Cirque du Soleil member Oli Lemieux would be a superhero if the world existed on trampolines. While most of us are content to bounce up and down (and occasionally fall off and break a leg), when you put Oli on a trampoline he leaves physics behind him. The man runs up walls and bends gravity in whichever direction is appropriate to make backflipping off ledges look effortless.
Since Cirque du Soleil requires the French to defy science whenever possible, we offer up this video of the Montreal acrobat during a practice, showing why Cirque has been selling out in Vegas for so long.
Oli Lemieux -- The Trampoline Machine (Music NSFW)
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Tuesday 20 October
By Steve
Impressive video, but does AOL really need to post up videos with music sountracks that include "f#*k," "hold my d*#k, "I'm gonna do your mother," etc.??
Call me a prude, but I thought AOL was family oriented and had more class than that . . .
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Tuesday 20 October
By Master Shake
Since you asked, you're a prude. Why is it that Americans have no problem at all with movies and television programs in which people are butchered like cattle, but the mere suggestion of something sexual freaks them out? Once a Puritan, always a Puritan, I suppose. Grow up.
Tuesday 20 October
By Nick
Steve I agree 100% My 8 year old daughter clicked on this link while I was in another room. The next thing I know I've got F bombs ringing through my house. Clean it up AOL. You might want to preview this stuff before your put it on your front page.
Friday 23 October
By Jack
I agree 100%. I wanted to send this to my grandkids who love their trampoline but no way with that audio
Tuesday 20 October
By Stevie
I Totally agree with the music!
Ridiculous.
Nothing is family oriented anymore.
Tuesday 20 October
By Wadella
If being a prude is not wanting to hear those words, then honey....I'm a prude and proud of it. Whatever you want to call it. I clicked on a great trampoline link and got a foul-mouthed song with it. Didn't click in for that! No warnings! Seems to me that you thought your tampoline video wasn't good enough to attrack people so you had to put a dirty little song with it! And to be honest, my son does 'almost' that well in our backyard. Very disappointed with AOL too! Had there been a warning about explicit language, I would not have looked at it.
Tuesday 20 October
By james shell
S-I-C-K music. If that's whats you want to call it
Tuesday 20 October
By Pat
I agree the music is offensive - I'm also not one of the 'Americans' who watches all the slasher movies where people are 'butchered like cattle'... too much violence, and who thinks it's the most cool? Kids - in their formative years...
Tuesday 20 October
By Denise
I agree. Good video why the negative lyrics. I am sure you could find other music that has a more positive side. These guys worked hard and it would be nice to have same lyrics that match not about your girl holding your dick. Wake up guys you are more then your DICK.
Tuesday 20 October
By chrissy
Steve, i agree with you fully, my kids go online all the time,, i would not want them hearing all the stuff that was on just this one video alone.
Tuesday 20 October
By Pat
I agree, the soundtrack was awful! No one wants to here that vile filth from their speakers!
Tuesday 20 October
By muttseye
...gotta love Euro arrogance. Anytime you even mention that your 3 year old kid dropping the F Bomb in front of their teacher might be a problem you're called prudish
Tuesday 20 October
By newchef
stop complaining it clear says that it has dirty lyrics in the title (NSFW), next time read the title before you watch the video
Tuesday 20 October
By Mike
While I do not have an issue with the lyrics I can under stand why some would. I figure all of this could have been avoid with a little disclaimer. Now as far as the comment that stuff like this is why they have to put metal detectors in schools is blown way out of proportion and edging on ignorant. The reasons that children have gotten the way they are is because some parents do not want to get involved with their childrens up bringing and wonder why they turn to a gang. Then once those children have turned to a gang they go to their friends who have perfectly good parents and relationships with them and talk them into joining through peer pressure. From there the idea that they would need to include metal detectors is an unfortunate side effect. I just can not stand it when people place the blame on music, TV, or Video games. The issue runs much deeper and media is an easy scape goat.
Tuesday 20 October
By Krisztina
Cirque du Soleil - La Nouba - Acrobacia .....go to You Tube
the music is good and the show is perfect .
Tuesday 20 October
By Michael Gallup
Impressive and mind boggling but WHY put it to that Anti-Music trash called RAP! I had to turn the sound off!
Tuesday 20 October
By eric
I agree it was neat to watch, but dang, the music is just not right. I also agree that they play to much sick stuff on TV, and it doesnt have to be just on HBO it's regular TV as well that plays grap. not appropriate for my children. nor it is right for the sicko that live in our country, hollywood just gives them great ideas. Then when they commit a crime we all get upset, why we watch all the time, we should be use to it by now..
Tuesday 20 October
By Isaac
I feel that you are all patially right and partially wrong... my children can listen to whatever they want and they never swear and they behave themselves, it's kids that are sheltered that rebel and act like heathens... I thinkk that you should all grow up... the problem with this country is our sheltering of individuals... then when kids or adults hear this stuff at a later age they freak out and then act out... I am not saying that you expose your children to porn or anything - THAT WOULD BE WRONG - for example my wife's sister's children were sheltured from music until they were in thier late teens and when they finally were exposed they all ated out and became serious problem children... when I was a child I was never censored from anything really when it was an expression of art especially music... looking through history when people first heard things like elvis they freaked and would not let thier children hear it... looking back I find that to be silly and stupid... butthen it was very sexual... now, not so much... my children watch movies that have serious swearing in them... I had sat them down and explained to them that adults and people with poor taste choose to use such "sentence enhancers" as patrick put it... in conclusion, grow up... you can't shelter the child forever... it may not be appropriate for some people and you have a right to choose, but when you seriously analize the music that you have listened to and grew up with you may realize that there was another meaning to the lyrics and it may not have been so appropriate either... I let my 3 year old watch the video and she never even paid attention to the music, just the guy jumping on the trampoline
Tuesday 20 October
By Avraah KaDabra
It's too bad a trampoline performance of this level can't be appreciated for the art and effort without being sullied by foul mouthed rappers, who profit from largely from the lowest level of humanity.
Tuesday 20 October
By osedjohami@mac.com
aol, class... rofl