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- shakeyjake, on 09/15/2009, -0/+18With "nothing but a parachute" ? I'm trying to imagine what else they would want in this situation. The title implies that the participant has somehow excluded one or more items and has decided to just have a parachute.
- Dimalinch, on 09/15/2009, -0/+10Yup, pretty damn insane http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1818296
- eShinn, on 09/15/2009, -0/+9How dumb is this title: "Skiing off Cliffs with Nothing but a Parachute"?? Um... seems to me, that's ALL you'd need. What else do you need? A trampoline nestled in down near the bottom?
If you think THAT's nuts, I've heard of guys jumping out or airplanes with nothing but a parachute. - mescad, on 09/15/2009, -0/+9I admit that this is a lot more extreme than anything I'll ever do, but it seemed a little tame after seeing this video:
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1778399 (if you're in a hurry, skip to 60 seconds in) - elmuerte17, on 09/15/2009, -0/+6Yeah, first thing I thought was "he's skiing barefoot and nude?"
- ThevoiceofUSA, on 09/15/2009, -0/+4This is why I love America.
RIP Shane, you were a great friend. - ddipcity, on 09/15/2009, -0/+4RIP Shane Mcconkey, its a dangerous sport.
- comptonstomp, on 09/15/2009, -0/+4title should read.... "skiing off cliffs with a parachute".... as a parachute is the only sensible noun that you might ski off of a cliff with.
i could understand if it said "skiing off cliffs with nothing but a bible"
but it doesnt - URnotheonly1, on 09/15/2009, -2/+5this is old and the guy who started it is dead and everyone he knows is just about all dead too
- diggduggDOOM, on 09/15/2009, -0/+3"Nothing but..."?
Shouldn't it be called "Naked Speed Flying" or maybe "Chilly Willy"? - faceless323, on 09/15/2009, -1/+4http://rorr.im/digg.com/extreme_sports/skiing_off_ ...
- raisputin3, on 09/15/2009, -0/+2Not really that new...but, something I will be doing this winter :)
- andrewh7, on 09/15/2009, -1/+3Almost as rare as jumping out of a plane with nothing but a parachute! Why is this more interesting than skydiving when the latter is a much longer drop?
- inactive, on 09/15/2009, -3/+5I so want to but I so won't :)
- ghatid, on 09/15/2009, -0/+2He's got his skis, he's got his parachute, what else does he want?
- TexMexRex, on 09/15/2009, -0/+2Not only that, but really seems like the parachute is the key thing here. I mean it's like saying buying dinner with ONLY a credit card.
- TogTogTogTog, on 09/15/2009, -1/+2Skiing off cliffs with nothing but a parachute? What madman would invent a sport that combined a well-love sport with a distinct lack of clothes? Well... expect for the person who invented jello-wrestling and wet t-shirt competitions, he deserves an ovation.
- InfernoX, on 09/15/2009, -0/+1because you have skis on.
- GeorgeWKush, on 09/15/2009, -0/+1This sport is by no means new. People have been doing this for a good 20 years. Want see a stunt worth watching? Check this out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAhZ339uAPI
- Spetz, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1The problem with free riding is that a lot of off-piste skiers simply follow others' tracks...so when they follow a free-rider by mistake...
- Artology, on 09/15/2009, -0/+1Skiing off Cliffs with Nothing.... FULL STOP!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkjhETjstwU - inviso, on 09/15/2009, -0/+1intense! Must one of the risky sports ever, screaming down a mountain side, gliding barely above the terrain of mixed snow and rock, sometimes touching down.
- cosulliv755, on 09/15/2009, -1/+2nothing but a parachute? What the ***** else would he be carrying, a helicopter ? a Cessna 270 light aircraft, a tomahawk attack airship. In retrospect any one of these would have been useful on his last jump. Sorry for the rant.
- 110100100, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1not to downplay how badass this is, but of all things you want when skiing off cliffs- a parachute is at the top of the list. its like saying "swimming underwater with nothing but an oxygen tank"
- canadabluesfan, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1(insert redundant comment about title)
- m4ngo, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1What else would you need
- getlogicated, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1RIP Shane!
- asucka, on 09/16/2009, -0/+0Of course, like everything, James Bond was there way before anyone else.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzA5R9aSFCI
Also, this dude rockin' the parachute-skiing *down everest* back in the 70's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piNRRg7WuG8#t=2m20s - GentiliusPrime, on 09/15/2009, -0/+0Crazy bastards. Can't wait until adventure sports meets the Branson space age. Sky diving? Sub-orbital extreme is more like it!
- GeorgeWKush, on 09/15/2009, -2/+2That was the most retarded comment I have read in a long time. If you want to do something you do it. If you don't want to do something you don't do it. There's no "I so want to but I so won't :)." That's basically saying "I'd like to think I'm a badass by having the desire to do something, but who am I kidding, I have no desire because I am a career pussy." And what is up with the smiley face?
- Fhwqhgads, on 09/15/2009, -3/+1New bunch of Darwin Awards incoming!
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