This had me weak 😂

"Hello, I am under the water. Please help me"

Now swim parallel to the shore!

Now you may have noticed I am thoroughly submerged in the water, this is typical when dealing with rip tides

@@alexchoi5612 here too much raining AaaAaAAaaAAaA-

Literally grew to 6,9 mil in three days lol

@@lactosetucker1027 How about 7.2 million, another 3 days later.

@@onemanarmyoma0155 jeeeez

Thank you for your helpful help.

Also 1.7k disagreed

Ditto

And this is a downscale version: imagine that outward flow being taller than you.

If you go to the beach ask a surfer or lifeguard to point out the rip rides. It’s time well spent.

RIP Tide

U still don’t.

Um an error: It should be Parallel to the beach not perpendicular. Perpendicular would come be coming straight towards the beach, while parallel would be swimming sideways to the shore which is what supposed to be done when you're trapped in a riptide. Thank you for the rest of the stuff! It's quite informative and could really be helpful when in need. Have a great day/night! edit: typo

It’s very very hard nearly impossible to realise one is stuck in a rip tide and also remember this advice before panicking and completely losing all the energy trying to swim back straight.

@@Hermionee-Jean-Granger Yup, I'm an idiot. Lol. Thanks, fixed it.

Bro buoyancy force does not depend on depth of water .

Not sure if the “swin against the current” was supposed to be swim parallel becouse if you swim against you will lose energy

More like the sea asserting dominance on us puny humans.

Sea doesn’t have anything on this Chad

@@starlightsall no the sea is weak. Us humans are destroying the planet so we are all killer no filler

It is uncomfortable though bc sand gose in your shorts

More like asserting stupidity

Welcome to KZfaq 2011. When it used to actually be good 😂

100% roll tide

Too far down

R I P T I D E

Stfu boomer

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same thing here, i heard that advice all my life and i forgot when i got trapped in one

@@juliac3250 hard to think about anything but swimming, breathing, and not panicking right?

My wife and I, both from Ohio, were caught in a rip current together in northeast Florida. We both heard what we should do -- she swam south and I swam north, we both body surfed back to shore (less effort than swimming) not knowing what happened to the other. We laugh about it now.

I'm glad you all got back safely to the shore! 💙🧡💙

I got stuck in one. Took me 15 min to get on shore I thought my heart was gunna explode. Dont know how u lasted an hour I would have been dead

Ignore that-

Hahaha!!! I just wrote something similar, yours made me laugh!!!

Guess someone doesn't have to pay child support anymore

...anyways. guys riptide amiright.

Lmao

I got a ukulele three weeks ago and riptide was the first song I learned😅

it sounds good and has an easy strum pattern and chord progression, and a lot of people know it and you always want to play songs that people know.

I am TRIGGEEEREEDDDDS😂😂😂😂

@@ellen2239 I feel like that was the first song that everyone learned

@@m4rz585 it was for me, not because it was simple but because it’s my fav song XD

I'm not a strong swimmer. I can swim but I'm very slow and tire easily. My sister was a beginner at the time and wanted to try the beach. We were being watched by our mum but we went just far enough to not touch the floor anymore. Had fun. Started trying to swim back to shore but we were twice as far as we were within 10 seconds and making zero progress. Thankfully I knew what a riptide was and after a second or two of panic I realised we were both in one and told my sister to swim with me parallel to shore. It still took us a bit further out but we got to shore fairly easily as soon as we were out of its grasp. I then educated her on what happened so now she knows what a riptide is as well and knows how to get out.

This EXACT same situation happened to me on the beaches of Rocky Point, Mexico. I was in my early teens, swimming around with family, very close to the shoreline. Suddenly, I was swept far away from my family members and no one had noticed what was happening. I was being thrown about underwater as I tried to grasp what was going on.. I tried to scream for help but no one could hear me with the sound of the waves crashing over my head. Every second, another wave would come down, with no time to gasp for air. I somehow managed to swim through it and lived. Got back to the shore and told everyone I almost died and that the ocean tried to kill me.

@Love Never Fails No one seemed concerened, actually. They just shrugged it off. That was the last time i'll ever swim in the ocean.

@@daniellanglois89 That was my experience as well. Haven’t been back in the ocean since.

@@daniellanglois89don't blame you

As soon as I saw the title it made me think of that song lol

juicy mae same

I’m crying

Lol

Came here looking for this comment!

i literally watched it just because it was short lmao

This was what KZfaq was once about. Uploading stuff that you thought was cool.

fine... youtube

@@Kronos0999 yup. Now it wants to control what you say, think and do. The Left is silly like that...

Ay K you were literally the only person who brought up politics on a video about waves. Ever thought that YOU are the problem, rather than ideologies?

Omg your first sentence made it sound like the dog died. Thank god it survived

JESUS is coming soon and JESUS is the only way to salvation accept JESUS as your LORD and SAVIOR today!!!.!

Please don't accept the digit@l currency or the Artifici@l intelligence (ai) system that is coming, it is against GOD. who have ears let him hear.!

Don't take the v@ccine trust in the LORD ALMIGHTY and if you already taken it please pray to GOD about it because it is a deception!

Is this in howick?

Please don't accept the digit@l currency or the Artifici@l intelligence (ai) system that is coming, it is against GOD. who have ears let him hear.!!!

JESUS is coming soon and JESUS is the only way to salvation accept JESUS as your LORD and SAVIOR today!!!.!

Don't take the v@ccine trust in the LORD ALMIGHTY and if you already taken it please pray to GOD about it because it is a deception!!

this! if there's lifeguards at the beach, try to put your hand up & hold it up & still to attract their attention & signal you need help too & if possible, float on your back or other horizontal position, as the rip tends to be stronger below the surface, so the closer your body is to the surface, the less pull on you

I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers the original uncut version from 9 years ago.

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Oho! You nearly got me there! I’m not as blind as I might seem.

@@MichaelSTaylor uncut version of what?

Can you guys explain the joke

what if you swim with the current? wouldnt you technically beat the world record for fastest swimmer?

Im a Silly Tornado 💀

@@youcantconvinceamoronnotto7117 sounds like a challenge

🙂

That is actually not true, swimming left/right can be just as hard as going against the current, it depends on the rip tie, so experts tend to not advise that. The best option is to just stay a float and wait, 80/90% of rip ties move in circles, so they’ll take you back to the shore themselves. And if you are unlucky and they don’t, you can just move parallel to the beach once they vanish, and find some waves that will

not to mention the amount of force it has by pushing you further out, I was almost sucked into one when i was waist deep into water, literally had to walk at like a 40 degree angle cause it was so strong in order to get out of it, i didn't know how to swim at the time either

ever seen how a tsunami works ?

@@cireez yeah, they used to amaze me when I was a little boy. I used to hella watch videos

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They’re killers if you don’t know how to handle one, you’ve gotta relax, let it take you out a bit and swim to the left or right

swim in a 90° angle to the riptide is a better tip. Not all riptides go straight out the ocean, some go more sideways

Otherwise it’s the proverbial school of running away from rip tides

Keep looking a fixed spot on land to see how far ur going. Chances are the rip will only take you as far out as the break (deep calm water no crashing waves). Head towards the surfers back there, catch a wave back.

@Joe Mama It's just a movie trope :P

Omnio you forgot to add in “dodge a shark or two” lmao

jorge orellana?

Please don't accept the digit@l currency or the Artifici@l intelligence (ai) system that is coming, it is against GOD. who have ears let him hear.!!!

Don't take the v@ccine trust in the LORD ALMIGHTY and if you already taken it please pray to GOD about it because it is a deception!!

JESUS is coming soon and JESUS is the only way to salvation accept JESUS as your LORD and SAVIOR today!!!.

please don't do this people! This person knows how to swim in POOLS, NOT the ocean, let alone in a riptide! Anything so complex you need to learn & practice it in advance should be avoided! If you can, it's always good to practice emergencies, but you should not be using techniques so complicated that they require mastering first. I'm an Aussie, I grew up in the surf & this technique is straight out dumb for the surf anyway & particularly for a riptide! You do NOT want to be flailing your legs independently in different directions when trying to deal with currents dragging your body around in different directions under the water! What you actually want to be doing is swimming at patrolled beaches, between flags that indicate that area has been checked & is safe. If you don't do that, or get in trouble anyway, then in a rip, you want to be getting your body as horizontal as possible, as the rip is generally stronger deeper down, so roll onto your back & float, or if you're not comfortable doing that, roll onto your side & move your arms & legs so as to keep yourself horizontal on your side. You can look up "sidestroke" if you want to, but it's just kicking your legs & moving your arms around in whatever way works for you in that surf/rough environment. If you struggle to get into a horizontal position, use basic treading water while figuring out how to, or do whatever you are most comfortable doing in the water, from dogpaddle to freestyle or just floating, it doesn't matter, you just want to do what makes you personally feel most in control & confident. Ultimately, you are planning on moving, not staying stationary as this eggbeeting thing is designed to keep you, you want to swim parallel to the shore for about 30-50 metres & then pause & let your feet drop back down to put you in a horizontal position & see if you are now clear of the rip & if you are, then swim straight back to shore. You will likely need to swim much less than 30 metres to get clear of it, but you don't want to keep changing position & testing, just go for a good swim parralel to the shore so you know you are well & truly clear without wasting time & energy testing repeatedly. That eggbeeter thing is designed to hold a person as high out of the water as possible, in a pool, so as to give them the best ability to catch a ball & participate in a team sport & you can get up to around chest height out of the water with that, but that is completely & utterly useless & energy wasting to attempt to do that in the ocean in an emergency, plus it's not even physically possible while being thrown around by waves & currents! In an emergency, all you want to do is have your head out of the water, or even just to have your head intermittently out of the water to take a breath, there is no need ot be higher than that! Any extra height is just wasting energy! If I was going to advise a technique that needs practice before doing, I would suggest just learn to float naturally in any position, but I'm not recommending that, cause you shouldn't be using techniques that need practice before they can be used. I do think it's worth pointing out though that you do not actually need ANY body movement to keep your head above water. I was able bodied as a kid, but I now use a wheelchair, with no use of my legs & limited use of my arms. I was a little nervous going back into the water after my accident, but when I got in, I relaxed, cause I found I was more than capable of floating & moving around even with very limited use of my body. I love to go to the deep end of a pool & just "stand" in an upright position, just to experience that upright position that I can't do on land. I don't use my arms or legs, I just position myself upright & relax & let the water hold me up. My mouth is only just above the water level when doing that, but it's certainly enough to breathe. If I take a deep breath in, my head & neck rises out of the water, due to the extra buoyancy of the air in my lungs, but even without air in my lungs, I still float with my mouth & nose above the water in a pool. In the ocean, even though the salt adds buoyancy, I still need to move a little to be above the water to breathe, due to the waves/rough surface, but still very little effort. That's what people should be aiming for if wanting to save energy, NOT learning special kicks designed to lift you super high. Again though, in an emergency, you do whatever you are already most comfortable with & in a rip, you focus on getting horizontal & moving as quickly as possible, parallel to the beach, so as to get yourself out of the rip before it can drag you out further & once clear, use the adrenaline you have in your body to swim/bodysurf back to shore before you get a chance to feel exhausted. Also, if you want to teach your babies to "swim", take them to an accredited baby teacher, there are critical steps that are needed to induce breath holding reflexes before their head goes under water & if you don't know/use these, you could drown your baby! There are plenty of teachers out there that specifically teach baby water survival & they are the experts on everything to do with that

And I can hear the spiders planning their assault on me after the rains

i feel attacked and i don't even play the uke (yet) sorry not sorry

Alexia SoRrY nOt SoRrY

Ch1llyM4n Those big and little letters are definitely more mature than the actual statement. Yes 🧐

What’s wrong with playing a Portuguese instrument??? 🤓

This was what KZfaq was once about. Uploading stuff that you thought was cool.

Yep pretty much

*9 years

Yup fucking horrible algorithm but I fucking can’t get enough of it whenever I see an old vid I feel the need to click on it!

HotSprinkles 9 years later

What were the other 4 scariest moments? 😜😜

I love the sea and going to the beach with my children but this is one of the thing that make me fear the sea.

I was thinking the exact same thing

I clicked on the video to see what he was singing about lolol

@@musicfreak31751 running down to the riptide

@@thewondersofawesometv1414 Taken away to the DARK SIDE.

@@AmirRazan I wanna be your left hand man

Isn’t it more geography?

Mmmhh, I'd say its more of a mix of biology and physics, the laws of nature in the physical world and, oh wtf am I doing here, its 2 am and I work tomorrow

@@Leo25059 more like earth/environmental science really

More or less teaching geography and basic beach safety

@@danielgagnon5001 do you work in the field of biology or Physics or do you just find it interesting?

🤣🤣 Wow that's crazy to get so "man handled" you lose your sense of UP. Whooooo ☀️☀️

a lot of people who comment stories like this just seem like they're overselling it and have a big ego but this is a good story and you told it like it was without exaggerating. i'm glad you survived this experience

God didn't do shit. You saved yourself, with a bit of luck. Nature will kill you, and not even have the capacity to care that it just killed you.

That's a great example 🐜 to convey the power 🌊 terrifying.

Videoed it

@Hi Bye okay

@Hi Bye indeed all is okay

KZfaq comments just get more exaggerated over time. Man this guy is a real hero for this one 🦸‍♂️

@Hi Bye PLS IM WHEEZING 😭

But why does he want to be her left hand man?

@@macksonamission1784 cuz his right hand got sucked in

alexis garcia Ah yes, a very plausible explanation. Although, that still doesn’t explain why his friends are turning green.

omg

Omg yes it does

I shall succumb to call of the ocean spirit. 🤣

Ocean Man

My *tide* has come

“My tide has come”

@Cowlan A little knowledge is dangerous. Many a people have been surprised at how far riptides could take them. Just because you float doesn't mean it won't take you out of sight of the shore if it wants to.

I considered myself a very strong swimmer but about two years ago, no matter how hard I tried to swim, I was just not going anywhere because I panicked. I remembered my army buddy telling me a story if I ever was in situation like that to swim sideways. Staying calm and his advice saved my life.

@@frankdunn1813 yea same, although I was in a bit safer position because I had a surfboard... Although I still didn't expect a rip to be where it was and once I identified that I was in a rip I started paddling parallel to the beach, still took ages to get back to shore because I was paddling against wind

@@cian4380 wow. That's crazy.. be safe

Me in a landlocked state

Totally agree.

K4 Josiah this was obviously not a strong riptide, he even said the dangerous ones occur further out...

@@farisalguthami5621 hence it's a joke. can't believe people would think like that in a real situation lmao

@@gustofing this is KZfaq ofc there's going to be replies like that to get likes

Can't blame him,

@K4 Josiah Of course it's a fucking joke, no shred of doubt about that.

Of course this is a small one, they can be much larger and harder to spot. The ocean just loves trying to kill things.

Same here

I need a trident now

almost drowned in a riptide that ended up reeling back, trapping me under, and slamming me to the ground repeatedly. I had to be dragged out because I couldn't stand or swim. it was like the ocean became sentient and was deadset on killing me lol edit: also wanna add that the waves themselves became very violent before I could get out of the water, so I ended up getting stuck

I thought it was a clothing brand

lmao

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Which beach were you at?

VeganMikedizzle Shipwrecks beach in Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii

How far out did it start? And how far out did it pull you?

@@cpmvmaker1 yooo I was just at shipwrecks a month ago. I jumped off the rock and it was damn hard to swim back in to shore

zigghiggs Yooooo!! That cliff spot is gnarly!! I could never do that. The ocean is too sketchy. I was snorkeling there a few years back and it was never so hard to tread water bruh. If I was out there for another 5 mins, I would have drowned. 💯💯 Follow me on IG homie 👌🏽 @alexmaunu

This should have more likes lol

🤡🐟

Yet Nemo's dad is searching for him😔

It's just trash ..

@@majesticjelly1702 It's actually seaweed lol.

Thank you for sharing

@austin flanders Where's the apology after calling him a liar? You're pretty rude, man!

@Geologick That must have been awful! To have that happen & your family not believe you? I can't even imagine how traumatic & hurtful that must have been. You're very lucky to have made it out.

@@nihalr_ Oh good old uncle Joe

I know that feeling. Your parents always tell you to tell them anything and they will always be there for you but when you tell them something important they either don’t believe or don’t care and for me I was told by my dad he will always be there for me I’m 16 now and he’s trying to kick me out of the house because of something my mom supposedly done but he’s a liar and I can’t believe shit he says

Conner I'm a huge fan

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Heyyy my guy what u doing hereby

Connor come back to India

@@gravinboginagis6568 my guy you’re cracked at Fortnite 😂👌💯

interesting

Wait really?

I mean it pulls you back to the sea, there are only 2 ways to escape it: 1. If you're strong enough, swim to the side (horizontally) 2. If you're not strong enough but quite durable, just let it pulls you until you reach the end (quite dangerous, but again if you can fight the sea waves while being pulled to it, you'll be fine), then try to swim to the side then head back to the land. But most importantly, never fight the riptide once you get pulled (in short word, swim vertically back). It's a waste of energy and you'll be exhausted before you even reach the end. I know this because I've experienced it and luckily i was able to escape, while i was swimming vertically, i just realized this is futile so my observation told me to either swim horizontally, or reach the end of it.

not so In-Shane at all it was sarcasm bro

Esther Qin so? It's good to know

Down to it**

damn, hope shes not taken away to the dark side

but theres some man wanna be her left hand man tho

I think he’s loving her when she’s singing that song

He probably has a lump in his throat

But he never said that you have to swim parallel to shore to find a place where the current isn't pulling you away from shore, then you can swim back in.

@@gmc9753 But seeing WHY you have to swim parallel to shore helps. Might even be intuitive seeing how fast the riptide is headed back into the sea, and the calm water right next to it. Honestly I was confused how riptides worked until this video, now it makes complete sense.

I know and yes he probably already has!

Dammit you are definitely stalking me (like how the heck can you be everywhere I am?)

Go outside dude

Just like my sis on YT

The tide got him after he stopped recording lol

lol

that's what I expected to happen in the video 😂

Camera guys always survive

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That's the exact thing what makes them a threat. People not knowing what to do and then panicking only increases the danger.

😶

I can’t decide if I love you or hate you for that.

At least she's got a left hand man

Oh I swear she is destined for the screen!

THANK YOU

Your name tho lol

I was thinking of that too. Hearing that made me soft.

Hello I am your 1K like. Have a great day.

@@lzandae3735 hehe yes

I got to that part and was just 🥰😊 he’s so informative and also adorable ☺️🌊 this was a great video anyways because of the detail and the great example but that brought it home 💓

How long were you stuck for?

​@@widdasiddiq8810 The whole ordeal lasted under 10 minutes. Maybe like 7 minutes total?

@@xlRainlx Wow! That must've felt like forever.

​@@widdasiddiq8810 ​ Honestly, not really. We weren't panicking, more just trying to figure out how to get back. The realization that we were in significant danger did not hit us until after we got out of the water. Then we were like, "Wait... we could have been dragged out to sea and drowned. That's how it happens and we just went through it." Coincidentally enough, if I remember correctly, that actually happened to another teenager that same month but he wasn't so lucky, unfortunately.

Yeah, I did remember correctly. www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-19-me-31793-story.html This happened about an hour away from where I live that same month. I remembered hearing about it like a week later from our incident.

Dang

Similar thing happened to me. Wasn't nearly dangerous, but basically my little brother was too afraid of water where he couldn't feel the sand below. Problem is at his age, which was 5 or 6, he could only feel sand at the point where the waves keep breaking. He even turned it into a game where he would play with the waves. Well the sea ain't a good playmate and one rather big wave snuck upon him and rolled his ass, dragged him down and across the bottom then spat him out. I went to grab him but he was too panicked and confused, so by the time I picked him up from the floor, there's another big wave coming. So I grabbed him, held him with my arms crossed while he squirmed and kicked to get away and then I planted my feet and position myself to break the wave with my back. Once the wave broke I let him go and he ran to our parents. He was actually angry at me, thinking I had pranked him by not letting go sooner. My parents saw the whole thing and scolded him, saying: you idiot, your brother was rescuing you and your were squirming and making his life harder." Needless to say he was pouting and angry at the sea for betraying him. Think it was first time he understood the whole "the sea is treacherous" thing.

Thanks for share man, always take warnings seriously

Dang what a hero

@@falloutboy691 There’s something called undertow, the pulling back of water from breaking waves into the next coming one, that is actually especially dangerous for younger kids that can’t fight back against the flow. So we gotta be alert for rips, plus alert for undertow when it comes to kids.

Thank God you have him lol

Damn how dod your uncle do that? Did he swim parallel to the shore or what?

Copycat he’s Hercules bro

i can imagine him flexing with his muscles for some reason.....

Nonce

He ain't no coward 😔✊

@@Ash-dj5ph thats right, momma didn't raise no pussy.

Riptides don’t got shit on gator! Gator don’t play!

It is ankle deep

@@m.b.82 that was the joke lol

How original

@@L9nexah hOw OrIgInAl

@@drabberfrog what

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ZeAnonymusAnonym how original to have a pic of the vendetta mask, you must be a frequenter of 4chan and aren’t to be messed with

"Honestly those retards will type the same thing everytime now"

Me trying to go to sleep. Brain: you going to beaches 3 times a year but ur watching this shit rn.

“honestly this is the 7th time I’ve seen this comment”

Me: "You're damn right I will."

I know, right. It's so fucking weird that a recommendation service will...wait for it...recommend videos to you. 🤯🙄

Tell your dad I said thx

eddie_taco 23 bruh

Bell Iron Fist but he could tell she was so grateful lol, sounds like a joke

@@Potato-no3bd you don't have to you understand the language to tell if someone is grateful lol.

I was scared of dentists and the dark

Drago Plays Xbox Exactly.

Thanks for explaining.

Does that really work?? What if its a massive riptide and you loose power yourself?

Can you do it though _diagonally_ ?

General Prodigy Riptides aren’t generally that wide, and if you got tired by swimming to the side, you wouldn’t have the energy to swim all the way back to shore if you let it take you all the way out before moving to the side. Plus by moving to the side you have a chance of being pulled toward the shore by the side of the riptide.

My first lesson was “never go in waters deeper than your hips.” One: I grew up in Recife, a city in Brazil thats known for shark attacks, and going in hip deep water is asking for a shark to attack you. Two: in my experience, knee deep water is very easy to fall in. And the waves are strong, at least in Recife

@@2kmichaeljordan438 shark attacks are rare where you are talking about

@@2kmichaeljordan438 legal.

On the coastal area I grew up in we aren't taught anything. If you get swept by the ocean then oh well.

I was taught never to put my back to the ocean 🌊

He means that when a rip tide is happening underwater, that is where people usually get stuck. It's not dangerous if it's 4 inches deep on sand.

@@yeehawtomahawk kinda missed the joke there

Lol

@@Stalls. Or there was none to begin with ;3

@@dazais_advocate YO WHAT

There’s actually a similar comment in the comment section where the commenter saved someone in a riptide but nearly died and thought he was gonna die himself. It’s sad your coach couldn’t make it

@@Jk-ey7mp thank you! I appreciate the sentiment. He’s in a better place!

See I was waiting for that to happen

Him: “there isn’t much power here” Mother Nature: “hold my beer”

He didn't get sucked away tho

that’s the point

@@MANiRo5OobittO kinda late but r/whooosh

YEP

@@nascarfanFlatTire nobody brought up politics, thankfully.

@@malachiarmas yeah i mean many times there are hundreds of comments on comments like this, but half of them worth nothing, but indefinite political and other arguments.

Did you say my name

LMAOO

Dan Christian it’s the people that got sucked in and drowned

Riptide gang

It's the people who thought he was gonna talk about the Minecraft enchantment

I thought it was a band named Rip Tide, and there were going to be samples.

Its people who still didnt get what a rip tide is lol

Unlike most other recommended videos, this one is actually useful as it shows a riptide which can occur to anyone swimming in sea

Oh look, an unoriginal comment. How interesting.

Maybe you were listening to the Vance Joy song.

600th like

Whats wrong with that? Rip tides went extinct in 8 years?

Lol funny :D

The riptide cant pull him because of his balls weighing him down!

Lol funny :D

I was expecting him to fall and I was genuinely suprised when he didnt

I am the 667th liker.

Only one hour ago 7 likes jeez im early

Hi Y!

Here comes the train to 100k likes I can feel it!

Obama bin laden

Omg I haven't seen you around justin?! Hope your doing good man🤘🏼