SA those guys on the skateboards

james123 · 20-11-2010, 02:05 AM

hey people if u seen the news about those guys on the skateboards cruizing down the freeway haha pertty funny cause they said that they got up to 90k/h

smoo · 20-11-2010, 02:09 PM

Not in SA but over here, these guys would be doing between 80-100kays and the vid doesn't show how steep the hill really is. Have to lol at the guy at 1:15.

Jim Goose · 20-11-2010, 02:17 PM

Yes pretty funny... funnnier still if they get run over by a large truck

smoo · 20-11-2010, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by smoo

Not in SA but over here, these guys would be doing between 80-100kays and the vid doesn't show how steep the hill really is. Have to lol at the guy at 1:15.

suppose I should ad the video lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgVo1IAVrDM

jaydee · 20-11-2010, 05:02 PM

Richard Craniums. If only they'd got a speed wobble.

pottery beige · 20-11-2010, 05:19 PM

good on em need a few more risk takers in this brainwashed must be good and conform do good world..... Target Hill rd was king for me back in the bmx gang days..... wheeeeeeee......

sgt_doofey · 20-11-2010, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by pottery beige

good on em need a few more risk takers in this brainwashed must be good and conform do good world..... Target Hill rd was king for me back in the bmx gang days..... wheeeeeeee......

Any ideas on what sort of speeds you got going down their pottery beige? Would have been a nice thrill!

falzoony · 20-11-2010, 09:02 PM

Haha I grew up at the bottom of target hill rd, every kid in the neighbourhood tried it no one I knew made it to the bottom.

pottery beige · 20-11-2010, 09:47 PM

haha i dont know how fast we were going.. i know the pooper valve was flat out.. Black Top and McIntyre rd were the others...... Wheeeeee.......

prydey · 20-11-2010, 09:48 PM

the story was a media beat up at its best. the 3 riders are extreme sport professionals and are in the top 20 in the world. they were training for an event coming up at mt panorama. it was at 2am in the morning with next to no traffic. they have someone driving a car behind them in the lane they are in with their hazards on.

the media make it sound like they were weaving in and out of the peak hour traffic. they also make out like its just a bunch of kids who decided to have a skateboard. wouldn't want the truth getting in the way of a good story.

they were wearing full helmets, full leathers etc etc.

Yellow_Festiva · 20-11-2010, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by prydey

the story was a media beat up at its best. the 3 riders are extreme sport professionals and are in the top 20 in the world. they were training for an event coming up at mt panorama. it was at 2am in the morning with next to no traffic. they have someone driving a car behind them in the lane they are in with their hazards on.

the media make it sound like they were weaving in and out of the peak hour traffic. they also make out like its just a bunch of kids who decided to have a skateboard. wouldn't want the truth getting in the way of a good story.

they were wearing full helmets, full leathers etc etc.

Did the media use the same clip as the one attached to this thread?

I watched this clip on Youtube after it appeared on ninemsn about a month back.

Not something I would do, but even if they took a few precautions it is still a public road (freeway?) and.. you know that saying... 'stool happens'.

Who am I to talk... I got my BMX to 70 down my street with no helmet and a pair of thongs when I was but a lad growing up lol.

Yellow_Festiva · 20-11-2010, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

Richard Craniums. If only they'd got a speed wobble.

I like that one, almost as good as "I don't give an aeronautical fornication about...." which was also mentioned on this very forum a while back.

prydey · 21-11-2010, 09:37 AM

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/s...-1225956247634

this is the footage. 2 cars and a truck. in typical fashion they replay the same clip from different angles to make it look like its worse. the car behind them is part of their team.

i'm not condoning what they did, but its not as bad as they first made out. when i first heard it on the news a few days ago, i too thought 'what idiots' but then read the more correct news story in yesterdays paper and thought 'typical media'. its all about ratings these days.

jamesson1980 · 21-11-2010, 10:06 AM

It's been done in Melbourne's Burnley Tunnel in 2004 from memory.. so dangerous for many reasons but somehow very admirable

fmc351 · 21-11-2010, 10:14 AM

I get gravel rash just watching them.

Molloy · 21-11-2010, 10:34 AM

Farrrk that! have a go at the guy with no shoes or armor on!

jaydee · 21-11-2010, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by prydey

the story was a media beat up at its best. the 3 riders are extreme sport professionals and are in the top 20 in the world. they were training for an event coming up at mt panorama. it was at 2am in the morning with next to no traffic. they have someone driving a car behind them in the lane they are in with their hazards on.

the media make it sound like they were weaving in and out of the peak hour traffic. they also make out like its just a bunch of kids who decided to have a skateboard. wouldn't want the truth getting in the way of a good story.

they were wearing full helmets, full leathers etc etc.

Maybe so, but then some kids sitting around having a drink or a cone suddenly get a great idea "Hey, I saw this on the TV looked cool, lets have a go".
Next thing you know they're getting splatterd on the highway and some poor truckie (like the one right behind the clowns) has to live with that for the rest of his life.

pottery beige · 21-11-2010, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

Maybe so, but then some kids sitting around having a drink or a cone suddenly get a great idea "Hey, I saw this on the TV looked cool, lets have a go".
Next thing you know they're getting splatterd on the highway and some poor truckie (like the one right behind the clowns) has to live with that for the rest of his life.

drink and a cone i'm up for a spew.... must be gettin old man.....

creative · 21-11-2010, 08:54 PM

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Police stopped the men and issued on-the-spot fines for riding a skateboard on a road at speeds over 50 km/h, riding a skateboard at night and riding a skateboard on the freeway.

WTF? the last one ok, but riding a skateboard at night and travelling over 50km/h?

they would love this guy then:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS31B...x=0&playnext=1

and a few more of him here....

http://www.youtube.com/user/buggyrollin

Blem · 22-11-2010, 10:20 PM

I'd be more impressed if they went down the up track.
If they could do that at any time of the day & survive then