Skateboarding being a sport is also a recreational activity. Kids love skateboarding because it’s a fun and creative thing. It helps them stay active. Parents do encourage their children to skateboard because it is an economical and active way of whole-body exercise. Tony Hawks‘s performance, and skills have influenced a lot of people toward the sport.

There are community fields and areas where people of all age groups skate for free. But, like any other sport, it involves the risk of injuries. The skaters are required to wear protective gear before skating. In a clip that is viral on social media, where a man while performing skating does an act that drew praise from the netizens.

Man channelizes his Inner Tony Hawk and Saves The Kid

Skateboard Skills is an Instagram page dedicated to skating enthusiasts and posts videos of skateboarding skills and tricks regularly for its fans. The page has 139 thousand followers. On 1st June, last month a clip was posted on its page showing a man skateboarding and in the end, picking up a kid who came in front of him. The caption of the post says “Smooth save” ending with an emoji.

The clip starts with a man’s skateboarding maneuvers. The guy first goes up the slope and climbs on the railing rod. Then he skates on the vert, maintaining his balance and pulls down. As he was skating forward for his next move, suddenly a kid comes skating in front of him. The kid was wearing headgear, but the guy would have collided with him, resulting in possible injuries because of speed.

Channeling his inner Tony Hawk, the guy smartly picks the kid around his arm, performs his next maneuver and returns. On his return, he places the kid back on his skate and moves forwards smiling towards his friends as if it was a casual move. The post got more than 4 million likes. The man-saving act and reaction got praised by the netizens.

Netizens All Praise For Man’s Saving Act

The guy’s saving act, was the perfect one, as if he had shown an absence of mind for a second then he might have ramped into the kid. His heroic act is appreciated, praised, and drew comments from all over the globe. One online surfer wrote, “Bro the kid just let it happen.” pointing towards the calmness of the kid. If had he panicked, then some accident might have happened. Another netizen said, “Put him back on the skateboard. A true gentleman” appreciating the guy’s act of putting the kid on his skate.

Another fan wrote, “Still the cleanest save in skateboarding history” describing the smoothness of the save which happened without any hassle.

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Another netizen appreciated the saving act by saying, “Smooth like butter“. This netizen praised the kid’s calmness and the guy’s skill in his comment, writing, “That kid was smart to not do anything. Had he fought it or freaked out they could have fell. And that older guy has skills .”

The guy’s timely act saved the kid from potential harm. He is rightly praised and cheered. Proper care and safety are prime for any sport which everyone should adhere to.

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