10 Times Taylor Lautner Tried To Prove, Yet Again, That He Can Do A Flip
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10 Times Taylor Lautner Tried To Prove, Yet Again, That He Can Do A Flip

You've never seen him flip like this, except for yes you have.

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10 Times Taylor Lautner Tried To Prove, Yet Again, That He Can Do A Flip
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Did you know that Taylor Lautner can do a flip? Of course you did. Because he never lets us forget it.

From talk show interviews to "Grown Ups 2" to talk show interviews for "Grown Ups 2," Taylor finds every opportunity he can to grab some mad air. Here are just ten of the many, MANY times Taylor Lautner has insisted on reminding us that he knows how to do a flip.

1. The 2003 Bluegrass Nationals Karate Tournament.

This one we'll let slide, given that it was karate competition. Lil Tay flipped, flailed, and flopped all over that mat and took home the gold! Or he didn't. There was no information on whether he won or not in the video description. But, he's surely the 2003 Bluegrass Nationals Karate Tournament Champion in all of our hearts.

2. The entirety of "Sharkboy and Lavagirl."


The oddest thing about this already very odd 2005 kids movie is the fact that Taylor plays a boy with "shark abilities," which means he has talons and above average martial arts skills. You know...like a shark. Nearly every scene begins and ends with Taylor flipping onto, off of or into something. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

3. His Rolling Stone photo shoot.

The paparazzi caught multiple photos from afar of Taylor striking a pose for the Rolling Stone photographer during his sultry beach session. And by striking a pose, I mean doing multiple flips in soaking wet jeans. Sadly, none of the shots made it into the article. If a Taylor Lautner flips in a tight white tee and Rolling Stone doesn't publish it, does it even melt your heart? (Yes.)

4. Some time at some studio... ALLEGEDLY!

In a 2009 Popstar! Magazine interview, actor Booboo Stewart tells a fond memory of Taylor doing a corkscrew flip. In the process, his shoe fell off, but Taylor caught it before he landed. According to Booboo, it was "so sick." There's no photographic evidence of this taking place, so we'll just have to take Boo's word for it.

5. This really weird Halloween party.

This flip is by far the most confusing, but a flip nonetheless. Taylor, dressed as Batman (but a Batman where he just put a cape on over black jeans to look like he was too cool to dress up as Batman), loitered around the corner of what appears to be a hotel for a while with his pals. While the party rages on behind them, Taylor flips all over the hotel carpet and purposely looks as though he doesn't want to, even though no one is prompting him to do it.

6. The Jonathan Ross Show.

America has been blessed with the gift of Taylor Lautner's agility for upwards of ten years. At a certain point, Taylor clearly realized he needed to share his skills with the world. In February of 2016, England, and likely the entirety of Europe, was shaken after Taylor flipped across the Jonathan Ross Show stage, in a dapper suit and tie. One (me) might argue that he wore the suit and tie just so he could keep saying that his pants might rip, and therefore be able to believably pretend that he wasn't expecting to do a flip. Regardless, it's definitely his best-dressed flip yet.

7. The Melbourne Twilight Convention.

The world tour continues. The video of this flip is quite blurry, due to the 2008 camera, and the teenage girl filming, who is overwhelmed by Taylor's talent. But one can clearly make out Taylor dressed to the nines in a short-sleeved hoodie and appliquéd jeans, stick the landing of a backflip in what appears to be a college lecture hall.

8. The Melbourne Twilight Convention... again!

Same jeans. Same short-sleeved hoodie. Different flip? In this video, also recorded by an overwhelmed screaming fan, we see Taylor flipping again at the very same convention, but it's clearly a different flip than the first one. Flip Taylor Lautner once, shame on you. Flip Taylor Lautner twice, and you're likely at the Melbourne Twilight Convention, where he apparently felt the need to flip twice for the same audience.

9. Another Twilight convention probably.

Where else could this be? While it's not surprising that he flipped for this crowd, it is a surprise that he apparently owns multiple colors of that short-sleeved hoodie.

10. A poppy field.

On April 15, 2016, Taylor took to Instagram to celebrate reaching three million followers with a killer flip in a poppy field. Thankfully, it's a Boomerang, so those that need a quick T Laut flip fix can just sit back and watch him flop back-and-forth without having to press play multiple times. Modern technology really is changing the world.

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