Niklaus Prosper's rink warnings meet a moonwalking objection
His latest safety-themed Short has skaters comparing the warnings with their own habits, including sitting on the boards before hockey practice.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 113,082 views a day, 7.1 times a normal first day on this channel (15,847).
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One viewer has an unusual defense of keeping their knees straight on skates: it lets them moonwalk. Another says their whole hockey team sits on the boards before practice. Niklaus Prosper's latest rink warnings are prompting a small exchange of skating habits.
The Short has reached about 75,000 views in its first 11 hours, already well beyond the roughly 16,000 a typical upload of this format draws on its first day. It follows another dangerous-things-to-avoid video posted earlier in October, making rink safety a recurring subject alongside his comedy about beginners.
Prosper describes himself as a New York-based ice freestyler exploring the city's rinks. His recent uploads range from the different ways people enter the rink to beginners' improvised stops. That beginner theme carries into this comment section, too: one viewer admits to having done every listed thing when they were starting out.
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What viewers say
No that's just wrong because when I keep my knees straight I can start moonwalking
@Ell-Cupcake-p8gSee it on YouTubeMy whole hockey team sits on the boards before practice
@EllaArnold-z2tSee it on YouTubeAll the thing you listed i have done when i was a starter
@Pluto_Rage-c6bSee it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
- Channel
- Niklaus Prosper
- Subscribers
- 182,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,827,894
- Channel views, pace per day
- 219,973 (on a normal day: 299,632)
- Video published
- October 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 75,016 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 113,082
The numbers
The latest Short has already passed the channel's usual full-day views, with its first day still unfinished.
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