skateboarding

Lots of us played Tony Hawk: Pro Skater and expected to leave the house doing kickflip to tailslide to bluntslide to that Chad Muska beats-slide where he pulls out a boombox. But very few of us could.

Still there are skateboarders who can trump the impossible things we’ve seen in video games. One of them is Dan Mancina, a skateboarder who is legally blind.

Mancina, who’s vision started to fade at 13, only has a slight amount of peripheral vision and a cane, but he’s still able to pull off some things most could only dream of — namely skating with a smooth controlled style. That’s the real money.

But according to Spolid, that’s not all that Mancina can do. In the video compilation “Dan Mancina Does Stuff Blind,” he chops wood, throws a bullseye, and fires a machine gun. Let this be an inspiration to all of us.

via Jenkem

Check out a full interview with Mancia over at Jenkem.

Evan Doherty here didn't land a 900-degree spin in this video, though he comes awfully close to nailing the landing. I suppose we'll give him a little leeway, considering he's just nine years old.

I mean, when I was around that age I was doing those tricks... in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater for the Playstation...

Just a casual son, Brooklyn, jumping over his dad, David Beckham, moment. Jumping Beckham... like Beckham?

Liam Morgan shreds downhill at higher-than-average speeds in this display of excellent skateboarding.