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Title: Cheap Thrill #422
Post by: JimH on June 20, 2012, 12:35:12 pm

80 miles an hour on a skateboard.  On a long hill in Quebec.  Guiness record.  Thanks to Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/20/recon-skateboard-guinness-world-record/#continued).

Watching this made me sweat.

Title: Re: Cheap Thrill #422
Post by: KingSparta on June 20, 2012, 01:25:50 pm

So how did he slow down.

Title: Re: Cheap Thrill #422
Post by: KingSparta on June 20, 2012, 08:54:35 pm

I spent part of the day watching skateboarding on YouTube, crazy guys.

There are some different techniques on how they slow down.

he had a custom leather suit and a helmet on when he made the record breaking run, and it was just over 80mph.

to be young again.