Dangerous stunts I pulled off as a kid

what video topics do u wanna see from me in the future? i have some ideas in mind (childhood stories, family stories, video games) but lemme know what you're looking forward to

My most memorable moment with wheels was putting Hot Wheels cars on my feet and pretending I could rollerblade, it never ended well

illy: I have a secret.. don’t tell anyone.. promise?
1M+ ppl: Oki

I love how her mom is always in her work outfit no matter where they are 😂

My parents have this really great technique that got my brother and I biking super quickly. Rather than learning by doing it like how you'd regularly be doing it, you take the pedals off. This way, you propel yourself with your feet, and in the process learn the balancing part really quickly. Put them back on, and now that you've got balancing down, all you have to do is pedal. Which you'd already been doing with training wheels! Bada bing, bada boom, you can ride a bike.

“If you judge a Fish’s ability to climb a tree, it will forever live it’s life thinking it’s stupid.” -Albert Einstein

I’m impressed that you can’t ride a bike but you can rollerblade, which is way harder than riding a bike for me

this made me happy. like super super happy. As someone who roller skated and played roller derby my entire childhood up until now I can confirm it's really hard on the roads but it gets easier.

Right there with you, Illy! I can drive but not ride a bike, truly a haunting world we live in.

Illy: “I never learned how to ride a bike and I’m kind of embarrassed by it.”
Me: *GASP I’m not the only one!

I was legit like “she’s gonna say”
Illy “WANNA SEE ME DO IT AGAIN?!?”

Lily’s so brave and determined. A true courageous heart

I learnt how to ride a bike around... 4th grade. On a small bike. When I got at 6th grade, and needed a bigger bike, I just couldn't manage! I couldn't turn and I kept crushing in the neighbour's hedge. I gave up, and actually rode a bike first time, in middle school. So happy I'm not alone in this 😅

Kid logic: Hmm, Rollarskates kind of look like hot wheel cars, maybe I should try to ride on hot wheels!
RIP, Kid
“It’s freaking kid logic mom!”

Joe Miya and cherry in the background

I wanted to learn how to ride a bike, and my dad wanted to teach me, I kept falling off and crying and then he gave up 😂😂😂

I had those three wheeled scooters, I LOVED THE HECK OUT OF IT

YAAAY i'm glad you went back to rollerskating! I bought my first pair of rollerskates last year and it has honestly been the best thing ever :) Skating as fast as Lightning Mcqueen is a part of my personality now LOL

I can’t ride a bike, nor can I swim. Medical issues and just being a very scared child (no horrible story, I was just terrified of my own shadow) meant I never learnt those skills.

I'm currently learning how to skateboard. There's a club at my private school, and when the weather is nice we'll all walk down to the skate park and hang out there until the rest of the after-school sports finish. Not everybody there goes to our school, and I honestly can't keep track of the kids from my school versus the ones from the local public school. I can't even count the times I've been chatting with somebody only to realize they don't go to my school, or been helped out by a total stranger. It's such a supportive community, and I love it.

5:33 yes you will, because I am going to tell you the secret to stopping on rollerblades. It’s as simple as turning the blades perpendicular to your direction of travel, either right or left is fine. But since the wheels are only meant to go forward not sideways, friction will build up which is exactly how the brakes work to stop your car: causing so much friction to slow and stop the car. Try that sometime. Also, try learning to ride a bike on a somewhat flat surface, this will help with finding your balance in the long run, and then move up to little hills and always avoid potholes.

My aunt tried helping ride a bike I cried when she didn’t even let go and I think that’s because I didn’t want to fall and perish but I learned how to ride a scooter first try it was easy and fun.

"I skated like Lightning Mcqueen"
Me: Teach me your ways

This really helped me when I was younger. I got into a really bad bike accident. I ran into a wall and I watched this video like a year ago and it really helped me overcome my fears and riding my bike again!

that ending card is everything ❤

Don't feel to bad about not being able to ride a bike without training wheels, I can't even ride a bicycle with training wheels & I'm proud

"the problem with being faster than light is that you can only live in darkness" -illymation

This ending scene is amazing

I feel your pain,one time when I was drawing I couldn’t get the drawing structure right so I came to the conclusion that animation wasn’t for me but then I jumped back when I came on to the FlipaClip Community where my iPad was my canvas

"I skated like Lightning McQueen..."
*_Meanwhile I can't even walk in rollerskates without falling down-_*

"I never learned how to ride a bike"
*confused Dutch screams intensify*

As somone who is the top of the class in bmx biking I promise that you always find something for you, i also started trying roller blading and skateboarding, its just a natural prosses of trying something, almost dying, and then achiving it but everyone has different skill sets for different things so dont feel down about what you cant do and focus on what you can :)

"Maybe taking a break is all you really needed" hit hard because I'm a small content creator on TikTok and currently taking a break because I wasn't feeling well. I've been taking this break for several weeks now and I already feel "refreshed" and I have so many new ideas for new content. IT's true, sometimes you just need a break.
Btw, I love your videos. I can relate to almost every topic you discuss and it also helps a lot with my self image. Thank you so much

2:55 OMG OMG OMG JOE, CHERRY, AND MIYA PLS THEY LOOK SO CUTE 😭✨

When I was little, my dad taught my big sister to ride a bike, and I overheard him telling her how “if you don’t wear a helmet you’ll crack your head open and die!” which instilled a fear in me of riding a bike. So I didn’t learn to ride a bike until I was like, 10 LMAO

ive been skating since i was 3 and i can tell you this, just practice! I practiced all the way to where i am now so i encourage you to KEEP GOING! -scarlett

currently on a mandatory break from longboarding in my path to hopefully learn longboard dancing because i broke my nose lol i am sooooo exciting to get back to it when i can! congrats on getting back into rollerskating!

the sk8 the infinity references were amazing and i was hoping you would do that especially with your past of ✨anime characters✨ in your videos

"It took so long that my parents gave birth to another child, which learned before me!"
That's gotta be the funniest thing I heard about in weeks lmao

I never learned how to ride a bike either, for various reasons. But then when I was 26, I rented an adult trike for a trail ride to a lighthouse, and the level of freedom I felt was indescribable. Now I'm saving up to buy my own. I know some people think they lookblame, but as a 27 year old with a disability that means I struggle with stability, I thought I would never be able to ride a bike, and three wheels gave me the chance I needed. (Plus I teach preschool and the little kids think it's cool that I have 3 wheels too lol)

When i was younger i didnt really struggle to ride a bike, but i still preffered a scooter. I got a skateboard when i was younger and i also felt like i couldnt do it, bc there was so many people who were better. I also got rollerskates and i agree it is a real pain to ride on the sidewalk vs a rink.

Illy just needed to tell herself,"Silenzio, Bruno!"

Illy: I never learned how to ride a bike and I'm a little embarrassed about it.
Random guy in the audience: I WAS HERE FOR THE CHAOS

1:45 if it makes you feel any better, I didn’t learn to ride a bike until I was 8.

when I was younger I struggled to ride a bike without training wheels, pretty sure somewhere along the lines I stop riding a bike completely and tried scootering. I also had a skateboard which I didn't properly learn how to ride on until like 5-8 years after I got one. And for both things a break really did help. When I got a bike without training wheels for my birthday a couple years ago I picked it up really quickly and I got really inro skateboarding last year. Sometimes all you really need is indeed a break!

"Seeing all the little woodland creatures in the forest"
Me: *hearing her sing BEAUTIFULLY* BY THE ALLSPARK 🤯

i never learned it either, i have really bad anxiety and i just couldn’t do it without training wheels or i’d freak out about it. my reflexes always stopped me from falling, but the unwanted thrill was enough to scare me into not being able to.

Hi! I know I’m really late to this video, but I’ve been rewatching my favorite YTbers now I’ve gotten my old iPad back, and I’ve watched this video! I’m not too good at rollerskating, but a few ways I stop safely is;
1- Drag a toe-stopper (ONLY ONE THOUGH) slowly to stop!
2-Try go really slowly, and then you can balance on your toe stoppers
3- I do this thing with any leg, just put it out , and use it to kinda spin, but it will slow you down, and eventually stop! :D (I hope you see this , since you’re my favorite KRplusr to rewatch since your videos really helped me through depression, I really want the best for you ^^)

Alright, right off the bat... I never really learned how to ride a bike either and this makes me feel so much better!

1:55 “so yeah I stopped trying”
The little icon in the corner with the video suggestions “and became a gamer”

I love how Illy includes anime characters in most of her animations

4:13 haha love the sk8 characters. Also this is so relatable I had the same problem. I loved riding a bike but as soon as I got rid of the training wheels I kinda just stopped riding in fear of injuring myself while falling. Scooters were fun but as you said, the only good part was downhill. Also I have yet to figure out how to stop on roller skates

So I live in Arizona, and I used to live not too far from Phoenix and Glendale
I no longer live there and now live in a quiet area near Goodyear and I have an old story;
I was probably 6 or maybe 5, and my best friend's dad would bring out his longboard from 7 to 7,30 pm for me, my brother and all of the other neighborhood kids to ride on! It was sooo fun! This went on every day for like 3 weeks
Edit: we would all lay on our chests and he’d push us down the actual road bc we were all under 9

I can't imagine not being able to ride a bike as a Dutch person, how else would you go home after a night out? Get a taxi?

0:11 Illysa: I never learned how to ride a bike
Me: Looks like I'm not the only in the world...

Thank you for the encouragement. All my friends started to ride a skateboard and I really wanted to do it to but I keep falling over and over so I just gave up (BTW I hade no helmet, knee pads, hand pads, or elbow pads) so I was and am really scared. But now I am going to try it again

Nah it makes sense, only thing I ever mastered riding was a scooter lmao

Illy as a kid: “I love scoters”
Also illy as a kid: “I cant go fast. I hate this.”

I also have never learned how to ride a bike. I also tried multiple times as a child, though the final time is the one I really remember. My parents and I were at the park. My father was trying to help me balance and helped push me kind of down this small hill. I lost control and crashed into a small tree. I fell and got a few of my fingers pinned between the bike and the tree, and I was bleeding. I started to cry so hard, and for some reason, my father thought this was funny and proceeded to laugh instead of help (at least until my mom yelled at him to help me). After that, I refused to get back on and continued to refuse any other attempt.

Hi Ily, having poor coordination, motor skills and balance as a kid is another sign of ASD! (just watched your "reasons why I should've guessed I had autism" video and couldn't relate any harder XD)
I had the exact same experiences, my little sister was the athlete of us 3 and she got her training wheels removed so young, meanwhile i forgot how to ride a bike after a year of not riding it and when I was 11 the training wheels had to go back on even though I had conquered it before. I was always super slow too, once I was riding with my sisters and they turned a corner and I was a bit behind them, I finally make it around the corner and they are in a pile on the ground, limbs and bike parts intertwined.

me getting distracted at 2:50:
when i see joe: FULL CONSENTRATION MODE ON, JOE IS FROM MY FAV ANIME AND I WILL WATCH IT TILL THE END.

For anyone trying to learn a bike or any parents trying to teach their kids, here's a trick that worked like a charm for me. Remove the pedals and just ride around using only your feet to push you forward. See how far you can go without putting your feet back. Do this for a bit, and then put the pedals back and try.

It’s funny how I’m on roller skates right now. I’m skating down my hallway, around my room and around a bed, wearing ear buds, watching all your vids.

The feeling like you weren’t adequate hit like a load of bricks to me

As someone with a scooter, I can confirm that you can only go as fast as your leg can push you

Bro, my local skating rink was exactly like that, down to the arcades and prizes, and even the small events. It doesn’t have the same name though, and it also has a big room with a play structure for the younger kids. I still go there to this day and it is still fun.

Illy I learned to ride a bike when I was 10 I felt the same way as u . I feel better that I'm not the only one who felt that way. Btw I love ur vids keep up the good work

“Phew.”
“I’ve got a secret.”
“Don’t tell anyone, okay?”
800k people: *Sure.*

Okay but can we talk about Illy’s wonderful Disney-level singing voice? It’s beautiful!

I’m an artistic skater for 6 years so I get where you’re coming from 😊❤ love your videos

2:53
This place reminds me of Skateland

Every time illymation posts, my day becomes 10 times better

My mom is 37 and she learned how to ride a bike a week ago. No sweat
How I learned a bike : I just did it. I rode down a hill then I knew how to do it.

2:55 The SK8 The Infinity reference caught me off guard, I know that Illy has at least 50 anime references per video, but so now I just want to count them all, (animes referenced & references per video/all videos)

From what I've seen, you can stop while on roller blades by turning your feet to the left or right and you will then stop, sure, that doesn't work on carpeted floors, but it does work on smooth tile or concrete floors.

I never figured out biking without training wheels until I was 13.
Then covid hit us like a ton of bricks...
I still consider the scooter as the best option for traveling as a person with motion sickness

Back when coolness was determined by speed, those were the days.

I enjoy roller-skating very much, as well. I also can't stop just yet... I'll get there someday.

Honestly, i haven't practiced tricks on my skateboard in months because of UK weather, but its summer holidays now so i might try giving it another go, thanks Illy!

"it's alot like riding a bike, you never forget"
me(who forgot how to ride a bike and even swim):...

"i got a secret… don’t tell anyone okay?"
*Literally tells the whole crowd*
Edit:Dang that's a lot of likes thanks guys

I used to live with my grandparents in their house before moving to an apartment with my family (I moved when I was around 8). In their house, I had a bike and grandparents who REALLY wanted me to learn how to ride it. But I never attempted riding the bike without training wheels until I was somewhere between 9-11.
The thing about that time period was that I had just moved into the apartment and practiced with my bike only during summer vacation. That was 2 months a YEAR.
So due to a lack of practice and any general sporting ability (I have NO ability for sports in general. I seriously suck at all forms of sports) it took me too long to grasp it and since my parents were like “the grandparents will teach her anyway”, they never did anything to ensure that I practiced. Or used my bike at all outside the two months a year. And my grandparents’ age caught up and since they lost their physical ability to run around after me, they officially gave up.
Then when I was around 12-13, my dad tried to teach me. He had just bought an electric bike for himself and wanted me to learn how to ride. And that was going well, and I was learning (tho EXTREMELY slow)
Until I crashed into a car. It was a parked car so no worries, the car didn’t get damaged, the bike wasn’t damaged and I wasn’t hurt (except a little bruised here and there). I’m guessing that scared my dad. He hasn’t attempted to teach me how to ride a bike since. No one has, for that matter.

i went through a similar deal with never learning to ride a bike and going for a scooter instead, but one time i went to the park, did a couple of loops, and just kept going without paying attention to where i was. i rode that thing all the way past the parking lot and into the road, and the only thing that snapped me out of it was the fact that my parents were furiously calling my name from what felt like a mile away. they revoked my scooter privileges after that lol (i also broke my arm while roller skating, but that’s another story)

I love how illy draws herself differently as a kid and an adult

Hey, finally someone else who never learned how to ride a bike, I feel ya. Btw nice little references to SK∞

I learned how to ride a bike, but then had two bad crashes and haven't gotten back on since. I do keep rollerskating though 😁

Roller skating rinks were/are possibly the single best form of entertainment ever created by humans.

Yaaayy new videos I was waiting 😆😆, plus even I can't ride a bike 👀👀👀

Same thing for me, actually. Could never figure out how the hell to ride a bike, but roller skating? hell yeah. I ended up learning to go really fast too lol. been awhile since I was skating regularly but I'm trying to get back into it. Really want to get my own pair but haven't found any I want yet.

I crashed one time on my bike really badly trying to go down a hill and had to go to the hospital right after and got stiches it scared me so much that I never wanted to ride a bike again until 2 years later my class was doing an biking thing and I didn’t wanna be left out and after years of not riding I acually did it and had an amazing time ! :D

Wowo your content has so much quality

Everybody gangsta when Hooty from TOH makes it into the audience

I learned how to ride a bike at 9 which is quite embarrassing since my brother could ride a bike at the age of 5 💀💀

Oh and I was "the scooter kid" during 8th and 9th grade. We lived at the end of a suburb high up in a small town. So my way to school was, exit suburbs, take the long hill down around a tiny lake, use speed to keep going the straight distance also around the lake, and then hold the scooter on my shoulder up a hill to school. On my way back home I could take a shortcut up a very steep gravel hiking road to avoid the whole trip around the lake. So I also felt like speed back then. Down the morning hill I didn't use my brakes, and I rode on the carlane, not the sidewalk, but it was just so rewarding to go faster than the cars and have enough speed to not make a single kick until the school hill got close. People I'd never talked to, knew my name which felt weird, but I kinda just made it my thing (alongside being the only kid in a t-shirt all year round)

Okay, I now skate as an adult for fun (both quads and ice skating). As a kid, I also was consumed by the need for speed and never learned how to stop. I now can stop and do jumps and spins and stuff. Yet the road still scares the crap out of me!!

0:46 top ten saddest anime deaths

illy: "taking a little break is all you need"
also illy: takes a decade break

I love how you always have a Kovu poster in all of your videos.

I feel like the opposite of Destiny from Finding Dory when I'm on skates. I NEED those walls in the rink. Without them, I'll NEVER stop!

During my first year of college, a guy I met in his 20’s didn’t know how to ride a bike, and I spent half the day teaching him how to ride, and he eventually got it