On November 22, 2021, the 86-year-old former University of Michigan champion diver Dick Kimball stands high up on the 10-meter diving board of the Dick Kimball diving pool in Canham Natatorium at UM, a distance from him in the Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade. The last acrobatic performance was three days in advance. Ryan Stanton | Ann Arbor News

Ann Arbor, Michigan — 86-year-old Dick Kimball is still confident in his ability to backflip while jumping on a trampoline on a moving parade float.

For 65 years, the Ann Arbor man has been doing these and other stunts during the American Thanksgiving Day Parade in Detroit.

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