FRENCH skateboarder Vincent Matheron was sent into a rage after a costly fall in his final qualifying run at the Olympics.
The Frenchman tumbled just eight seconds into his last attempt and subsequently drop kicked his helmet into the air.
That's one way to react to a bad run!
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The 26-year-old needed to improve on his 82.02 run to qualify for the final.
But after falling off his board, Matheron could only manage a seventh placed finish – knocking him out of the proceedings.
Fans reacted to the emotional scenes on social media.
One commented: “Not grateful to the helmet that just saved his head.”
Another joked: “What a helmet.”
Another invoked Peter Kay‘s famous John Smiths advert when they wrote: “‘Ave it!!”
While a fourth wrote: “SEEYA HELMET 
”
In the final, defending champion Keegan Palmer made it back to back gold medals as he followed up his brilliance in Tokyo.
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It was Australia‘s second gold in the skateboarding out of the four on offer and he had to fend off stiff competition from American Tom Schaar.
It came after Arisa Trew, 14, won the women’s gold after becoming the first woman to land a 720 trick, which involves two rotations in mid-air.
In doing so, she became the youngest person to win gold at the Paris Olympics.
