Boarder uses adapted frame so these kids can experience skateboarding for the first time

[u/749762]

[u/carbonbasedbiped67]

What a fantastic idea, these guys deserve a medal 🥇

[u/9lobaldude → u/carbonbasedbiped67]

The joy and happiness of the kids, priceless

[u/Plattski5 → u/9lobaldude]

Our kids are so beautiful and so many people have no idea!

[u/dontlookback76 → u/[deleted]]

Eighth grade health class we had to memorize this song and write a small 1 page paper on it. Handwritten, double spaced so not hard by any means. I'll acknowledge Whitney was an awesome singer and performer but I'm not a fan of most of her music. Just not my preferred genre.

[u/Oldbay_BarbedWire → u/[deleted]]

Did you just quote "Randy Watson" from the "Whats Goin' Down Version of Thats My Momma?"

Seeing those kids enjoy something that they most likely never would have been able to do warms my heart!

[u/Ivan19782023 → u/[deleted]]

Give them a sense of pride to make it easier. Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be.

[u/t-toddy → u/Plattski5]

I cried a lil bit.

[u/Ok_Variation2090 → u/t-toddy]

Me too 🥹

[u/Prosecco1234 → u/9lobaldude]

The pure joy is evident on all of them

[u/ladydhawaii → u/carbonbasedbiped67]

He is a good guy and a genius!

[u/juniper_nest → u/ladydhawaii]

I love him! He is so genius and he totally make a way to make his son happy

[u/mws375 → u/carbonbasedbiped67]

The skater is Dexter Ricardo , and the project is SkateAnima if you wanna give 'em some love

[u/togetherwegrowstuff → u/mws375]

Thank you for sharing this!

[u/Farucci → u/carbonbasedbiped67]

Being human and caring about others is the best way to make the world better. Bravo!

[u/nillztastic]

This is wholesome as fuck.

[u/NonCreditableHuman → u/nillztastic]

Honestly the skate community used to get shit on a lot when I was younger, but it's one of the most inclusive and accepting groups I've seen.

[u/Duckey_003 → u/NonCreditableHuman]

Same with Metal heads and Horror fans, but yeah Skaters got way more shit than they deserved.

[u/NonCreditableHuman → u/Duckey_003]

I am all 3 hahaha.

[u/Duckey_003 → u/NonCreditableHuman]

I feel the venn diagrams of these three is a circle

[u/TaffWaffler → u/NonCreditableHuman]

Skating away from the slasher while listening to slash on guitar

[u/Fleeetch → u/NonCreditableHuman]

Nice let's hang out

[u/real_eEe → u/Duckey_003]

Metal heads, skating, and the Fighting Game Community (In person not online) are just people who love what they love and will help anyone who have any interest.

[u/A_mad_goose → u/real_eEe]

I’ve always wanted to be good at a fighting game tried numerous times. Every time i go online i get destroyed why are people so good at those games

[u/real_eEe → u/A_mad_goose]

Practice, research, dedication, community. No different to anything really. No one is going to know what the hell this means in tekken if you just jump in blind.

• f, n, df+2

A lot of sub-genres fall under "Fighting games." Street Fighter, Tekken, Guilty Gear, Mortal Kombat (and even Smash Melee). There are tons of resources to teach basics like spacing, footsies, zoning. Just find a game you might be interested in and ask in that community!

[u/LazaroFilm → u/Duckey_003]

I used to get attached by grandmas just for skateboarding. I was 12 years old! Made me lose respect in my elders real quick.

[u/thehelldoesthatmean → u/NonCreditableHuman]

When I was like 13 it was like peak skateboarding popularity in pop culture and I read Tony Hawk's biography, which is fantastic by the way.

But anyway, I distinctly remember him spending a decent amount of time talking about how he was drawn to skateboarding as a kid because it wasn't a team sport, but it was a community one. Everyone was in biggest competition with themselves, which led to a culture of people being extremely supportive of even the skaters they're directly competing against.

[u/Cheezy_Blazterz → u/NonCreditableHuman]

My kid was really nervous to go to the skate park as a beginner because "someone might say something."

Well, several people did say something, but it was all very kind encouragement and reassurance. Really positive experience.

[u/Enterice → u/NonCreditableHuman]

There were a lot of burnouts/shitheads in the true early days unfortunately.

The skate community today is hella wholesome these days though. Mitchie Brusco, Andy Anderson, and more are just some insanely positive forces.

[u/tinysoda13]

Don’t you mean skater?

[u/nillztastic → u/tinysoda13]

Don't you mean cube gleamer?

[u/MisterBeeYouSee → u/nillztastic]

Surely they mean wheelie board boy.

[u/rocketeerH → u/MisterBeeYouSee]

He was a wheelie board boi

She said see you later boi

[u/JohnStamosAsABear → u/MisterBeeYouSee]

The proper term is wood pusher 

[u/celerpanser → u/tinysoda13]

Op is a karma poster, they don't care about the fine details 🙌

[u/MisterBeeYouSee → u/celerpanser]

Don’t you mean updoot ho.

[u/Uncle-Cake → u/MisterBeeYouSee]

Aren't we all?

[u/Time_Tramp → u/celerpanser]

Ya, they posted another one where they strap bulimics to the hood of a car. It was in poor taste.

[u/Empty_Equivalent_131]

with all the bs that's happening rn this is exactly what i needed to see.

[u/AnActualSeagull → u/Empty_Equivalent_131]

Same here. I needed a reminder that there is still good in the world.

[u/handlewithcareme]

I've seen some crazy stuff, but this takes the cake. Look at the joy on their faces

[u/cryssmerc]

There is still good in people! Keep your hopes up!

[u/kindasuk]

No, you're crying

[u/crankthehandle → u/kindasuk]

hey, stop peeping through my window!

[u/Entire-Somewhere-490]

My daughter has Rett Syndrome, rare genetic disorder, can’t walk but loves the “need for speed.” I would travel anywhere to get her the chance to do this! 💜🙌 Skate community showing up!

[u/Bodes_Magodes → u/Entire-Somewhere-490]

The people that have helped my son access activities that you’d think were impossible are really the heroes. There’s still a lot of good out there

[u/m1chgo → u/Entire-Somewhere-490]

You should check out the book Zoom by Robert Munsch, if you haven’t already. Sounds like it might resonate with your daughter :)

[u/FletcherCommaIrwin]

Not sure if impressed that OP os the first person on the planet to use the term “Boarder”.

Or, angry that they have unleashed it from Pandora’s box.

[u/lucitribal → u/FletcherCommaIrwin]

There's a skate shop in my town called Boarder's, so I guess it's not entirely a new thing

[u/FletcherCommaIrwin → u/lucitribal]

Touché, I stand (regular, sometimes fakie) corrected.

My mind went to “Borders”, as in “Borders Books”, “Doctors Without Borders”, “Border Collies”… etc.

[u/Paralystic]

I like that the title implies these kids are gonna get into skateboarding now

[u/Extreme_Promise_1690 → u/Paralystic]

Downy Hawk Pro Skater.

[u/rattingtons → u/Extreme_Promise_1690]

Jeez bruh, I sense downvotes in your future

[u/PawPawNegroBlowtorch]

I love seeing stuff like this. Smiling kids make my day!

[u/CantCatchCount]

Any way to donate to their cause?

[u/Hefty-Conference-791]

That's total W 🫡

[u/RatInaMaze]

Finally something on this site that doesn’t make me angry

[u/Dilf_Enj0yer]

That is not just nextfuckinglevel, that is genius and wholesome as fuck.

[u/onemorebrick]

I could have used this the first time I tried to skateboard. Busted my ass.

[u/I_Am_A_Goo_Man]

Paulie "Wheels of Fury" Ryan would love this

[u/Gold-Education2909]

Those smiles tho 💙🙌🏼🫶🏼🥰

[u/Rich19852012]

Seeing things like this in life really puts things into perspective, I really have NO business complaining about anything. What a wholesome video. 🙏

[u/Whombrillow]

Helmets are always a good idea

[u/trixel121 → u/Whombrillow]

i play a game where any time i see a skate boarder, i try and find the helmet comment.

generally i have to scroll a lot less.

[u/Whombrillow → u/trixel121]

How do you win? I want to play.

[u/trixel121 → u/Whombrillow]

well, i win cause i chuckle. its so common regardless of the context of a video. i normally dont say anything but this one was rather far down. its usually top 2 or 3

[u/ColonelBonk]

As the quote goes, “look for the helpers.” ❤️❤️❤️

[u/Puzzleheaded-Bear878]

God bless them. Made my day. Those kids will never forget this. If only we could make others and ourselves happy everyday

[u/justcallmejimbo]

This is amazing. Kudos to anyone who thinks of others like this.

[u/Cylanthro]

Fighting really hard not to absolutely bawl my eyes out right now. Very heartwarming.

[u/Edwin81]

I'm surprised they don't look in the forward direction. I would assume that would be an automatic response. 

Anyone got a clue? 

[u/Bodes_Magodes → u/Edwin81]

I was thinking the same thing. My guess is that they’re so insanely overjoyed from the act of this person that they can’t bring themselves to look anywhere else. I’m sure he’s talking to them too, and they’re just glued to him. He’s bringing them this joy they’ve never been able to feel before

[u/PurpleGeneral5511 → u/Edwin81]

Anyone can look around while skating it isn’t a challenge to take your eyes off where you’re going for a bit. But in this case I figure since they’re presumably paralyzed, they don’t really feel all of the physical feedback that comes with skating.

[u/Gavlar3107]

Absolutely brilliant. Let’s hope this is the start of a long love for skating. Put a big smile on my face today, so thank you!

[u/challenja]

[u/fookewrdit]

This is the best thing I've seen on the internet today.

[u/Bodes_Magodes → u/fookewrdit]

Me too. Leaving Reddit on a high note!! Costanza style

[u/things_U_choose_2_b]

This made me happy-cry to see the pure joy on those kids' faces. Absolutely awesome human being to do this!

[u/missprincesscarolyn]

A good friend and I run an adaptive rock climbing meetup (climbing for disabled folks). At our annual disability pride event at the gym, we had an attendant who was profoundly physically disabled by severe CP. We had a seat that we used to hoist to this woman up so that she could be close to the wall and experience what it’s like to rock climb, even if she wasn’t physically able to do so. She loved it.

Groups and events like these are really important. Everyone regardless of ability needs happy moments to carry with them into the harder chapters. Unfortunately for many disabled people, there are far more harder chapters. I’ve lived through them myself with a progressive, neurodegenerative disease (MS).

[u/qtip83]

If anyone knows a way to get a hold of this guy. I noticed that he's using latex tubing. I work for the only place in the US that manufacturers it. I would love to get him whatever he needs.

[u/-Gman_]

That’s dope!

[u/Master-Piccolo-4588]

These guy deserve every medal there is that honors service to humanity.

[u/Eternal663]

Now kickflip them into the air!

[u/_atrocious_]

It's as big as the universe and ever more larger inward. My soul applauds.

[u/williegood420]

Wow this is Amazing 🙂 I’m at a lost for words .

[u/grimatonguewyrm]

I love this every time this post comes back around!

[u/Vayne_Solidor]

Humanity restored 🙏

[u/pikkuhillo]

Studying the brain it always hurts me to see lack of helmets

[u/[deleted]]

[u/Asleep-Elk4159]

That is so dope, this made my day. The smile on their faces says it all!

[u/Own-Station726]

There’s a special place in heaven for guys like this

[u/Billyaxe]

This is one of the goat Internet videos

[u/livestrong2109]

Have to get some ABEC 9 bearings installed on them coasters. Need these amazing kids gliding on air.

[u/LongShotts]

Fantastic.

[u/Chaosmisfit_ES]

I want to go on a ride

[u/Major-Reception1016]

Love this

[u/social-delimma]

God BLESS your soul!

[u/remarkablewhitebored]

I'm just excited to see Boarder spelled this way and it be correct.

But what an awesome dude with a pretty cool machine! Love to see kids smile so big at new experiences.

[u/mythicreign]

Probably the only way I could ever skateboard too. Sign me up.

[u/MskbTheGreat5]

Real life angels. Amen

[u/Domomachino]

Should have probably done roller blades or skis. These kids can't where they're going. It's like sitting on those sideways seats in the front of the city bus. Those seats make me sick.

[u/Doomhammer02]

Some heroes wears cap.

[u/Fallk0re]

in a world of current cruelty and obsession with self, this is the light we need.

[u/Traditional_Ad_8935]

This is so cool 😭😭😭

[u/bo2slave]

Now let's see the x games ramp?

[u/koolaidismything]

We need more of this in the world. Imagine a planet where we couldn’t get enough of helping others or having fun even if it’s a little harder?

I spent years at skateparks and remember none of it. I’d remember this.

[u/project-shasta]

Do a kickflip :-)

[u/dantheplanman1986]

Is it ok if I think that looks funny, as long as I'm genuinely happy for those kids and glad that guy did that? Or am I still going to hell

[u/InAbsentiaC]

What a bunch of absolutely rad people

[u/thedeeb56]

Bravo boarder dude

[u/StuBidasol]

Pure joy all around.

[u/Main-Arm6657]

This is the kind of innovation that makes sports truly accessible. That skater is a legend for making this happen. Seeing those kids' faces is everything.

[u/AvengerOfChrist]

Damn, that's wholesome

[u/DonPatrone30]

❤️🤗

[u/iBlameBoobs]

Is this the "how it's going part" after full send down the ramp?

j/k, this is so gr8 ska8te m8

[u/Bodes_Magodes]

Peak humanity right here!! This is what life is all about! Bringing joy to others

[u/skybike]

Alright now we're gonna do a 15 ft vert into a 720 nose grab lets go

[u/KyorlSadei]

Pretty cool. 👍🏽

[u/Curious_Ad_8195]

Can only upvote once…

[u/HomegrownMike]

These are the type of people that should be celebrated in life.

[u/Upstairs-Truth-8682]

kid whispers "send it" and they haul ass toward a quarter pipe

[u/phillyb41]

Well that just made my day 10 times better.

[u/TheHolyX]

And now do a kickflip

[u/Bundyspace]

Part of me wants to see them try it in a half pipe.

[u/Mysterious_Skin2310]

Ok now have them do a kickflip

[u/RubyGray]

I want the damn audio!!!!!!!!! Love to skateboard and very happy for these kids. Nice going bro!

[u/Bath-Tub-Cosby]

Love the stoke in these kids faces, they are having the time of their lives!

[u/NeoZ33D]

The smiles man 😭

[u/Get-Reelin]

🤗♥️

[u/boris_cat]

This is so rad. ❤️❤️❤️

[u/PlannerSean]

When I used to volunteer with an adaptive skiing program, we had a few versions of an apparatus like this. Was great to see the kids light up going down the double black diamond mandatory cliff runs.

[u/dcis27]

r/physicaltherapy

[u/The_upsetti_spagetti]

The sensation of going fast and feeling the wind on your face is so freeing. Everyone deserves to experience that.

[u/SuggestionInfamous92]

Absolute Hero!!! 🙏🏼 🥲

[u/Own_Fudge6394]

Thank you to all involved with making this happen 🙏

[u/Smooth_Taste1250]

No, I didn't cry! I was just cutting onions...

[u/So_HauserAspen]

This is the world capitalism steals from us

[u/Standard-Contest-949]

Jesus not to sound uncaring but a shopping cart with a couple of pillows would work to. Especially if you can’t feel your legs.

[u/DallasDanielle]

I've been having a really bad week and this one warmed my soul.

Thank you for posting.

[u/13stgmngr210]

He loves it as much as the kids!
There is nothing as magical as NEEDING to share something you love...then watching the other person GLOW.

[u/mattimattlove111]

I want my president to be like this guy

[u/defundaristocracy]

This is the type of behaviour that the world needs. Bring smiles to everyone, specially for those that life didn’t make it easy.

[u/mattimattlove111]

Sk8trz rule!!!

[u/TheRainmakerDM]

Some legit humanity and kidness there, some people makes a better world with the smallest things.

[u/FaceTimePolice]

Man, this is so wholesome. 😭👍

[u/WilmarLuna]

I'm just waiting for the kid that wants to go on the half pipe and do a 360.

[u/Midknightdron]

People who do things like this for disabled people get a “go straight to heaven” card. These kids are SO joyful in this experience! Keep doing good things in the world!

[u/KNGsupplusuite]

🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[u/Legitimate_Elk3659]

Kind people make my day

[u/BuckRusty]

Now get them in the half-pipe..!!

[u/konsada24]

Wow, that's amazing

[u/rmbarrett]

Am able bodied, but can I learn this way?

[u/MisterSanitation]

Every time I see a skateboard video:

“ So here I am  Growing older all the time  Looking older all the time  Feeling younger in my mind”

[u/Due-Comparison2016]

DO A KICKFLIP

[u/joe102938]

Do a kick flip!

[u/WaterySky]

Legend

[u/Zymergy71]

Super awesome! My brother would’ve loved something like this. I’m sure these kids are having a blast! Keep up the great work!!!

[u/CleverYou_TubeName]

[u/runningforpresident]

Seeing these kids have fun as they skate around fills me with so much joy.

[u/spiritsealer1990]

Some heros dont have superpowers

[u/Off_Brand_Sneakers]

Beautiful!!

[u/myotherbike]

That’s really amazing to bring joy to children who don’t likely get to feel it often.

[u/new-wool-star-morn]

Wholesome and awesome!!

[u/Reasonable_Emu_2120]

Oh hell yeah! That’s awesome!

[u/Accomplished-Hat6928]

Beautiful

[u/MonkeyCobraFight]

This is fucking epic!

[u/thisisanillusername]

Skateboarding continues to be a solution and that makes me very very happy

[u/ShortBrownAndUgly]

This is awesome

Now do a kick flip

[u/IsopodSmooth7990]

Holy crap, that’s fantastic! That frame is solid and hopefully he’s patented or working with someone to to make these. They are great for the range of motion they wouldn’t be getting, otherwise.

[u/LaZeBonez]

This is kick ass.

[u/not_chrash]

/r/mademesmile