Skaters Freebord to Play Real Life Tetris in SF
By
Marcus Yam,
published on September 29, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: tetris, freebord, skaters, sf, skateboard | Themes: Digital Entertainment
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: tetris, freebord, skaters, sf, skateboard | Themes: Digital Entertainment
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Don't try this at home. You won't have enough space.
Sometimes art imitates life, and other times life imitates art. In a video made by Freeborders in San Francisco, 36 skaters rolled down a hill holding glowing, neon shapes and collected at the bottom to simulate a puzzle game.
They're not exactly Tetris pieces, but the concept is similar. I don't know about you, but those Freebords look like amazing fun – perhaps even more fun than human Tetris. Take a look at the video embedded below.
36 Skaters Make Downhill Neon Video Game w/ Freebords
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Completely underwhelmed.
i like tetris and all but i cant help but feeling i wasted a minute and a half of my life.
*waits for the typo comments to begin* -But before I said anything I did some research.
They are not even Freeboards!!!
Weirdos.
I really hated the 'non classic' tetris.
And true, wasted time.
At least they're getting exercise.
Now I get it. This was the example where playing Tetris is good for your brain. It involves a lot of personal and social coordination.
A healthy mind in a healthy body
A new one:
Tetris cooperative multiplayer!
nice hats?
That video made me actually look at some of the ads on this page... Still not going to buy anything though.
here i was hoping for something at least close to entertaining... kinda like the space invaders live action.. but i got something underwhelming... like starwars episode one
... they both put me to sleep though.
Space invaders they can do. But don't give them ideas. They might do 'Age of Conan' next.
This was really cool. Was it the most exciting thing I've ever seen? Of course not, but that shouldn't take away from the fact that these people did something that most other people who post here, including myself, haven't done. I for one applaud their thought and work and challenge the others here who fell like they are owed something by this video to go out and do better.
they're not that good at tetris lol.
sweet video and sweet idea, but really not that hard to do. And skateboarding is harder because it actually requires talent and timing. But yes, those Freebord look fine down hills.