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Spanish skater Diego Poncelet sets skateboard speed world record

Diego Poncelet of Spain now holds the record for the fastest speed ever recorded on a skateboard, a feat that left even viewers watching from home sweating.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA Spanish skater named Diego Poncelet has set a new world record for the fastest speed ever reached on a skateboard, and I just want to say, folks, that human beings are wonderful.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorWonderful is one word for it.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe headline says it made people's palms sweat just watching, which is the correct response to a man lying on a plank going downhill.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'm sorry, I'm getting a little emotional. He just wanted to go fast, and he went the fastest anyone ever has.

  5. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFastest ever. So the next one will be faster, and the one after that, and eventually somebody's going to need a longer road.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd a longer hill!

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSomebody has to walk back up that hill afterward, and I'd like to think it was me.

  8. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHonestly, I'd have done it gladly, with my tea.

  9. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDale, that's beautiful. I'm going to need a minute.

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