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That Which Doesn't Kill Us

Xeni Jardin at 9:42 am Sat, Nov 27, 2010

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"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.