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"Speed Riding" Taken to a Whole New Level
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dlague
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Sports will push things to new heights every year - imagine what extremes will be in 10 years!
from_the_NEK
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That looks perfectly safe. :idea:
those towers don't come up too fast now do they.........also not someone who you would buy used ski's from:smash:
skiNEwhere
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Well I'm sure the lift mechs will be more than pleased to have to re-inspect that entire haul rope now.
That's what I never understood about grinding, riding rails, etc. I would think it destroys skis.
skiNEwhere
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From a management standpoint, I think you'd have to inspect that to cover your own ass
ss20
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As if strapping boards to your feet and sliding on ice down a slope that's closer to vertical than horizontal isn't enough...
...or riding in chairs during 50mph winds suspended 50ft up with nothing but a narrow steel "safety" bar isn't enough...
...or parachuting hundreds of feet in the air suspended by nothing but straps and rope isn't enough...
...then let's combine the three!
...or riding in chairs during 50mph winds suspended 50ft up with nothing but a narrow steel "safety" bar isn't enough...
...or parachuting hundreds of feet in the air suspended by nothing but straps and rope isn't enough...
...then let's combine the three!
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I kept thinking that he was going to catch his tips under the cable.
That is just ... insanity.
SkiingInABlueDream
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I'm not convinced he's really riding on the rope, even when the skis do touch it. I think he's gliding with the parachute (very skillfully) and lightly touching down on the rope. Impressive stunt and video in any case...
C-Rex
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That's some seriously impressive parachute skills! I kept waiting for a rogue gust to blow him into one of the lift poles.
I guess I care too much about my skis :lol:
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He does note that he practiced this stunt extensively, and that the lift is a 30-year-old triple that's been out of service for a year and scheduled to be dismantled in a month. (I had been wondering about that; it looked like a fixie but had no chairs on it.)
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