There is an age at which you stop cannonballing, and there is an age at which you begin to cannonball again. I hit that second age one or two years ago, when my toddler nephew learned what a cannonball was and I had to earn myself his respect by making the biggest splash. And while my willingness to inflict pain upon myself for a lake day laugh is lower than it was in my preteen years, we aren’t talking about belly flops. We’re talking cannonballs. It’s cannonball season, friends.
This post will be updated as we attempt to learn the depth at which cannonballs are plausible, at least for me—a 5’11”, 230-lb. man.
- 3 ft. 1 in.: Not a good idea. Hit the ground before my whole body was in the water. Landed on my feet, but not a good idea.
- 4 ft. 4 in.: TBD. There were two really big guys in that part of the pool on Monday, and they were entertaining guests. More to come. (Update: Perfect, but make sure you don’t land with your feet under your butt. Could potentially mess up your ankle doing that.)
- 4 ft. 9 in.: Great. The depth was not the problem.
- Just less than 6 ft.: Great!
- Just more than 6 ft.: Even better!
