Video: Coin Snatching

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 12 Jul 2005 21:18

The amazing Jeremy Mirken

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 12 Jul 2005 22:23

Fuck yeah! Vasek who?

BalinorNZ · Post by **BalinorNZ** » 13 Jul 2005 04:10

Jeremy would you like me to submit that for your sick1 this month? I think you would have a pretty good chance of winning

MegaFighter_X · Post by **MegaFighter_X** » 13 Jul 2005 15:53

Nice.

travismontoya · Post by **travismontoya** » 13 Jul 2005 16:17

why the fux0r is a it a mov file?!??! There way to freaking big for something that could be like 1mb

Slippur · Post by **Slippur** » 13 Jul 2005 16:35

It's a .mov so we can use arrow keys and easily frame-by-frame this incredible feat. I wouldn't care if this video was three gigs, that was amazing.. I'm dumbfounded..

Jdigges · Post by **Jdigges** » 16 Jul 2005 10:15

that was amazing...im going to try it right now

Jdigges · Post by **Jdigges** » 16 Jul 2005 10:22

alright well...i got 3 the second time i tried realyl smooth. and now i can get 3 almost every time. i came really close to 4...but i was using Quarters. might work better with bigger coins.

HG · Post by HG » 16 Jul 2005 10:32

I havent watched the video. But i am guessing that he puts coins on his elbow and whips his hand down and catches them ?

I used to do that as a kid and once got 12 pennies.

If that isnt what he is doing forgive me

SandWraith · Post by **SandWraith** » 16 Jul 2005 12:25

No, he puts 4 quarters on different parts of his forearm and throws them up in the air and catches them all. I think part of it has to do with angling your arm on the uptime, so that the coins get different amounts of height and you can pick them out one by one. Looks pretty cool though, but a few laser effects in the background and maybe a diabolical laugh would have really driven it home.

In other news, I have a friend that can balance various objects (sticks, brooms, other stick-like things) on his toe in an inverted pendulum (not the move-- pretty much just putting something in a very precarious position vertically), and balance it for a loooooong time, as in several minutes.

...not sure if that's something to be proud of, but it definately is interesting all the same.

Splint · Post by **Splint** » 17 Jul 2005 00:39

I don't think he caught the last one. Notice how the camera is angled up for a slightly unusual length of time. I'm pretty sure that's because he dropped the last one and had to pick it up really fast.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 17 Jul 2005 16:32

Pssshhht! I totally caught all four. My movements were simply too fast for Moxie to follow.

And to all you doubters . . . coin snatching is quite tough. It takes focus, discipline, and proper technique. I have it all . . .