Spike TV airs a show called 1000 Ways to Die. Episode #309 aired on December 10th, 2010. It features a supposed former pro skateboarder who met his death when he wiped out and landed face first in wet cement, passed out and suffocated. These deaths are supposed to based on real occurrences, with the names changed to protect the identity of the deceased. I don’t recall hearing anything about a skater dying this way, despite the fact that they Brought in Kristian Svitak as an expert witness. Listen closely, because he never cops to actually knowing the guy in question. My guess is somebody suffocated in concrete but they dramatized it as a skateboarding accident with a tragic figure to make it more interesting. You can watch it on Spike, but that’s an exercise in annoyance due to the fact that you have to watch the commercials (I’m not opposed to that, actually, they got make money) but the episodes aren’t indexed very well, so you end up watching more commercials than necessary. Fortunately, a good samaritan posted a slightly less annoying version. For some reason this video is flipped horizontally. I don’t know, maybe that helps trip up the copyright policing program.
– Thanks to Jake and Annoy for the tip.
Way to die #478. Board Stiff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCEhYmOa5SA
9 comments
JakeAndAnnoy
How long did people watch WWF and shit and think it was real? That whole WW whatever franchise still makes millions and I thought that shit looked stupid when I was eight. Reality TV, Soaps,Drama…tv is bad mmmmkay?
who cares anyway
triple H taking 60 stiches to the head from a steel chair is real enuf for me.
K.C.
Yea, stunt work is pretty dangerous.
Gavin
Antwuan Dixon? Well if not him, someone on Baker/Deathwish.
who cares anyway
yes reality t.v….they just dont show the syringes full of steroids and the take 25 of the same scene
Garret
That’s what America has come to; ‘reality’ TV.
yeahbut
…Reality TV, when they’re not one and the same, IS less insidious than Reality Politics.
masterochicken
I freaking HATE that show. It’s right up there with Jersey shore to me. Sensationalist crap. Oh. I love how in every single one of these they basically tell you that they deserved to die, that way you don’t feel bad about. Some of them are downright sexist too.
JakeAndAnnoy
Brilliant. “Skate and Die” > “Board Stiff”