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Speed Flying

Posted by ActiveAdmin May 18, 2007

 

There is an up-and-coming sport that combines skiing, parachuting, snow kiting and parasailing that allows you to descend mountains at speeds up to 70 miles an hour. That is intense.

 

 

Here’s a unique view of the new sport known as speed flying or speed riding. The video lets you vicariously experience the alternating skiing and soaring effect:

 

 

 

 

This sport gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “extreme sport.”

 

 

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