Rather unpleasant footage from the Newsflare archive from Canada of a skateboarder trying to remove an obscenely large splinter from his leg after he face-planted on a wooden surface.

The video, filmed in Calgary in March, shows the man's fall, and then features him using a pair of pliers to try and remove the wooden spike from under his skin.

The filmer later wrote online: "Me and all my homies were out street skateboarding in Calgary.

"It was crazy windy and I was running against the wind trying to get as much speed as possible when I tripped over my own feet and penguin slid across the wood surface."

"I had got up and noticed there was a suspect piece of wood sticking out of my jeans, I thought it was just stuck in the material and I went to pull it and my whole leg moved and I thought, 'C*** it's in my leg'."

"All my buddies rushed over and removed the jeans and saw about maybe a half inch of wood sticking out.

"(My friend) Mario had pliers so I grabbed them and just started to riff on the wood as hard as I could.

Eventually, I pulled hard enough and it ripped out, about two and three-quarter inches deep in the fat of the leg.

"I spent the next three days with tweezers and a switch blade pulling out all the left over shrapnel that was left behind."

Me and all my homies were out street skateboarding in Calgary, filming for the Halfcut Supply video. It was crazy windy and I was running against the wind trying to get as much speed as possible when i tripped over my own feet and penguin slid across the wood surface. I had got up and noticed there was a suspect piece of wood sticking out of my jeans, i thought it was just stuck in the material and i went to pull it and my whole leg moved and i thought CRAP its in my leg. All my buddies rushed over and removed the jeans and saw about maybe a half inch of wood sticking out. the homie Mario had pliers so i grabbed them and just started to riff on the wood as hard as i could. it was clearly barbed cause i was pulling as hard as i could and it wasn't coming out. Eventually i pulled hard enough and it ripped out, about 2 & 3/4 inch deep in the fat of the leg. i spent the next 3 days with tweezers and a switch blade pulling out all the left over shrapnel that was left behind.