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Raw Run || 70 mph in Switzerland

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A skateboard, a mountain pass, and a speedometer pushing 70.

Josh Neuman doesn’t race against a clock or a field of competitors. He races against gravity, on a public Swiss mountain road, on a longboard, wearing nothing but leather and a helmet between his body and the pavement. “Raw Run || 70 mph in Switzerland” — uploaded to YouTube on April 25, 2019 — drops viewers into a single, unedited take of Neuman bombing a winding alpine highway at highway speeds, filmed entirely from a trailing chase vehicle.

• Josh Neuman, a professional downhill skateboarder and founder of NeuVision Media, hits roughly 70 mph (112 km/h) descending a Swiss mountain pass in one continuous take.
• The video is the eighth entry in Neuman’s raw run series, part of his broader “Ascent” video catalog.
• The clip racked up millions of views within its first year of release, cementing Neuman’s standing as one of the sport’s leading names and content creators.

Inside the Raw Run Format

A “raw run” isn’t a sanctioned race with hay bales, timing gates, or a closed course. It’s a continuous downhill descent filmed straight through by a follow car, with no cuts and no do-overs shown to the viewer. That format is exactly what separates Neuman’s series from typical downhill skateboarding race footage — there’s no course tape, no spotters at every corner, just open mountain road and whatever traffic happens to be using it.

In the Switzerland run, Neuman carves down a series of steep switchbacks, tucking into a low aerodynamic crouch on the straights to build speed before unwinding into controlled pre-drifts to scrub it off ahead of blind corners. That drift-to-tuck rhythm is the technical core of the discipline: carrying enough momentum to hold 70 mph on the open stretches while still having a way to shed speed before a hairpin arrives without warning.

The Gear That Makes 70 mph Survivable

Neuman’s kit in the video is built specifically for sustained high-speed longboarding rather than casual street riding. He wears a full-face aerodynamic helmet, a leather protective suit, and slide gloves — the standard uniform for downhill skaters who need to both cut wind resistance and survive a slide across asphalt if a run goes wrong.

Millions of views, one continuous take, zero cuts — just a longboard, a leather suit, and a Swiss mountain road.

None of that gear changes the fundamental math of the sport: skin, leather, and a helmet against a paved mountain road at highway speed. It’s the same risk calculus that makes videos like CLIMBING GONE WRONG fails compelling to the same audience — human control balanced right against catastrophic consequence.

Series Attracts Significant Viewer Interest

Neuman built the raw run series as a standalone strand within his larger Ascent catalog, and the Switzerland entry became the breakout installment. Extreme sports channels and video platforms picked it up quickly after the April 2019 upload, and it gathered millions of views inside its first year — enough to put Neuman among the most recognized downhill longboard athletes and filmmakers working before mid-2020.

Part of the appeal is the setting itself. Swiss alpine passes offer the kind of sustained elevation drop and clean sightlines that let a rider actually hold near-70 mph speeds for extended stretches rather than a few seconds — the same combination of altitude and open road that draws high-speed thrill content generally, whether it’s a skateboard, a personal flying vehicle, or anything else built to go fast with a rider exposed to the elements.

The Risk Calculus of an Unbarricaded Run

Because raw runs use open roads instead of closed, barriered racecourses, there’s no runoff, no hay bales, no safety net beyond the rider’s own judgment and technique. A missed slide or a poorly timed tuck on a switchback like the ones in this video doesn’t end in a soft crash — it ends against a guardrail or a rock face. That’s the trade-off riders like Neuman accept for the kind of unfiltered speed and scenery a closed course can’t offer.

Neuman’s reputation was built on managing that trade-off run after run, entry after entry in the raw run series, without turning the format into a stunt reel. The Switzerland video is the one that traveled furthest, but it’s one chapter in a catalog he kept adding to well before mid-2020.