Kobe Jumps Over A Moving Aston Martin

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Here's a new video that you probably haven't seen.

Or dreamed of.

Kobe Bryant and Lakers teammate Ronny Turiaf are hanging out atop a parking structure. Kobe braces himself.

A speeding Aston Martin heads toward Kobe.

The rest is history. What happened you ask?

Click here to watch the video

Exactly how risky was this? Is it real? You be the judge.
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lakerfan2 · Joined: 21 Feb 2007 Posts: 2767

i just saw that.

crazy, but it looks green screen ish when the aston martin came across the screen. although i don't doubt kobe, but why would he try this anyway. mhihi

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Lakerman JSJ · Clublakers Moderator Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 9833

That's clearly a scarecrow dressed in Kobe's clothes. And when I slow it down, that's Kobe driving the car. mhihi

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fanboyslim · Joined: 02 Feb 2008 Posts: 422

If you pay attention, you can see Radman jumping off the white building's roof on a snowboard.

revgen · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:12 am Post subject:

Here's an AVI of the video. Just play it in VLC player.

http://www.mediafire.com/?yrrg6yypznt
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nimannn · Joined: 29 May 2004 Posts: 1030

I don't think it's fake, everything looks fluid in it. The car just seems to be behind Kobe though, so it didn't really come directly at him. They just used a camera trick to make the illusion that he jumped over it. Either way, it's still impressive because it shows he has the ability to easily jump over one.

Kent K25 · Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 1626 Location: St. George, UT

C'mon guys....any of you actually think that's real?

It's fake, he slows down in mid air, plus the fact that you know he wouldn't do that anyway. He's too serious about ball to ever do that, especially during the season. He's not playing games with a messed up pinky just to injure himself jumping over a car.

It's all marketing for the new shoe.

p.s. I didn't think the acting was anything special either, especially Ronny.
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Ko8e4Prez · Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 406 Location: Nine Five One

That was impressive but could he jump over aston kutcher if he was running at him...
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LAL818 · Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 1746

I want those kicks. mhihi

revgen · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:23 am Post subject:

Looking at it one frame at a time in VirtualDub, it doesn't look fake. Kobe's shadow is being cast on the Aston Martin as it goes by. And at the same angle as the shadow is cast on the ground. And despite the idea that he's jumping from the side of the car, if you put your cursor where Kobe's feet are and move the video frames, you can see that the car moves over the area where he jumped and landed. Also as the Aston Martin drives back, you can see the driver is a bald-headed black guy who resembles Lamar Odom.
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DNP · Joined: 27 Jan 2004 Posts: 838 Location: In Da Club

it doesn't matter to me if it's real or not. i enjoyed the vid.

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scheven · Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 6841 Location: century tuna

lol he just jumped BESIDE the car

mapabu1 · Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 2397

That had to be fake

HitEmUp · Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 5697 Location: Madrid, Spain

nike is known to do fake ads like this
seriously kobe wouldnt risk anything
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plkl · Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 444

cool vid. it would surely excite the young kids when seeing it.

scheven · Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 6841 Location: century tuna

lol its only an Aston Martin....my grandma can jump over an Aston Martin.
jump over a Hummer and I'll be impressed mhihi

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jjin28 · Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 1502 Location: Los Angeles, CA

has to be fake.

after vlad's off the court injury last year, there is no way kobe would do that. haha.
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nameant · Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 16096

Good stuff.

kray28 · Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 4880 Location: Pittsburgh, PA

I LOL'ed....he made it look too easy, but still that was impressive.

Aren't Aston Martin's pretty low to the ground anyway...still as a standing jump that was impressive.

I wonder if the Lakers are going to fine him for reckless endangerment though.
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pound4pound1 · Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 3426 Location: 818 LAKER NATION

gary vitti was driving the aston martin

karacha · Joined: 01 Nov 2005 Posts: 15518

It's "fake" and not fake at the same time.

He shows he can jump over it, but of course he can't attempt this for numerous reasons that should be obvious to everyone.

What he did was simple - Kobe was standing closer to the camera, and the car was behind him. You easily see it if you really pay attention. Or simply pause the video, and you'll see it. So he can jump over the car - but he didn't actually do it. They were side-to-side.

Simple, but effective camera trick.

I liked Turiaf saying: "you should not do it man. We need you in the playoffs... you have to play 40 mins and..."

"I'll be there, I got this. I got this!"

They are pretty good actors actually.
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lakerholic · Joined: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 1531

Very cool to see Kobe having some fun with his fans. Love it!
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mrknight40 · Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Posts: 43

It's gotta be fake for the simple reason that it's an incredible liability to have kobe attempt something like that. I'm with everyone who says it looks real though, but logically if the Lakers organization prevents players from skiing, what more with stunts like this. If this was indeed real, imagine what would have happened if Kobe didn't make it. What position would that put the franchise in. It has to be fake. No organization would allow for something like this.

Obviously a viral marketing ploy for his hyperdunk shoe coming out.

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kray28 · Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 4880 Location: Pittsburgh, PA

It looks pretty real to me...at least in terms of lighting and shadow consistency.

Now it's possible they scoped in the car...but you won't be able to tell that with the low quality and resolution of the video.
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puffyusaf#2 · Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 4986 Location: Temecula

What I love is how most of the post in here just want to show how its fake instead of just enjoying whatever it is. I knew before I opened this thread the first post I would see was "Fake" or "Whatever" or "THis is how he did that......." Guess its in peoples nature to try and be negative about something they didn't do... Oh well.
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