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That's what it looks like to the untrained eye. But they're not really going to fire a person out of a cannon. That's not safe. So he just huddles in the cannon, they light a decoy fuse, it makes a bang (with no projectile), and he spring out and jumps that distance by himself. Requires a lot of core and leg strength.
This is equal parts so silly and so possible that I have no idea if this comment is a joke (I've never been to a circus)
Really, there's no launching mechanism at all?
There is a launch pad thing using springs or compressed air to give them a boost or they wouldn't go as far.
The explosion is just for sound, and it is funny if the timing is off.
I...can't tell if you're serious or making a joke. Lol.