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Olympian Danny León Times Skateboard Jump With Total Solar Eclipse

A preplanned, once-only trick filmed during roughly one minute of totality has gone viral and highlights exact timing by the athlete and a small creative team.

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Spanish Olympic skateboarder Danny Leon goes viral after timing a dramatic midair trick perfectly against a total solar eclipse in Spain.
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Overview

  • The stunt was performed on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, when León launched into an aerial trick timed to coincide with the eclipse’s brief totality over parts of Spain.
  • León posted the clip to Instagram soon after the jump and news outlets reported the footage has been viewed more than 90 million times across platforms.
  • Filmmaker Gonzalo González De Vega and photographer José Ángel Izquierdo are named by coverage as collaborators who helped plan and capture the single-shot moment that required months of preparation.
  • León captioned the post with phrases such as “ECLIPSE MODE!” and “the move of my life,” thanked his team and said he would share behind-the-scenes details of the planning and execution.
  • The video fused high-level athletic timing with a rare celestial event: totality for the August 12 eclipse passed through Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, Spain and Portugal and lasted about a minute in Spain, leaving no margin for error.