Sep 23 2009Sure, Why Not?: Neon Tetris On Skateboards
This is a video of 36 skateboarders playing a game of human Tetris on some hill in San Francisco while wearing giant neon shapes on their heads. Except it's not actually Tetris because not all of them are rocking tetrominoes. No, some of those mothers got damn pentominos on their heads. And I'm not talking the little red bits in olives! But, damnit, now I want olives. Shit, and some artichoke hearts. Fun fact: Jesus once turned an olive branch into a magic wand and banished hate from an evil sorcerer's heart. Then he did the water into wine thing and everybody had a good time. Plus, there was live music. You can't beat that.
Thanks to Duncan, who once tried playing Frogger on a skateboard and lost.
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Reader Comments
1. BAHHUM - September 23, 2009 5:31 PM
First?
2. BAHHUM - September 23, 2009 5:31 PM
HAHA got it.
3. Damon - September 23, 2009 5:32 PM
siiiiiiiiiick
now i want to play pacman with my nipple hair
4. BAHHUM - September 23, 2009 5:35 PM
On a side note,
Sick video, those freeride boards are sick.
5. ReverendFaux - September 23, 2009 5:35 PM
Cool...but those aren't Tetris pieces.
6. rad to the power of me - September 23, 2009 5:36 PM
WTF! what kind of ass backwards world do these tetris punks live in! those are some of the most random shapes i've ever seen. and what street in San Fran has no lights on it? safety hazard! if I werer there you can bet i'd be in the middle of the hill trowing sticks all in the street
7. rad to the power of me - September 23, 2009 5:37 PM
@5 damn you for edging me out
8. Cameron - September 23, 2009 5:39 PM
What a gay thing to do. What's the point? It didn't even look good. Just stupid.
9. Toaster Oven - September 23, 2009 5:42 PM
THOSE AREN'T TETERIS BLOCKS!!! >:|
10. Toaster Oven - September 23, 2009 5:43 PM
THOSE AREN'T TETRIS BLOCKS!!! Some were 5 block, Tetris is 4. >:|
11. Mr. cow - September 23, 2009 5:48 PM
Moo
12. Cameron - September 23, 2009 5:49 PM
@5, 9, & 10
Yeah, I got that when GW said it the first time in the article. Thanks you bunch of fuhcking morons.
13. Q - September 23, 2009 5:50 PM
I do believe that is a game called 99 bricks
14. John - September 23, 2009 5:52 PM
Sweet post GW! Screw the haters. Where is their creative idea video??? Well, Cameron... I want to see your video up here tomorrow... and it better be heterosexual, relevant (to what I'm not sure), look really good, and pure genius.
15. Q - September 23, 2009 5:57 PM
The new version of 99 bricks, not the old one.
http://www.kongregate.com/games/WeirdBeardGames/99-bricks-the-legend-of-garry
16. lalaa - September 23, 2009 5:58 PM
Mr.Cow is the best :D
17. Cameron - September 23, 2009 5:58 PM
@14. Hey don't worry, you can quit shielding GW from my abrasive comments, as they were not directed at him, as anyone with a brain may be able to see. I just think the morons who made the video suck.
18. Intermino - September 23, 2009 6:10 PM
Cool idea and well executed, but it would've been perfect if they would've stuck to the original pieces. I don't even know whats worse: using made up pieces because they didn't know they were wrong, or using made up pieces 'cause they wanted to.
19. tag reader - September 23, 2009 6:16 PM
hey wait, you spelled hair as "hear" lol
20. Joe - September 23, 2009 6:18 PM
they are not skateboards they are a bit crazier they're call Freebords its like a snowboard for asphalt. http://www.freebord.com/main.html
21. bob - September 23, 2009 6:29 PM
Try Google's Sidewiki on Google sidebar!
22. naas - September 23, 2009 6:40 PM
I didn't know you could slide so well on a longboard
23. Ham Bone - September 23, 2009 6:48 PM
Those crazy homosexuals and their crazy nonexistent tetris pieces
24. Brian - September 23, 2009 7:17 PM
It's not a longboard, its a freebord, like Joe said. I ride mine when there is no snow to snowboard.
25. Checo - September 23, 2009 7:47 PM
D:!?
http://ubergosh.mybrute.com
26. ted - September 23, 2009 8:15 PM
the freeboards are sweet. i bet the freeboard dudes made this video to promote the ol freeboard. i would have one already if the midwest didn't suck so back for boardsports.
27. ted - September 23, 2009 8:36 PM
^if the midwest didn't suck so "bad"....not back.
28. asian sensation - September 23, 2009 8:42 PM
this video was truly the biggest waste of my time that i have ever spent watching a video on the internet.
29. jim - September 23, 2009 8:44 PM
They're playing Copy over the fake tetris. "You Can Not Believe It" off of Hair Guitar. Video=underwhelming. Song=rulez.
30. Nacho - September 23, 2009 8:49 PM
Attn: Geekologie writers. Please learn the proper spelling of the word 'dammit'
It's dammit, or damn it. But not damnit(Firefox is even underlining this word for me). The n is only silent at the end of the word so damnit would be pronounced as "dam-nit"
*The more you know music*
31. Mr. pig - September 23, 2009 9:56 PM
Oink
32. Dream - September 24, 2009 12:05 AM
All those blinking ones at the end were orgasmic.
(What can i say, i love rave) lol
33. bendizle - September 24, 2009 3:01 AM
damn freeboarders and their fancy six wheels!!!! USE FOUR WHEELS JUST LIKE THE REST OF US!!! !*mumble* *grumble*
34. zerOmhz - September 24, 2009 7:18 AM
any body knows this music ?
Shazam doesn't =(
35. Luke - September 24, 2009 10:00 AM
It's a Freebord (yes, without the a) GW. IF YOU DIDNT KNOW THAT MAYBE YOU SHOULD DO AN ARTICLE ON FREEBORDS!?!?!?
36. ricecooker29 - September 24, 2009 11:06 AM
freeboards FTW
37. jhon - September 24, 2009 1:57 PM
would it really take that much reasrearch to figure out what tetris pieces look like...
38. hefresca - September 24, 2009 2:42 PM
it's pretty obvious they are not claiming it as tetris, you nerds. it's not even in the title of the actual video. this post author just didn't know how else to explain it.
39. steph - September 24, 2009 2:58 PM
Yeah if they called it Tetris the Russian Tetris mafia would be on their asses. Anybody who is upset about it being called tetris because the number of sides is a straight dork, just watch it and enjoy you faggots
40. Jota - September 24, 2009 9:00 PM
WTF? Does these kids ever payed Tetris on their lives? "TETRIS" means each piece must have 4 blocks, goddammit!
stupid fags.
41. Haha - September 24, 2009 10:07 PM
Cameron.. will you marry me?
42. Ryu - September 24, 2009 11:22 PM
They got style!
Old school fun meets neon lights and four wheels. Whats not to like?
43. Risky Bidness - September 25, 2009 12:33 AM
To all the people bitching about the wrong tetris pieces. They couldn't use the real shapes or music because they are under copyright or some BS.
44. Geekolojew - September 26, 2009 8:50 AM
Must See!!!
http://alturl.com/obg7
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45. Squidly - September 28, 2009 9:40 PM
As a skater myself, living in a hilly town of Boulder, freeriding, is fun, but very impractical.
Tetris on the other hand... is still impractical. But we play it why? Because our paps played it.