Justin Bieber has been pretty quiet lately — no new songs, no new brushes with the law, no new offensive comments related to the Holocaust, etc. This past weekend, though, the 20-year-old pop star made a public appearance in New York City to 1) show off his new platinum blonde locks and 2) show off his skateboarding skills.
Well, skills might be a strong word here. Let’s say “attempts.” His skateboarding attempts.
A crowd gathered to watch the Biebs attempt jumps and tricks on some NYC stairs — and things don’t go super well for him. Though to be fair, he’s simultaneously skateboarding and trying to keep his pants up, which is admittedly a very challenging thing to do.
A few times, he falters:
Then he just totally eats it:
Eventually, though, he lands a jump, because he knew everybody beliebed in him.
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