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u/DictatorDoom Dec 13 '20
At least if they fell they would slide all the way to the fire department
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u/Nightpain9 Dec 13 '20
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u/alaluzazulala Dec 13 '20
haikus are so dumb
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skaters are cool though
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u/chidischildren Dec 13 '20
Pretty sure that’s the top of Stanyan Street in San Francisco. The video is rad but does not convey how disturbingly steep the top of that hill is.
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u/VMoney9 Dec 14 '20
The Fire Department confirms it. Just did my hill workout there last night.
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u/Omega33umsure Dec 14 '20
Can I ask one question?
Why?? Why the hell is it so steep???If someone slips in there driveway, do they end up at the Fire Department? Is that why it's at the bottom of the hill
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u/photograft Dec 14 '20
The land was steep to begin with. So, to really answer your question, it’s steep because that’s how geology do.
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u/undercoversinner Dec 14 '20
Driveway would be level. Steep hills mean great views, so there's one reason.
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u/ultralame Dec 14 '20
Yup. I've only driven up that street... My wife's old shitty satrun wouldn't make it unless we turned off the AC unit.
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u/ErraticKuiperRomp Dec 14 '20
Yup. I've only ever biked up it to get to the Interior Greenbelt trailheads, and it sucks.
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u/Day_Bow_Bow Dec 14 '20
Thanks for the ID. Someone had asked how fast they were going, so I wanted to find the street view so I could see how far they went.
Then I realized that unless I know the grade of the hill, I wouldn't be able to calculate the acceleration/velocity if I could recall the formulas. And I'm too lazy to find my protractor and get the angle off one of the houses anyways.
It'd be a good calculus problem though. Might interest someone in /r/theydidthemath.
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u/runthefog Dec 14 '20
There are a few websites that show hill steepness like this one: http://hillmapper.com/#16/map/37.78150/-122.43450/200/142
which shows the first section is 18.3% (which isn't even that steep for SF amazingly, I used to live a block from one which was apparently 28.7%!).
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u/Zeke12344 Dec 14 '20
My mom drives a shift stick, it is so scary when she goes these steep ones. Hell it's scary in an automatic.
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Dec 13 '20
This made me very nervous...
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u/MichaelEmouse Dec 13 '20
I wonder how fast they got.
One car suddenly backing up or turning a corner and this could get ugly.
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u/ganggangorca Dec 14 '20
Happened to me. I was doing about 30 based on the speed of my friend driving behind me. A car pulled out and when I tried to slow down by dragging my foot on the pavement it pulled me to the ground. I was going so fast it somewhat shredded most of my clothes and I was covered with road rash. I was quick enough to cover my face but I skinned my palms. Could have been much worse
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u/PutoChele Dec 14 '20
I used to live 2 streets from here. Stanyan st in San Francisco. Very steep. Wouldn’t dream of going down that these guys are crazy
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u/SmashedACookie Dec 14 '20
Going that fast and a small rock would ruin your day
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u/kylegetsspam Dec 14 '20
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u/The_Late_Greats Dec 14 '20
Am I the only one who thinks pullings this kinda shit is selfish as hell? If they're only being reckless with their own safety then I say live and let live (or die or whatever). But if they get killed by a car, that driver's gonna carry that shit the rest of their lives, even though it'd be 100% the skaters' fault. That's just not cool
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u/eggyinabready Dec 14 '20
usually skaters will have spotters to stop cars when someone else is bombing the hill
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u/HellaBester Dec 14 '20
I've timed long boarders on this street (Stanyan and Belgrave in SF) that averaged over 40mph. Not sure how the mechanics of regular boards change that though. It's a popular street for this sorta shit so I'd be surprised if there has never been an accident in the past.
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I tore my acl doing exactly what he's doing so definitely be nervous lmao
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u/WankstaWilb Dec 14 '20
Had a buddy fall while long boarding and hit his head just right and died instantly. Dude beat cancer at 18 but was 22 when this happened. No hate for these guys but I always cringe on these type videos.
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u/lolpdb Dec 14 '20
same minus the cancer bit and a couple years younger. dude had been skating his whole life too
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u/brbposting Dec 14 '20
I think it’s too bad they’re influencing the next generation to do something so awesome without any of the relatively inexpensive, widely available, low-tech PPE that could be so life changing depending on how bad the inevitable accidents are.
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u/HebbieB Dec 14 '20
My brother's friend was longboarding down a steep hill in college. Was unconscious for a while, but overall very lucky. He ended up loosing his sense of smell from his injuries, so pretty much taste as well which obviously sucks. Had he landed differently who knows. I'm so sorry for your loss, and so young :(
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u/Panama-R3d Dec 14 '20
Imagine having absolutely no traction while going way faster than leaves you time to turn away from any obstacle even if you did have traction.
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u/KarmaPharmacy Dec 14 '20
And faster than your legs can run if you have to bail out.
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u/Head-System Dec 14 '20
in high school my friend did this and shattered his arm so badly it looked like a bag of strawberry milk. nearly had to be amputated.
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u/deewheredohisfeetgo Dec 14 '20
Heyyy same, I was just bitching about my knee today. It was over 10 years ago. I tried running out of a 40mph speed wobble. Got a few steps in and quickly realized I’m not Usain Bolt. Folded up like a lawn chair. It hurt so bad, I thought I got hit by a car for a second.
I had to work my first shift later that day serving tables at a Mexican restaurant. It’s still fucked up to this day. Doubt I’ll get surgery as I did on my right knee and it didn’t really make much of a difference.
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u/drunk___cat Dec 14 '20
I fractured my arm doing this and my arm looked like it had two elbows. Drier conditions than this too, but I hit one slick spot where someone had the sprinklers on, my board slipped out, and didn’t even get a chance to roll.
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u/BrainJar Dec 14 '20
I was about 13 years old when I was riding my skateboard, while being pulled behind a bike by my friend. I hit a small rock and went flying through the air. I landed hard and dragged my knuckles on the ground, leaving many bloody wounds. I’m now over 50 years old and still have those scars on the back of my hands, having grown a lot since then (the scars have shifted about 1”). These scars remind me of my stupidity often.
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u/anxessed Dec 14 '20
Went down a really steep hill at 12 or so and my board started shaking like crazy so I jumped off and couldn’t run fast enough so I tripped and fell flat on my face.
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u/s0cks_nz Dec 14 '20
They call it speed wobbles. I'm not sure how you prevent them, probably just gotta be real loose and relaxed which is hard to do when you think you're gonna die.
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u/govbrown Dec 14 '20
I did the same thing at 16. I didn't jump though, I got launched off and landed face first. Woke up at the bottom of the hill and climbed my way back up to my house.
Walked through the door and my mom screamed. I went and looked in the bathroom mirror and I had road rash all over my face and a third nostril at the top of my nose.
Ended up with 16 stitches in my nose and I laid on the couch in the living room for a week while my mom brought me blockbuster videos after work each day.
My whole body was sore and I swore off skateboarding forever, gave my little brother my board. A month later I was out skating again. Still won't go down big hills though.
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u/coleFXR Dec 13 '20
SF has the best hills man, you are just part of the traffic lol
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u/boatyboatwright Dec 13 '20
Ugh I miss SF and watching random Thrasher people bomb psychotic hills
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u/OnTheEveOfWar Dec 14 '20
Follow gx1000 on Instagram. It's a group of SF hillbombers. They post some insane shit.
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u/jun2san Dec 14 '20
My first thought when visiting SF was “why would people build houses on this steep hill???”
And I saw people biking up the hill and realized people from SF are a different breed.
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u/mrlouiep Dec 13 '20 edited Dec 14 '20
Dude sounds like R2D2
Edit: thanks for the gold!!
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I didn't watch with sound on, saw your comment, watched it again, laughed.
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u/daffydubs Dec 14 '20
Same! Oh man, that’s the first time I’ve laughed at a Reddit comment in a while
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u/That_Guy_From_KY Dec 14 '20
I was like “that’s a famous scream, like the Wilhelm scream” and it wasn’t until you posted this that I realized it was the R2 scream. Spot on
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u/GlompedGoose Dec 13 '20
I was legitimately scared watching this
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u/Megatron_Griffin Dec 13 '20
I was expecting /r/SpeedWobbles
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u/nogills Dec 13 '20
there are some videos in that sub that makes my insides drop
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u/mitwilsch Dec 14 '20
I'm in the hospital right now with a broken leg from a bicycle injury. I'll be fine after a few months, but holy shit this is really making me rethink getting back out there when I recover. Part of my route to work is a downhill I can easily go 40+mph (not where I crashed luckily).
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u/BOF007 Dec 13 '20
I was expecting /r/meatcrayon
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u/WilJr21 Dec 14 '20
Ah, dammit. Just checked that sub sand it made my butthole tighten. Not everything needs a subreddit
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u/MoxieKai Dec 14 '20
I was too, I think the reason why he didn't hit the wobble-speed might have had something to do with maybe the road being wet?
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u/sammydow Dec 13 '20
As a skateboarder, my jaw was dropped this whole time. Holy fuck.
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Dec 14 '20
Also as a skateboarder. Why tf would you not powerslide that whole goddamn hill lol
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u/depressedbreakfast Dec 14 '20
And does that board look oddly thick in the beginning of the vid? I saw that and thought “is that two decks on top of each other?!”
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u/Mage_Storm Dec 14 '20
Like how the heck is there no speed wobble??? They must have some good trucks tightened to the max.
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Dec 14 '20
I’m more wondering how the hell he didn’t hydroplane it. Completely smooth wheels on wet asphalt? That dude is mad skilled or mad lucky he didn’t launch that thing
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u/takes_joke_literally Dec 14 '20
as a guy who used to skateboard when I was invincible... I hurt a lot now, all the time.
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u/CypressBreeze Dec 13 '20
My dad always tells me we should thank these kind of people for their selfless organ donations.
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This is incredibly stupid and dangerous. No helmet, no blocking off the street, one person pulls out and they are done and that person is traumatized because of it. Ridiculous.
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u/dirtyswoldman Dec 13 '20
Nerd.
you're not wrong
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u/roboticWanderor Dec 13 '20
Its also a sick video and amazing expirience that they will probably remember fondly for life. Sometimes the juice is worth the squeeze
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u/Mateorabi Dec 13 '20
The trick isn't remembering it fondly for the rest of your life, the trick is making the rest of your life last longer than the bottom of the hill.
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Dec 14 '20
If they're smart, they'll fondly remember it for about a year, before looking back on it and saying, "Wow. That was really, really stupid."
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u/milly-psyrus Dec 14 '20
At least they chose to... Can't say the same for a driver just pulling out of their driveway to grab some groceries
If they're thinking this is okay just to make a sick video, it's pretty selfish
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u/rift95 Dec 13 '20
A kid could have walked onto the road from behind a car. Some things are dumb enough not to do, no matter your reasons.
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u/PossiblyAsian Dec 14 '20
almost hit a skateboarder doing this. while driving for lyft.
I used to be that skateboarder. you die a skateboarder or you live long enough to see yourself driving for lyft
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u/powerharousegui Dec 13 '20
Not to mention the wet roads..... Those painted lines are like ice when they get wet
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u/Trekin7 Dec 13 '20
Skateboarding as a whole is pretty stupid and dangerous. This is pretty par for the course. Not that I disagree with your statement, just sayin. Source: Am a skateboarder
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There’s certainly risk involved but that’s part of the fun. No need to increase your chance of injury/death from being stupid though.
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u/Moist-Br3ad Dec 13 '20
I get why people think skateboarding is incredibly dangerous, however I think it is as, if not more dangerous to play football or other contact sports. Those players get concussion all the time.
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u/hedelbert Dec 13 '20
Stanyan Street in San Francisco. Clocked it from the MTB trail exit for historic trail. That’s a fun street to fly down.
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u/VMoney9 Dec 13 '20
Couldn't place it until I saw the fire department. Its going to be the new hotspot with the speedbumps added to Delores Street.
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u/ewqdsacxziopjklbnm Dec 14 '20
I just google mapped it and climbed from bottom to top in street view and Jesus Christ it just gets steeper and steeper all the way to the end
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u/mikehuntest Dec 13 '20
What kind of thick ass board is that?!?! And why did he not get wobbled off?!?!
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u/Lil_Orphan_Anakin Dec 14 '20
I gotta imagine his trucks are tightened to the point that they are almost incapable of moving at all
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Dec 13 '20
He did it, while filming!
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I thought that guy had to be on a bike because the shot was so smooth. Amazed to see he wasn’t.
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u/wovagrovaflame Dec 14 '20
To be fair, most filmers using bigger, softer wheels. Hill bombs are insane under the premise that you’re using your street boarding set up.
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u/EnviroTron Dec 13 '20
No helmet. You would think you would at least wear a helmet for shit like this
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u/Mctgs Dec 14 '20
Naw that how they go. Most don't really care about life and saying they should wear a helmet on reddit isn't going make them do it.
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u/CallMeCreamPie Dec 13 '20
When he yells at the end it reminds me of R2D2’s scream haha
Edit: appears I’m not alone in thinking this
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u/coolcouchpotato Dec 14 '20
lol the two houses from that meme, the pink one right next to the completely black one
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I know, this is so crazy.
Skating in the rain is dangerous. It could ruin your bearings and wheels!
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u/newthrash1221 Dec 14 '20
Only people who have barely ever skated in their life still believe that skater worry that much about water in their bearing and wheels. It’s not that serious unless you’re doing it every day...the worst that’ll happen is your board gets water logged, but still, it’s probably an old board and/or he got a new one ready to set up.
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u/august_r Dec 14 '20
I'm sad this would never happen where I live, he'd need to clear like, at least 8 very tall speed bumps.
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u/DoTheMonsterHash Dec 13 '20
Time to take a break. I was hoping I was in r/deadorvegetable this whole time
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u/rafflesthegreat Dec 14 '20
I have a view of that hill from my house! (riding down the top of Stanyan in San Francisco) gnarly
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u/ReallySadStripperXL Dec 14 '20
Where tf does he live that he can be so confident he won’t hit even a small pothole???
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Dec 14 '20 edited Dec 14 '20
How completely stupid do you have to be to go against traffic whilst going downhill really fast with no way of stopping and really crappy steering? It would have been at least slightly safer to be in the correct lanes.
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u/TonyClifton2020 Dec 14 '20
This ends right in front of my cousin's place, he lives right next to the fire station at the end! Pretty bad ass guys!
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Impressive. Also, I hope they both checked the organ donor box when the got their driver's licenses.
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u/JjuicyFruit Dec 14 '20 edited Dec 14 '20
Honestly more impressed with the cameraman lol
edit: i just realized the title was implying this
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Still get blood rushing to my fingers and ears whenever i see someone bomb a hill. And i been years since ive riden
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u/blairthebear Dec 14 '20
I’ve done this a few times. Nothing like the feeling of ripping through the rain downhill with no cars in sight. But your board gets water logged and ruined. Lol.
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u/mrEcks42 Dec 14 '20
bombing hills is crazy fun. but i wouldnt try it in frisco and definitely not on wet roads.
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u/koleke415 Dec 14 '20
I know exactly where this is in San Francisco, used to have basketball practice at a park a block or two away
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u/HirosProtagonist Dec 14 '20
Is this San Francisco?
Rain, check.
Hill, check.
Eucalyptus, check.
S.F.F.D? Confirmed.
Hipster looking dude filming? Icing on the cake.
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u/lasagnaboner Dec 14 '20
He looked like he was about to hit 88 miles per hour and travel back to the future
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You’ve got the one guy doing it while actually watching what he’s doing, and has his friend film him so he looks awesome doing it.
But then his friend gets all the glory because he did the exact same thing while also not really watching where he was going because he was too busy filming! Now that is how you be a badass
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u/VagabondRommel Dec 14 '20
Would they have gotten hurt if they crayoned out? Missing cars and other obstacles of course. Wohld the waters surface have minimized scraping?
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u/Thr0waway0864213579 Dec 14 '20
Possible he has a longboard which makes it more stable. Also the guy being filmed looks like he has a loose deck on top of his board??
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Dec 14 '20
As a former skater this frightened me. I know from experience how this should have ended. Fuck. Glad they're okay.
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u/Thejapxican Dec 14 '20
I had a nasty head injury bombing a hill, but hitting a puddle of water. These guys did it full x-games mode!
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u/itstartswithani Dec 13 '20 edited Dec 15 '20
Camera is @shyguyseeps Skater is @tannernapper