This is a video of a skateboarder ollieing his board through a tire while he goes over the whole thing, reconnecting with his board like two old friends on the other side. Pretty impressive. For reference, at the pinnacle of my greatest skateboarding skills I tried to ollie over a
This is a short 360-degree helmet cam video from a snowmobiler attempting a backflip when the trick goes all “Aspen, we have a problem,” while upside-down and he decides to bail. And it was probably a smart decision, because the last thing you want landing on top of you is
To celebrate (read: promote) the PS4 release of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 & 2, this is a video of the Hacksmith building a robotic skateboard that performs a kickflip with the push of the cross (read: X) button on a Playstation controller. You just jump, push the button, and
This is a video of freestyle rollerblade (inline skate) world champion Vasilisa Maslova doing her thing. In this case, a ‘toe back cristie full line,’ which in layman’s terms appears to be a backwards slalom performed on the toe wheel of one skate. I rolled my ankle just looking at
This is a video of metalsmith Paul Pinto crafting himself a 25-foot long skateboard after what I can only assume was a serious overestimation of his foot size. Now that — that is longboard. Still, if you can’t do a kickflip, what’s the purpose? I’m out here trying to impress
This is a video of very talented Japanese freestyle skateboarder Isamu Yamamoto performing a nonstop two-minute routine, the first minute with a single board, the second with two, riding them like roller skates. I don’t know about you, but I feel like I performed a double ankle roll just watching