{"id":371,"date":"2011-08-10T13:41:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T17:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dadequate\/?p=371"},"modified":"2011-08-10T10:52:46","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T14:52:46","slug":"slow-mo-skateboarding-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dadequate\/2011\/08\/slow-mo-skateboarding-crashes.html","title":{"rendered":"Slow-Mo Skateboarding Crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I am a sucker<\/strong> for cool things in high-def slow motion, and these unsuccessfuly attempts by skateboarders to land kickflips and other jumps fall resolutely within the category of cool slow-mo things.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since we watched portions of <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/action\/xgames\/summer\/2011\/\" target=\"_blank\">X-Games 17<\/a> together, my son has been way interested in skateboarding. Forget the kickflips&#8230;he just wants to be able to do an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ollie_%28skateboarding_trick%29\" target=\"_blank\">ollie<\/a>. Not sure whether these crashes will be a deterrent or a catalyst. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"390\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zW7U4l0Iq1o?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"640\" height=\"390\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zW7U4l0Iq1o?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a sucker for cool things in high-def slow motion, and these unsuccessfuly attempts by skateboarders to land kickflips and other jumps fall resolutely within the category of cool slow-mo things. 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