When I was a kid I was always into doing “rad” stuff (BMX, skateboarding (both times around) etc) but despite practising hard and doing my best to live by the “it’s not just a hobby, it’s a way of life” motto I was basically totally crap at both of them

I mean, BMX I wasn’t too bad at for a kid from the village, I could pop a mean wheelie and jump over a few milk crates but ultimately, I was too small (I started when I was 12 and very wee) and my bike was too heavy, it was always in control of me rather than the other way round, I did tend to dress up like I knew what I was doing though.

Oh yeah, I was a complete chicken too, I’d always got a good excuse though. When the neighbours (two brothers) set up a ramp at the end of the pub car park to try and jump over the canal I REALLY wanted to try but had accidentally worn “an expensive t-shirt which I couldn’t dare to ruin” or something of the like, leaving it all to the two brothers to try and subsequently fail in a predictably spectacular fashion (followed by a significantly less spectacular half an hour of trying to get their bikes out of the mud on the bottom of the canal). Similarly when I had an argument with the younger brother about whether it would be possible to ride a bike off the roof of his dad’s workshop and land it successfully it was him, not me with my “sprained ankle” that went ahead and tried (for reference, it’s semi-possible except the pedals tend to snap off and the wheels go oval and sink deeply into the lawn, future attemptees should also be reminded to keep their chin away from the front handlebars, which were thankfully padded in this case).

Anyway, we were lucky, our families weren’t rich by any means but at least we had bikes and skateboards to muck around on, but how can the youth from poorer countries get their fill of radness??? These guys seem to have it all figured out:

You know, I have one major complaint about this video, NO HIGH FIVES!!! what were they thinking???