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Ask Not What GoPro Cameras Can Do For You, Ask What You Can Do For GoPro Cameras

Ask Not What GoPro Cameras Can Do For You, Ask What You Can Do For GoPro Cameras


The best ideas are the ones that can leave you in a flaming pile of bones and rubble at the bottom of a cliff, but don’t. If a plan can’t go spectacularly wrong, then it really isn’t worth doing. No risk leads to no reward, which leaves you with no fun. Of course, there are some things that I wouldn’t recommend doing. I wouldn’t jump off the Eiffel Tower wearing a home-made parachute, and I wouldn’t eat at Arby’s if you drove up to my house with a dump-truck full of 100-dollar bills. Some things are all risk, no reward, and in the case of Arby’s: prolonged, agonizing death. At least jumping off the Eiffel Tower will put you out of your misery quickly.

Personally, I probably wouldn’t have driven off the side of the mountain with a parachute duct-taped to my snowmobile, but to each their own. It went well, so I can’t judge — and if it didn’t go well I wouldn’t judge anyways, because that was some butt-puckering action. I know that Finland isn’t exactly the happiest place on Earth, but you’d think the Finns would have a greater sense of self-preservation.

I suppose driving a snowmobile off a cliff is a lot more appealing than living in a lot of places in Northern Europe, but surviving a stunt like this must be immensely disappointing because when you land you’re still in Finland.

You Spin Me Right Round, Baby, Right Round

You Spin Me Right Round, Baby, Right Round


The Red Bull is strong with this one. Not only does he go down a slope without falling down, he spins around without falling down. He’s the one we’ve been waiting for. He makes Shaun White look like Carrot Top in a frock. He’s ascended to the point where he doesn’t need a snowboard anymore. If he really felt like it he could just levitate down the side of the mountain, but he likes to leave the board on because the weight presents a bit of a challenge.

The depth and speed of his pseudo-pirouette makes grown men weep and women cry out in anguish. If he took up ballet it wouldn’t be gay, because he was doing it. If I knew anything about snowboarding I’d give a much more detailed commentary, but I don’t, so this is the best I can do. If he got any cooler, he’d freeze on the spot and become one with the slope.