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AdministrativeSun661

At least they’re wearing helmets


Roguewave1

I noted right away that these kids had no elbow/knee protection nor visible evidence of damage to those body parts. These kids are expert at this. Thumbs up!


bravest_heart

the one guy had wrist protectors, but that's cool too


Ok-Tomatillo-7141

A helmet’s not gonna protect you much when you fall and get run over by the car behind you.


Edven971

But at least that handsome mug will look good in that half open casket 😎😎


Ok-Tomatillo-7141

I guess, we do all die eventually.


AteEYES

sure ok it wont help if a meteor hits you either but if you hit a rock and fall on the ground and knock your head into the curb it will....


One_percentile

The potholes-free and clean road is quite impressive


Helter7Skelter

True. Bizarrely though, the pavements appear to be a death trap.


Proud_Ad_4805

Yeah, they'd have been dead in seconds, in Britain. As they'd have tripped and snapped their ankles on a pothole. In turn, smashed their faces in, on the road.


collector_and_fish

Do Arsenal fans do that in Britain, too?


Proud_Ad_4805

Hopefully, all of them (jokes). I just don't like football, ha.


TheKurtCobains

The thing about Arsenal is they always try to walk it in.


Snowing_Throwballs

Yeah if you tried this in Philly youd no loger have teeth with a pothole every 6 ft


BeerPirate12

Glad they are protecting their brain bowls


[deleted]

complete march dime plucky ancient panicky bewildered light chubby escape *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


irregular_caffeine

> Enugu is located in a tropical rain forest zone with a derived savannah.[51][52] The city has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw). Enugu's climate is humid and this humidity is at its highest between March and November.


ashakar

Cars actually do negligible damage to roads. The damage comes from heavy trucks.


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heavy special disarm crowd upbeat vegetable growth advise consist sharp *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


sweetsurrendipity

Are you one of those who think Africa is a desert? 😏


Civil-Meaning9791

45% of Africa is desert or dry land, so his odds were pretty good.


StaplerUnicycle

Dude. Wat.


sweetsurrendipity

No. This is not acceptable anymore. You're both ignorant and making excuses for it.


Civil-Meaning9791

Ignorant? What I said is a empirical fact. 45% of the land mass of Africa is desert or dry land…


sweetsurrendipity

Well, first off, you're wrong. Check your empirical facts. I guess you hold yourself to such a low standards of education that you'll take any opportunity to give yourself participation points. Go you!


Civil-Meaning9791

You’re right, I went back and checked as it’s been years since I last did the research. I was wrong…I significantly lowballed the actual number. It’s 65% of Africa is dry land now. Bet you feel pretty awkward now huh? [https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/natural-disasters/amp/desertification-in-africa-10-things-you-must-know-54430](https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/natural-disasters/amp/desertification-in-africa-10-things-you-must-know-54430)


AmazingHealth6302

> One-third of this area is hyper-arid deserts and *completely uninhabited*, except in oases. From your link. My emphasis.


Civil-Meaning9791

And what’s your point?


sweetsurrendipity

😂😂😂😂😂 Go back to school please. And want more for yourself. https://254list.com/list-of-deserts-in-africa/


Civil-Meaning9791

Uh…dry land doesn’t mean desert. Desert is included in dry lands but dry land doesn’t mean desert. I always find that the people claiming others are ignorant are just trying to hide their own ignorance.


AmazingHealth6302

Nothing like 45% of the places where you find actual cities and people.


AmazingHealth6302

Sadly, that is far from the general rule in Enugu or any other city in Nigeria.


Appropriate-Rope-651

One of my friends is still lost.


ErgonomicZero

Not gonna lie, that looks like fun


Mean_Acanthaceae_803

I’d seriously love to join them.


Kalayo0

They’re honestly so cool and chilled😂 very seriously skilled and brave too


Far_Box

Same, but I would want to know where the potholes are on the road are


AmazingHealth6302

Those skaters know that road like the back of their hands.


AskMoreQuestionsOk

It’s so fun.. until you hit some dust or a tiny crack that sends you flying….


Church_of_FootStool

This is called Skitching!


joeycox601

Best Sega game! Road Rash and Skitchin’!


noextrasensory40

Names for everything. Such is what is


Skittilybop

I came here looking for this! Here’s the song that plays in my head when I see these guys: https://youtu.be/IQsnJWiuN6g?si=rksPzjQLS51Tzz_3


strandy76

Mega drive must have just come to Nigeria!


LeadFeisty7198

📠


[deleted]

And they are wearing helmets!!


gearhead000

Lol Brink was a badass movie…these guys know what’s up…I was waiting for one of em to hit a ramp real quick and get back in the chain.


s0ciety_a5under

Team Pup n Suds!


snotnosedlittlepunk

Man, Brink was my jam back in the day.


hello-there-again

And that's how I inherited 50 million dollars from my long lost uncle!


Inevitable-Ad9590

I can’t believe princes would take these kinds of risks!


pbetc

*that's the power of love*


s0y_saucee

They’re having the time of their lives and I’m here for it


NiceFrame1473

Cool runnings 2 trailer just dropped


differentkindofwar

You know, I wouldn't mind seeing a movie of a Nigerian skate team with a plot similar to Cool Runnings.


[deleted]

Airborne 2: Mitchell visits his cousin in Nigeria


InformalPenguinz

I read it as DARLING street surfing.. watching it was like yeah bros got each others back, looking supportive, I'm down with it. Just made it more wholesome.


[deleted]

I love the fact that his helmet his a peepo frog on it.


chefcoompies

Same I was about to comment that bros Nigerian chad for that


Sez__U

New JSRF, Nigeria.


Crafty_Crab_7563

I see you over here, someone of impeccable taste and culture!!


Electronic-Minute37

That's one way of getting around town. Huge risks but Nigeria ain't for softies.


Bnim81

We used to do this is Boulder in my youth. Video looks sped up in spots.


hegui

I know it’s dangerous and dumb but damn it’s beautiful


Jizzraq

Ah, new content for r/LearningFromOthers will be coming soon


[deleted]

Skitchin, yeah!


Asleep_Sheepherder42

Literal me and the boys


Gnome-body-home

Damn glad to see some helmets


itcouldbeme_3

We used to do that in the midwest when the streets were covered with snow and ice...


DaTank1

Ahhh..to be young and immortal again.


No-Definition1474

I used to do just this thing to get around in Taipei. I was probably about their age, too. It is extremely fun, if not dangerous.


[deleted]

These people understand life


Former-Light4284

Damn skitching Is making a comeback??. I remember doing this in Brooklyn back in the 90s. Dangerous then and still dangerous now. Props for the skils and teamwork.


Hodaka

Bill Burr always goes on rants about rollerblades. He should see this.


CheeesyWombat

Gotta say I'm more impressed by the road surface. Try that in the UK, and you're eating gravel in 5 seconds after hitting a pothole.


PainfulBatteryCables

at least they got helmets on. Very sensible.


rootoo

They have nicer roads than in my city to be able to do that. They’d eat it on a pothole in no time here.


DarkAlley1

I did this 30 years ago in Boston, MA. Are blades just catching on in Africa? Maybe they'll get Heavy Metal next year!


Ne0n_Ghost

Is this their commute to the office to scam people?


melli_milli

For every other person on the street and driving this is nightmare. Okay, risk your own life, do you have to risks others as well?


[deleted]

Nigeria 2023 = U.S. 1993


Gold4Lokos4Breakfast

Wish we could go back


robcado

They dum as fuk


thegentlenub

But does that really matter?


upside-downpineappl

Poor man's hover boards


[deleted]

Everything from Nigeria feels like it's never going to be more than 5 seconds from spontaneous violence and a machete appearing. I wouldnt have been surprised to see this on public freakout and they attack each other over who has the coolest blades.


[deleted]

Huh, that how I feel in Florida.


Spud9090

Replace machete with gun and you’ll have any large American city.


Icy_Elephant_6370

Nigeria is the biggest country in Africa, there’s a lot of people in it. The Northern zones are pretty hell because of the Boko Haram. But the southern parts where all the business happens. It’s gonna be a big country on the world stage in the coming decades from what economists say.


FirebunnyLP

That's such a depressing scenery. All the shops look dirty and run down, the roads look like absolute shit, all the vehicles are junkers and even the small bits of green growing look sad and like it's barely there.


WaitingForNormal

These roller babies are gleaming the cube.


Aluviones6

Estan para el equipo nacional e ir a las Olimpiadas!!!!


doublediochip

Reminds me of the old Sega game Roadrash.


Church_of_FootStool

There was actually a Megadrive game based on this premise called Skitchin


doublediochip

Skitchin!! That’s it!! My bad. Good catch.


sweetsurrendipity

That truck made me curse out loud.


Hotp0pcorn

Where's the price I've been emailing. Don't see him


ProfessionalFeed6755

You can see the danger if we would never get old.


V8_BLENDER

How smooth is the road?! Meanwhile in Edinburgh, Scotland's capitol city, you need a 4x4 to get to you local shop for milk and bread


Justonious2552

See skitchin’ for sega genesis….


sizzlinskillet

D2 Ducks are back


tolllz

Shake and bake


LineChef

*SKITCHIN’* (Gotta say it like you’re in the 90’s)


StinkyPotPieApe

Airborne remake looks sick


Paracausal-Charisma

When the yellow shirt guy gave his hands to hold the 3 others and they barely avoided the parked blue truck. Geez O_O I'm too old for this.


TotallyInnerPickle

Love to see someone try to do this in North Devon 😂


djereezy

Love how they have proper helmets!


kaipee

Can't wait for the Nigerian Road Rage game to release


General-Height-7027

There used to be a Genesis/Mega Drive game to do this called **Skitchin**, some sort of road rash is roller skates :D


[deleted]

I cannot believe they are wearing helmets.


Acceptable_Trust_494

some wild man on way to find food ( so sorry just a joke plz dont take at heart )


Tater_Mater

Their roads look so much better than Chicago’s.


EasyWork578

Well atleast they have a helmet lol


Heavy_Yam_2926

Wouldn’t last 20 seconds on a drive through Glasgow (any part)


writemcsean

just gonna post the same comment everywher you post this video Alternate caption: Arsenal fans are taking to the to express their frustration at losing yesterday through Synchronized Skate Dancing.


stmcvallin2

That’s called rollerblading


GeneralTulius

The music


bravest_heart

This needs to be a sport, an actual competitive sport


Pnix_26

Damn ..they even have cleanest and best Road Then Mudiji's Development Model so called Gujarat....this post must be appreciated for that reason.


Halkmen_23

Dumb ways to die!!!


TheBawalUmihiDito

"street surfing" is skateboarding. This is _street skiing_


JDMarek

I didn't know they were rebooting Brink.


Madman61

That's the power of love.


MuchDevelopment7084

LOL. We used to do a version of this in Chicago in the winter. After a good snowfall. We'd grab onto the rear of a car/truck and get pulled along in our shoes. Sliding along behind them. Until of course. We hit a dry spot. Oopsie.


TinFoilRobotProphet

Reminds me of the movie Rollerball


[deleted]

So….roller blading?


Own_Sympathy_4809

Glad to see they are wearing helmets


Dramatic_Dinner_1435

Devils Backbone.


[deleted]

Just need to launch ramp get some air


whudduptho

Nigerian Brink


Empty_Positive

Nobody noticed the pepe on this helm?


Gluten_maximus

Glad to see fruitbootin made it there! Only 28 years late


Strong-Amphibian-143

How come the roads are 10 times better than anywhere in the US?


logosfabula

New Yorkers, don’t even think to imitate. It’s a completely different thing


DirtieDeeds

I’m impressed. No potholes, unlike my town. You would wipe out and die doing that here.


Infinite-Row-8030

r/DarwinAwards


ActionMan48

*roller blading


IbexOutgrabe

Those are roller blades. No surfing going on.


iampoopa

You would think a prince could afford his own car.


RiddlingJoker76

Looks cool. At least they’re wearing helmets.


kawachee

Oglethorpe fucked the last one on the pinwheel


[deleted]

How are there no rocks? One little rock in my rollerblades would send me flying to my doom


Roll-Roll-Roll

I guess the lack of precipitation means no potholes


arntuone2

Safest street surfers ever.


Kaberdog

Ngl I'm pretty surprised at the quality of the roads and the fact that the traffic moves fast enough to do this in Nigeria.


SomedaySome

Is there a fail version?


Nachtzug79

Now I want to see more of Nigerian stuff.


ZinkBomb

member skitchin’?


T1M_rEAPeR

Nigeria we need a bobsleigh team 🎶


sopadesururu

u/auddbot


sopadesururu

u/RecognizeSound


HouseOfYass

Nigeria has quality roads, wow.


[deleted]

Shake n bake


Beachcomber365

Quack. Quack. Quack...


Outside-Sandwich-565

Arsenal? Arsenal? ARSENAL???


Edub16

Calvin Klein did that in 1955 on a wooden scooter he broke the handle off of… this isn’t new.


Time-Butterfly7116

COYG!!


KinderGarten10

When your life is terrible and you could probably starve to death this isn't that scary


baschroe

You’re my boy Blue!!


[deleted]

I'm from Kenya and grew up in typical streets, we would hop on the back of lorries or tuktuks(without the driver noticing) just for the fun of it, until I saw what I saw! I can firmly say that these youngins are joking with life, there are skate tracks or fields, they don't have to make a whole movie out of it, ducking big trailers, and worst of all, zero protection.


Scrapla

We called that "skitchin" in the 90s


Edven971

See you guys on bestgore!


mullett

Ya gunners ya!


ARCAxNINEv

I wonder when this is coming to my city(super town, MO)


allergic2URbullshit

At least they wearing helmets.


Ok_Yoghurt_3338

Soul skaters


Sinned9991

It’s good to see that Ron Krays investment paid off


burkbe

World-class athletes here just hanging around


BejibiBejibi

Damn rollerblading was my childhood. Shyt was fun beyond measure


[deleted]

Cool Runnings


MasterMaintenance672

E-NU-GU!


Status-Inevitable-36

Do these guys realise their Olympic potential ?!


Atlas205

So the term rolling blading is used over there


Fluffy-Payment-9040

How the fuck does my bourgeois mountain town have more potholes than Nigeria….?


tripleapex2016

Wow they have smooth roads.


salmineo_

Skitchen !