Pole vaulting reaches new levels of awesome when skateboards are involved.
Video released on Twitter by the pole vaulting competition All-Star Perche shows French vaulter Baptiste Boirie hurtling toward the pole vault on a skateboard.
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As Deadspin reported, he jumped 5.9 meters or 19.36 feet.
You can watch the stunning approach -- reportedly at about 21 miles per hour -- and jump below from two different vantage points.
@AllStarPerche .. this is Baptiste Boirie .. one more monster vault in Clermont-Ferrand 😳 5.90m ..a little help from a skateboard.. 👌awesome💪🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/R1xaOMqPn8
— Steve Chappell (@ChappellSteve) February 26, 2018
Amazing jump of @baptisteboirie with skate. #highSpeed #SkatePV @matsportraining pic.twitter.com/0zXPXf5G1k
— MATSPORT TRAINING (@matsportraining) February 26, 2018