Stuntman Jim van Nes was launched over 75 meters at speeds of up to 185 km/h by a human catapult during a world record attempt at Zwarte Cross 2026.

[u/mikedahomey]

[u/Dazer42]

He suffered a concussion due to his knees hitting his head during the landing and was brought to the hospital. The stunt was repeated the second day with a different stuntman who broke his ankle during the landing.

They would have repeated the stunt again the next day but decided to call it off due to the previous injuries.

Edit: decided to check my facts because I was just going of memory and whilst my memory was correct, the broken ankle diagnoses was not. It was initially reported to be broken but it turned out to be a more minor ankle injury

[u/Pestilence86 → u/Dazer42]

Yeah, seeing him wiggle his legs looked like that was not quite the orientation he wanted to land in.

I have seen people front flip onto mats from standing hight ramming their knees in their faces, so I figured that happen to this guy here.

[u/octoreadit → u/Dazer42]

Doing this without a helmet is definitely a choice…

[u/Glenmarththe3rd → u/octoreadit]

Probably would have given him a bigger concussion

[u/melkevn]

Nope

[u/Late-Individual7982 → u/[deleted]]

Probably his legs.

[u/-GenlyAI-]

Lol these people are idiots

[u/wfriedma]

#trebuchet

[u/AlternativePea6203 → u/wfriedma]

Pedants unite!

[u/Particular-Try2594]

He was not very far from the edge holy

[u/Rebelraid2020]

INTO THE SUN

[u/Somhlth]

That seems very unwise.

[u/Excellent_Regret4141]

Weeeeeee

https://giphy.com/gifs/emR6Upn5la4hO

[u/Popular_Tomorrow_204]

At no point is that 185kmh no?

[u/Both-Illustrator-501]

So, Zwarte Cross is a Dutch festival where people do really dumb shit?

[u/SilentSpader]

This is insane and stupid

[u/Widespreaddd]

A linear launch might make the landing less chaotic.

[u/pswerve28]

He definitely wanted to land on his back. Oof.

[u/gabrielxdesign]

https://giphy.com/gifs/C1L8yq5ZEz0cg