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 LightShaded
Male, 18-29, Canada
 420 Posts
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Sunday, July 25, 2010 6:58:11 PM
Can't be done with original trucks. |
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 auburnjunky
Male, 30-39, Southern US
8666 Posts
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Friday, July 23, 2010 11:45:52 PM
@mountain:
More impressive (stupid) would be to street skate barefoot.
Longboarders tend not to push a lot hehehe. |
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 MountainBord
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
1898 Posts
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Friday, July 23, 2010 6:35:40 PM
HOLYFKINSGSJSKEWO~~~~ he was barefoot |
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 ingrateful
Male, 13-17, Southern US
419 Posts
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Friday, July 23, 2010 3:59:53 PM
Most of IAB agrees to participate in this activity
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 Kiwigirl2
Female, 30-39, Australia
1051 Posts
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Friday, July 23, 2010 3:29:05 PM
They "promised not to do it again"! Yeah Right. |
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 DickenMcHunt
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
1140 Posts
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Friday, July 23, 2010 3:12:40 PM
As long as you can keep up with traffic you can be riding a dolphin, for all I care. |
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 DavidXJ
Male, 30-39, Western US
527 Posts
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Friday, July 23, 2010 8:04:46 AM
The dude with barefeet and short pants is nuts. The only way You'd see me here is with a complete set of hard plastic body armor. |
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 rebetikas
Male, 30-39, Australia
216 Posts
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Friday, July 23, 2010 6:34:46 AM
that was insane |
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 Link_Hiei
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
5158 Posts
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Friday, July 23, 2010 5:34:27 AM
I would so do that if I could. |
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 Batmanners
Male, 18-29, Canada
4012 Posts
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Friday, July 23, 2010 4:29:48 AM
That must be one bad-ass hill. I can't think of any other way to maintain that incredible speed with so little pushing.
At those speeds, pebbles aren't much to worry about. Cracks and rocks, maybe, but pebbles are only dangerous at low speeds, at those speeds, the board either goes right over it or chucks it out of the way. |
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 Jowsh
Male, 18-29, Europe
1057 Posts
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Friday, July 23, 2010 4:08:24 AM
"They had complete control, and I would say they were so skilled in fact, that they we not risking themselves, or others (motorists).
Now, had they seen a crack, or a pebble, or roadkill. That would have been a sick bail."
Whilst I know the skill involved as I longboard, (slalom & downhill) going on an in-use motorway is incredibly stupid, and not wearing leathers (or even shoes!) at those speeds is even more so.. Even if you are 'professional' you don't always anticipate every crack or what the cars are going to do! |
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 MrYouKnow
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
1088 Posts
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Friday, July 23, 2010 2:08:29 AM
They could have been pulled over for speeding. |
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jtjwsnake
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
124 Posts
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Friday, July 23, 2010 12:31:37 AM
wow, that one person was barefoot! i dont know if i could do that, definitely an entertaining video. good post! |
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 trp712
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
2222 Posts
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Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:49:45 PM
To all those saying, "Lucky they didn't hit a pebble", the guys here were riding Drop Down Decks, which means that a small rock wouldn't have any effect on them. A Drop Down Deck looks like this: 
Also, @smurficle, I resemble that remark! And they were Canadian, anyway. :P |
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 Smurficle
Female, 18-29, Australia
72 Posts
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Thursday, July 22, 2010 9:27:15 PM
Jafa. Who cares. |
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 TxP
Female, 70 & Over, Canada
1185 Posts
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Thursday, July 22, 2010 9:25:57 PM
auburnjunky-
good point, they probably have really tight trucks to help with the wobbles as well, less control, but they really didnt need to turn much anyway since they chose a straightaway |
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ZogHD
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
29 Posts
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Thursday, July 22, 2010 9:18:07 PM
WHY WAS THAT GIY BAREFOOTED!!!! |
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ZogHD
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
29 Posts
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Thursday, July 22, 2010 9:18:00 PM
Why was that guy barefooted? |
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 kula35
Male, 18-29, Canada
160 Posts
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Thursday, July 22, 2010 8:19:43 PM
In Canada main highways are up to 110 lol |
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auburnjunky
Male, 30-39, Southern US
8666 Posts
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Thursday, July 22, 2010 8:11:51 PM
Quick lesson on longboarding so you guys will see how badass these guys are.
Now, a typical skateboard can get a speed of about 15 MPH before the wobbles throw them off. Longboards are not so different, as you can get a good 25 MPH run going before it gets scary, BUT;
These guys are going 45-50. The skill it takes to bend over in that crouch, and look around, all the time correcting your boards wobble (at speed the board becomes unstable and changes direction about once every half second) while looking for cracks, rocks, and roadkill.
Lots and lots of skill.
They had complete control, and I would say they were so skilled in fact, that they we not risking themselves, or others (motorists).
Now, had they seen a crack, or a pebble, or roadkill. That would have been a sick bail. |
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Mayberry17
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
3 Posts
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Thursday, July 22, 2010 8:02:14 PM
If you have any knowledge of long boarding you'd know you don't just pick it up and go down the high way, cause you'll wreck and drat yourself up. If you can't see that your a dumbass. This poo aint easy |
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 turbotong
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
560 Posts
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Thursday, July 22, 2010 6:39:41 PM
kept waiting for the crash... |
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 Mikeer
Male, 18-29, Australia
47 Posts
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Thursday, July 22, 2010 6:19:27 PM
Courage? Nah. Humans are pretty durable and capable of fine manuevering (not that it takes that to roll down a hill). Most probably, nothing would happen, 99% of the time.
Stupid? Absolutely. As a driver who sees stupid non-nice individuals doing stupid crap all the time on the roads (one idiot nearly crashed into me in a parking lot yesterday, wtf?), I hate all people who put other road users in danger. Seriously, they could cause another car to swerve, hit them, hit another car, a tree, etc. Highways are designed to be safe, but at speeds over 100 km/h ANY risk could be fatal. |
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DinnerTime
Male, 18-29, Southern US
6 Posts
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Thursday, July 22, 2010 5:57:26 PM
One pebble and its going to be a bad day. |
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 xtkm1x
Male, 13-17, Southern US
418 Posts
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Thursday, July 22, 2010 4:46:06 PM
Absolutely a hero. That takes tremendous courage! |
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