Yeah I guess the skychaser hadn't quite been perfected yet, and I guess the viewers are just suppose
to guess thats what is happening. Or it's poor placement of comic relief.
I did notice though at around 3:28 Steph recieves trixy's baloon sword to the face, and you see her freak out a little and fix her hair, lol!
She seemed to have a "did that just happen" moment.
Agree with Meanswell and Lazytownww. Maybe it's Sportacus's first time trying out the Sky chaser and it apparently didn't work perfectly as he would have expected. So yeah, the scene is meant to be funny.
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