Here’s how to perfect the Water Bottle Flip, the teen meme of the moment
Teenager Mike Senatore has taken the internet by storm this week thanks to the now viral video of him flipping a water bottle at his high school talent show in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The teen’s flip trick follows in a long line of teenagers filming themselves performing trick shots and pretending to be Tom Cruise in Cocktail. Senatore told The Charlotte Observer he first performed the feat last year while bored in a chemistry class. He perfected the skill when things were slow at his job and planned the stunt for the whole school year.
But how do you do it?
I tried it myself, mimicking the movements used by the flippers in the videos. It’s harder than it looks. I needed an expert, clearly. I needed Mike Senatore, but The Charlotte Observer had Mike Senatore. He told the paper Deer Park-brand bottles, filled to the “third divot,” work best for this stunt.