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Bottle flipping is the hot new sport and this high school kid is its LeBron James

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

How can anyone say anything bad about Millennials after this? Our future rulers, nay, our future everything is in the sturdy, trustworthy hands of these brave teens. A simple high school talent show was transformed into the most hype event of 2016 when Mike Senatore blew the lid off with his epic bottle flip.

Move over Jose Bautista. Get your own limelight, because right now you’re in Mike’s shadow.

There’s a lot that makes this video great. The pacing is absolutely electric, the buildup is sublime and that bottle flip -- wow. You could try to replicate that 100,000 times and never come close to what Mike achieved.

I wish I could be as cool as Mike Senatore when I grow up, but I know that’s impossible.

(h/t Deadspin)

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