2013-08-28 17:30:40.704369+02 by Dan Lyke 2 comments
Maybe it's just one of those mornings where I need to see massive mountain bike carnage, but I laughed until I cried at Alpine Gravity Megavalanche Start 2013 (YouTube), a mountain bike "race" down an icy ski slope that looks more like a pachinko game than anything.
Thanks, Shadow. I needed a big dose of absurdity.
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#Comment Re: made: 2013-08-28 20:16:39.010947+02 by: ebwolf [edit history]
As my father is fond of saying:
Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice. Pull down your pants and slide on the ice!
Success in that race seems to hinge on:
#Comment Re: made: 2013-08-29 18:24:19.236215+02 by: TC
props to the camera lad for some ballsy passing when he was vertical. It was exciting to watch and seems to have the hallmark of a good sport (slightly dangerous, difficult to master, lots of random chance) better than NASCAR
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