Skateboarder Pulls Off Amazing Trick: $500K in Theft

And we thought executing an ollie over a trash can was a big deal. As it turns out, our sadly depleted dictionary of essential skateboarding tricks culled from repeated watchings of old Bones Brigade videos needs a refresher course, since promising Albuquerque skater Nick Jojola pulled off an amazing trick, indeed: stealing over a half million dollars from local big box merchants, often while masked and drunk.

Jojola, 17, seen executing a precise stair drop above, wasn't quite as precise with his costuming, as he and his accomplices robbed stores with disguises but also without, leading to an easy video ID for prosecutors looking for the culprits. Jojola was originally charged with up to 80 counts total, many of which he claims he was too drunk to remember even doing. He plead guilty to eight charges, earning a year in juvenile detention as part of the plea and avoiding real jail.

We'd say that robbing stores after hours was a most dangerous and inadvisable thing to do, and it is. However, if the alternative is taking some of the risks skateboarders take, we might choose a one-time appointment with a Best Buy and a crowbar, though---especially if the alternative is something like Jake Brown's punishing return to earth in last week's X games. If those are the hypothetical choices, then hand us the ski mask, please.

(HT: Lat34)