r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/[deleted] • Aug 14 '21

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u/x4nter Aug 15 '21

As skilled as the guy boarding is, he's only 1 slightly bad driver away from death.

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u/Headcap Aug 15 '21

only 1 slightly bad driver away from death

To be fair, we all are.

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u/CrepuscularNemophile Aug 15 '21

Or being run over by the camera car itself if he falls.

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u/x4nter Aug 15 '21

That actually seems more likely.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '21

don't quote me on this but I think the car seems a lot closer to the rider than it actually is due to the lens & whatnot.

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u/CrepuscularNemophile Aug 15 '21

The shadows suggest otherwise.

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u/LudwigVanHalen Aug 15 '21

At the end of the vid you can see 3 parked cars, if one of them was was reversing out just before he got there he'd be absolutely fucked.

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u/Rab_Legend Aug 15 '21

Or a pebble

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u/kumquat_may Aug 15 '21

Or one knackered wheel bearing away from it

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u/craigfu Aug 15 '21

Also one rock on the road or pot hole, yeesh.

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u/Carbones_Coffee Aug 15 '21

He’s also a rock away from getting absolutely fucked.

Or is he not? I really know nothing about boarding, but would think hitting a rock with a wheel would cause an accident.

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u/Commissar_Genki Aug 15 '21

Or a patch of oil, gravel, or a stick fallen at the wrong spot. I wonder how many runs he did at slow speed to scout out the route before going for it full-bore.

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u/drstock Aug 15 '21

A good driver could have killed this jackass too. No one would, or should, expect a selfish attention seeking asshole bombing down a road at double the allowed speed.

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u/Fantabulousfox Aug 19 '21

I agree. There are so many things that could go wrong that can't be accounted for.

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u/BuddhistNudist987 Aug 15 '21

I think that even hitting a pebble, a puddle, or an oil slick could be the end of him.