That Which Doesn't Kill Us

"That Which Doesn't Kill Us Makes us Stronger," a photograph contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by BB reader Monku!.

Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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Anonymous

That’s no brake line, it’s an accelerator control for a motoboard.
rebdav

timeline for my 3y/o riding for the first time on a big downhill with me on my bicycle
Day:
1-says don’t go so fast as we approach the downhill
2-screams the whole way down
3-on approach “are we going to go faster and faster today?”
4-informs me we will go faster today, rings the bell any yells toot-toot at pedestrians the whole way down
Antinous / Moderator

That’s roller coaster face.
IronEdithKidd

That’s friggin’ adorable. I hope to get a similar face on my son at the sled hill if it ever gets around to snowing this winter!
lectroid

In before “OMG CHILD ENDANGERMENT!”
- Chris Tucker
  
  You forgot third world slave labor sneakers.
  
  It’s ok, I covered that for you.
  - Cynical
    
    You forgot “what if they hit an animal and killed it? Somebody phone PETA!”
    
    Cute photo though:)
  - Anonymous
    
    Nike is actually one of the cleaner ones
Chris Tucker

“OMG! How dare that person endanger a child!”

“OMG! How dare that person inflict shoes made by slave labor on that innocent child, forcing him to be a billboard for capitalist oppression of the Third World!”

OK, that’ll take care of at least HALF the potential comments.

So, YOU WON’T NEED TO POST THEM!

You’re welcome!
Anonymous

Awesome shot! How did they do that?! The look on that kid’s face is unforgettable :D
Anonymous

Now let me start by saying… Good for you son! It’s always good to see young people taking an interest in danger. Now a lot of people are going to be telling you you’re crazy, and maybe they’re right. But the fact of the matter is: Bones heal. Chicks dig scars. And the United States of America has the best doctor-to-daredevil ratio in the world!
Ted8305

At least those third world slave labor shoes are protecting the child’s feet. The adult only get rubber slippers (which are entirely appropriate for riding a longboard, BTW).
ahdlm

where will you be when your anti-diarreal wears off…
Anonymous

That’s awesome! But I wonder how they got the picture, it seems he’s about to run into the photographer. I guess it’s just a really good zoom lens.
- flosofl
  
  I imagine the adult on the board is carrying a lightweight boom with a small point and shoot on timer or a light DSLR with remote/timer. I’m just guessing because the EXIF data is not available, but that’d be my guess, because any other rig would be too heavy (at least for me and I’m a pretty strong guy).
  
  I could be wrong, but with the (somewhat) sharp focus on the subject and blurring of the everything else leads me to believe the camera is moving with the subject.
  - D2S
    
    they do make more than one of those boards… perhaps the photographer is riding one in front?
Anonymous

“One Man Drives While The Other Man Screams” – Pere Ubu
Anonymous

also, you forgot that this sentence by nietzsche has been used as propaganda by the SS
D2S

..you said you wanted to get ice cream
aeon

I’d be willing to bet that the little kid got off at the end and demanded to go again.
skeletoncityrepeater

One of my least favorite philosophical quotes of all time. Taken out of context as a single line, a platitude, it is ridiculous. That which does not kill us may make us stronger, or it could make us sick, depressed, maimed. Not everyone has the luck, resources or ability to benefit from adversity.
- TimDrew
  
  …But it was excellent in the context of the opening screen of Conan the Barbarian. Crom!
  
  (I’ve Always enjoyed the variation: “That which does not kill us.. well.. doesn’t. Might even be good for us. Like Broccoli.”)
zyodei

This is just fantastic. Longboarding is one of the most wonderfully thrilling, fluid, alive experiences I have ever had..it’s such a joy. I highly, highly recommend trying it! It’s so intuitive and invigorating Start small, on a hill gentle enough to just jump off, though!

Glad he was able to share it with his son. I should note, for anyone too worried about safety, that’s a brake line he is holding in his hands, which makes the whole thing quite safe.
GeekDadCanada

Pinchers of Peril… saved by my Pinchers of Peril!
Monku

my son was actually just yawning or sneezing, I can’t recall.

flosofl: correct, this was shot using a Nikon DSLR mounted on a mono pod.
the camera was set to take a photo every few seconds.

the board in question is made in venice beach out of a garage.
E-Glide skateboards are great, bout 25mph top speed, 15 mile range.