Skateboarder dies while being towed (Darwin Award nominee)

The San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | 2/9/05 | Pauline Repard and Brian Hazle

[Guillermo]

Man we used to do this when we were kids...

[austinaero]

Trying to figure out which one of the brother possessed the lone family brain cell,,,,,

[Wolfie]

Getting killed while being towed on a skateboard is stupid. Doing it while going downhill is mega-stupid.

[hoosier_RW_conspirator]

ping

[Panzerlied]

Any bets on how soon the skateboard manufacturer will be sued for not providing a warning about this?

[johniegrad]

Northern Minnesota variation: Hang onto the rear bumper and "ski" on your shoes when the street is covered with snow.

[henkster]

We'd "tailgate" by hanging on the bumper, which was pretty dumb, I guess. But none of us were dumb enough to hang on the SIDE of the car.

How do you say "ya'll watch me do this!" in Spanish?

[South40]

Yikes! I never did it on a skateboard but I did do it on my Schwinn Sting Ray at up to 50mph while being towed by my brother's Camaro.

[Buck W.]

Darwin Award Alert

[Guillermo]

Ha we did that too, in college...on the rare occasion it snowed in Georgia.

[dead]

His brother was screaming, "It's my fault! It's my fault!"

Actually, it was your brother’s fault. You just get an idiot assist.

[johniegrad]

I didn't think people had shoes in Georgia.

[South40]

Any bets on how soon the skateboard manufacturer will be sued for not providing a warning about this?

Why not sue Ford also? After all, they did make the Explorer.

[BootsOfEscaping]

Only in San Diego is it normal to see men age 25 and over skateboarding....

[OneTimeLurker]

"He said an investigation was continuing to determine whether the brother would face any charges."

I don't thinks that's necessary at this point. Nothing they could do to him would be worse than the guilt he already feels.

[spodefly]

A witness said she saw the driver jump out of the Explorer and scream, "It's my fault! It's my fault!"

Lawyers generally counsel against this sort of thing ...

[Guillermo]

"Oye, aguante mi cerveza Y mira aqui!" (Hold my beer and watch this!")

[armymarinemom]

Had an SUV not been involved the guy would have been just fine. Everyone knows that the media has told us that SUV's kill.

[COBOL2Java]

I recall this particular stunt was shown, with various chronological variations, in the "Back To The Future" movies.