SUNDAY, JANUARY 01, 2012
But on this 1st day of the New Year, it isn't the time to play it safe. It's a time to seize life by the scruff of the neck. A time to get your heart pounding so you know you are alive.
A sure-fire way of getting the adrenaline coursing through your veins is to fly. But not 'flight' as in wrapped in a hermetically sealed plane while reading a book and sipping champagne.
'Flight' as in feeling the air pulling at your body and roaring in your ears.
And not 'flight' high above the ground, but high-speed flight hugging the ground - and by 'hugging we mean close enough to caress it!
And if that sounds dangerous it's because it is so the only thing better than doing it yourself is finding someone else to risk their life so that we can experience the thrills vicariously (and safely).
So top up your glass, move a little closer to the fire, put your feet up and hit 'play'.
Danny Strasser - dubbed 'Rollerman' - is a German thrill-seeker with a penchant for rolling downhill - rolling extremely fast downhill with just a wheel-studded suit between him an the tarmac. In this video, Strasser speeds down the Alps, weaves through the traffic in South Korea, and launches down a bobsleigh track in Germany.
For more information (and videos), please visit http://danny-strasser.de/videos.php
Norwegian daredevil Jokke Sommer is one of the world's foremost wingsuit fliers, which entails him jumping from a plane, or base-jumping off something high enough, while wearing a wingsuit that enables him to glide - to fly. But what makes this vide really mind-blowing is that it was filmed with a 360° camera so you can use your computer arrow keys to look in any direction. It's like riding in Summer's back!
For more information, please visit http://jokkesommer.com/
We trust that has blown the 2011 cobwebs away and wish you all an excellent start to 2012.
Videos: Blow the cobwebs away and launch into an adrenaline-packed 2012.
The word 'flying' brings to mind graceful images of flight high above the earth's surface. Altitude provides both plenty of time to enjoy the view as well as time to sort out any problems.But on this 1st day of the New Year, it isn't the time to play it safe. It's a time to seize life by the scruff of the neck. A time to get your heart pounding so you know you are alive.
A sure-fire way of getting the adrenaline coursing through your veins is to fly. But not 'flight' as in wrapped in a hermetically sealed plane while reading a book and sipping champagne.
'Flight' as in feeling the air pulling at your body and roaring in your ears.
And not 'flight' high above the ground, but high-speed flight hugging the ground - and by 'hugging we mean close enough to caress it!
And if that sounds dangerous it's because it is so the only thing better than doing it yourself is finding someone else to risk their life so that we can experience the thrills vicariously (and safely).
So top up your glass, move a little closer to the fire, put your feet up and hit 'play'.
Danny Strasser - dubbed 'Rollerman' - is a German thrill-seeker with a penchant for rolling downhill - rolling extremely fast downhill with just a wheel-studded suit between him an the tarmac. In this video, Strasser speeds down the Alps, weaves through the traffic in South Korea, and launches down a bobsleigh track in Germany.
For more information (and videos), please visit http://danny-strasser.de/videos.php
Norwegian daredevil Jokke Sommer is one of the world's foremost wingsuit fliers, which entails him jumping from a plane, or base-jumping off something high enough, while wearing a wingsuit that enables him to glide - to fly. But what makes this vide really mind-blowing is that it was filmed with a 360° camera so you can use your computer arrow keys to look in any direction. It's like riding in Summer's back!
For more information, please visit http://jokkesommer.com/
We trust that has blown the 2011 cobwebs away and wish you all an excellent start to 2012.
