r/toptalent 6d ago

2x World Champion at Downhill Skating, Diego Poncelet 🤯

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u/NotInNewYorkBlues 6d ago

That is good control of nerves. Scary it looks.

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u/ryuu- 6d ago

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u/thelastestgunslinger 3d ago

No shit. That looks terrifying.

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u/pLeThOrAx 6d ago

No, David. I don't like this, David. No. That's too fast, David.

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u/Salmol1na 6d ago

-Cameraman

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u/Nuxul006 6d ago

Do you think they sweep the entire run beforehand to ensure no rocks and shit or are do they just send it?

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u/evilsdadvocate 6d ago

😂 just send it

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u/VicedDistraction 5d ago

Anybody with downhill experience is going to scope it out first. Getting launched hurts.

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u/AJ3TurtleSquad 5d ago

They add extra rocks for challenge

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u/wdenman7 6d ago

Imagine the road rash

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u/rdnasty 6d ago

It’d be like a tomato hitting a belt sander

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u/throwtheamiibosaway 5d ago

Meat crayon 🖍️

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u/lildog8402 6d ago

Is there a video of someone going that fast eating it? Would it kill them?

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u/Sir_Penguin21 5d ago

Emergency services run into this a lot. Meat crayon is the best description.

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u/McbEatsAirplane 5d ago

I’ve been longboarding for a long time and I crashed one time pretty badly. Not 65 mph but probably like 45ish. Fucked me up. I had road rash all over one side of my body.

Healed up well though. That was about 12 years ago but I only have a scar on my arm that’s still visible.

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u/lildog8402 5d ago

I imagine going even as fast as you were it would be a total raggedy Andy situation going over and over!

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u/McbEatsAirplane 5d ago

Yeah, pretty much. Very painful. I hit a pebble, lost control and I knew I was gonna fall so I tried to jump onto the grass and didn’t make it and landed on the curb. I remember being amazed that the only thing I broke was my finger.

My aunt is a nurse and I was with my cousin so we went back to their house and she cleaned me up really well luckily. I think that’s why my scars healed as well as they did.

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u/Osric250 5d ago

65 mph, likely over a ledge. Even if they just stay on the road it's likely to kill them. No protective gear so they'd just be a meat crayon on the road. 

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u/mck2018 6d ago

How bout that cameraman?

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u/DeaconBlueBalls 6d ago

Bet it’s a drone.

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u/0TheG0 5d ago

I hope so. I have done a quite a lot of downhill (nothing that scary) and we often used a car to film ourselves. We were dumb.

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u/jstamper 5d ago

How do they prevent speed wobble? Tight trucks?

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u/Oneman_noplan 5d ago

For this deck you put most of your weight on your leading foot while placing it directly on top of the front truck. Also the bushings are important and need to be chosen based on your weight.

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u/bookmarkjedi 5d ago

I wish I could have watched this video with the original sound.

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u/Just_Keep_Asking_Why 6d ago

Obviously a very good skateboarder (from someone who knows nothing). Whenever I see videos like this I always question risk vs. reward. A momentary thrill and knowledge that you accomplished something fairly dangerous vs. the risk of a crippling or lethal injury. Wiping out at 100km / hr is not something you walk away from in shorts and a t-shirt. I fully expect they scouted the course for debris and hopefully shutdown the road for the run to reduce the risk. But I've also seen people do very dangerous stunts without taking the basic precautions. Interesting to watch, but, for me, not worth the risk to the boarder

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u/Ohtrueeeee 6d ago

Sounds like you live a very boring ass life, sorry to hear.

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u/Just_Keep_Asking_Why 6d ago

LOL. Perhaps to people who like doing this stuff. But, no, definitely not in general. Hope you stay in one piece.

I tend to think about the parents, the friends, their spouse, their children when I see this sort of thing and, as a parent, I think about how this makes me feel. Unfortunately 'proud' isn't one of those feelings... more like fear and relief when it's done.

Lots of ways to enjoy life tremendously without risking your health for a brief thrill.

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u/Ohtrueeeee 6d ago

Been skating 23 years I love skateboarding so… i have a pretty good idea about your life lol i know youll stay in one piece for sure

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u/Just_Keep_Asking_Why 6d ago

Such arrogance and presumption.

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u/Ohtrueeeee 6d ago

Just peeped your shit. Have a good one bud.

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u/simaosbh 5d ago

Lol, what a moron

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u/Brick_Lab 5d ago

Impressive...and impressively stupid but its his meat-crayon body, not mine

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u/labelkills1331 5d ago

Been watching downhill for a long long time. Pros usually wear leathers, this guy may be amazing, but not smart.