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The oldest extreme sport

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Slopestyler13
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bre8DsQZqSs

I fond this on red bulls channel.............I don't even know where to begin to start on how awesome this is.
Nov 16 2011 10:36AM
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CluckaChuck
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thats actually so gnarly haha
Nov 16 2011 10:44AM
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DayMan
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threads for when I'm not at school
Nov 16 2011 10:46AM
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gus555
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some of those landings are pretty fucking gnar....i wanna do it
Nov 16 2011 10:52AM
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JHendrix
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Nov 16 2011 10:53AM
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Flying~Squirrel
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that looks so sketchy
Nov 16 2011 10:58AM
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seward
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i can do that.
Nov 16 2011 11:04AM
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theJones
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looks like fun
Nov 16 2011 11:08AM
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Laurent.
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It's because it is.

They mostly do this in Friesland, (Northern most province of the Netherlands) and it originated with farmers who used poles to leap over small water drainage channels to access different plots of land a thousand years ago.

Myself being Dutch I've done it a few times, it's not that scary but if you land wrong you can seriously fuck up your legs.
Nov 16 2011 11:09AM
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hoodratz47
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a good way to sheer off your ACL's
Nov 16 2011 11:17AM
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RubberSoul
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full of rich history, AND sketchy. that seems like a long way to come down and try to stomp..those dudes and girls are bosses
Nov 16 2011 11:22AM
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Low.End
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seems like a good way to break your legs
Nov 16 2011 11:23AM
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MacMahoooon
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I see your pole vaulting and raise you Japanese Log Riding

Nov 16 2011 11:38AM
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I_Am_Mod
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damn japanese, always taking it one step further....
Nov 16 2011 11:44AM
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Shark.
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now this is extreme.
Nov 16 2011 11:48AM
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k-fred
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made me think about this:

Nov 16 2011 12:04PM
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Supergyro
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Boss as fuck.
Nov 16 2011 12:04PM
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SeanTom
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all of those videos were boss as fuck.
Nov 16 2011 1:22PM
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Brentizzle
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threads. this is all so epic
Nov 16 2011 2:36PM
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Slopestyler13
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17Pc85ypazE&feature=pyv
This would be so cold
Nov 16 2011 2:45PM
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raymano---0
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threaddsss
Nov 16 2011 2:52PM
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Laurent.
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That's Wim Hof, another Dutchman known by his nickname of Iceman for withstanding extreme cold.
That was just a commercial, this feat of him is far more impressive:




Hof also reached the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in his shorts within two days. It took him only another two days to climb down.
In 2009, Hof completed a full marathon (42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi)) above the polar circle in Finland in temperatures close to −20 °C (−4 °F). Dressed in nothing but shorts, Hof finished in 5 hours and 25 minutes.Hof again broke his ice endurance record in 2010 by standing fully immersed in ice for 1 hour and 44 minutes
Nov 16 2011 4:32PM
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Dan.
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I think the oldest extreme sport would be gentleman's dueling. somebody dies every time. you don't get more extreme than that.
Nov 16 2011 4:36PM
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Mr.Huck
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Agreed! If you haven't seen this, it's worth the watch especially mission 2.


Nov 16 2011 4:38PM
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RickAstley
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lol at 0:34 hahahaha
Nov 16 2011 4:49PM
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yuck
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that was one of the funniest youtube videos i have ever seen haha oh my god that is a mess
Nov 16 2011 4:56PM
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ContaminatedBeef
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Not very old, but pretty damn extreme. And hilarious.


Nov 16 2011 5:15PM
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ReignMan
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fucken asians....
Nov 16 2011 5:23PM
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ORDEAL
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Great way to fuck your legs. not even joking, if i break my legs, i would do it that way
Nov 16 2011 5:27PM
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Shireshredder
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Went to this event on bonfire night of this year as it is just 30 minutes down the road from my UNI. It is basically a mish pit of thousands of drunk people and a bunch of villagers carrying huge flaming tar barrels straight through the crowd, how it is even legal i dont know


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