Freebord's Human Tetris

Freebord's Human Tetris

A company that makes six-wheel street boards choreographs this YouTube video.

Posted Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 12:15pm

What do you get when you take 36 skaters fitted with crash helmets that emit funky colors and send them careening down a San Francisco street at night? A viral video that may just yet put the "freebord" on a foothold to knock off the mighty skateboard. Dubious? Check out this video first.

Title: 36 Skaters Make Downhill Neon Video Game w/ Freebords

Stats: Uploaded on Sept. 21, the video has amassed more than 480,000 viewings, plus 597 comments and another 3 video comments.

What you see: Under cover of darkness, "freebord" skaters take off one by one down a car-free slope in a leafy San Francisco neighborhood. We get a top-down perspective as the tubing connected to the skaters' helmets is illuminated. The effect created is that of brightly colored puzzle pieces cascading from above. At the bottom of the hill, the skaters stop and the pieces collect, Tetris-style, to form a cube of bright colors and shapes. The skaters set off again, and the cube dissolves.

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