This is harder than it looks. At the apex of his speed it's very easy for the board to go careening off in one direction or another with just the tiniest bit of incorrect leaning, this is essentially a massive test of balance
I mean usually i think red bull is doing cool stuff but this honestly just seem like a bit bigger-than-standard-slide with the extra step of having the guy being on a skateboard instead of his ass/belly.
This may look fairly casual(because he didn't fail), but honestly try goin on any medium sized ramp or halfpipe and stand on top. It is crazy how high it feels from the top compared to watching from the side. Then it's a while another level to actually drop in. The bigger the ramp the bigger the chance to "death wobble" where the board starts wobbling side to side. This guy has has balls of steel to drop from that height.
I can't tell if that is being facetious. Dude dropped in on a 200 foot quarter pipe off a 22 story high rise and hit 65mph. People base jump from that high. Dropping in on a 12 foot half pipe is pretty scary. This guy is absolutely out of his mind.
Why have a camera guy dangling from a wire if they weren’t going to show the launch close up. They switched to a far away camera and he became a tiny speck.
Instead of asking stupid questions, search YouTube for the video you want. It exists. I'm not going to link it for you though. You need to learn to do things for yourself
I mean he does kinda have a point though. like you watch a single video and you're like WHY HAVE OTHER CAMERA IF I NO SEE OTHER CAMERA?? like yeah obviously that video exists too, this just isn't that footage. you'd have to be pretty fucking stupid to not get that of course the other camera angle exists and this is a 47 second clip on imgur.
Also, more to the point of your comment, it's pretty easy to infer that they mean "Why go to all the trouble of setting up the close up shot if they're not going to use it in the release cut of the footage, and instead use a super hard to see shot?" I'd bet that this person knows that the footage from the close up camera exists even when they cut away and is asking why they're showing a less cool shot.
Point or no, the way it was addressed to the other person is my concern. This isn't about the validity of the statement, it's about the emotional vitriol and contention behind it, when there's no real call for that, since it is the very first exchange of the converstaion.
domillomew
what happens if he just acts like it's a giant slide with no board? same thing?
RetiredLaserMan
pretty sure most of the credit goes to gravity.
circlebreaker
How the Hell did he manage that with no speed wobbles?!
sippitsparingly
Was Red Bull involved in this?
ongabonga
Drone dude was too cheap and effective so they switched from dangling dude to helicopter dude.
swedeonamoose
fffffffffffffffffffffffffffuck that.
ninjafartball
Yea it's cool but NOPE
mastertmo
Probably pretty hefty G-forces at the bottom too.
LespritDeLescalier22
You know, even if he DIDNT do the drop and instead rappelled back down, it would STILL qualify as a world record attempt.
SylerCider
I don’t drink red bull or any energy drinks, but I am pretty impressed with how they like to spend their money. Just like GoPro.
kaijuuGold
the drop in is the easy part
OddlyPacific
How many people have tried this?
sunshineflavor
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlaXR4amh2eXdxd2x0Ymh3cXNoeWRkdWJ4ajFycnJnOWFnZnVodnZiZCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/wYyTHMm50f4Dm/200w.mp4
joebaston
How did he got there?
Mcmaclassie
I legit thought this was from one of the Skate games at first.
SomethingOtherThanMyRealName
ffffuuUUUUUUCCcccckkkkk - me trying that
oldguyexlurker
That's not skateboarding. That's falling, with style.
andwings2go
“Switch to the camera 2 miles away for the best part” yes sir!
Funnyhaha29
Fuckin idiots
Tenzil
What a disappointing video.
p0kerface
My palms got sweaty just watching this..
SpicyGoober
They should have had a camera guy do the drop in with him for a real good side shot!
onlyheretoargue
Exactly what record is being broken here?
Sk3tz0
Number of days still alive for that skateboarder
iDuckling
Live fast, die young, and leave a two-dimensional corpse...
Delathi
Do a kick flip!
throwawayaccount321
CitrusyGarlic
This is harder than it looks. At the apex of his speed it's very easy for the board to go careening off in one direction or another with just the tiniest bit of incorrect leaning, this is essentially a massive test of balance
WeMistbornsNeedNotMakeSense
Dont know how it look from that tiny speck
mrsdowneyjr
There's a video with Tony hawk talking about the prep including flying in a jet, 120kpm behind a car, and smashing into decelerators
StephenDaniels
At the end he'd get a bit of a taste of having to 'fly' the relative wind of his rapid descent, very much like how a skydiver controls himself.
amp99
headcloudmonkey
Just watching that makes my taint tingle
Oogibah
No
beachbum273
I concur
Mohareb
I mean usually i think red bull is doing cool stuff but this honestly just seem like a bit bigger-than-standard-slide with the extra step of having the guy being on a skateboard instead of his ass/belly.
DeanSledgehammer
This may look fairly casual(because he didn't fail), but honestly try goin on any medium sized ramp or halfpipe and stand on top. It is crazy how high it feels from the top compared to watching from the side.
Then it's a while another level to actually drop in. The bigger the ramp the bigger the chance to "death wobble" where the board starts wobbling side to side.
This guy has has balls of steel to drop from that height.
TheMayorOfTittyCity
I can't tell if that is being facetious. Dude dropped in on a 200 foot quarter pipe off a 22 story high rise and hit 65mph. People base jump from that high. Dropping in on a 12 foot half pipe is pretty scary. This guy is absolutely out of his mind.
SpicyGoober
And yet you don't see a line of people waiting to go right after him. I wonder why https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlOWMzaTk3YTcxeHc1cjRka254ZmUxOXFrc2NxZmRyc2czZW5ocnJvYiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/a5viI92PAF89q/200w.mp4
TCooley79
Probably cause it’s too easy /s
astrangehop
There's only one board
KiddR78
Why have a camera guy dangling from a wire if they weren’t going to show the launch close up. They switched to a far away camera and he became a tiny speck.
Hexarcy00
Instead of asking stupid questions, search YouTube for the video you want. It exists. I'm not going to link it for you though. You need to learn to do things for yourself
WeMistbornsNeedNotMakeSense
Bad day at work?
Zamerine
And you need to question your happiness
NibblonianNibbler
Sure, we come on imgur to do the work https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1b2MwNDluMzRxcjJuZWxhamVsZDh5bHozbnVyN29oNGdwYXJ3azZzMiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/DFNd1yVyRjmF2/200w.webp
Hexarcy00
you typed a comment but you can't type a search query?
wabitgirl
Damn... You doing alright? This feels incredibly hostile right out of the gate, and that makes me a bit worried for you. Is life going okay?
domillomew
I mean he does kinda have a point though. like you watch a single video and you're like WHY HAVE OTHER CAMERA IF I NO SEE OTHER CAMERA?? like yeah obviously that video exists too, this just isn't that footage. you'd have to be pretty fucking stupid to not get that of course the other camera angle exists and this is a 47 second clip on imgur.
Hexarcy00
ugh, imgur isn't fun anymore. Logical comments get downvoted. sarcasm is completely lost.
pineapplecatastrophe
lol calling a comment stupid as a first reply isn’t logical, it’s childish. Hence the downvotes
wabitgirl
Also, more to the point of your comment, it's pretty easy to infer that they mean "Why go to all the trouble of setting up the close up shot if they're not going to use it in the release cut of the footage, and instead use a super hard to see shot?" I'd bet that this person knows that the footage from the close up camera exists even when they cut away and is asking why they're showing a less cool shot.
andwings2go
You’ve taken this same position for 9hrs today bro. Why not simply share that other angle/better footage that is such an easy thing to find?
wabitgirl
Point or no, the way it was addressed to the other person is my concern. This isn't about the validity of the statement, it's about the emotional vitriol and contention behind it, when there's no real call for that, since it is the very first exchange of the converstaion.