r/oops • u/Effective_Ad_9016 • 19h ago

Street skating without a spotter

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u/CheeseFour2O 19h ago

At least he barely got clipped in his clip. Hopefully will learn a lesson from this

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u/Lilpastadude 19h ago

Nah he didn’t that little bump is so more serious than he looks

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u/BEEP53 19h ago

So who's the cameraman

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u/TurkishLanding 18h ago

The promoter.

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u/BEEP53 6h ago

True he got a great angle of that unfortunate dismount

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u/Icy_Village5792 15h ago

Dude jumped in front of the car, spotter wouldn't have changed a thing even if he was present

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u/BodaciousBadongadonk 12h ago

Nah a good spotter will be ready to tackle your ass, we'd even keep a few if shit was real busy but tbh it was more to save loose boards cuz we were broke as fuck haha

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u/WhenTheCitiesBurn 18h ago

At least the skateboard seems to be okay.

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u/OkLibrary4242 17h ago

Was that a police car coming in at the very end?

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u/Individual_Tooth_752 17h ago

Natural selection

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u/Ok-Election-9205 19h ago

No more skating for little bro

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u/October_people 19h ago

I laughed way too hard at this 🤣

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u/Tin_Indian455 19h ago

He could have parkee’d or somersaulted over the car.

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u/PerspicaciousVanille 14h ago

Doesn’t need to wait for EMS, he caught a cab

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u/Background_Edge_9427 19h ago

Maybe the person filming should have been spotting! But then we wouldn't have seen this kid get hit by a car! Priorities! I hope he's ok.

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u/Low-Understanding699 17h ago

Looked like a cop car right there at the end of

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u/Late_Study9160 16h ago

Injuries are long-term. He could have died. You don't play near the street

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u/kola515 16h ago

Stupid F**k

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u/Altruistic_Jacket186 15h ago

Nice reaction time /jump back.

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u/Own_Zookeepergame982 15h ago

Almost took the Death Can for Cutie!

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u/SavedByTech 14h ago

Darwin award near miss...

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u/WackAMoleylol 12h ago

Hahahah. Deserved. 

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u/gorgargotyou 18h ago

Cab driver gets to have that on his record now. 

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u/Buttchuggle 17h ago

Pretty sure the car coming in from the left at the end is a cop that got to see it wasn't the drivers fault at all

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u/Brewingbiker 16h ago

Have what, precisely? Some idiot ran into him because he was careless? No damage, and in no way avoidable for the driver.

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u/Sofisticated2 16h ago

Yeah that dude is dumb

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u/Brewingbiker 14h ago

Dumb but lucky. If he had been a second sooner he would have far bigger issues (or none at all)

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u/gorgargotyou 15h ago

OK, I'll pick you. He was driving a motor vehicle that came into contact with a pedestrian. Perhaps instead of "on his record," I should have said that he will have to "deal" with that, because if the skater is injured, there will be law enforcement, insurance, and possibly court to deal with. 

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u/Brewingbiker 14h ago

Well, I hit a bicyclist once who crossed the road right in front of me, too close to stop. He rolled up onto the hood of my mustang and rolled right back off onto the pavement as I panick-stopped. The local cops were called, the cop refused to ticket me despite the bicyclists demands because he was at fault. This was even more blatant. The cab driver isn't going to get a ticket. He can't help an idiot hitting the side of his cab when HE is on the roadway where he legally needs to be. And it's on video, no less.

Go to court for WHAT, exactly? What are you seeing that everyone else is missing? He hit the side of the cab, he went into the street.

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u/gorgargotyou 14h ago

Just because a situation seems to be a slam dunk in your favor doesn't necessarily mean it won't take effort to extricate yourself.

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u/Emotional_Standard76 15h ago

Yeah because driver is suppose to expect some dude to jump over a bush and onto incoming traffic

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u/Windyfii 18h ago

i thought the title said 'with a spotter' 😭 (the taxi)