Super User Redlinerobert Posted November 17, 2008 Super User Posted November 17, 2008 This looks like fun! http://www.joemonster.org/filmy/11537/Downhill_samobojczy_zjazd_rowerowy Quote
Super User Bassn Blvd Posted November 17, 2008 Super User Posted November 17, 2008 That was cool but the drop offs over the edges scared the crud out of me. The ride back up the mountain must suck though. Quote
Super User Dan: Posted November 17, 2008 Super User Posted November 17, 2008 they really built up some speed there check these out: 1 Watch the first one at the end. They are shot at Whistler, a ski resort in Canada that has crazy mountain biking trails in the summer. They have these crazy ramps they build like thin roads that go up into the trees and stuff. Some of them lead up to giant jumps, but most in the videos aren't that big. Quote
Super User .dsaavedra. Posted November 17, 2008 Super User Posted November 17, 2008 i was so hoping for one of them to bust their ***! Quote
SDoolittle Posted November 17, 2008 Posted November 17, 2008 I would be more impressed if they would have ridden up the hill! Quote
BASS fisherman Posted November 17, 2008 Posted November 17, 2008 El Caminito del Rey (English: The King's pathway) is a walkway, now fallen into disrepair, pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Álora in Málaga, Spain. The name is often shortened to El Camino del Rey. HISTORY: In 1901 it was obvious that the workers of the Chorro Falls and Gaitanejo Falls needed a walkway to cross between the falls, to provide transport of materials, vigilance and maintenance of the channel. Construction of the walkway lasted four years. It was finished in 1905. In 1921 the king Alfonso XIII had to cross the walkway for the inauguration of the dam Conde del Guadalhorce, and it became known by its present name. The walkway has now gone many years without maintenance, and is in a highly deteriorated and dangerous state. It is one meter (3 ft) in width, and is over 700 feet (200 m) tall. Nearly all of the path has no handrail. Some parts of the walkway have completely collapsed and have been replaced by a beam and a metallic wire on the wall. Many people have lost their lives on the walkway in recent years. After four people died in two accidents in 1999 and 2000, the local government closed the entrances. However, adventurous tourists still find their way into the walkway. The regional government of Andalusia budgeted for 2006 a restoration plan estimated at 7 million. Higher Quality version: http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?ti... Quote
Super User Redlinerobert Posted November 17, 2008 Author Super User Posted November 17, 2008 El Caminito del Rey (English: The King's pathway) is a walkway, now fallen into disrepair, pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Álora in Málaga, Spain. The name is often shortened to El Camino del Rey. HISTORY: In 1901 it was obvious that the workers of the Chorro Falls and Gaitanejo Falls needed a walkway to cross between the falls, to provide transport of materials, vigilance and maintenance of the channel. Construction of the walkway lasted four years. It was finished in 1905. In 1921 the king Alfonso XIII had to cross the walkway for the inauguration of the dam Conde del Guadalhorce, and it became known by its present name. The walkway has now gone many years without maintenance, and is in a highly deteriorated and dangerous state. It is one meter (3 ft) in width, and is over 700 feet (200 m) tall. Nearly all of the path has no handrail. Some parts of the walkway have completely collapsed and have been replaced by a beam and a metallic wire on the wall. Many people have lost their lives on the walkway in recent years. After four people died in two accidents in 1999 and 2000, the local government closed the entrances. However, adventurous tourists still find their way into the walkway. The regional government of Andalusia budgeted for 2006 a restoration plan estimated at 7 million. Higher Quality version: http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?ti... Funny that "chorro" translates literally to "stream" but also as slang to "diarrhea". Which I think I'd get if I walked that path! ;D Quote
Super User Jimzee Posted November 17, 2008 Super User Posted November 17, 2008 Down hill run or not, those guys are in shape. Lots of skills and even more luck. Quote
Super User Dan: Posted November 17, 2008 Super User Posted November 17, 2008 lol, diarrhea falls Quote
Chad. Posted November 17, 2008 Posted November 17, 2008 UHh are you seeing those short run off tad too intense for me. Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted November 17, 2008 Posted November 17, 2008 Too easy, cover it with snow, take a hard right and feel what it's like to fly Check out this trail at Whistler (British Columbia) Quote
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