When I was younger, my dad noticed something. Kids stopped saying they wanted to be firemen or policemen. Instead, they were saying, “I want to be a YouTuber.”
So, he decided to experiment. He started posting fun stuff to Snapchat, Instagram, and YouTube — just to see what would happen. Around the same time, he was watching creators like Casey Neistat, who were doing crazy, exciting things. That’s when it hit him: people love wild adventures.
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Enter the Onewheel.
My dad always dreamed of owning one because it looked like the future of fun. But they were expensive… until Onewheel Pint dropped. It was cheaper, and after some convincing, he talked my mom into getting a couple boards for me and my brother, Jude.
Everyone was nervous about it — because yeah, you can get hurt. And sure enough, on day one, Jude broke his arm. Right in front of everyone.
“I knew it!”
It was like a scene straight out of A Christmas Story — “You’ll shoot your eye out!” 😂
But even after that, my dad let me keep riding. I picked it up quickly, and in 7th grade, I landed my first Varial trick. We filmed it, I stuck it, and I was instantly addicted.
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From 1,000 Subs to Backyard Builds
Every day after that, we started posting Shorts and Reels of our rides. It took us a whole year to hit 1,000 subscribers. That felt like forever — but I’ll never forget the moment we hit it. We were all standing on the porch, refreshing the YouTube app… and then, boom — we hit it. Pure joy.
From there, we started filming longer YouTube videos right from our phones, capturing everything.
Then one day, we got an idea:
What if we built a skimboard track in our backyard?
So we did. We bought a solid skimboard, built the track, and then… we went next level. We hooked it up to a 4-wheeler, and I was flying down the track at high speeds — over 100 feet — with nothing but a rope and a dream. 😂
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Winching… But DIY Style
After that, the next idea came quick — pond skimming.
I grabbed the board, we hit the pond, and within two tries, I was skimming deep water — being pulled behind a go-kart. Basically winching, but on a budget. No winch? No problem.
Our views started rising. But something still felt like it was missing.
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Then Jude Showed Up…
That’s when Jude got involved with the channel — and everything changed. He’s a walking meme machine. His energy, randomness, and pure chaos on camera added a whole new layer to the channel.
One day, we were filming skimboard attempts. It was Jude’s turn. He was yelling “Whoa!” but over the sound of the engine, I thought he said “Go!”
So… I went. 😂
We posted the video — yelling, confusion, and all — and that clip exploded. It became the spark for what Borillasnaps is today.
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Today — and What’s Next
Since then, millions of people have watched, liked, subscribed, and shared our videos. We went from backyard builds to becoming the creators people can’t wait to see next.
And we’re just getting started.
Stay tuned. Big things coming.
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— Borillasnaps