“This is total board control, no way out, no safety break, no break block, no break gloves, no protection at all.”
You’ll have to be signed into YouTube to enjoy this high-speed pixelated bun run from the European Downhill Skate Championships 2005 in Altbüron, Switzerland. Dude has a point about needing ultimate board control when you’re ripping down pavement with your bits in the wind, really brings things into focus when the slightest miscalculation could result in head to toe road rash. Possibly the most European thing I’ve ever seen:
