Skateboarder Perfectly Times His Jump With the Solar Eclipse
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The Madrid skater Danny León, Olympic in Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, took the opportunity to star in a unique image
The image seems simple by a fraction of a second: Danny León leaves the ramp, wins the sky with the skate under his feet and, behind him, the Moon covers the Sun. For that moment to exist, however, it took more than a year of planning, a ramp built especially for the project, cameras positioned about 500 meters from the skater, calculations on the displacement of the Sun and a race against the clock during the solar eclipse that passed through S…
The skater explained his experience during the total eclipse in the microphones of 'El Partidazo de Cope'.
Skateboarder Perfectly Times His Jump With the Solar Eclipse
Skateboarder Pulls off the Trick of a Lifetime by Perfectly Timing a Jump With the Solar Eclipse View this post on Instagram A post shared by Danny Leon 🦁 (@danny_leon) On August 12, 2026, a solar eclipse plunged parts of Europe into darkness, from Iceland to Spain. In Spain, the astronomical event resulted in breathtaking images of the moon covering the sun over various locations including Valencia’s City of Arts […] READ: Skateboarder Pul…
For a few seconds, while much of Spain was looking at the sky, Danny León had to do just the opposite. The skater faced one of the most accurate moments of his career: performing several tricks on a ramp while a team of photographers tried to capture the exact moment in which the solar eclipse reached its totality. The result became an image that quickly spread through social networks. But behind that photograph there were months of preparation,…
The Spanish ol mpico skater Danny Le n, 31, took advantage of the solar eclipse of Wednesday (12) to perform an unusual maneuver. The athlete synchronized a skateboard jump with the moment the Moon passed before the Sun, creating the impression that it crossed the fen minus in the c u. Read more (08/14/2026
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