Skater-girl busts some moves... on a skateboard

Dubai: Skateboarding: how hard can it be? For most of us, the idea of cruising along on a piece of wood and some plastic wheels doesn’t sound like too much fun, but we have it on good authority that it’s a whole lot harder than it looks.

Standing still on a skateboard as it rolls along requires supreme balance attainable only by Jedis. So the idea of walking around the rolling board – dancing, essentially – seems one step short of sorcery.

Allow this video of a highly competent skateboardist to demonstrate: