{
  "id": 12366780,
  "title": "US skater films himself skating at Henderson Waves & climbing onto arch, gets flak from S'poreans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/us-skater-films-himself-skating-at-henderson-waves-climbing-onto-arch",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-06T11:40:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/10/skater-henderson-waves/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "American skater Jimmy Larsen, known online as @offgridskater, captured footage of himself performing skate tricks on the Henderson Waves bridge in Singapore. Larsen, who goes by the moniker \"off the grid\" as he lives without reliance on public utilities, utilized the bridge's high, curved, and sloping walls as a ramp for various stunts, including an ollie and a vertical drop over the overhead arch. The Henderson Waves bridge, a pedestrian pathway forming part of the Southern Ridges walking trail, stands at a height of 36 meters, making it the tallest pedestrian bridge in Singapore. Larsen came up with the idea after watching a similar video from 14 years ago and arrived in Singapore only a few hours prior, en route to Malaysia. While he received heavy criticism on social media platforms like Threads for potentially disregarding shared infrastructure and breaching the ban on wheeled devices, including skateboards, on the bridge, many skate enthusiasts on YouTube praised the beauty of the location.",
  "summary": "He even climbed over the safety railing to perform a vertical drop.",
  "key_points": [
    "American skater Jimmy Larsen filmed skate tricks on Henderson Waves bridge",
    "Larsen used bridge's high walls as ramp for ollie and vertical drop",
    "Skater faced criticism for using wheeled device on pedestrian bridge"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}