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3 Minute Video Shows Skateboarder Jumping The Subway Tracks
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Jen Carlson
Published Jun 23, 2014
Modified Jun 23, 2014
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We've been patiently waiting for full video showing a skateboarder jumping the 145th Street tracks in Harlem, and it has finally turned up in the clip below. Behold (around the 2:30 mark):
The clip is from MandibleClaw (aka director Colin Read) for his video "Tengu: God of Mischief." He talked about the shoot last year, saying, "We waited till about 5 a.m. to get this trick but it was worth it. I wasn’t sure [skateboarder] Koki was going to do it when we went down, but after a few run ups he landed it first try."
Of course: do not try this at home... even Koki wiped out onto the tracks before landing the jump.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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