|
Community Forum · Est. 2006
|
#1
●
02-09-2013, 02:16 AM
| ||||||||
 ★ ********* ★ Poster Rank:246 Male Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5,565
Contributions: 368
Mentioned: 66 Post(s) Quoted: 932 Post(s)
| ||||||||
|
[Video] Skateboarder Reaching 68mph: Man Faces Arrest for Going Over Speed Limit
Boarding without borders: Watch the extreme skateboarder facing arrest for reaching 68mph The “Spoofing the Traffic Camera” video, shows South African skater Decio Lourenco hurtling down the mountain road in fading light [quote]A skateboarder is facing arrest over a video posted on YouTube of him careering down a street at 68 mph to set off a speed camera. The “Spoofing the Traffic Camera” video, which has notched up more than 200,000 YouTube hits, shows South African skater Decio Lourenco, hands folded behind his back to decrease wind resistance, hurtling down the mountain road in fading light. Motorists in Cape Town on the opposite side have their headlights on. Towards the bottom of the run, he throws his hands up in jubilation after a GPS system strapped to his foot showed he had clocked up the amazing speed. “We have handed over the matter to traffic officials and want him arrested.” JP Smith, the Cape Town official in charge of safety and security. “The speed limit is irrelevant. He is seen careering down the road in a reckless and dangerous manner.” The road in question, Kloof Nek, is one of Cape Town’s steepest and has been used to host extreme skateboarding events, although only when closed to traffic. The city does not allow skateboarding on public roads. The threat of arrest for one of their most celebrated comrades has the close-knit skateboarding community up in arms, with posts on the National Skate Collective Facebook page calling for “mass action”. “The city is trying to shut us down.” said the page, which carries the popular skater tag-line “Skate or Die”. |
|
#2
●
02-09-2013, 02:10 PM
| ||||||||
| My Rank: PRIVATE Poster Rank:6247 male Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 36 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 2 Post(s)
| ||||||||
|
Re: [Video] Skateboarder Reaching 68mph: Man Faces Arrest for Going Over Speed Limit
Bad ass! Not the smartest thing, but bad ass!!
|
|
#4
●
02-09-2013, 05:25 PM
| ||||||||
 My Rank: MASTER SERGEANT Poster Rank:564 M Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,724
Contributions: 1
Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Quoted: 47 Post(s)
| ||||||||
|
Re: [Video] Skateboarder Reaching 68mph: Man Faces Arrest for Going Over Speed Limit
veryvery cool, and even more dangerous.  |
|
#5
●
02-09-2013, 09:45 PM
| ||||||||
 My Rank: PRIVATE FIRST CLASS Poster Rank:4049 Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 77 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 3 Post(s)
| ||||||||
|
Re: [Video] Skateboarder Reaching 68mph: Man Faces Arrest for Going Over Speed Limit
He received a citation because someone wanted him arrested. Probably a sourpuss who hates young people and all that they do. If people love the hill so much make the hill a skating event and make big money instead of citing people with ridiculous charges.
|
|
#6
●
02-11-2013, 03:11 AM
| ||||||||
 My Rank: GUNNERY SERGEANT Poster Rank:695 male Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,219 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 17 Post(s)
| ||||||||
|
Re: [Video] Skateboarder Reaching 68mph: Man Faces Arrest for Going Over Speed Limit
cool video & luv that song
|
|
#7
●
02-11-2013, 09:08 AM
| ||||||||
 ✝Mudderator from Hell✝ Poster Rank:10 e-mail Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 94,975
Contributions: 817
Mentioned: 472 Post(s) Quoted: 10078 Post(s)
| ||||||||
|
Re: [Video] Skateboarder Reaching 68mph: Man Faces Arrest for Going Over Speed Limit
it's all fun till they eat the grill of a truck. others will copy this and are probably not as skilled as this guy and can cause dangerous road situations. |
|
#8
●
02-11-2013, 05:48 PM
| ||||||||
 My Rank: LANCE CORPORAL Poster Rank:2015 Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 244 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 13 Post(s)
| ||||||||
|
Re: [Video] Skateboarder Reaching 68mph: Man Faces Arrest for Going Over Speed Limit
Oh come on, what could POSSIBLY go wrong   |
