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Dare of the day: Rollerblader goes rollercoaster
This butt belongs to Dirk Auer. He's on a mission to do crazy things on in-line skates, and his latest stunt involved modding his blades and rocketing down the Mammoth rollercoaster in Stuttgart. Auer, whose leg muscles and courage must be hewn from a three-century-old oak, covered 860 meters in 60 seconds, reaching 56 mph on his 16-wheeler skates, which took him 110 hours to make.
Says the 36-year-old: "The roller caster is wooden and so unlike rides made from iron and steel there was always a chance of the odd nail or screw that would not be entirely flat. If the skates were to catch a stray nail then I could have fallen and I would almost certainly have died."
German Auer already holds the world record for speed — he and his rollerblades hit 190 mph as he was dragged behind a Porsche GT. Watch him go in the video below.
YouTube Via Daily Mail
By Mian at 7:00 AM ON 07/22/09
Very nice post
By RossF18 at 11:11 AM ON 07/22/09
Wonder how much he had to pay the park to allow him to do that.
By BrockKane at 1:15 PM ON 07/22/09
Nice, they took the video down because of copyright claims! Now nobody will see it, because it's another case of good old "american greed"!
They have to make a ton of money, or nobody can enjoy the video!
Typical!
By tekkblade at 6:28 PM ON 07/22/09
BrockKane,
Really good old "american greed?" Does Kappes Adventure Press und Dirk Auer sound american to you? Sounds GERMAN to me. So many good old greed is more universal then you give it credit.
By tekkblade at 6:31 PM ON 07/22/09
PS I do hate that they took this video down before i could even see it. Work blocks youtube and I was looking forward to seeing this when I got home.
By GermanCrazyGoat at 11:42 PM ON 07/22/09
Like dude totally! This is so far out.
By Weebork at 2:01 AM ON 07/23/09
Aw. The video was pulled. :(
By gRis>> at 8:22 AM ON 07/23/09
This might be the same video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqgjNdKTiHc
At least there are a few seconds from the original video, this man is absolutely crazy.
By T at 2:29 PM ON 07/23/09
Here is a link to the video, it's part way down that page and not great quality.
By BrockKane at 5:27 PM ON 07/23/09
tekkblade your right, greed is greed! Greed is international. Just all the latest news about greed seems to be mostly here in the states!
My bad!
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