Note: I originally posted this back in 2020 but I saw it going around the internet again so I’m dredging it back up like terrifying deepwater fish because the article I wrote was so good I’m lazy. This is a video of a skateboarder wiping out after a jump and

This is a video from Darren Dyk of Youtube channel Beyond Slow Motion featuring a bunch of skilled fingerboarders (including himself) performing tricks, filmed at 1000FPS for some ultra slow motion goodness. And what goodness it was! Except for the song he chose for the soundtrack, I’m pretty sure that

This is a video of a skateboarder forming an extremely low budget Voltron by combining his skateboard with a milk crate, then ollieing the whole thing over two obstacles. Impressive! He definitely thought outside the box for this trick. Outside the box, but on the crate. Wocka wocka wocka! I

Because dream it, and with a long enough stamina bar, you can achieve it, this is a video of skateboarder Douwe Macare ollieing up 23 stairs in a row. He then ends the feat with a celebratory kickflip, just like I was hoping he would. For reference, I broke my

This is a Thrasher compilation of some of the best San Francisco hill bombs performed by skateboarder Sean Greene, runs that can only be described as entirely too steep and a bad idea. I like how with the speed he generates he can easily ollie over an entire crosswalk. Me?

Another example of yesterday’s need of extreme sporters to constantly push the envelope, this is a video of X-Games gold medalist Red Bull skateboarder Leticia Bufoni performing the world’s first ‘Sky Grind’ at 9,000 feet out the back of a plane. I like how fast the skateboard just zips away

Proof that you’re never too old to break a bone, then do something to break it again, this is a video of 54-year old Tony Hawk performing his first kickflip since breaking his femur (aka thigh bone) in March. A true testament to the human spirit. Now I almost feel

After practicing hard all summer long, this is a video of a skateboarder performing a backflip and landing back on his board like he’s walking and chewing gum. That is to say, very easily. “Why is there gum in your hair?” I don’t wanna talk about it.