I take a female to a concert . It saves time and helps avoid damaging conversation
Change the frequency of the water to soften the landing
He is throwing to his bud down there
"Hey dude hold my rock for me "
he has special relationship with that rock, "u jump, i jump"
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I heard it was for breaking the surface tension of the water, but it's actually for the surface tension of his biceps and forearms from releasing the rock. His arms feel lighter so he can free fall more freely.
This a fact?
Mythbusters busted that myth. What exactly are you breaking the surface tension from? More water. It’s to spot his landing
@@Bearded_Drone Then why does he look away before it hits the water?
@@ktown604 because he knows he’s X amount of feet above it. Through the whole jump he is constantly adjusting and SPOTTING his landing. He look’s away because he knows where he is and doesn’t want to blow his face apart from the speed. Would you stare directly into a fire hose full blast? Because that’s what it will feel like if you stared at the water while entering. Some women have given themselves an extra hole down there from entering the water using the wrong form.
Mythbusters found that “breaking the surface tension” prior to entering water. Does absolutely nothing.
😂😂 Bro wtf r u talkin about
He threw the rock because they're rock fishing. You hit a fish with the rock, then jump in to collect the evening's feast.
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Fred the fish: 🐠💀
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Another gem,
It gives you reference to the distance from water. Spinning you see blue and light blue, but with the white ripples you can have a reference marker indicating the distance you have left
To let the fish know that something big is coming 😂
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He’s someone who understands surface tension
He's still working on his timing though.
jfc why does everyone think it’s this in the context of it somehow making the water softer? it’s literally just so they can SEE better
Yeah because they might...MISS THE GIANT BODY OF WATER! @@allegorx58
@@allegorx58in the second clip it seems like the guy didn’t look after he threw it tho
@@AIejandro-It’s too see the distance while falling
It's just a confidence booster.
"If the stone can, I can too.. "
he force the stone to do it he killed the stone
@@nguyennganlinh8525 Them all will just think we are wrong :/
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Nope. Its just to get air bubbles in the water so when you hit te water, it wouldkt hit to hard.
Swimmingpools with high jumpplanks habe a system for this. With a button..
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*For anyone wondering, throwing the rock before jumping, disrupts the stagnant (still, non flowing, flat surface) water to make it much much less painful when you hit the water after it’s been disturbed by the rock 😊 Basically newton’s law of movement; an object (in this case water) in motion remains in motion (or not in motion), until acted upon by an unbalanced object…. Aka the rock. Making it move to allow for more movement to occur more easily. In straight terms, if you throw something like a rock down to disrupt the water first, your less likely to “water flop” 😂🫨 The more you know 🌈*
(If you understand the last thing I said, we’re probably about the same age and we should be friends 😂🤭😘)
If the rock comes back, they're meant for each other. If the rock doesn't come back it wasn't meant to be
What's an example of the rock coming back?
@@ScorpioFortuneTarot boomerang
Genius comment
@@Eyram so its allusion?
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Ripples give a visual clue to spot the landing. Really glassy water sometimes can mirror the sky when your flipping. Helps you figure out timing and trajectory if you’ve never jumped the spot before. Surface tension disruption is not significant with a rock. That is not the reason we throw rocks
Thank you
It's the surface tension. Jump and forget to disturb the waters surface tension, bet you will throw a rock if u still walk good. But all clif diving do something to disturb still water. Waterfalls work good too. Doesn't take much but if you give a Dann about getting old with your body intact, you'll bomb a rock. When you jump you adjust yourself by watching the water come at you not a count to time. Timing is visual. I don't have to be pro to know that. You learn that by the time you start 10m jumps
Finally someone is right.
But he didn't watch the surface after throwing 🤔
What most people don't realise is that rocks are sensational high divers, but terrible swimmers.
It's all well and good cheering them on as you marvel at their descent, but it's probably the last thing they'll ever do.
That’s what I thought.
Definitely the Last You'll ever see Em..
😳I heard that before, I thought it was just bullshit. 😳
This had me geeking😂
One of the best comments I've ever read
He always has the hardest time trying to get his rock to bathe.
It's so that the rock doesn't feel bad about itself. The rock wants to do a fun jump too :(
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The only right answer
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He likes to imagine he’s having the time of his life with Dwayne Johnson
How hasn’t this got more likes?
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This is amazing oml ahahahah
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this is the best comment section i have ever seen in my life.
It's seriously awesome..huh? My stomach hurts from laughing literally.
You must be 1 like 1 year old, how did you manage to type??
@@DonARTello250 did you have a stroke writing that sentence out, buddy? i hope your art skills surpass your communicative ones. you bum.
@@DonARTello250 lol 🤣🤣. Chill bro
I'm sad for you. It's literally just a bunch of terrible jokes
The rock is actually an injured professional high diver. His injuries were so gruesome that he looks like that now…don’t judge.
Dude is just helping the guy feel human one more time.
He is making sure his rock is staying hydrated, he waits a few moments before jumping after it, and then dives it up to make sure it doesn't drown.
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They’re all hilarious😂
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Same
The comments have killed me with laughter 😂🤣😂😂😂
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Yeah, i assume he is checking if gravity still works, after reading all that
Me as well
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To see if the rock is heavy enough 🙈
To break the water tension before he jumps 🎉🙌👏 that very smart, hitting a flat water surface at the speed is similar to hitting concrete at that speed!😢😅
I love how the top comments explains the video and the comments after are a wild ride 😂
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Meanwhile the wild ones are on top
Us commoners are down below 🤣🤣
Yeah, I came too late for that. But I'm guessing it "softens" the water?
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Mother to son : if a Rock jumps off a bridge are you going to jump.
Son: You're damn straight I'ma jumpin
It's to brake the water before jumping in💀
In Australia we do that to kill whatever shark, crocodile, killer jellyfish or aquatic emu that happens to be lurking beneath the water’s surface.
Aquatic emu😂😂😂
Sounds almost like Florida
Then a butterfly kills you lol
Im surprised the rocks dont bite 🤨 🫤
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He was giving the little mermaid a heads up 😂
He’s simply verifying gravity in the area. Nothing more embarrassing than jumping off a bridge and then hovering. It’s just awkward.
Jesus walked on water and it was awesome ❤
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Comments are more legendary than the Video itself 😎
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Yes sir!
Just read the comments. Too funny 😂😂😂
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This is mostly done in areas where there is more surface water tension, like lakes. If the water is too still, the person jumping breaks the tension-that can be painful and destructive. But By throwing a stone first, cliff jumpers break the tension of the water.
He imagines the rock is Gwen Stacy and he does his best Spiderman impression
Underrated
@@O-Boca-Seca way, way, way too underrated. Dark as fuck.
Mary Jane you child
Damn
@@tylertradesalot actually Qwin Stacy buddy
He gets 2 things, first : he breaks the water tension so the impact is less hard. Two: he gets to know how much airtime he gets before landing in the water
Perfect
Smartest answer yet...perfectly answered
The first one isn't true. Seen mythbusters test this. The second could be.
No
@@Somethingsaboutmary ???🤦
When he doesn't want to jump in the river alone.
Helps gauge the distance more accurately to prevent misjudging the entry
It's his favourite stone, he needs a motivation to jump.
i like it
That one person chilling at the bottom : 💀
When he’s asked people to drop it after him, it’s been very painful.
I love this comment
Damm. These guys have NO FEAR. WTF?? I Would be scared looking over the edge alone!!!
It’s because he hates rocks. Ever since he was young and had one fall on his head. It’s amazing to see people overcome their fears
And now, he too, Rocks ...
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Damn I'm dumb! I thought he saw a rough looking patch of water, that was selling meth to child. He threw the rock because he wanted the Crack dealer waves attention
It's a safety precaution just incase there's anyone below, the rock knocks them out cold so their limp body is softer to land on for him.
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That was probably the coldest comment 😅😂
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An actual LOL 😂. I'm in Kroger so loud 📢 once again!!
@@ajithmadhu5266 just like the body of the guy below
That's his way to give the fish nearby a heads up so no one gets killed.
Underrated comment😂
It’s supposedly to break water surface tension so the water doesn’t resist you as hard soon entry. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure you’d have to basically be following the rock down for it to work tho bc the water surface will just form again quickly. That’s why at the Olympics, it is a constant mist for the diving events. I believe doing this actually serves the purpose of visualizing the free fall. you fall roughly the same speed of any rock, and cliff jumping often occurs at awkward, non conventional/practiced heights. So having something you can watch fall before you, to gauge the extra quarter and half seconds for rotation is huge. Obviously in this video, dudes are just throwing a rock and looking away/diving multiple seconds after the rocks contact with the water. I believe it’s just a collective habit of the cliff jumping community, and plenty people do it without any real thought into why it’s being done.
He grew up with those rocks in his home town of Milwaukee. They always dreamed of BASE jumping together and he promised those rocks he’d take’m one day. What a guy fulfilling his promise.
Sad part is the small rock never made it back 😢
🤣🤣🤣 Making dreams a reality
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Ha ha ha I live in Wisconsin
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He and the rock became best friends on day when it hit him in the head after someone threw it off of a bridge. Now, they do everything together.
its to symbolize his struggles in the past when he felt like he had hit «rock bottom».Its a way of showing gratitude for where he is now, and even tho he is at the top he will always remember the hard work and dedication it took.
Not true lmao
No, it’s straight up science
@@skoobyi i was just joking. Its actually because he checks the water for ice. if he dont have a thermostat on him he cant posibly know the temprature, and therfore he cant know if the water is frozen. So by throwing the rock he is 100% sure that theres no ice. In a case where there is ice the stone will make a hole in it that he can jump thru. Look at it as safety measures. This guy said in an interview «better safe than sorry»
@@stillcursed4135 Wrong again. The real reason is because “It breaks the surface tension. Water molecules H20 are dipolar, meaning one side of it has partial positive (hydrogen) and one partial negative side (oxygen). And since opposite charges attract each other, the water molecules will align hemselves in an ordered way to create a "surface", It's called hydrogen bonds. When they throw the stone this arrangement is disturbed, the water molecules become much more disordered, the bonds breaks and so does surface tension. When the diver jumps in, the impact will
become less hard because he isn't falling on a "surface".
@@skoobyi ACTUALLy the rock has his victims ash so he makes you think that it’s for surface tension ,but in fact he’s just getting rid of his grandma’s mysterious death
He's breaking the surface tension of the water.
When he kills fish he gots 10 Points extra
And if he hit another man he get 100 points
Made my day!
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Breaks the surface tension of the water. Softer landing. 👍🏻
Yes
If you land in the same spot....neither one did.
No
Mythbusters showed that's a myth
its all to do with distance perception as when at hight its hard to judge water. Thats why cliff divers and high divers have water spraying on top of still water.
He's obviously making sure nobody drained the river when he wasn't looking and painted it to create the illusion there was water in it.
That is a possibility, so you gotta make sure 😂
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"this is Elon Musk, tesla's. Co-founder and CEO"
Like the miami f1 gp?
He does it as a good luck charm for his dive
It's his best friend forever and where the stone goes there he is.
That made me think of him having a friend that passed away and he goes with his buddy everywhere.
XD
Exactly
That's not an ordinary rock. That's a Rock Incense that will increase the power of his rock type moves.
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I literally had to paused the video from self repeating just to read more of the comments. 😅Spent more time reading those comments compared watching the videos. Legendary people.
Brooo who are you?
@@eatv7676 Brooo who are you?
Me too 🤣
You LITERALLY paused?
I just did that loll
There’s two reasons you do this. Gauge the distant to the water by counting how long it takes to hit and to see if anything below the surface
If he hears "AARGH!!" He knows there's someone in the way so waits til they sink 😆
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He is afraid of heights. He assumes his crush is that rock for a few seconds and he forces himself to jump as if he is trying to save her.
or him... it's 2022
@IfYouSeeSomeoneDrowningLol what is the meaning of the emoji - 🗿
Hahahaha
Andrew Garfield
@@_Captain_Jack_Sparrow_ Basically no emotion or something is funny
Its to break water tension so they don't get really hurt if landed poorly, diving pools have bubbles for this reason.
It is also to now how long it took to hit the water
But If soo much tension then why take this tension itself
No it’s not, they don’t land on he rock. It’s to predict the height/trajectory of his fall
@stuart Munnery A reference of what?
@@barry8692 no one’s debating the existence of surface tension. But that’s definitely not doing anything to help him in this case and isn’t affecting the surface tension for him in an advantageous way whatsoever
Either surface tension like everyone has been saying but I think it allows him to count how long it takes to hit the water, so he can decide on what tricks he should do before jumping
This is good idea but in order for it to work you would need to know the weight of rock before dropping so he can use weight and time to determine the height this will work better if you brought a 5lb weight with you every time you dive
The real reason they throw stones in is to break the barrier of the water surface. In the Olympics they spray the surface of the pool with water as diving in to still water is like hitting concrete. If the water has ripples, it absorbs the energy of the impact easier.
In short, the stone is taking all the impact from him.
It also gives us perspective of height and distance yo.
Sometimes 100ft looks lower than 70 from different launches.
Ricks and cliffs make everything look lower than it is, and big open and structured ramps look so soo much higher, so it’s good to know where you’re going to land roughly.
Often when there’s rocks or earth to clear at the same time
Was disproven on mythbusters.
What was disproven on mythbusters? Surface tension, no it fucking was not. Lol.@@connormcmurphy4276
Oh Thank You!!! At first I thought everyone was joking then I started realizing not one person knew as to why he actually threw it. Glad to see we're not completely to far gone yet. 💯
@@connormcmurphy4276 what was disproven mate?
He is giving a headstart in the race to the stone and trying unsuccessfully to beat it in the race. Legend has it that he is still doing it as we comment
Legend has it the rock he threw was really peter dinklage
Hes breaking the surface tension of the water so it doesnt hurt as much 👍🏻
That doesn’t work. Hollywood put that out there and people keep regurgitating it.
@@ClittoralWombatShits no, he is correct; same reason in high tower diving they have water being sprayed right underneath where they’re diving
Myth busters Proved that's not true it does not help
@@badmontingz1219 You’re 100% wrong on both accounts. The water is sprayed onto the surface to help the divers orient themselves in relation to the surface of the water.
@@ClittoralWombatShits r u saying, so when they are spinning they know where they are aiming for so while in rotation they know when to come out of a tuck or rotation ?