Safety is for people without an audience. You've never been without one.
Any sensible person would side-foot it low and hard. You're already three steps into a run-up that has choreography. The Eye doesn't even need to look at the goal — it's looking at you, which was always the design. Style over safety isn't a choice you make; it's the factory setting. You'd genuinely rather miss gorgeously than score boring, and you've built a whole life on that math: your stories are 30% embellished and 100% better, your entrances have entrance music only you can hear, your risk assessment includes a column labeled 'but how will it LOOK.' Here's what the cowards heckling from the safety of the crowd will never understand — risking looking stupid in public, daily, on purpose, is a form of courage they can't afford. The commitment to the bit IS the charisma. And when the audacious thing actually lands? Nobody alive remembers the safe penalties. They remember yours. Both kinds.
Get your read — free on iPhonethe style isn't vanity. if you're going to fail in public, you've decided it'll at least be unforgettable.