Definitely just messing around.
You and I both know the whole reason I ever even tried a loop at height was because you have been doing them awhile and then egging me on. The first time I saw you do one at Lassing I was totally floored.
I saw you do at least ten of them and waited at least 3 months until I even tried one. I waited until I saw you get close and also til I saw you wouldn't snap in half (I thought you would, to be honest). I then just mimicked you exactly.
That's not very hard to do.
It's pretty obvious who already "won" our 3 way bet, by simply being first