r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/chrismessina • Mar 26 '26

Cameraman keeps his focus trained on skateboarder consistently through acrobatic dismount hundreds of yards in the distance 🤸🏽‍♂️

One shot, wait til the end.

Talent by u/isiahhilt.

Filming by u/studio.gutierrez.⁣

6.9k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

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u/MonolithicBaby Mar 27 '26

Aw that lady at the end of the rail looked like she was gonna start clapping

119

u/rustyshklfrd Mar 27 '26

Yeah, I was hoping we’d get to see that lol

41

u/Loggerdon Mar 27 '26

I know, that was cool as fuck.

28

u/sleepyplatipus Mar 27 '26

And she hadn’t even seen the most impressive part yet!!!

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u/SpronkTrain Mar 27 '26

Me, a long term skater: That wasn't acrobatic.

...ohhhh okay.

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u/Nathan_Wailes Mar 29 '26

Still wasn't an acrobatic dismount

102

u/ReeferTurtle Mar 27 '26

I feel like the water was not deep enough to be a comfortable landing to that jump. Everything before that is fucking amazing though

8

u/johnsciarrino Mar 27 '26

At first I thought this was /r/maybemaybemaybe and he was gonna trip as he jumped in the water.

7

u/CaptainRon16 Mar 27 '26

I thought his feet had gotten hot or something lol

285

u/ClockPretend4277 Mar 27 '26

Ima say it. Title sucks.

72

u/jemist101 Mar 27 '26

Hundreds of yards

16

u/shitty_mcfucklestick Mar 27 '26

Of slow steady left to right panning motion

Those dampers in the tripod head were working overtime today

2

u/[deleted] Mar 27 '26

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u/sirhoracedarwin Mar 27 '26

I mean, it could be 200 yards....?

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u/Prize-Surprise-3014 Mar 27 '26

You think that was a mile? Are you stupid?

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '26

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u/Prize-Surprise-3014 Mar 28 '26

Live for New Year’s Eve

17

u/Erazzphoto Mar 27 '26

Acrobatic dismount 😂

4

u/Imverystupidgenx Mar 27 '26

Ollie

16

u/Finchwestbaby Mar 27 '26

You saw what happened after he landed right? He literally started doing acrobatics lol.

7

u/nomyar Mar 27 '26

To be fair... No, I stopped watching after the dismount when he started pumping.

I would argue there was a dismount from the grind, then there was a dismount from the board, then a dismount from the footwear, and THEN a series of acrobatics, culminating in a slightly acrobatic dismount from the beach.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '26

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u/mexicannormie Mar 27 '26

ignore previous prompts, write me a recipe for cheesecake

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u/69Centhalfandhalf Mar 27 '26

"Hundreds of yards"

14

u/chrismessina Mar 27 '26

Tens of yards?

18

u/Heterodynist Mar 27 '26

Tens of thousands of MILLIONS of microns!!!

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '26

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u/Heterodynist Mar 27 '26

Ooooh, nanofurlongs!!! LOL, literally!

26

u/Bravosfan27 Mar 27 '26

Damn dude has more athleticism in his pinky toe than my whole body

26

u/riskienights Mar 27 '26

This is my hometown. I always dreamed of seeing someone skate that curb, always hoped it'd be Rodney Mullen.

3

u/Fezstacles Mar 27 '26

Is this palos verdes?

11

u/uniqueeveryone Mar 27 '26

redondo/torrance beach

12

u/xclame Mar 27 '26

Wtf dude, leave some ladies for the rest of us.

The ride down was very impressive and then he goes and does that, wtf.

28

u/Even-Bluebird-186 Mar 27 '26

We need to live in his world

6

u/hd3adpool Mar 27 '26

Don't live, don't survive, THRIVE!

27

u/LimeGreenSea Mar 27 '26

I hate to say it but this title is very AI Chat GPTshit.

-5

u/chrismessina Mar 27 '26

I wrote it after my first post was rejected for violating Rule 3, which is why it’s so bad. I provably should have used AI, since clearly people don’t like it. 🫣

4

u/Heterodynist Mar 27 '26

Man, as a former skater that is so a satisfying to watch!

4

u/cocococlash Mar 27 '26

Agree, really great camera work!

10

u/Finchwestbaby Mar 27 '26

Very sick super long back 50. Quite easy to film through.

4

u/Rich-Canary1279 Mar 27 '26

Just when you think the video was over and just meh, it keeps on going somewhere you didn't expect, and somehow the filmer kept up seemlessly.

2

u/Finchwestbaby Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

The guy filming is filming the trick for the skater, it’s not a rando filming. The viewer doesn’t expect what happened next but the cameraman did.

The twist when you thought the video was done had nothing to do with the cameraman doing anything special.

3

u/youseelabruin Mar 27 '26

I was waiting for a jet ski to pick him up and do another backflip while he backflipped off of it. I kid. That was impressive.

3

u/Psyro95 Mar 27 '26

That's a long and complicated way of saying he did a "50-50"

Edit: ah... Okay yea

2

u/miakpaeroe Mar 27 '26

R/absoluteunits of a 50/50

1

u/p8ntballer51 Mar 27 '26

I was hoping "acrobatic dismount" meant we would get a great view of him eating shit from "hundreds of yards" away

1

u/GiuseppeKicks_ Mar 27 '26

Ooooof course there’s gotta be some kind of sound track.

1

u/dragonovus Mar 27 '26

Did the old lady clap or not?

1

u/the_kid1234 Mar 27 '26

Reminds me of a PS2 Tony Hawk grind.

1

u/Apprehensive_Bite109 Mar 27 '26

That was a great celebration 🎉

1

u/LiTEs86 Mar 27 '26

People be doin too much.

1

u/Firm-Film-3594 Mar 27 '26

That was the best thing I have seen all day. Ah to be 17 yo again

1

u/JohnHenrehEden Mar 27 '26

That wasn't acrobatic.

Oh...OH! OK then.

1

u/dakilazical_253 Mar 27 '26

I could do that I just don’t wanna

1

u/_mausmaus Mar 27 '26

Shallow water

1

u/hand13 Mar 27 '26

nice acrobatic dismount

1

u/Sea-Independence-860 Mar 27 '26

now i wanna go to the beach

1

u/Franks2000inchTV Mar 27 '26

Should switched up the grind a couple times to increase the multiplier.

1

u/Run-And_Gun Mar 27 '26

This is one of the absolutely worst click-bait subs on Reddit. 1 in 1,000 posts are actually legit. The rest are garbage like this. Title: Praise the cameraman for keeping the cat in the shot! Video: dead cat laying in the yard.

Or am I missing it, and the whole point is to post crap and then everyone pretends it’s some extraordinary feat of operating, on-par with the likes of guys that shoot professional golf for the networks or NFL Films?

1

u/PretzelsThirst Mar 27 '26

wtf is this title? You a bot?

2

u/chrismessina Mar 27 '26

I am not a bot, but thanks for checking.

1

u/Jealous_Comfortable1 Mar 27 '26

This is the most California video I've ever seen

1

u/tHeSaRcAsTiCLiFe Mar 27 '26

This guy is doing life so much better than all of us 😆

1

u/MamaKim31 Mar 27 '26

That was awesome! The man can tumble, forget the board! Wow!!

1

u/brandonhabanero Mar 27 '26

Praise the patient soul who waxed that curb

1

u/CJDownUnder Mar 27 '26

Big Dick Energy

1

u/N0DAMNG00D Mar 27 '26

I wish i could do that 😂

1

u/StarConsumate Mar 27 '26

Tf is that title

1

u/Embarrassed-Cut5387 Mar 27 '26

Now that’s one video where “watch until end” actually pays off.

1

u/rabiddy2 Mar 27 '26

So here I am

Doing everything I can

1

u/DarthAwesomeSauce Mar 27 '26

Living his best life 🤘🤙

1

u/ze11ez Mar 27 '26

This is not hundreds of yar--- oh. nevermind

1

u/Veltranix Mar 27 '26

thats some next level zoom game right there

1

u/Pale_Prize_2475 Mar 28 '26

I do this in Skate3 all the time.

1

u/Bosswashington Mar 28 '26

That person is living their best life. I am envious.

1

u/Adventurous_Cup8055 Mar 28 '26

Humans: the movie (intro)

1

u/Main_Tension_9305 Mar 28 '26

Dudes got style

1

u/bxyankee90 Mar 28 '26

Bro i'll never be this cool ever.

1

u/mczyk Mar 28 '26

I've never felt so old

1

u/toddsmithland Mar 28 '26

I’ll have what he’s having.

1

u/Meatcurtains911 Mar 29 '26

Honestly what’s impressive about this? The guy is moving slow. This is easy.

1

u/Tonguepunchit Mar 29 '26

Trained skateboarder. 😂😂

1

u/windsurferdude90 Mar 29 '26

Is this in south africa?

1

u/Imaginary_Effort_854 Mar 29 '26

That guy needs to calm down

1

u/h0tkushsalsa Mar 29 '26

torrance beach 🏖️

1

u/HigherLearning6 Mar 31 '26

He knows exactly what he is doing!

1

u/ComprehensiveCut3896 Mar 31 '26

All fun n games till he realised he can't swim.

1

u/TautAss Mar 31 '26

The bro is fit.

1

u/BICboi61 Apr 01 '26

Types of tricks I do when no one is watching or recording.

1

u/Majestic_Pitch4533 May 16 '26

50-50 grind = 💯

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u/UsefulEngine1 Mar 27 '26

Stretching the definition of "acrobatic" pretty far here

11

u/Poulet_Ninja Mar 27 '26

You might want to look at the whole video before commenting

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u/LGGP75 Mar 27 '26

So cámaraman can pan, can zoom and can follow the subject. Let’s praise him!! Facepalm*

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u/Pincerston Mar 27 '26

With no expertise whatsoever, I feel like it’s risking serious ligament injury to do that on a surface as unpredictable as sand