Barefoot race video!!!!

[BOMBHILLER]

Man, I saw that video on www.steelduck.com and I could not resist to share it with you guys.
You can see on it a barefoot speedboard event. Unbeliavable!

A footbraking would be a serious issue!!!!!
That video is awesome. Congrats to the website owner for hosting that.
I would not ride that way and I'm not stimulating anyone to do that. It's really dangerous. I'm only posting it to show something I've never ever seen: a BAREFOOT RACE!!

Those guys got balls...
This is the link for the video: http://www.steelduck.com/video/hss.mov
It takes a little long time to download but it's worth waiting!

[bpz]

Steelduck is a member here, hopefully he'll see this and comment!

[steelduck]

Heh... glad you apriciated it. That video was made by two Finnish Longboarders Marko Takanen and Aapo (I dont remember his last name) and I am hosting it for them.

The barefoot racing pumped up the adrealine especially on a rookie like me.

The event was really fun and it will hopefully be an annual event. Here are some pics from the event:

http://www.steelduck.com/kklc/galler...2005/index.htm

ps. the link to our longboard club is http://steelduck.com/kklc there are some other pics and videos also. the steelduck.com is my personal page...

..and an english version: http://www.steelduck.com/kklc/english.html

[gorillabiscuits]

Thats a sweet vid! Looks like a lot of fun. Any stubbed toes? :P

[marko]

Thanks for the comments quys.

Racing without shoes may sound dangerous but it isn't. We are just fixed to shoes too much nowadays. Anyway, the hill was so tiny that it would have been boring to race it with shoes.

Original post is here: http://www.silverfishlongboarding.co...ic.php?t=15180

[JimK]

Crazy Finns racing barefoot. learned way back in the 70`s when I was
just a beginner that riding barefoot can be dangerous. 2 broken toes at
the tender age of 12 told me to keep my shoes on. I just happen
to be a Finn myself. My Father didn`t learn to speak english till he started
school. Do you know of many Kallinen`s in Helsinki ? Its not a common
last name around here thats for sure.

[valskater]

I watched it today. Besides looking like a blast.....It was a well done video. Nice camera work and nice editing. I was stoked!