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Once You See the Video of a Skateboarder Setting Off a Speed Camera at 68 MPH You’ll Realize Why Cops Are Looking for Him

Feb. 8, 2013 2:21pm

It’s not just the video showing South African skateboarder Decio Lourenco speeding downhill in and out of traffic on a busy road that has him in hot water with authorities. He apparently set off a speed camera in a 60 kilometers per hour zone (about 37 miles per hour) going 110 km/h (68 mph).

Lourenco could face arrest.

South Africa Police Search for Skateboarder Decio Lourenco for Riding Down Public Road at 68 MPH

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

“We have handed over the matter to traffic officials and want him arrested,” JP Smith, a Cape Town safety and security official, told Reuters.

“The speed limit is irrelevant. He is seen careering down the road in a reckless and dangerous manner.”

The road Lourenco was zipping down is called Kloof Nek and is sometimes closed and used for extreme skateboarding events. The law in the city, according to Reuters, does not otherwise allow skateboarding on the road.

South Africa Police Search for Skateboarder Decio Lourenco for Riding Down Public Road at 68 MPH

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

Here’s what the National Skate Collective, a nonprofit in South Africa that serves support skaters and skateboarding initiatives, said on Facebook “the city is trying to shut us down. They want to arrest one of our own, Decio!”

“What do you think we should do? Mass action? More meetings?” the post continued.

Watch Lourenco’s dangerous “Spoofing the Traffic Camera — Longboard Without Limits” stunt, which has garnered more than 500,000 views since being posted on YouTube Jan. 26:

The video bears the description that the skater is “a highly trained professional” and that the group “insists that no-one [attempt] to perform this stunt.”

(H/T: Grind TV)

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  • BSdetector
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:08pm

    That looked pretty damn fun, makes me wish I learned how to skateboard!

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    • armyofnibiru
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:42pm

      wow he stepped on his skayeboard and poof the video was gone never to be found.when I was young me and my friends used to skateboard down my street on our hands,20 mph tops.till some one called the cops,who came and shut us down.so we went to deepwood dr a windy steep road and raced each other as fast as we could go.till I hit a gap between the road and someones driveway an busted off the wheels out from under me.that was fun till my mom said I’m not buying you another one.so I jumped on my 18 speed bike and had many cars come along side of me saying,we clocked you at 68 mph can’t believe a bycycle can go that fast,but that was 35 yrs ago.lucky to get it to go 20mph now.

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    • OldSurfRat
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:53pm

      LOL Army

      Great to be young with rocks the size of softballs.

      I am a FL flatlandder and went up north when I was young to visit family. I had my board and went out and found the biggest hill that I could.

      Unfortunately I had not tightened my trucks and they were still loose from trick flat land skating. I got the speed wobbles at about 35 /40mph and then lost all control. My feet just could not keep up so I ended up taking out a young apple tree (about 1” around) in somebody’s front yard and ultimately ended up bouncing to a stop about 100 more feet past the tree.
      That’s what happens when you let a FL boy near hills LOL

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    • hoopsgulch
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 5:16pm

      If my son did this, he’d have heII to pay.

      That said, I watched it 3 times. Absolutely exhilarating!

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    • old white guy
      Posted on February 9, 2013 at 11:09am

      neat ride. i would guess the only one in danger would be the rider. neat control slowdowns as well.

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    • 1wolf
      Posted on February 9, 2013 at 1:14pm

      Kid probably should wait for closed course to do this, BUT rippin past moving vehicles at 70 mph at dusk, that’s priceless!

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    • John 1776
      Posted on February 9, 2013 at 6:20pm

      Take a header off of that at 68 and by the time you’re done rolling, you’ll be the size of a meatball, and pretty much look like one.

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    • Al Gator
      Posted on February 9, 2013 at 9:16pm

      @OldWhiteGuy,

      This is nothing more than whitey, just doing his thing.

      Its why we walked on the moon.

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      Al Gator  
    • Al Gator
      Posted on February 9, 2013 at 9:20pm

      @John 1776

      Road Rash Tattoos are what its all about!

      LOL, got bunches of em myself.

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      Al Gator  
    • atechgeek
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 7:55am

      This was awesome .. the best I saw was a guy in college cruising down Airport Rd. in Chapel Hill. We clocked him at 43 mph. At least this guy was wearing a helmet. I wondered if I’d see my friend the next day and was relieved when I did. Great stuff .. stupid .. but great.

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  • kbo
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:06pm

    Great! I love it. The only problem is, he is endangering others. I am pushing hard to force Skate Board dudes, and dudettes to register them. Also a background check should be required.
    Hmmmmm. :)

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    • 19RANDY59
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:39pm

      I just called the police to ask if I had to have a permit to trim my trees with my assault weapon(chainsaw)LOL. It’s not that funny, is it?

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    • Delaware Patriot
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:19pm

      no no….that’s against the Constitution…They should just heavily tax the wheels…or restrict the size of the wheels. Make them really tiny. Also the EPA could declare the material a hazardous material and return to making them out of metal.

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    • Zipit
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:32pm

      DEPAT! Mind your own business !There are no hills in that state to committ such madness! LOL

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    • Excomunicatedmarine
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:09pm

      RANDY….Been there done that. One of the better 4th of Julys of my youth……but the local Mokes never bothered this white boy again !

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    • Al Gator
      Posted on February 9, 2013 at 9:27pm

      @zipit,

      I was gonna say, Del. is as flat as a pancake! What the eff do they know? I know their folks come to PA to experience the thrill of riding MC up and down hills, mountains and around twisty, curvy bends.

      OTOH, I’ve partied with the folks from Delaware ABATE. You can’t find a better bunch of bikers.

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  • landmark
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:51pm

    I thought he was going to make it interesting……………………..Jump over a car & the board would go under the car & come down on the other side on the board going 68mph!! Now that would be a worth while video………………Of course I’m 70 years old, I’ve slowed down in the last few years!!

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  • Calimann83
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:45pm

    “We have handed over the matter to traffic officials and want him arrested,” Really JP Smith? this is really a pressing matter for officials? what is wrong with people?

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    • CEM
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:10pm

      Very reckless; endangering himself and others. I imagine he’ll be leaving the gene pool soon enough if this keeps up.

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    • texashuntre
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:39pm

      @ CEM He has better control than half the drivers here! I am sure there too! City is just ticked that he doesn’t have a tag to write him a ticket! Go get em kid. Your hard work has paid off being able to do that at 68 mph! To the camera man good job keeping a smooth shot. Now I am going to watch it again :)

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    • SeanW
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 4:26pm

      @CEM we could do with a whole lot more of his kind in our gene pool than those who would willy nilly wish for their harm.

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    • Excomunicatedmarine
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:21pm

      CEM….more like every birdie in town trying to make sure his gene “pool” continues. Never could understand why the crazier the guy the more they wanted him…..make one wonder how our species ever got this far.

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    • justneedaname
      Posted on February 9, 2013 at 8:50am

      @CEM, what a wuss.

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    • 1wolf
      Posted on February 9, 2013 at 1:09pm

      This might have slowed him down, but right before the speed camera he should have thrown up two fingers and I don’t mean the hippy peace sign!!

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  • Flashydave
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:44pm

    Its more than him what if everyone starts doing chase car videos of these downhill stunts? Thats whats the most dangerous of this video. IF a car follows every foolish thrill seeker down this road there is bound to be an accident involving the Car doing the filming. You see the headlights on the skaters legs and them in the whole video. Or maybe you just need a new flat screen to see it.

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    • DrunkGOP_Hack
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:47pm

      shaaad up!

      like you never had fun when you were young.

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    • Flyingfish
      Posted on February 9, 2013 at 6:09pm

      Self correcting problem. If everyone starts having chase cars filming them. The dumber ones, or at least the less skilled, will be cleaned out of the gene pool.

      Idiots dead, plus lot’s more cool youtube videos. Win win in my book.

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  • DrunkGOP_Hack
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:44pm

    Rock On Brother! Radical!

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  • AmericaMustBeFree
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:39pm

    One word… IDIOT!

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    • NOTALOTTAYITTAYADDA
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:41pm

      I agree, how can those stupid cops expect to enforce motor vehicle statutes when it has no motor. Not only that, but they can’t even drive on the correct side of the road.

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    • Kuurus
      Posted on February 9, 2013 at 6:55pm

      I agree.

      You are

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      Kuurus  
    • tj1961
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:56pm

      Well Notalot, you can in Florida get a DUI on a bicycle (Quite a few have). So most MV laws would apply to to a skateboard as well. But this dude sure impressed me!

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  • Tex Expatriate
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:27pm

    This man knows how to drive a road. He may have a future in Formula or Indy-car racing. Good luck to him.

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  • Brents Torts
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:21pm

    That was a cool video.

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  • Stevsea
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:21pm

    That was incredible. Good for him. I miss my youth.

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  • huey6367
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:16pm

    Stupid is as stupid does.

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  • PublicArtillery
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:09pm

    Hate to break it to you, but he is long boarding. Skateboards can’t go that fast.

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    • CanteenBoy
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:20pm

      A longboard is just that, a long skateboard.

      Still four wheels. Think limo vs. hatchback.

      Same engine; in this case, gravity.

      Benefit to long skateboards: stability.

      Trust me.

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    • Trance
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:38pm

      We used to go skateboarding in San Francisco, and one night on the way home at around 3am we got out of the car and rode down a long hill on the freeway. The car followed us and paced us at 60mph. We had to lay down on the boards to prevent speed wobbles, but it was doable. I’d never heard of a longboard back then.

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    • David Ross
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:56pm

      It’s physics. A regular skate board as we grew up with cannot attain the speeds safely that the long board can. Even with the long board you could see the slight wobble that a regular skate board would create at much slower speeds.

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  • circleDwagons
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:07pm

    All skaters should be required to have insurance

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  • Virginia Rebel
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:05pm

    Pity his poor mother. That is absolutely terrifying.

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  • Flashydave
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:04pm

    Well I watched it twice as I really liked the sound track. But you can see that their are “headlights’ in the video. The video was therefore captured by a chase car which was prolly also what tripped the speed radar. People are invisible to radar as they dont reflect the beam.
    Mega balls anyway. Enjoy wingsuit vidos too.

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  • Melika
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:03pm

    So, a moron on a skateboard going 69 mpg in a 37 zone doesn’t concern any of you people? He doesn’t have any real way of controlling that thing – no brakes, no way to turn quickly. I suppose if he was on your road zipping past you in traffic, you wouldn’t think something should be done? If your kids were trying to cross the road and this moron ran into them, do you think the damage wouldn’t be so bad, since it’s just a board with some wheels and a flying sack of meat weighing well over 100lbs slamming into them at 68 mph?
    I think you are right, the cops are over-reacting. He didn’t hit anybody. So what if he scared some people? Even if he hits a car at that speed, what kind of damage can his body Really do?

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    • SocialistSlayer
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:21pm

      Nature sorta of has its own way of weeding out the idiots in society if we just let it run its course – So no, he’s not my child so I am not concerned !

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    • tommyr
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:21pm

      You women just don’t understand guys.

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    • Zipit
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:46pm

      MELIKA! Is your last name by chance, “Bloomberg”?

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      Zipit  
    • West Coast Scofflaw
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:49pm

      I beg to differ with you. If you watch carefully you will see that two times as he comes close to overtaking a car in his lane he does a manuver that brakes him, watch the distance increase between him and the car in front.

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    • Lando
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:12pm

      he looked pretty in control to me, even when he did have to make some quick stops… rather have him on the road than a lady driver

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    • AnimalsAsLeaders
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:12pm

      I’ve been downhill longboarding for over a decade and I know first hand he could stop and slow down whenever he wants. In fact, there’s a whole sub-genre of longboarding called “sliding” that focuses on slowing down in style. I reccommend checking out some downhill longboarding and sliding videos on you tube – it’s really cool stuff (and really not as dangerous as it looks).

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  • justangry
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:00pm

    Meh, it would be better with a wipe out and perhaps some comedic commentary.

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  • mkozicki
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:59pm

    This is green energy. What do they have to be mad about?

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  • Shasta
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:51pm

    I remember when I was immortal too.

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    Shasta  
  • RANGER1965
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:48pm

    Wow.

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  • Tickdog
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:46pm

    wow…can you imagine what one little rock in the right place would have done to him at that speed?

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    • sethlevy
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:56pm

      As a fellow downhill skater I will tell you that any rock too small to spot would not effect him and one large enough to cause a real problem would be avoided. The bigger problem is potholes which is why it is good to inspect a run before going at it full blast.

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    • DrunkGOP_Hack
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:48pm

      ROck an ROlla!!!!

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  • piper60
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:44pm

    The cops are pissed, because if he had been hit by a car, he would turn around and sue the city.

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  • JonSigMan
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:41pm

    “The speed limit is irrelevant. He is seen careering down the road in a reckless and dangerous manner.”

    Excuse me?> He displayed an amazing amount of control over his speed & direction.

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:36pm

    The cops were pissed because he blew the powder off their donuts.

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    • Kumo
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:54pm

      LOL!

      That brings up a good question. Do cops from South Africa take tea or coffee with their donuts?

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      Kumo  
    • Xiccarph
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:11pm

      Historically, since it was Dutch-British-Dutch and finally British, i’d wager tea. The real question here however, is do they have a Krispy Kreme franchise, and what are the indigenous doughnuts like??????

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    • Kuurus
      Posted on February 9, 2013 at 7:01pm

      not dough nuts cakes. tea and cakes.

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      Kuurus  
  • AlcoholicMB
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:24pm

    They didn’t grease the right people, that’s why this is an issue.

    Money, money, money, money, dollar dollar, dollar dollar.

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    AlcoholicMB  
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