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Man’s attempt to ride skateboard made of glass ends painfully

Posted at 11:48 PM, Jul 12, 2016
and last updated 2016-07-12 23:48:48-04

You make it, the folks at Braille Skateboarding will ride it — even if it’s made of glass.

The company, whose mission is to encourage skateboarding worldwide and help amateurs get recognition, has a popular YouTube series devoted to skating on boards made of challenging materials — from saw blades to a flat screen television, if it has wheels it’s fair game.

In the July 9 episode of “You Make It We Skate It,” however, a company called Avenue Trucks sent them a skateboard deck made of glass. Things were going well as they took turns cruising around a skate park on the transparent board … until about the 7:30 mark, that is: