[Roa_Aoife]

I disagree with the pluasibility of the horse trick. Had he swung backwards onto the horse it would have been a common place stunt. but this is not what he did. Legolas swung forward, changed direction spun around, and landed behind Gimli. Laws of Physics aside, such a feat would have required monumental physical strength.

Laws of Physics taken into account, his momentum was frward, not upward, so by all rights he should have gone flying off to the side. *pauses to laugh at this image* "But wait," you say, "he could have used the horse's neck to change direction!" To that I say, he can't have had the proper grip on the horse's neck to keep from flying off to the side enitrely, or his hand would have been unable to slide over the surface of the neck. Unless he's secretly Mr. Fantastic, this wouldn't work.