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<title>What Were They Thinking?! Seven Extreme Sports Videos That Will Give You Chills</title>
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<![CDATA[<p>No matter if you are an aspiring extreme sports junkie or if you are a couch potato there are athletes risking life and limb to bring us some of the most entertaining and exciting visual thrill rides in the world. Flying downhill on a Street Luge or tempting fate leaping off of a Cliffside the awesome camera angles will draw you into all of the action.</p>
 
<h3>Extreme Norway Base Jumping</h3>

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<p>This video is almost ten minutes in length and it packs more punch in mind-boggling excitement, then can be put into words. These BASE Jumpers are taken that leap of faith every time their bodies spring off of the edge of the cliff in Norway. Dressed in Wingsuits (known as &amp;ldquo;The Flying Squirrel Suit&amp;rdquo;) and a parachute, one-by-one these highly skilled BASE Jumpers in a flying fall come within just a few feet from splattering on the cliff's hard rocky walls. The camera angles are really amazing and make this a fun thrill ride to watch.  A broadband Internet connection is recommended to watch this video, because using dial-up Internet connection is extremely slow.</p>
 

<h3>Whistler Bike Park Helmet Cam </h3>

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<p>It's time to take a bike ride down Whistler Mountain in Canada. This almost 3 minute video is fast, thrilling and dangerous as you watch this professional mountain biker fly down the mountain missing trees by inches, making awesome jumps and navigating narrow wooden foot bridges.</p>

<h3>Crazy Mountain Bike Downhill</h3>

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<p>Whistler Mountain is a favorite travel destination for many of the world's best extreme mountain bikers and this video proves it. Using a helmet cam these riders puts the audience right into the action. Nailing scary looking jumps while flying through the woods following narrow dirt paths makes this the perfect blend of action, excitement and you will have a bird's eye view of all of the action.</p>
 

<h3>Schyler Whitewater Rafting Video 6</h3>

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<p>This video was selected for this article, because having experience with whitewater rafting myself, I know how difficult this river run really is, but this professional rafters do make it look so simple. Reading the water. Avoiding the sharp, deadly boulders littering the passageways of billions of gallons of churning waters is freaky fun entertainment.</p>
 

<h3>Extreme Whitewater Canada</h3>

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<p>Oops, did it again! Get ready to get virtually soaked with excitement as this very crazy whitewater rafters try to tackle a way too dangerous run of a river that no novice could risk on their own without possibly getting killed.</p>
 

<h3>Wingsuit BASE Jumping in Switzerland</h3>

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<p>If I wasn't scared of heights this is a sport that would be quite exciting to try. Of course, there is no way in this lifetime that I would attempt crazy stunts that these Base Jumpers are participating in. The Wingsuits that they are wearing can actually allow the jumpers to fly nearly vertically as their bodies continue to fall like a ton of bricks back to Earth. This is a very entertaining extreme sports video that broadband Internet connection is recommended to get a fast and thrilling experience while watching it.</p>
 

<h3>New York Street Luge Course </h3>

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<p>This fast paced, high energy street Luge video puts the audience right into the action as the rider flies down the street Luge course while filming all of the action using his helmet cam. Wrong mistake at these speeds can get the rider badly hurt or killed, but fortunately for this rider all is good and seeing it at the rider's view is very cool.</p><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportales.com%2FExtreme%2FWTF-Were-They-Thinking-Seven-Extreme-Sports-Videos-That-Will-Shock-You.134850"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportales.com%2FExtreme%2FWTF-Were-They-Thinking-Seven-Extreme-Sports-Videos-That-Will-Shock-You.134850" border="0"/></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:50:02 PST</pubDate></item>
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<title>Jumping for Life</title>
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<![CDATA[<p>It was a great morning. We were sitting and waiting. The sun came up, the wind whispering quietly. Like it was saying; Its gonna be alright. Didn't had  that feeling at all. Twenty off  us looking calm,  but nothing like that at all. Looking at each other we just knew we were thinking the same thing, nothing.</p>
 
<p>The sun was getting warmer and I started to sweat. The metal roof warmed up quickly and transformed in some sort of toaster. Yesterday they put us out in the blazing sun with our face down in the brown crispy grass, arms and legs spread.<br />Then there was a shouting voice; "Do you know what you are doing". From earlier experiences nobody moved and said anything. "This is how you come down when your chute isn't opening", he yelled, "Get up and rest and get ready for tomorrow, your first jump."</p>
 
<p>The sound of a jeep in the distance brought me back to reality again. Who would that be? Heads raised and hopeful we saw who we hoped to see. It was our friend the pastor.  He was in his sixties but didn't want to quit his job. He had a strength in him and was able to pass it on, on to us. Normally we were yelled at and straitened up, uniform check, chest up, lined up and looking straight forward.<br />After all he was a higher officer in rank than anyone else.</p>
 
<p>Not now, but we stood up and wanted him to talk. He looked at us and said;"I want to give you guys something". When he called my name I walked to him and shook his hand and thanked him for showing up. I am totally not religious but if people get strength to do something or help them in difficult times, do belief. <br />He opened his hand and there was a necklace and with a little picture of St. Michael. This is the guardian of the paratroopers, he will help you. I thanked hem and like a bunch of young girls getting their first necklace we put them on.</p>
 
<p>There was our plane again. It brought us from our base to this, call it jumping field. It landed and with our jumping gear -only the chutes- we entered it through the same door we later should jump out. The drill begun. Our weeks of ground training would pay off. We took off and everybody looked at the jumpleader. Check chutes, hook on, red light, he pointed at the light and yes it was red.</p>
 
<p>Entering the plane as last one I figured out that I would be the first one at the door. The jumpleader nodded at me and I took position at the door, no way back know. Looking at the red light the jumpleader opened the door and yelled hold on. Still looking at the light I smelled the gasoline and felt the suction of the open door. "Green on", he yelled. I concentrated me and looked down. With only 900 feet to go everything looked so small but again not that small. "RED, RED"; he yelled, and pulled me from the door. Something I didn't counted on I was ready to go. Confused I looked at him and he pointed down. Three choppers flew unannounced over our dropzone. That would be a nice landing, on the blades.</p>
 
<p>The light turned green again. I took position again. "Green on", he yelled again, "GO". There was the slap on the shoulder and I jumped out as far as I could. Then the pulling of the cord and the shock that the chute opened. Looking around I saw the rest hanging in the air. With three people out in two seconds we were almost running out off the plane.<br />Then coordination, where was I, and in the mean time getting ready to land. <br />Save down I thanked St. Michael for taking care of me and boy that was fun. After that first jump we where fearless and jumped as much as we could.</p>
 
<p>Not many people can say I jumped out of several plains an helicopters in daylight and night. But I can. For everyone not having the experience of parachute jumping, please try and feel free,  what I felt.</p><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportales.com%2FExtreme%2FJumping-for-Life.111122"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportales.com%2FExtreme%2FJumping-for-Life.111122" border="0"/></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:01:32 PST</pubDate></item>
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