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Someone Drops Their iPhone While Going 83 Miles Per Hour On A Roller Coaster And This Guy Catches It
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Someone Drops Their iPhone While Going 83 Miles Per Hour On A Roller Coaster And This Guy Catches It

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Ninjas with reflexes quick as lightning live among us. Well, sort of. New Zealander Samuel Kempf proved to all of us that the human body is amazing. When he was on a roller coaster in Barcelona, Spain, he saw a falling iPhone and he grabbed it as it was hurtling through the air.

Samuel uploaded the video on YouTube and got more than 1.71 million views in less than two days! That’s way more than I could count to. Also, more than 580 people commented on the video, most of them praising the man for his superhuman feat of dexterity.

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Samuel Kempf was riding on a roller coaster…

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Image credits: sirsammy 15

“I was in Spain at Port Aventura on [the] Shambhala ride and saw the person a few rows ahead drop their iPhone X. Long story short I caught it. This roller coaster is moving at over 130km/h… was once Europe’s tallest and fastest coaster.. only recently beaten,” Samuel wrote in the description beneath his YouTube video.

…when he saw a man’s iPhone fall from one of the cars

Image credits: sirsammy 15

Image credits: sirsammy 15

He was visiting Spain as a representative of New Zealand in the Fistballing World Championship. Samuel told the media that while on the Shambhala ride he saw how a man dropped their iPhone into the bottom of their car, and joked out loud that they should get ready to catch the smartphone.

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Fistballer Samuel caught the smartphone in a glorious display of skill

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Image credits: sirsammy 15

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“The ride started and I totally forgot about it because I was just in the moment ’cause it was such a good ride and then after the first drop we rose up and I just saw the phone drift across my view so I reached out and managed to catch it,” the man told Stuff New Zealand.

You can check out the full video here

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Samuel returned the phone to the person who dropped it in the first place who rewarded the firstballer by buying him the video of the roller coaster ride.

However, Samuel later lost his own Apple Watch as it flew off his hand while on a different ride. A devastating day for Apple products, to be sure. Perhaps there’s another ninja out there who caught Samuel’s watch? I guess we’ll find out soon enough.

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The Shambhala roller coaster in Port Aventura park in Spain is 78 meters tall (that’s 256 feet for all of you using the Imperial system), and the ride goes as fast as 134km/h (83mph). It was the champion ride in Europe until the Hyperion opened at Energylandia in Poland last summer. All I can say is that we hope that Samuel gets his watch back and that there are plenty of fistballers riding roller coasters!

People praised Samuel’s ninja skills

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taryn_wallace_7 avatar
Taryn Wallace
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the person saying it was staged.... like who the actual hell would just toss their phone off a roller coaster hoping their buddy catches it????

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Tina Hugh
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG, I laughed so hard. Someone thinks it was staged. Some people’s view of reality is, well, more than 2 standard deviations away from the average.

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Tambot
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm glad it didn't smack someone in the head... THAT would be deadly. But yeah that guy is awesome

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2WheelTravlr
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great catch, but I hate the idiot who thought it would be a cool idea to video his ride but ended up just putting other riders in danger. Like thousands of other idiots every year who try to do the same thing, he's too dumb to realize it's tough to hold on to a phone on a ride that reaches more than 80mph and pushes nearly 4gs.

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Parmeisan
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is true. And even though I knew it didn't happen or else the article would have mentioned it, I kept expecting the guy who caught it to drop it again. He was not holding on to that thing nearly carefully enough.

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Nikki D
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know what fistball is, but probably being a world champion helped!

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Elizabeth
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now that is a seriously respectable display of athletic skill!

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Stephanie Sloan
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. -Andy Warhol There goes his 15 minutes! Although a pretty badass 15 minutes

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rhyan lumilay
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well I think he can really catch it if he already saw it far enough and instantly grabs it when it was near them. Maybe his instinct to catch it triggers his quick reflexes.

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Zainab Mahmood
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great catch, but I hate the idiot who thought it would be a cool idea to video his ride but ended up just putting other riders in danger. Like thousands of other idiots every year who try to do the same thing, he's too dumb to realize it's tough to hold on to a phone

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lincholn6echo
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

is there a video of the falling phone being catched? I bet the one who lost it was filming. Yes, hes an a*s for filming while rollercoastering but I wana see it though

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tenfyr
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I'd caught the phone then realised it was an iPhone I would have tossed it.

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Zainab Mahmood
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great catch, but I hate the idiot who thought it would be a cool idea to video his ride but ended up just putting other riders in danger. Like thousands of other idiots every year who try to do the same thing, he's too dumb to realize it's tough to hold on to a phone![url=https://nextdaygaragedoorservices.com/our-services-1] rollup garage door dc[/url] https://nextdaygaragedoorservices.com/our-services-1

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Tina Hugh
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4 years ago

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Let’s all write to Apple and see if they’ll give him a new watch:-). tcook@apple.com

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HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK
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4 years ago

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I believe this was a set-up, if you look how the phone goes through the air and lands on his hand it's very unnatural, i reckon it was on fishing wire and the person in front threw it.

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Tina Hugh
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4 years ago

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I think Apple needs to buy this buy a new AppleWatch. Ima write to Tim Cook right now.

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Taryn Wallace
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the person saying it was staged.... like who the actual hell would just toss their phone off a roller coaster hoping their buddy catches it????

catwoman408 avatar
Tina Hugh
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG, I laughed so hard. Someone thinks it was staged. Some people’s view of reality is, well, more than 2 standard deviations away from the average.

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Tambot
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm glad it didn't smack someone in the head... THAT would be deadly. But yeah that guy is awesome

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2WheelTravlr
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great catch, but I hate the idiot who thought it would be a cool idea to video his ride but ended up just putting other riders in danger. Like thousands of other idiots every year who try to do the same thing, he's too dumb to realize it's tough to hold on to a phone on a ride that reaches more than 80mph and pushes nearly 4gs.

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Parmeisan
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is true. And even though I knew it didn't happen or else the article would have mentioned it, I kept expecting the guy who caught it to drop it again. He was not holding on to that thing nearly carefully enough.

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nikkid avatar
Nikki D
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know what fistball is, but probably being a world champion helped!

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Elizabeth
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now that is a seriously respectable display of athletic skill!

stephaniesloan avatar
Stephanie Sloan
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. -Andy Warhol There goes his 15 minutes! Although a pretty badass 15 minutes

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rhyan lumilay
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well I think he can really catch it if he already saw it far enough and instantly grabs it when it was near them. Maybe his instinct to catch it triggers his quick reflexes.

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Zainab Mahmood
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great catch, but I hate the idiot who thought it would be a cool idea to video his ride but ended up just putting other riders in danger. Like thousands of other idiots every year who try to do the same thing, he's too dumb to realize it's tough to hold on to a phone

lincholn6echo avatar
lincholn6echo
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

is there a video of the falling phone being catched? I bet the one who lost it was filming. Yes, hes an a*s for filming while rollercoastering but I wana see it though

tenfyr avatar
tenfyr
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I'd caught the phone then realised it was an iPhone I would have tossed it.

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Zainab Mahmood
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great catch, but I hate the idiot who thought it would be a cool idea to video his ride but ended up just putting other riders in danger. Like thousands of other idiots every year who try to do the same thing, he's too dumb to realize it's tough to hold on to a phone![url=https://nextdaygaragedoorservices.com/our-services-1] rollup garage door dc[/url] https://nextdaygaragedoorservices.com/our-services-1

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Tina Hugh
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4 years ago

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Let’s all write to Apple and see if they’ll give him a new watch:-). tcook@apple.com

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HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK
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4 years ago

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I believe this was a set-up, if you look how the phone goes through the air and lands on his hand it's very unnatural, i reckon it was on fishing wire and the person in front threw it.

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Tina Hugh
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4 years ago

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I think Apple needs to buy this buy a new AppleWatch. Ima write to Tim Cook right now.

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