It was a beautiful day in Sparta, New Jersey. The grass was green and the birds were chirping. I had just gotten a new trampoline a month before and the day I got it I did my first ever double flip. I felt like practicing my doubles so I invited my friend Michael over. I wanted to practice double backflips but, Michael said “We should get out some pillows and practice double frontflips.” At this point in time, I was not very good at double front flips so I virtually never did them. As a result of this, I agreed that getting some soft pillows to land on would be a good idea. Michael and I grabbed the pillows and started to practice double front flips. After my first few double front flips, I realized something was off. I kept over spinning
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I didn’t think I was quick enough for that to happen, but it did. My feet hit the trampoline first and I flew backwards. I wasn’t hurt but, I still got a bloody nose. I hit my knee on my face very lightly when I landed, but this was enough to make my nose, which I’ve gotten quarterized four times, bleed. I sat down and waited for my nosebleed to stop. After hanging out for a half hour, I decided I wanted to try another triple. Michael said “You should just wait until tomorrow so you don’t die.” I knew that even jumping on that trampoline might be enough to make my nose start bleeding again, but I did it anyway. If I wanted to succeed, I had to do exactly what I had just done except I had to open up my body at the end so I would land on my back. If I opened up too early, I would land on my neck and if I opened up too late, I would risk hitting my nose again. I put on my favorite song from my favorite musician, EDEN, and got super hyped up. The lyrics of the song are about being better and not giving into fear. When the bass droped and EDEN said “Cause I ain’t scared of living,” all of my fears went away and I threw the flip. I didn’t think about anything negative and I held my rotation for just the right amount of time before opening up. I landed perfectly on my back and I stood up right away to celebrate with Michael. I felt like I had just accomplished my biggest goal because I
I didn’t think I was quick enough for that to happen, but it did. My feet hit the trampoline first and I flew backwards. I wasn’t hurt but, I still got a bloody nose. I hit my knee on my face very lightly when I landed, but this was enough to make my nose, which I’ve gotten quarterized four times, bleed. I sat down and waited for my nosebleed to stop. After hanging out for a half hour, I decided I wanted to try another triple. Michael said “You should just wait until tomorrow so you don’t die.” I knew that even jumping on that trampoline might be enough to make my nose start bleeding again, but I did it anyway. If I wanted to succeed, I had to do exactly what I had just done except I had to open up my body at the end so I would land on my back. If I opened up too early, I would land on my neck and if I opened up too late, I would risk hitting my nose again. I put on my favorite song from my favorite musician, EDEN, and got super hyped up. The lyrics of the song are about being better and not giving into fear. When the bass droped and EDEN said “Cause I ain’t scared of living,” all of my fears went away and I threw the flip. I didn’t think about anything negative and I held my rotation for just the right amount of time before opening up. I landed perfectly on my back and I stood up right away to celebrate with Michael. I felt like I had just accomplished my biggest goal because I