--- description: The former heavyweight champion posted a video on Instagram Tuesday that showed him going for a joyride that took a dark turn. title: Watch Mike Tyson Wipe Out on a Hoverboard image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Mike Tyson Wipe Out on a Hoverboard by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 29, 2015 9:50 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 29, 2015 9:50 PM CUT Hoverboards are dangerous. Sometimes they [explode](http://time.com/4151954/amazon-uk-hoverboards/ "undefined"). But most of the time, people just [fall off them](http://time.com/4072208/hoverboard-fall-compilation/ "undefined"). Mike Tyson, we now know, is no exception. The former heavyweight champion posted a video on Instagram Tuesday that showed him going for a joyride that took a dark turn: If you watch the video with the sound turned up, you’ll notice a very alarming thud. That is one very dense man hitting one very hard floor. Oh, if you listen closely to the first few seconds, you’ll also hear, “Daddy, I don’t want you to fall.” _Read next:_ [_Hoverboards Illegal on New York City Streets, Police Say_](http://time.com/4123076/hoverboard-new-york-illegal/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4163750/mike-tyson-hoverboard-fall/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4163750/mike-tyson-hoverboard-fall/"},"headline":"Watch Mike Tyson Wipe Out on a Hoverboard","datePublished":"2015-12-29T21:50:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:11.079Z","description":"The fall makes an alarmingly loud thud","url":"https://time.com/4163750/mike-tyson-hoverboard-fall/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4163750/mike-tyson-hoverboard-fall/","name":"Watch Mike Tyson Wipe Out on a Hoverboard"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"\"First Real\" Hoverboard","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Vyb4BZsf/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-10-21T22:06:12.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Vyb4BZsf.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4163750/mike-tyson-hoverboard-fall/","duration":"PT45S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4163750/mike-tyson-hoverboard-fall/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```