TRAMPOLARCHERY: loosing arrows whilst bouncing on a trampoline

Ryan is a University of Waterloo Engineering grad student who has invited the world to suggest damnfool stunts that he might perform for the youtubes. In this episode, he looses arrows from a powerful bow while bouncing on a trampoline. It's TRAMPOLARCHERY!

CREATIVE DISSONANCE EPISODE 4 – TRAMPOLARCHERY (via Skepchick)

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http://profiles.google.com/ddaughhetee Daniel Daughhetee

This will make great horseback-archery practice for when I finally go full on steppe nomad
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Erik-Knutzen/100002417832447 Erik Knutzen
  
  Indeed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8M00PRbI3c&feature=related
  - Boundegar
    
    I like the shot of the targets at 0:30. Arrows all around, but the targets are perfectly safe.
- teapot
  
  Yep… way more badass.
  
  https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&pq=japanese+horse+archery&cp=6&gs_id=30&xhr=t&q=yabusame&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch
  
  http://ajet.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yabusame_a02-800.jpg
igpajo

Yikes!! In the beginning they were shooting arrows at a target with an apartment behind it. Not a great idea.
- EH
  
  It doesn’t help that they’re totally no good at it.
- Mr. Son
  
  I’m glad they switched location to somewhere more remote when they brought the trampoline in. I was getting really worried.
http://twitter.com/tudza tudza

Reminds me of something from “The Locator” where someone was practicing firing a sniper rifle while on a trampoline.
Der Raketemensch

TRAMPOLARCHERY. Noun. 1.The art or practice of loosing arrows while jumping on a trampoline. 2. A particularly embarrassing suicide method.
- KBert
  
  ’losing whilst loosing’
Ramone

It’s all fun and games until–oh, forget it.
todd tomorrow

I think you meant to say “lose arrows…” Not loose arrows as in a “loose nut” or that guy is a “loose canon”.
- http://profiles.google.com/joshuabardwell Joshua Bardwell
  
  I can’t tell if you’re joking, but “loosing” is an accepted verb for firing an arrow. Realistically, they were both losing and loosing them.
  - Antinous / Moderator
    
    I’m currently in the middle of LOTR and I approve this message.
- Boundegar
  
  To loose an arrow is to fire it from a bow.
  - japester
    
    However, to fire an arrow correctly, requires to be, well, actually on fire.
    
    Otherwise you’re just loosing it.
    - ocker3
      
      Shooting works as well
invictus

My alma mater strikes again! (and misses. A whole lot of times.)
Mr. Winka

This was like watching the guy who shoots machetes from his homemade machete crossbow. You do things like this long enough and you will get an arrow or machete in your skull. I’d like to hear them explain what happened in the emergency room. Things like “Darwin Award” and the saying “God protects fools and small children” were running through my mind. May I suggest trampogrenades?
- xzzy
  
  How exactly does one impale themselves on an arrow they themselves shot?
  
  A hazard to people around you, yes, but the bow was designed to kill so in that event it just means it is doing its job.
  - Hegelian
    
    “How exactly does one impale themselves on an arrow they themselves shot?”
    
    When jumping on a trampoline? Seriously? You didn’t see all of those times when they almost shot themselves in the leg, or could have landed wrong in a way that could have impaled them on an arrow as they tumbled? Really?
    - James O Shaughnessy
      
      Anybody who thinks trampolines and weapons are a good idea is just bloody dumb!
  - Petzl
    
    You asked, OK? [NSFW, Gore]
    
    Basically, there are a couple of ways. An obvious one: using a bow that has a draw longer than the arrow fired. And not so obvious, using a degraded, carbon-fiber arrow (of any length): it shatters in the split-second you fire it and you drive the splayed fibers into your wrist.
Antinous / Moderator

And a cat takes an arrow to the neck (and survives.) Coincidence?
http://profile.yahoo.com/G47LZAV46TCIE4VLEOPMUBNRQ4 John

Obligatory Skyrim reference goes here.
- invictus
  
  “I was a physics grad student, until…”The scary thing is, UW’s physics club would wholeheartedly back this sort of amusement, and probably pitch in to cover expenses, beer included.
http://www.kmoser.com kmoser

I was waiting for the obligatory “Hey, y’all! Watch this…”
Chentzilla

Catching arrows while on a trampoline would be much more impressive.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  That would depend on what body part was used to catch them, if specified.
ImmutableMichael

Trampolining and archery are cool, but it took shotguns, clay pigeons and surfboards to get me off my arse and into the water.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaXOHCNgYrc&sns=em
- LinkMan
  
  It’s been WAY too long since I’ve seen that movie.
http://twitter.com/StewartTongue Stewart Tongue

Great to see these two dumbasses firing potentially lethal ammunition in a foolhardy way with residential buildings in the background. Maybe for their next attempt at ‘art’ they can try to pump gas while playing with fireworks.
- invictus
  
  Admittedly, I didn’t re-watch the entire video, but I could only spot one residential building. Presumably belonging to the authors of the video. I did spot a barn and an outbuilding, however. It would be rather unlikely that another residence is in close proximity to the property. They’re most likely located just north of Waterloo, where there are plenty of farms with ample space for this sort of entertainment.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KLDXI7FI3NUHYC23SUHMGLNBCQ Tom

I have never once called the police on a neighbor but if I saw this off the balcony of my apartment that would change.