The Skateboarding Professor meme features an image of an elderly academic, most famously Tom Winter from the University of Nebraska, casually riding a skateboard through campus. The image went viral because it subverts the typical stereotype of a stuffy, traditional professor with a display of unexpected coolness and athleticism. It is primarily used to celebrate professors who are unexpectedly 'chill' or to represent a person arriving at a situation with surprising style and confidence. The meme strikes a chord with college students worldwide, serving as a wholesome reminder that age is just a number and that academic life has its own unique brand of radness.