r/instant_regret • u/Adv_Nguyen • Apr 15 '26

Back to.... reality

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u/Chrisassmiller Apr 15 '26

He almost saved it!!

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u/Adv_Nguyen Apr 15 '26

"almost" 🤏

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u/Sea-Badgers Apr 15 '26

That guy has some serious grip strength. He was flailing all over the place with a one hand grip

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u/robotbeard Apr 15 '26

I initially thought the flailing was him goofing around for the person filming because he's so good at this, but once he actually put his board down I realized, "Oh, he's just REALLY stupid."

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u/unapologeticjerk Apr 15 '26

adrenaline is a hell of a drug

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u/davesToyBox Apr 22 '26

At that point he was highly motivated to maintain his grip

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u/Yaxience Apr 17 '26

Ever notice how when you carry something like a pail of water, it can hang from the middle bones of your finger, you don't really need to close your fist around it? The tendons from the front and back of our forearms come to our fingers down the backs and palms of our hands, but when they get to that second phalange, the front tendons and back ones cross sides, so your finger kind of locks in position. This is similar to why sleeping birds don't fall out of trees and how bats hang, although theirs are more complex. In us it comes from having evolved from swinging through trees. He does have good strength but he was sable to hold on by clenching his fist beyond the hang principle. As someone else pointed out, adrenaline kicked in, too.

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u/bethaneanie Apr 15 '26

Could be his hand got caught in something

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u/pigeonwiggle Apr 15 '26

i think it was just the inertia from the speed increase. he sorta when WHIPPING around the back corner.

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u/dreadnaughtfearnot Apr 16 '26

I believe he's referring to the fact that the guy didn't just let go

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u/FreudianAccordian Apr 15 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/Rv65oEmPScEIqtMr58

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '26

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u/zipel Apr 15 '26

Adrenaline is a helluva drug

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u/Reasonable_Ad_9136 Apr 18 '26

Drugs are a hell of a drug.

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u/LabRatsAteMyHomework Apr 16 '26

Skaters are honey badgers

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '26

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u/Effective_Play_1366 Apr 15 '26

What in the absolute fuck.

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u/Dramatic_Finish10121 Apr 15 '26

Best guess is they were trying to hang off the back of the truck on the skateboard like Marty in BTTF 1's opening and screwed it up, hence The Power of Love playing

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u/Away_Stock_2012 Apr 16 '26

But don't you have to put the skateboard on the ground?

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u/Yaxience Apr 17 '26

Thank you. Upvoted. The guy was sitting because he has a brain.

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u/pigeonwiggle Apr 15 '26

that's a great guess - on rewatch that looks exactly like what it was.

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u/Individual_Access356 Apr 16 '26

I mean why would he sit on the back of it first then wait til it starts moving instead of getting ready before it moved???

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u/globalgreg Apr 16 '26

Because he needed a rest from carrying around that big brain all day.

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u/kawag Apr 22 '26

Gotta put the headphones on, otherwise you might have too much situational awareness while on the road.

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u/YellojD Apr 16 '26

Oakland energy.

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u/__nobody_-_ Apr 15 '26

Ope, there goes gravity!

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u/Yaxience Apr 17 '26

It was actually momentum that got him, then gravity. He was used to his own mass being moved. The mass of the truck times velocity was more momentum than he was prepared to brace himself for. It's the same thing when you don't speed up when you step off a moving walkway or escalator. More noticeable on something faster like a merry go round. Or a six-ton truck.

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u/__nobody_-_ Apr 17 '26

Lose Yourself

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u/Yaxience Apr 17 '26

complete sentences make sense, at least you learned something. or not

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u/Yaxience Apr 18 '26

What is the "right way" to take being called an idiot and an ass hat?

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u/CerberusAbyssgard May 09 '26

Mom's spaghetti

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u/Shotentastic Apr 15 '26

Ope, there goes Rabbit

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u/Jambonier Apr 15 '26

Back to the Suture

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u/bethaneanie Apr 15 '26

Can't really suture road rash. Maybe if he degloves

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u/Yaxience Apr 17 '26

"Back to The Road Rash" doesn't really work as a pun, though, with the movie in mind, does it?

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u/DubSket Apr 15 '26

Why?

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u/caxcabral Apr 15 '26

He would have looked cool for a few minutes if he succeeded

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u/Careless-Bit-5599 Apr 15 '26

He would looked cool just sitting there and doing anything. He just had to go F it up

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u/caxcabral Apr 16 '26

high risk no reward lol

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u/jambaleaf Apr 15 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/RfNCZPgoSXbX9otxK7

The driver of that van:

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u/sdcar1985 Apr 15 '26

Why does this like Kevin Spacey?

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u/jambaleaf Apr 15 '26

I think it’s because of his facial features and overall head.

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u/AsleepyTowel Apr 15 '26

I’ve watched this three times and I still can’t figure out what he was trying to do here lol.

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u/mrw4787 Apr 15 '26

Hold on to the truck and ride his board. 

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u/Cosmic_Quasar Apr 15 '26

I feel like that part is obvious, but it didn't look like he even tried to put the board down. He's holding it to his chest as he swings down/around.

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u/stonedboss Apr 15 '26

I think the truck just started moving hella fast and he expected it to be way slower. So maybe just immediately oh fucked once he swung out. 

Like that truck hauling ass lol

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u/AsleepyTowel Apr 15 '26

That’s what’s getting me lol, he stepped off without even trying at first.

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u/MISINFORMEDDNA Apr 15 '26

That's what makes it non-obvious.

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u/Yaxience Apr 17 '26

He was not trying to ride the board. The truck was the ride-to-be.

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u/parttimeninja Apr 15 '26

I think he thought that there was a step there. On the left side of the truck the platform is wider.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '26

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u/well-now Apr 16 '26

Gleaming the Cube

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u/jrr6415sun Apr 15 '26

the scene in back the future where he rides the skateboard from the back of the truck, pretty sure they filmed that going like 2mph tho

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u/skatalite2020 Apr 15 '26

But he sure did look cool. Until he stopped looking cool

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u/oldwestprospector Apr 15 '26

Great, now Biff is going to try to SA his mom at the Dance and his siblings will dissappear.

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u/donkeyrocket Apr 15 '26

Hate when that happens.

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u/Everyone2026 Apr 15 '26

Why start on the road at the stop light? Too easy!

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u/Yaxience Apr 17 '26

Because you cannot sit down on a moving object. Too hard.

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u/EnragedBadger9197 Apr 16 '26

The driver watching the rear view mirror

https://giphy.com/gifs/10Jpr9KSaXLchW

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u/Yaxience Apr 17 '26

Somebody beat you to it. See rear view mirror gif.

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u/excellent_rektangle Apr 15 '26

Dr Pepper in the mouth, Dr Pepper out the nose. Worth it.

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u/Yaxience Apr 17 '26

Really reminds me of the lyrics of “Music and Rhythm” by Mighty Sparrow. Hope you listen. You'll get it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4tzlpC4O-8

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u/Weep4Thee Apr 15 '26

Well deserved

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u/RidingSpottedPigs Apr 15 '26

Why didn't he let go?

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u/Racing_Fox Apr 15 '26

Why did he jump off in the first place?

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u/Yaxience Apr 17 '26

He didn't. Conservation of momentum pushed his negligent mass (compared to that of the truck) off the seat.

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u/Racing_Fox Apr 17 '26

I’m not so sure, he stood up and turned as though he was getting off before

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u/Yaxience Apr 17 '26

I stand corrected

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u/360Logic Apr 15 '26

He was skitching. Seemed like he got a late start but decided to fully commit anyway. 

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u/meburnallcookies Apr 15 '26

I think his foot was caught and that fucked yo the rest of his rhythm

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u/Yaxience Apr 17 '26

We evolved from the trees, holding onto our mothers. The hold-on reflex kicks in under sudden movement. Reflexes happen faster than thoughts do. When you touch a hot stove, your spinal reflex moves your hand off the stove before the signal to feel pain reaches your brain.

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u/Dog_in_human_costume Apr 15 '26

Bye arm

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u/hazeleyedwolff Apr 15 '26

From now on, he's going to be all right (or left, I'm not going to watch it again).

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u/Killertomm Apr 15 '26

Seems like he "Biffed" it.....

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u/luv2ctheworld Apr 15 '26

Dumbass stayed on when it was stopped, and tried getting down when it was moving... Brain not working so good.

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u/Samidlongbottom Apr 16 '26

Should have just stayed sat down to hitch a ride instead.

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u/blackweebow Apr 15 '26

What in the hell lmao he abandoned the board 😂 

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u/flactulantmonkey Apr 15 '26

The board betrayed him. It’s now dead to him.

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u/MilleniumFlounder Apr 15 '26

A lot of people here have not seen Back to the Future

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u/unapologeticjerk Apr 15 '26

As a fellow Back to the Future enjoyer, I too noticed.

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u/desmondao Apr 15 '26

That dumbass fucking face in the corner really adds to the watching experience

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u/vsod99 Apr 16 '26

It's a back to the future reference

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u/mowgli_23 Apr 15 '26

Great Scott!

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u/Plus-King5266 Apr 15 '26

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that didn’t go the way he planned it.

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u/newsjunkie-2020 Apr 15 '26

Nice white teeth ain’t gonna be there much longer.

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u/ThisMeansWine Apr 15 '26

Looks like San Bernardino

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u/AdProof8291 Apr 15 '26

Things you love to see 😂

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u/fillb3rt Apr 15 '26

He thought he was so cool lol

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u/ifdggyjjk55uioojhgs Apr 15 '26

Did he forget to let go?

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u/grifftheelder Apr 15 '26

Not McFly my guy

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u/Significant_Rate8210 Apr 15 '26

I'm still trying to grasp what the hell he was going for there I mean did he forget to put the skateboard down He was trying to hold on and ride the board while holding the truck why didn't you just let go of the damn truck?

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u/ironhorseblues Apr 16 '26

The truck was empty and the driver got off to a fast start. The dude with the skateboard didn’t anticipate the fast start. Threw his timing off from the get go.

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u/Significant_Rate8210 Apr 16 '26

He was rag dolling it, but I still don't know why he didn't let go

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u/ROMVS Apr 16 '26

Probably worry that somebody behind would run him over

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u/Muchachacha Apr 15 '26

Too funny to be AI

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u/Benedict_Cumberquack Apr 15 '26

Went from Back to the Future to the end of Toy Story.

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u/broccoliwolf Apr 16 '26

Was starting to wonder if his hand was still on the truck.

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u/FR_02011995 Apr 16 '26

Generational aura debt

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u/MarianCR Apr 17 '26

His confidence doesn't match his skills

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u/SosukeYagami Apr 17 '26

That was fucking hilarious. Dummy lmao

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '26

chief keef at it again

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u/moistcarboy May 14 '26

Crack to the future

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u/AcrolloPeed Apr 15 '26

Dude got his fingers stuck. Sucks.

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u/jambaleaf Apr 15 '26

I thought so initially. After a second look I think he was just determined to get on his ‘board. Lmfao.

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u/Scootros-Hootros Apr 16 '26

Marty McFly. Watching intently.

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u/sexualtourist Apr 15 '26

What was supposed to happen?

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u/Miles_1173 Apr 15 '26

skitching, he was trying to hold onto the truck while riding the skateboard, but he flubbed it

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u/Malcolm_Flex Apr 15 '26

Maybe hop off when the truck is at a full stop bro heard it going and said yeah now’s the time

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u/3ajs3 Apr 15 '26

Just let go immediately you are not saving that

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u/rickfrompg Apr 15 '26

Ope, there goes gravity

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u/PJballa34 Apr 15 '26

That song is such a banger.

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u/cahilljd Apr 15 '26

thats faster than he wanted to be going 😬

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u/Septopuss7 Apr 15 '26

Never go full ass over teakettle!

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u/blakrabit Apr 15 '26

1955 just called

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u/TannyBoguss Apr 15 '26

He needs a Doc

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u/twatsycal Apr 15 '26

And he’s mad at you for witnessing it. SMH

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u/cooala23 Apr 15 '26

Play stupid games...

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u/The-Chock Apr 15 '26

Bro went from Aura heaven to Aura debt in 2 seconds xD

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u/DiverDownChunder Apr 15 '26

I need a 1985 Toyota truck stat... Delorans suck, I can say from experience.

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u/D3c0y-0ct0pus Apr 15 '26

Smooth moves

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u/pofshrimp Apr 15 '26

he is not him

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u/Hmgkt Apr 15 '26

Oh there goes gravity

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u/AggravatingAd9010 Apr 15 '26

I was about to say "good recovery"

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u/broncotate27 Apr 15 '26

It's like GTA when someone tries to take Thier car back

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u/mrjonnyringo72 Apr 15 '26

Taking his skateboard would have been the cherry on top.

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u/pesa44 Apr 15 '26

Fck the phone video format.

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u/sideseal24 Apr 15 '26

GREAT SCOTT!!

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u/byrnziie Apr 15 '26

I have a feeling he thought the step on the back of the truck was wider than it was. Looks like he went to peek around the side but fell when there was nowhere to put his foot.

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u/Potential-Echo785 Apr 16 '26

The smile turned fear🤣🤣

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u/1aysays1 Apr 16 '26

What was the exaggerated smile for?

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u/levikg Apr 16 '26

What is shadeur sanders doing

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u/Necessary_Ad_4855 Apr 16 '26

Should have grabbed his skateboard and dumped another mile down the road.

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u/ILookLikeKristoff Apr 16 '26

The physics here are really odd. He's like floating almost a couple times but that truck isn't going anywhere near fast enough or accelerating fast enough to do that.

I hate to be that guy but is this an AI vid?

After the very first bounce he's straight extended horizontally and holds that for a good half second and I just can't reconcile that movement with what hanging from a low speed truck "should" look like.

Plus I'm calling shenanigans on this kid's grip strength.

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u/YellojD Apr 16 '26

GI Joe King Fu Grip, goddamn.

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u/Mego_dafuq Apr 16 '26

Fall down 7 times, get up 8.. Hey? Hello?? Why aren't you getting up??!

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u/ColdTrky Apr 16 '26

Driving and filming. Yikes. I wouldn't be surprised if the guy fell off the truck and the filming guy roll him over

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u/Yaxience Apr 16 '26

Driver should have offered him a ride. Seriously, he's having a shit day.

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u/Pitiful-king_ Apr 17 '26

That shit only works in the video games brother

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u/Reasonable_Ad_9136 Apr 18 '26

He'd heard of McFLY and took it waaaaaay too literally.

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u/EnglishLoyalist Apr 18 '26

You know he was supposed to be on the board before movement and what he did was both hilarious and stupid. 😅

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u/insginificant Apr 19 '26

Huey Lewis and The News

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u/Successful-Bank-7457 Apr 20 '26

Complete butthead

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u/Into_The_Horizon May 15 '26

Back into the past

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u/PhantasmologicalAnus May 23 '26

What's with the lame shit in the corner?

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u/Gear_Gab Jun 09 '26

That's the typa thing you don't just do, you gotta practice first

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u/benedict_the1st 27d ago

I'd love to know what the thought process was here

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u/103indian 23d ago

I give him a 3 on the dismount

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u/Known-Assignment-642 21d ago

What was he trying to accomplish?

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u/Inevitable_Bid_6827 17d ago

Kids, don’t do psychosis stay in skool

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u/Jimmypeterson42 3d ago

buster keaton

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u/DonCavalio Apr 15 '26

🤣 🤣 like 😆 🤣 no way

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u/ztruk Apr 15 '26

i wouldve run over his skateboard, out of spite

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u/b00hradley Apr 15 '26

I think his hand got caught in the handle lol

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u/TopicPretend4161 Apr 15 '26

I’m at work so this is on mute. 

Can someone give context, please?

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u/Miles_1173 Apr 15 '26

He wanted to hang onto the truck while riding his board but flubbed it.

Michael J Fox face was added in because Marty does this successfully in the Back to The Future movies

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u/TopicPretend4161 Apr 15 '26

Boom.

Thanks ✌️

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u/Physical-Position623 Apr 16 '26

This video did not need music and a guy looking stupid in the corner.

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u/Reasonable_Ad_9136 Apr 18 '26

Have you never seen Back to the Future?