--- title: Kid Kayaking Down Stairs TikTok Video Goes Viral description: Watch a kid hurdle down a set of concrete steps in a kayak in a now-viral video posted to the short-form video app TikTok. canonical: https://time.com/5703341/kayaking-down-stairs-tiktok/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-17T15:25:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:54.408Z og:title: Kid Uses Kayak on Land to Make Getting Around More Adventurous og:description: Don't try this at home og:url: https://time.com/5703341/kayaking-down-stairs-tiktok/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32afbc5c663894bc/698a046f4ee2627b66316715/kayak-tiktok.jpg?branch=production&width=509&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 509 og:image:height: 286 og:image:alt: Kayak-TikTok og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kid Uses Kayak on Land to Make Getting Around More Adventurous twitter:description: Don't try this at home twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32afbc5c663894bc/698a046f4ee2627b66316715/kayak-tiktok.jpg?branch=production&width=509&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kid Hurtles Down Concrete Steps to Make Getting Around More Adventurous > Sponsored content. 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In a video that begins with a stunt similar to Kevin McCallister’s sled ride down his family home’s stairs in the [classic Christmas movie](https://time.com/5047224/best-christmas-movies/), a kid can be seen hurtling down a set of concrete steps in what else but a [kayak](https://time.com/5388840/jennifer-garner-explains-kayak-sweden-jimmy-fallon/). The now-viral clip, which was recently posted on the short-form video app TikTok by user RobloxGamer69, then transitions into shots of the same young man performing two more death-defying kayak stunts. The first involves him balancing on a swing while sitting in the Kayak, which only lasts for a second before the kayak falls forward. And the second, the most dangerous of the three by far, sees him plunge down a playground slide from the top of the the slide overhang. The montage is even set to a flute version of Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” for added dramatic effect. Definitely don’t try this at home, kids. 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