I’m kind of taking the week off from posting on Skate and Annoy, but I’m not being lazy. I’m actually working on the back end of S&A, cleaning up some code and CSS, preparing to dump all the old static content into the the database. It’s annoying and slow going, but also long overdue. So watch this video of wacky germans who have invented a sport that combines streetstyle and freestyle skateboarding with the art of sitting on a stool. And not just any stool, it’s got to be a stupid expensive sport stool. Anything goes as long as you land on the stool. I thought it was a well executed parody, but a search on Youtube reveals way too many Hockern enthusiasts to be a hoax. Extreme sports stool! You will feel like loose stool after watching this video.
[Source: Gizmodo] – Thanks to Seth Grossman and Aaron Polansky for the tip.
25 comments
sandor
At least now we know how the rest of the world sees askateboard: as a prop to facilitate public dancing in by purportedly non-gay men…
marek
its just rip off
this is original:)))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYbCuarCTzc
talentlessquitter
These guys are no longer welcome in Home Depot or Ikea.
Stool ‘n Annoy!
conahan
House of Flying Stools
Tito
this is the all time weener of all things horrible
Prickly Pete
Has anyone seen the too hot for You Tube doubles routine? Extreme man-on-man lapsitting!
ssk
Add a lid and you’ve got an Xtreme chamber pot.
jer
sit and destroy
lou sassel
Lame
sol
Hock n’ Drop, Porta-Hockern like…
Eric
I would have thought the United States would have been the first to make a sport out of sitting down. We’ve all failed!
john e
Apparently the object is to do basically anything as long as it ends with you sitting on the hockern in some sort of rap pose with a really smug look on your face. I guess this is no more stupid than the hoola hoop, right?
talentlessquitter
I think it falls into the floor gymnastics category.The germans have always been good at it,just like that wacky indoor bicycle soccer.
The Shralper
backside boneless 1:31
talentlessquitter
Damn! Why haven’t I seen this before? Know thy neighbors.
Another group of people selling a passtime as a sport.Reminds me of those ‘pro’ Jojo clowns from the 80’s.
I like the moves though,but I wouldn’t want to be seen in public with it.
More gently on the ankles (as opposed to landing on four small wheels…) but you need buns o’ steel.
frank
are you kidding me? people really do this? i was hoping it to be a joke but i guess its for real. why cant people just ride a skateboard
conahan
Is there a longboard version?
bailgun
it’s a barstool.
orezona
Rollerbladers now have people they can legitimately make fun of.
Slit
What’s the worst thing about being a Hockerer? Telling a rollerblader you’re gay.
mezmer
Just wait until I share my new sport that mixes Break Boarding & Hockern. You will be jealous.
talentlessquitter
Haaa,lol!
jaguilar
i just shit my pants!!
iain
A HUNDRED EUROS? They’re modelled on the “Tam Tam” stool, made by habitat, which sells for about twelve euros.
http://hyggenook.com/2009/01/design-classic-tam-tam-stool-from-habitat.html
cri crow
Finally, a sport that favors those born with a ball-sac and pair of vulnerable, sensitive reproductive organs.